Rochon Sands | |
Official Name: | Summer Village of Rochon Sands |
Settlement Type: | Summer village |
Pushpin Map: | Alberta |
Pushpin Label Position: | none |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Rochon Sands in Alberta |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 220 |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Canada |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Alberta |
Subdivision Type3: | Census division |
Subdivision Name3: | No. 7 |
Government Type: | Municipal incorporation |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Daniel Hiller |
Leader Title1: | Governing body |
Leader Name1: | Rochon Sands Summer Village Council |
Area Footnotes: | (2021) |
Area Land Km2: | 2.03 |
Population As Of: | 2021 |
Population Total: | 97 |
Population Density Km2: | 47.7 |
Timezone: | MST |
Utc Offset: | −7 |
Timezone Dst: | MDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | −6 |
Coordinates: | 52.4572°N -112.8835°W |
Rochon Sands is a summer village on Buffalo Lake in central Alberta, Canada. It is south of Rochon Sands Provincial Park. The summer village and the park take their name from the Rochon family who owned the land in the early 1900s.
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Summer Village of Rochon Sands had a population of 97 living in 53 of its 156 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 86. With a land area of, it had a population density of in 2021.[1]
In the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Summer Village of Rochon Sands had a population of 86 living in 47 of its 152 total private dwellings, a change from its 2011 population of 65. With a land area of 2.16km2, it had a population density of in 2016.[2]