Lundbreck | |
Settlement Type: | Hamlet |
Pushpin Map: | Canada Alberta |
Pushpin Label Position: | none |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Lundbreck in Alberta |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 220 |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Canada |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Alberta |
Subdivision Type2: | Census division |
Subdivision Name2: | No. 3 |
Subdivision Type3: | Municipal district |
Subdivision Name3: | Municipal District of Pincher Creek No. 9 |
Government Type: | Unincorporated |
Leader Title: | Governing body |
Leader Name: | Municipal District of Pincher Creek No. 9 Council |
Area Footnotes: | (2021) |
Area Land Km2: | 0.42 |
Population As Of: | 2021 |
Population Total: | 289 |
Population Density Km2: | 690.4 |
Timezone: | MST |
Utc Offset: | −7 |
Timezone Dst: | MDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | −6 |
Coordinates: | 49.5856°N -114.1619°W |
Elevation M: | 1200 |
Lundbreck is a hamlet in southern Alberta, Canada within the Municipal District of Pincher Creek No. 9.[1] It is located on the south side of Highway 3, approximately 3km (02miles) east of the southern terminus of Highway 22, east of the Municipality of Crowsnest Pass, west of the Village of Cowley and west of the Town of Pincher Creek. It has an elevation of .
It is part of Census Division No. 3 and the federal riding of Macleod.
Lundbreck was incorporated in 1907, celebrated its centennial in 2007, and was named for two coal miners (Lund and Breckenridge).
Lundbreck started out as a coal mining town, quickly growing to a size of about 1,000 people until the coal mines closed, at which time it quickly shrank.
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Lundbreck had a population of 289 living in 134 of its 145 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 236. 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, Lundbreck had a population of 236 living in 113 of its 141 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2011 population of 244. With a land area of 0.42km2, it had a population density of in 2016.[3]
Livingstone School is a K-12, 1A school that was instituted in 1955, as a more modern alternative to the then practice of using several small, one room, multiple grade, rural schools. Kids were bussed in from the local area rural schools from Cowley and the northwest portion of the M.D. of Pincher Creek No. 9.