Cluny, Alberta Explained

Cluny
Settlement Type:Hamlet
Pushpin Map:Canada Alberta
Pushpin Label Position:none
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of Cluny in Alberta
Pushpin Mapsize:220
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Canada
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Alberta
Subdivision Type2:Census division
Subdivision Name2:No. 5
Subdivision Type3:Municipal district
Subdivision Name3:Wheatland County
Government Type:Unincorporated
Leader Title:Reeve
Leader Title1:Governing body
Area Footnotes: (2021)
Area Land Km2:0.69
Population As Of:2021
Population Total:50
Population Density Km2:72.7
Timezone:MST
Utc Offset:−7
Timezone Dst:MDT
Utc Offset Dst:−6
Coordinates:50.8365°N -112.8667°W
Elevation M:877

Cluny is a hamlet in Alberta, Canada within Wheatland County. It is south of Highway 1 on a Canadian Pacific Kansas City railway line and Highway 843, approximately southeast of Calgary. It has an elevation of 570m (1,870feet).

The hamlet is in Census Division No. 5 and in the federal riding of Crowfoot.

The hamlet takes its name from the Parish of Cluny in Scotland.[1]

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Cluny had a population of 50 living in 24 of its 33 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 70. 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, Cluny had a population of 70 living in 32 of its 41 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2011 population of 60. With a land area of 0.69km2, it had a population density of in 2016.[3]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Book: Place-names of Alberta. 1928. Geographic Board of Canada. Ottawa. 35.
  2. Web site: Population and dwelling counts: Canada and designated places . . February 9, 2022 . February 10, 2022.
  3. Web site: Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and designated places, 2016 and 2011 censuses – 100% data (Alberta) . . February 8, 2017 . February 13, 2017.