Official Name: | Municipal District of Willow Creek No. 26 |
Seal Type: | Logo |
Image Map1: | AB locator MUNICIPAL DISTRICT OF WILLOW CREEK NO 26.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: | Southern Alberta |
Subdivision Type3: | Census division |
Subdivision Name3: | No. 3 |
Leader Title: | Reeve |
Leader Name: | Earl Hemmaway |
Leader Title1: | Governing body |
Leader Name1: | MD of Willow Creek Council |
Leader Title2: | Administrative office |
Leader Name2: | west of Claresholm |
Established Title: | Established |
Established Date: | 1954 |
Established Title2: | Incorporated |
Established Date2: | 1954 |
Area Footnotes: | (2021) |
Area Land Km2: | 4485.05 |
Population As Of: | 2021 |
Population Total: | 6081 |
Population Density Km2: | 1.4 |
Timezone: | MST |
Utc Offset: | −7 |
Timezone Dst: | MDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | −6 |
The Municipal District of Willow Creek No. 26 is a municipal district (MD) in southern Alberta, Canada. Located in Census Division No. 3, its municipal office is located adjacent to Claresholm Industrial Airport, west of the Town of Claresholm.
The MD of Willow Creek No. 26 was incorporated on January 1, 1954.
The following urban municipalities are surrounded by the MD of Willow Creek No. 26.
The following hamlets are located within the MD of Willow Creek No. 26.
The following localities are located within the MD of Willow Creek No. 26.[1]
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the MD of Willow Creek No. 26 had a population of 6,081 living in 1,882 of its 2,115 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 5,575. 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 Willow Creek No. 26 had a population of 5,179 living in 1,671 of its 1,863 total private dwellings, a change from its 2011 population of 5,107. With a land area of 4558.14km2, it had a population density of in 2016.[3]