Goodfare | |
Settlement Type: | Hamlet |
Pushpin Relief: | yes |
Pushpin Map: | Canada Alberta#Canada |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Goodfare |
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: | 19 |
Subdivision Type4: | Municipal district |
Subdivision Name4: | County of Grande Prairie No. 1 |
Government Type: | Unincorporated |
Leader Title1: | Governing body |
Leader Name1: | County of Grande Prairie No. 1 Council |
Established Title: | Established |
Population As Of: | 1986 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 11 |
Timezone: | MST |
Utc Offset: | −07:00 |
Timezone Dst: | MDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | −06:00 |
Coordinates: | 55.2578°N -119.7164°W |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Area Code: | 780, 587, 825 |
Blank Name: | Highways |
Blank1 Name: | Waterways |
Goodfare is a hamlet in northern Alberta, Canada within the County of Grande Prairie No. 1. It is located on Highway 671, approximately west of Highway 43 and northwest of Grande Prairie.
Established as a post office in April 1919, after the residents petitioned for postal service, the name Goodfair was chosen, being descriptive of the area, the name was changed to the current spelling since there was already a Goodfair post office in Saskatchewan. John Third was the first postmaster. The area was originally known as Kempton.[2]
Goodfare recorded a population of 11 in the 1986 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada.[1]