Joffre | |
Settlement Type: | Hamlet |
Pushpin Relief: | yes |
Pushpin Map: | Canada Alberta#Canada |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Joffre |
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: | 8 |
Subdivision Type4: | Municipal district |
Subdivision Name4: | Lacombe County |
Government Type: | Unincorporated |
Leader Title1: | Governing body |
Leader Name1: | Lacombe County Council |
Established Title: | Established |
Area Footnotes: | (2021) |
Area Land Km2: | 0.21 |
Population As Of: | 2021 |
Population Total: | 128 |
Population Density Km2: | 600.1 |
Timezone: | MST |
Utc Offset: | −07:00 |
Timezone Dst: | MDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | −06:00 |
Coordinates: | 52.3361°N -113.5372°W |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Area Code: | 403, 587, 825 |
Blank Name: | Highways |
Blank1 Name: | Waterways |
Joffre is a hamlet in central Alberta, Canada within Lacombe County. It is located north of Highway 11, approximately northeast of Red Deer.
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Joffre had a population of 128 living in 63 of its 66 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 171. With a land area of, it had a population density of in 2021.[1]
As a designated place in the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Joffre had a population of 171 living in 73 of its 75 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2011 population of 172. With a land area of 0.21km2, it had a population density of in 2016.[2]
The community name was originally a Post Office named in 1918 after Marshal J. J. C. Joffre, Commander-in-Chief of the Allied army 1915–1917. Previously it had been named "Blades" after a local family of pioneers.[3]