Shaughnessy | |
Settlement Type: | Hamlet |
Pushpin Relief: | yes |
Pushpin Map: | Canada Alberta#Canada |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Shaughnessy |
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: | 2 |
Subdivision Type4: | Municipal district |
Subdivision Name4: | Lethbridge County |
Government Type: | Unincorporated |
Leader Title1: | Governing body |
Leader Name1: | Lethbridge County Council |
Established Title: | Established |
Area Footnotes: | (2021) |
Area Land Km2: | 0.38 |
Population As Of: | 2021 |
Population Total: | 388 |
Population Density Km2: | 1021.6 |
Timezone: | MST |
Utc Offset: | −07:00 |
Timezone Dst: | MDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | −06:00 |
Coordinates: | 49.8528°N -112.8422°W |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Area Code: | 403, 587, 825 |
Blank Name: | Highways |
Blank1 Name: | Waterways |
Shaughnessy is a hamlet in southern Alberta, Canada within the Lethbridge County. It is located on Highway 25, approximately north of Lethbridge. It is named after Baron Shaughnessy, chairman of the mining company that ran the town.[1]
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Shaughnessy had a population of 388 living in 150 of its 162 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 415. With a land area of, it had a population density of in 2021.[2]
As a designated place in the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Shaughnessy had a population of 415 living in 160 of its 167 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2011 population of 384. With a land area of 0.38km2, it had a population density of in 2016.[3]