Chauvin | |
Official Name: | Village of Chauvin |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | Canada Alberta |
Pushpin Label Position: | none |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Alberta |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 200 |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Canada |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Alberta |
Subdivision Type2: | Region |
Subdivision Name2: | Central Alberta |
Subdivision Type3: | Census division |
Subdivision Name3: | 7 |
Subdivision Type4: | Municipal district |
Subdivision Name4: | Municipal District of Wainwright No. 61 |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Alan Dow |
Leader Title1: | Governing body |
Leader Name1: | Chauvin Village Council |
Established Title: | Founded |
Established Title1: | Incorporated[1] |
Established Date1: | |
Established Title2: | • Village |
Established Date2: | December 30, 1912 |
Area Footnotes: | (2021) |
Area Land Km2: | 2.22 |
Population As Of: | 2021 |
Population Total: | 304 |
Population Density Km2: | 136.9 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Municipal census (2016) |
Population Blank1: | 345 |
Timezone: | MST |
Utc Offset: | −7 |
Timezone Dst: | MDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | −6 |
Coordinates: | 52.6978°N -110.1409°W |
Elevation M: | 625 |
Blank Name: | Highways |
Blank Info: | Highway 17 |
Blank1 Name: | Secondary Highway |
Blank1 Info: | Highway 610 |
Chauvin is a village in east central Alberta, Canada. It is located 60km (40miles) east of Wainwright, and 10km (10miles) west of the Saskatchewan border. It is also the home of Susie the Softball, the world's largest softball.
Chauvin started as a railroad siding in 1908. It was incorporated as a village in 1912.[2] The village has the name of George Von Chauvin, a railroad official.[3]
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Village of Chauvin had a population of 304 living in 143 of its 162 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 335. With a land area of, it had a population density of in 2021.[4]
In the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Village of Chauvin recorded a population of 335 living in 145 of its 156 total private dwellings, a change from its 2011 population of 334. With a land area of 2.24km2, it had a population density of in 2016.[5]
The population of the Village of Chauvin according to its 2016 municipal census is 345,[6] a change from its 2011 municipal census population of 340.[7]