| Official Name: | Municipal District of Bonnyville No. 87 |
| Settlement Type: | Municipal district |
| Seal Type: | Logo |
| Image Map1: | AB locator MUNICIPAL DISTRICT OF BONNYVILLE NO 87.svg |
| Mapsize1: | 200 |
| Map Caption1: | Location within Alberta |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Canada |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | Alberta |
| Subdivision Type2: | Region |
| Subdivision Name2: | Northern Alberta |
| Subdivision Type3: | Planning region |
| Subdivision Name3: | Lower Athabasca |
| Leader Title: | Reeve |
| Leader Name: | Barry Kalinski |
| Leader Title1: | Governing body |
| Leader Title2: | CAO |
| Leader Name2: | Al Hoggan |
| Leader Title3: | Administrative office |
| Leader Name3: | Bonnyville |
| Established Title: | Established |
| Established Date: | 1914 |
| Established Title2: | Incorporated |
| Established Date2: | 1955 |
| Area Footnotes: | (2021) |
| Area Land Km2: | 6005.3 |
| Population As Of: | 2021 |
| Population Total: | 12897 |
| Population Density Km2: | 2.1 |
| Population Blank1: | 12760 |
| Timezone: | MST |
| Utc Offset: | −7 |
| Timezone Dst: | MDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | −6 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Postal Code: | T0A 1S1 |
The Municipal District of Bonnyville No. 87 is a municipal district (MD) in northeastern Alberta, Canada in Division No. 12. On the east, it is adjacent to the province of Saskatchewan.
The district was incorporated on January 1, 1955, through the merger of the Municipal District of Bonnyville No. 87, the Municipal District of Glendon No. 88 and part of Improvement District No. 101.[1]
On May 1, 2021, the municipal district annexed the adjacent Improvement District No. 349.[2]
The following urban municipalities are surrounded by the MD of Bonnyville No. 87.[3]
The following hamlets are within the MD of Bonnyville No. 87.
The following Métis settlements and Indian reserves are within the MD of Bonnyville No. 87.
The following localities are within the MD of Bonnyville No. 87.[4]
As a census subdivision n the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the MD of Bonnyville No. 87 had a population of 12,897 living in 4,759 of its 5,487 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 12,745. With a land area of, it had a population density of in 2021.[5]
As a census subdivision in the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the MD of Bonnyville No. 87 originally had a population of 13,575 living in 4,820 of its 5,667 total private dwellings, a change from its 2011 population of 11,191.[6] This included the population of two Metis settlements, Elizabeth (653) and Fishing Lake (446),[7] located within the census subdivision that are municipalities independent of the MD of Bonnyville No. 87. Statistics Canada subsequently amended the 2016 census results for Bonnyville No. 87 to a population of 12,760 living in 4,589 of its 5,405 total dwellings, a change from its 2011 population of 11,191.[8] With a land area of 6064.73km2, it had a population density of in 2016.[6] [8] Excluding the two Metis settlements, the MD of Bonnyville No. 87 had a population of in 2016,[9] a change of from its 2011 population of 10,101.[10]
The population of the MD of Bonnyville No. 87 according to its 2014 municipal census is 11,836,[11] a change from its 2011 population of 10,101.[10]
The following is a breakdown of the visible minority and Aboriginal populations of the Bonnyville No. 87 census subdivision that includes the Elizabeth and Fishing Lake Metis settlements.
| Visible minority and Aboriginal population (Canada 2006 Census) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Population group | Population | % of total population | ||
| White | 8,300 | |||
| Visible minority group Source:[12] | South Asian | 0 | ||
| 0 | ||||
| 20 | ||||
| 15 | ||||
| 20 | ||||
| 0 | ||||
| Southeast Asian | 0 | |||
| 0 | ||||
| 0 | ||||
| 0 | ||||
| Visible minority, n.i.e. | 0 | |||
| Multiple visible minority | 0 | |||
| Total visible minority population | 55 | |||
| Aboriginal group Source:[13] | 375 | |||
| 1,420 | ||||
| 0 | ||||
| Aboriginal, n.i.e. | 0 | |||
| Multiple Aboriginal identity | 10 | |||
| Total Aboriginal population | 1,815 | |||
| Total population | 10,170 | 100% | ||