Eaglesham | |
Settlement Type: | Hamlet |
Pushpin Relief: | yes |
Pushpin Map: | Canada Alberta#Canada |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Eaglesham |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Canada |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Alberta |
Subdivision Type2: | Region |
Subdivision Name2: | Northern Alberta |
Subdivision Type3: | Census division |
Subdivision Name3: | 17 |
Subdivision Type4: | Municipal district |
Subdivision Name4: | Birch Hills County |
Government Type: | Unincorporated |
Leader Title1: | Governing body |
Leader Name1: | Birch Hills County Council |
Established Title: | Established |
Area Footnotes: | (2021) |
Area Land Km2: | 0.84 |
Population As Of: | 2021 |
Population Total: | 76 |
Population Density Km2: | 91 |
Timezone: | MST |
Utc Offset: | −07:00 |
Timezone Dst: | MDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | −06:00 |
Coordinates: | 55.7825°N -117.8833°W |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Area Code: | 780, 587, 825 |
Blank Name: | Highways |
Blank1 Name: | Waterways |
Eaglesham is a hamlet in northern Alberta, Canada within Birch Hills County, located north of Highway 49, approximately northeast of Grande Prairie.
The hamlet takes its name from Eaglesham in Scotland.[1]
Eaglesham is primarily a farming community. Eaglesham also has a small K-12 school with 80 students.[2]
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Eaglesham had a population of 76 living in 45 of its 60 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 93. With a land area of, it had a population density of in 2021.[3]
As a designated place in the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Eaglesham had a population of 93 living in 50 of its 60 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2011 population of 119. With a land area of 0.84km2, it had a population density of in 2016.[4]