Seven Persons | |
Settlement Type: | Hamlet |
Pushpin Map: | Canada Alberta |
Pushpin Label Position: | none |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Seven Persons in Alberta |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 220 |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Canada |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Alberta |
Subdivision Type2: | Census division |
Subdivision Name2: | No. 1 |
Subdivision Type3: | Municipal district |
Subdivision Name3: | Cypress County |
Government Type: | Unincorporated |
Leader Title: | Governing body |
Leader Name: | Cypress County Council |
Area Footnotes: | (2021) |
Area Land Km2: | 1.05 |
Population As Of: | 2021 |
Population Total: | 277 |
Population Density Km2: | 263.8 |
Timezone: | MST |
Utc Offset: | −7 |
Timezone Dst: | MDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | −6 |
Coordinates: | 49.8742°N -110.9058°W |
Elevation M: | 755 |
Seven Persons is a hamlet in Alberta, Canada within Cypress County. It is located approximately 20km (10miles) southwest of Medicine Hat on Highway 3 and has an elevation of 755m (2,477feet).
The hamlet is located in Census Division No. 1 and in the federal riding of Medicine Hat—Cardston—Warner.
The hamlet is named after Seven Persons Creek, and there are various stories about the origin of the creek's name, according to The Mysteries of Canada website.
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Seven Persons had a population of 277 living in 107 of its 110 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 275. With a land area of, it had a population density of in 2021.[1]
As a designated place in the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Seven Persons had a population of 249 living in 94 of its 100 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2011 population of 231. With a land area of 0.52km2, it had a population density of in 2016.[2]
Cypress County indicates that the population of the Hamlet of Seven Persons was 275 in the 2016 Census, a change of from its 2011 population of 270.[3]