Walsh | |
Settlement Type: | Hamlet |
Pushpin Map: | Canada Alberta |
Pushpin Label Position: | none |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Walsh 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: | 1.22 |
Population As Of: | 2021 |
Population Total: | 50 |
Population Density Km2: | 41 |
Timezone: | MST |
Utc Offset: | −7 |
Timezone Dst: | MDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | −6 |
Coordinates: | 49.9472°N -110.0425°W |
Elevation M: | 745 |
Walsh is a hamlet in Alberta, Canada within Cypress County.
It is located along the Trans-Canada Highway, immediately west of the Saskatchewan border, and has an elevation of 745m (2,444feet).
The hamlet is located in Census Division No. 1 and in the federal riding of Medicine Hat.
Walsh is likely named for the prominent North-West Mounted Police officer, James Walsh, who established a fort there in the early days of that organization.[1]
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Walsh had a population of 50 living in 26 of its 32 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 60. 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, Walsh had a population of 60 living in 27 of its 35 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2011 population of 58. With a land area of 1.25km2, it had a population density of in 2016.[3]