Rockyford | |
Official Name: | Village of Rockyford |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | Alberta |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Rockyford |
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. 5 |
Subdivision Type4: | Municipal district |
Subdivision Name4: | Wheatland County |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Darcy J. Burke |
Leader Title1: | Governing body |
Leader Name1: | Rockyford Village Council |
Established Title: | Founded |
Established Title1: | Incorporated[1] |
Established Date1: | |
Established Title2: | • Village |
Established Date2: | March 28, 1919 |
Area Footnotes: | (2021) |
Area Land Km2: | 1.04 |
Population As Of: | 2021 |
Population Total: | 395 |
Population Density Km2: | 380.7 |
Timezone: | MST |
Utc Offset: | −7 |
Timezone Dst: | MDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | −6 |
Coordinates: | 51.2339°N -113.1383°W |
Elevation M: | 850 |
Blank Name: | Highways |
Blank Info: | 21 |
Blank1 Name: | Waterways |
Blank1 Info: | Serviceberry Creek |
Rockyford is a village in southern Alberta, Canada. It is approximately 88km (55miles) east of Calgary and 56km (35miles) southwest of Drumheller. It was founded in 1913 upon the arrival of the Canadian National Railway.[2]
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Village of Rockyford had a population of 395 living in 144 of its 154 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 316. 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 Rockyford recorded a population of 316 living in 144 of its 151 total private dwellings, a change from its 2011 population of 325. With a land area of 1.08km2, it had a population density of in 2016.[4]