Chancellor, Alberta

Hamlet in Alberta, Canada

51°05′07″N 112°50′02″W / 51.08528°N 112.83389°W / 51.08528; -112.83389CountryCanadaProvinceAlbertaRegionSouthern AlbertaCensus division5Municipal districtWheatland County, AlbertaGovernment

• TypeUnincorporated • Governing bodyWheatland County, Alberta CouncilArea

(2021)^[1]

• Land0.32 km² (0.12 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[1]

• Total5 • Density15.5/km² (40/sq mi)Time zoneUTC−07:00 (MST) • Summer (DST)UTC−06:00 (MDT)Area code(s)403, 587, 825

Chancellor is a hamlet in southern Alberta, Canada within Wheatland County.^[2] It is located approximately 26 kilometres (16 mi) north of Highway 1 and 86 kilometres (53 mi) east of Calgary.

Chancellor originally was built up chiefly by Germans, who named the hamlet after the office of Chancellor of Germany.^[3] It got its first post office in 1918 which was lost in a fire in 1930 along with most of the original buildings, with the memorial hall being the only original building standing.

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Chancellor had a population of 5 living in 2 of its 4 total private dwellings, a change of 0% from its 2016 population of 5. With a land area of 0.32 km² (0.12 sq mi), it had a population density of 15.6/km² (40.5/sq mi) in 2021.^[1]

As a designated place in the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Chancellor had a population of 5 living in 3 of its 3 total private dwellings, a change of 0% from its 2011 population of 5. With a land area of 0.32 km² (0.12 sq mi), it had a population density of 15.6/km² (40.5/sq mi) in 2016.^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Population and dwelling counts: Canada and designated places". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved February 10, 2022.
^ "Specialized and Rural Municipalities and Their Communities" (PDF). Alberta Municipal Affairs. January 12, 2022. Retrieved January 21, 2022.
^ Place-names of Alberta. Ottawa: Geographic Board of Canada. 1928. p. 32.
^ "Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and designated places, 2016 and 2011 censuses – 100% data (Alberta)". Statistics Canada. February 8, 2017. Retrieved February 13, 2017.