Calahoo | |
Settlement Type: | Hamlet |
Pushpin Map: | Canada Alberta |
Pushpin Label Position: | none |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Calahoo in Alberta |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 220 |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Canada |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Alberta |
Subdivision Type2: | Census division |
Subdivision Name2: | No. 11 |
Subdivision Type3: | Municipal district |
Subdivision Name3: | Sturgeon County |
Government Type: | Unincorporated |
Leader Title: | Governing body |
Leader Name: | Sturgeon County Council |
Area Footnotes: | (2021) |
Area Land Km2: | 0.66 |
Population As Of: | 2021 |
Population Total: | 143 |
Population Density Km2: | 215.4 |
Timezone: | MST |
Utc Offset: | −7 |
Timezone Dst: | MDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | −6 |
Coordinates: | 53.7111°N -113.9542°W |
Elevation M: | 680 |
Postal Code: | T0G |
Area Code: | 780, 587, 825 |
Blank Name: | Highways |
Blank Info: | Highway 37 |
Calahoo is a hamlet in Alberta, Canada within Sturgeon County. It is located on Highway 37 near the Sturgeon River, approximately 21km (13miles) northwest of Edmonton's city limits. It has an elevation of 680m (2,230feet).
The hamlet is located in Census Division No. 11 and in the federal riding of Westlock-St. Paul.
It is named after the nearby Michel Calihoo Reserve established in 1878 on 25,600 acres under Treaty 6.[1]
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Calahoo had a population of 143 living in 59 of its 65 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 123. 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, Calahoo had a population of 85 living in 31 of its 32 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2011 population of 187. With a land area of 0.4km2, it had a population density of in 2016.[3]