Munson | |
Official Name: | Village of Munson |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | Canada Alberta |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Canada |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Alberta |
Subdivision Type2: | Region |
Subdivision Name2: | Central Alberta |
Subdivision Type3: | Census Division |
Subdivision Name3: | No. 5 |
Subdivision Type4: | Municipal district |
Subdivision Name4: | Starland County |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Mary Taylor |
Leader Title1: | Governing body |
Leader Name1: | Munson Village Council |
Established Title: | Founded |
Established Title1: | Incorporated[1] |
Established Date1: | |
Established Title2: | • Village |
Established Date2: | May 5, 1911 |
Area Footnotes: | (2021) |
Area Land Km2: | 2.56 |
Population As Of: | 2021 |
Population Total: | 170 |
Population Density Km2: | 66.3 |
Timezone: | MST |
Utc Offset: | −7 |
Timezone Dst: | MDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | −6 |
Coordinates: | 51.5631°N -112.7417°W |
Elevation M: | 825 |
Blank Name: | Highways |
Blank Info: | 9 |
Munson is a village in central Alberta, Canada. It is located 13 km north of the Town of Drumheller along Highway 9 and the Canadian National Railway tracks.
Prior to the end of World War I, Munson was the site of a Ukrainian Canadian internment camp where non-citizen immigrant prisoners laboured on the railway. The camp, which remained open until March 21, 1919, consisted of shelters made of railway cars.[2]
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Village of Munson had a population of 170 living in 74 of its 82 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 192. With a land area of, it had a population density of in 2021.[3]
In the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Village of Munson recorded a population of 192 living in 82 of its 89 total private dwellings, a change from its 2011 population of 204. With a land area of 2.53km2, it had a population density of in 2016.[4]