| Calmar | |
| Official Name: | Town of Calmar |
| Settlement Type: | Town |
| Pushpin Map: | Alberta#Canada |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Calmar in Alberta |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Canada |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | Alberta |
| Subdivision Type2: | Region |
| Subdivision Name2: | Edmonton Metropolitan Region |
| Subdivision Type3: | Census division |
| Subdivision Name3: | 11 |
| Subdivision Type4: | Municipal district |
| Subdivision Name4: | Leduc County |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Name: | Sean Carnahan |
| Leader Title1: | Governing body |
| Leader Name1: | Calmar Town Council |
| Leader Title2: | MP |
| Leader Name2: | Mike Lake (Edmonton - Wetaskiwin-Cons) |
| Leader Title3: | MLA |
| Established Title: | Founded |
| Established Title1: | Incorporated[1] |
| Established Date1: | |
| Established Title2: | • Village |
| Established Date2: | January 1, 1949 |
| Established Title3: | • Town |
| Established Date3: | January 19, 1954 |
| Area Footnotes: | (2021) |
| Area Land Km2: | 4.67 |
| Population As Of: | 2021 |
| Population Footnotes: | [2] |
| Population Total: | 2183 |
| Population Density Km2: | 467.6 |
| Timezone: | MST |
| Utc Offset: | −07:00 |
| Timezone Dst: | MDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | −06:00 |
| Coordinates: | 53.265°N -113.8053°W |
| Elevation Footnotes: | [3] |
| Elevation M: | 730 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Postal Code: | T0C |
| Area Code: | 780, 587, 825 |
| Blank Name: | Highways |
| Blank Info: | Highway 39, Highway 795 |
| Blank1 Name: | Waterways |
| Blank1 Info: | Conjuring Creek |
Calmar is a town in central Alberta, Canada. It is located in Leduc County, on Highway 39, 35km (22miles) southwest from Edmonton. It was named in 1900 for Kalmar, Sweden, the home town of its first postmaster, C. J. Blomquist. [4]
Calmar experiences a humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb).[5]
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Town of Calmar had a population of 2,183 living in 893 of its 937 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 2,228. With a land area of, it had a population density of in 2021.[6]
In the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Town of Calmar recorded a population of 2,228 living in 842 of its 861 total private dwellings, a change from its 2011 population of 1,970. With a land area of 4.68km2, it had a population density of in 2016.[7]
The population of the Town of Calmar according to its 2014 municipal census is 2,101,[8] a change from its 2009 municipal census population of 2,033.[9]
The Town of Calmar is a member of the Leduc-Nisku Economic Development Association, an economic development partnership that markets Alberta's International Region[10] in proximity to the Edmonton International Airport.[11]
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