Legal | |
Official Name: | Town of Legal Ville de Legal |
Settlement Type: | Town |
Pushpin Map: | CAN AB Sturgeon # Canada Alberta |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Canada |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Alberta |
Subdivision Type2: | Region |
Subdivision Name2: | Edmonton Metropolitan Region |
Subdivision Type3: | Census division |
Subdivision Name3: | 11 |
Subdivision Type4: | Municipal district |
Subdivision Name4: | Sturgeon County |
Established Title: | Founded |
Established Title1: | Incorporated[1] |
Established Date1: | |
Established Title2: | • Village |
Established Date2: | February 20, 1914 |
Established Title3: | • Town |
Established Date3: | January 1, 1998 |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Trina Jones |
Leader Title1: | Governing body |
Elevation M: | 705 |
Area Footnotes: | (2021) |
Area Land Km2: | 3.18 |
Population As Of: | 2021 |
Population Footnotes: | [2] |
Population Total: | 1232 |
Population Density Km2: | 387.9 |
Timezone: | MST |
Utc Offset: | −7 |
Timezone Dst: | MDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | −6 |
Area Code: | 780 |
Blank Name: | Highway |
Blank Info: | Highway 651 |
Legal is a town in the Edmonton Metropolitan Region of Alberta, Canada within Sturgeon County. It is 2.4km (01.5miles) east of Highway 2 on Highway 651, approximately 42km (26miles) north of Edmonton.
Legal was established in 1894 as a Francophone community, and is named in honour of Bishop Émile-Joseph Legal.[3] The town, the French Mural Capital of Canada, is known for its 28 murals.[4]
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Town of Legal had a population of 1,232 living in 455 of its 489 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 1,345. With a land area of, it had a population density of in 2021.[5]
In the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Town of Legal recorded a population of 1,345 living in 448 of its 465 total private dwellings, a change from its 2011 population of 1,225. With a land area of 3.18km2, it had a population density of in 2016.[6]
The Greater North Central Francophone Education Region No. 2 operates a francophone elementary/junior school in Legal named Citadelle School (École Citadelle), while Greater St. Albert Catholic Schools operates an English elementary/junior school.