| Busby | |
| Settlement Type: | Hamlet |
| Pushpin Map: | CAN AB Westlock # Alberta |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Canada |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | Alberta |
| Subdivision Type2: | Region |
| Subdivision Name2: | Central Alberta |
| Subdivision Type3: | Municipal district |
| Subdivision Name3: | Westlock County |
| Established Title: | Founded |
| Established Date: | 1915 |
| Government Type: | Unincorporated |
| Area Footnotes: | (2021) |
| Area Land Km2: | 0.67 |
| Population As Of: | 2021 |
| Population Total: | 135 |
| Population Density Km2: | 200.7 |
| Timezone1: | Mountain Time Zone |
| Utc Offset1: | -7 |
| Timezone1 Dst: | Mountain Time Zone |
| Utc Offset1 Dst: | -6 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Postal Code: | T0G 1H0 |
| Area Codes: | 780, 587 |
| Blank Name Sec1: | Highways |
Busby is a small hamlet in central Alberta, Canada within Westlock County. It is located on Highway 651, approximately northwest of Edmonton and west of Highway 2.
Busby was settled by Americans and was named Independence when the post office opened in 1903. In 1915, the Edmonton, Dunvegan and British Columbia Railway arrived and the hamlet's name was changed to Busby.[1]
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Busby had a population of 135 living in 67 of its 69 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 140. With a land area of, it had a population density of in 2021.[2]
As a designated place in the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Busby had a population of 140 living in 64 of its 66 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2011 population of 98. With a land area of 0.69km2, it had a population density of in 2016.[3]