Official Name: | Municipal District of Peace No. 135 |
Settlement Type: | Municipal district |
Seal Type: | Logo |
Image Map1: | AB locator MUNICIPAL DISTRICT OF PEACE NO 135.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: | Census division |
Subdivision Name3: | 19 |
Leader Title: | Reeve |
Leader Name: | Robert Willing |
Leader Title1: | Governing body |
Leader Name1: | MD of Peace Council |
Leader Title2: | Administrative office |
Leader Name2: | adjacent to Berwyn |
Established Title: | Established |
Established Date: | 1916 |
Established Title2: | Incorporated |
Established Date2: | 1945 |
Area Footnotes: | (2021) |
Area Land Km2: | 847.22 |
Population As Of: | 2021 |
Population Total: | 1581 |
Population Density Km2: | 1.9 |
Timezone: | MST |
Utc Offset: | −7 |
Timezone Dst: | MDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | −6 |
The Municipal District of Peace No. 135 is a municipal district (MD) in northwestern Alberta, Canada. Located in Census Division No. 19, its municipal office is located outside but adjacent to the Village of Berwyn.
The following urban municipalities are surrounded by the MD of Peace No. 135.
The following hamlets are located within the MD of Peace No. 135.
The following localities are located within the MD of Peace No. 135.[1]
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the MD of Peace No. 135 had a population of 1,581 living in 577 of its 654 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 1,752. With a land area of, it had a population density of in 2021.[2]
In the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the MD of Peace No. 135 had a population of 1,747 living in 578 of its 639 total private dwellings, a change from its 2011 population of 1,446. With a land area of 847.47km2, it had a population density of in 2016.[3]
Agriculture is a significant part of the area's economy, with the region being dubbed as most northern agricultural industry oasis in the world.[4] The region has unique growing combination of a northern climate, fertile soils, and a watershed system fed by glacial run offs.