| Forestburg | |
| Official Name: | Village of Forestburg |
| Settlement Type: | Village |
| Pushpin Map: | Canada Alberta |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Forestburg in Alberta |
| 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: | Flagstaff County |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Name: | Blaze Joseph Young |
| Leader Title1: | Governing body |
| Leader Name1: | Forestburg Village Council |
| Established Title: | Founded |
| Established Date: | 1916 |
| Established Title1: | Incorporated[1] |
| Established Date1: | |
| Established Title2: | • Village |
| Established Date2: | August 21, 1919 |
| Area Footnotes: | (2021) |
| Area Land Km2: | 4.04 |
| Population As Of: | 2021 |
| Population Total: | 807 |
| Population Density Km2: | 199.9 |
| Timezone: | MST |
| Utc Offset: | −7 |
| Timezone Dst: | MDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | −6 |
| Coordinates: | 52.5803°N -112.0681°W |
| Elevation M: | 662.90 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code span |
| Blank Name: | Highways |
| Blank Info: | Highway 53 |
| Blank1 Name: | Waterway |
| Blank1 Info: | Battle River |
Forestburg is a village located in east-central Alberta, Canada. The rich farmland of the area was first settled by Europeans in 1905. Soon after the first of many "gopher hole" mines, homesteaders were soon coal mining on the banks of the Battle River in 1907.
Forestburg's economy is based on agriculture, coal mining, oil and gas activity, and power generation. Forestburg has a variety of retail and services, with major employment by Atco Power Ltd. and Westmoreland Coal. The village is the headquarters of the Battle River Railway, a co-operative railway established in 2009.[2]
The site was surveyed in 1919 after the Canadian Northern Railway arrived in 1916, and Forestburg was incorporated into a village.
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Village of Forestburg had a population of 807 living in 373 of its 417 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 880. With a land area of, it had a population density of in 2021.[3]
In the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Village of Forestburg recorded a population of 875 living in 360 of its 404 total private dwellings, a change from its 2011 population of 831. With a land area of 2.73km2, it had a population density of in 2016.[4]
The population of the Village of Forestburg according to its 2014 municipal census is 880,[5] a change from its 2011 federal census population of 831.[6]