Carmangay | |
Official Name: | Village of Carmangay |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | Alberta#Canada |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Carmangay in Alberta |
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: | 5 |
Subdivision Type4: | Municipal district |
Subdivision Name4: | Vulcan County |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Stacy Hovde |
Leader Title1: | Governing body |
Leader Name1: | Carmangay Village Council |
Leader Title3: | MLA Barry Macfarland |
Established Title: | Founded |
Established Title1: | Incorporated[1] |
Established Date1: | |
Established Title2: | • Village |
Established Date2: | January 20, 1910 |
Established Title3: | • Town |
Established Date3: | March 17, 1911 |
Established Title4: | • Village |
Established Date4: | March 4, 1936 |
Area Footnotes: | (2021) |
Area Land Km2: | 1.8 |
Population As Of: | 2021 |
Population Total: | 269 |
Population Density Km2: | 149.6 |
Timezone: | MST |
Utc Offset: | −7 |
Timezone Dst: | MDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | −6 |
Coordinates: | 50.1294°N -113.1114°W |
Elevation M: | 935 |
Postal Code Type: | Forward sortation area |
Postal Code: | T0L 0N0 |
Blank Name: | Highway |
Blank Info: | Highway 23 |
Blank1 Name: | Waterway |
Blank1 Info: | Little Bow River |
Carmangay is a village in southern Alberta, Canada. It is located 62km (39miles) north of Lethbridge and 150km (90miles) south of Calgary, along the Canadian Pacific Railway, east of Highway 23. It takes its name from C.W. Carman, who bought 1500acres at $3.50 per acre to grow wheat in 1904, and his wife, Gertrude Gay.[2]
Carmangay is the site of the Carmangay Tipi Rings, an archeological tipi ring site. The site does not have much archaeological material, though there has been enough to date it to 200–1700 AD.[3]
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Village of Carmangay had a population of 269 living in 127 of its 147 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 242. With a land area of, it had a population density of in 2021.[4]
The population of the Village Carmangay of according to its 2017 municipal census is 250,[5] a change of from its 2013 municipal census population of 262.[6]
In the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Village of Carmangay recorded a population of 242 living in 121 of its 135 total private dwellings, a change from its 2011 population of 367. With a land area of 1.86km2, it had a population density of in 2016.[7]
In 2013, Enbridge and EDF began construction on a 300 MW wind farm east of the Village of Carmangay. 166 wind turbines were constructed at the site, with over 300 workers on the project. The Blackspring Ridge Wind Project was completed in May 2014.[8]