Monarch | |
Settlement Type: | Hamlet |
Pushpin Relief: | yes |
Pushpin Map: | Canada Alberta#Canada |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Monarch |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Canada |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Alberta |
Subdivision Type2: | Region |
Subdivision Name2: | Southern Alberta |
Subdivision Type3: | Census division |
Subdivision Name3: | 2 |
Subdivision Type4: | Municipal district |
Subdivision Name4: | Lethbridge County |
Government Type: | Unincorporated |
Leader Title1: | Governing body |
Leader Name1: | Lethbridge County Council |
Established Title: | Established |
Area Footnotes: | (2021) |
Area Land Km2: | 0.39 |
Population As Of: | 2021 |
Population Total: | 217 |
Population Density Km2: | 559.1 |
Timezone: | MST |
Utc Offset: | −07:00 |
Timezone Dst: | MDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | −06:00 |
Coordinates: | 49.8044°N -113.1078°W |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Area Code: | 403, 587, 825 |
Blank Name: | Highways |
Blank1 Name: | Waterways |
Monarch is a hamlet in southern Alberta, Canada within the Lethbridge County. It is located on Highway 3A, approximately northwest of Lethbridge. It was formerly a village, existing as such from about 1913 to about 1939.
Monarch has a semi-arid climate (Köppen climate classification BSk) with an average maximum temperature of and an average minimum temperature of .
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Monarch had a population of 217 living in 88 of its 98 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 227. 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, Monarch had a population of 227 living in 90 of its 98 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2011 population of 220. With a land area of 0.39km2, it had a population density of in 2016.[2]