Cayley,_Alberta
Cayley, Alberta
Hamlet in Alberta, Canada
Cayley is a hamlet in southern Alberta, Canada within the Foothills County.[2] It is also recognized as a designated place by Statistics Canada.[3]
Cayley | |
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Location of Cayley in Alberta | |
| Coordinates: 50.4481°N 113.8472°W / 50.4481; -113.8472 | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Alberta |
| Census division | No. 6 |
| Municipal district | Foothills County |
| Government | |
| • Type | Unincorporated |
| • Reeve | vacant |
| • Governing body | M.D. of Foothills Council
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| Area (2021)[1] | |
| • Land | 0.62 km2 (0.24 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[1] | |
| • Total | 414 |
| • Density | 672.7/km2 (1,742/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC−7 (MST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−6 (MDT) |
Cayley is approximately 73 kilometres (45 mi) south of Calgary, 13 kilometres (8.1 mi) south of High River and 1.2 kilometres (0.75 mi) west of Highway 2 on Range Road 290 (former designated as Highway 2A). It is located within Census Division No. 6.
The community was named for the Hon. Hugh St. Quentin Cayley, a barrister and the publisher of the Calgary Herald in 1884, who also represented Calgary in the Northwest Territories legislature from 1886 to 1894.[4] The hamlet originally contained at least seven grain elevators; all have been demolished. Cayley is also home to a Hutterite colony and a colony school; in 2001, two Cayley Colony girls were the first students from an Alberta colony school to write provincial diploma exams and graduate from high school.[5]
Incorporation history
Previously incorporated as a village on August 4, 1904, Cayley dissolved to hamlet status on June 1, 1996.[6]
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
|---|---|---|
| 1926 {est.} | 135 | — |
| 1936 | 135 | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 265 | +96.3% |
| 2016 | 340 | +28.3% |
| 2021 | 414 | +21.8% |
| Sources: [1] | ||
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Cayley had a population of 414 living in 166 of its 170 total private dwellings, a change of 9.8% from its 2016 population of 377. With a land area of 0.62 km2 (0.24 sq mi), it had a population density of 667.7/km2 (1,729.4/sq mi) in 2021.[1]
As a designated place in the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Cayley had a population of 340 living in 143 of its 143 total private dwellings, a change of 28.3% from its 2011 population of 265. With a land area of 0.48 km2 (0.19 sq mi), it had a population density of 708.3/km2 (1,834.6/sq mi) in 2016.[7]
- "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.
- Statistics Canada (2007). "Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and designated places, 2006 and 2001 censuses". Retrieved January 30, 2010.
- "Hugh St. Quenton Cayley biography". Southern Alberta Pioneers. Retrieved December 7, 2007.
- "Alberta Teachers' Association - In the News - Two firsts for Cayley Colony School". Archived from the original on September 27, 2007. Retrieved November 13, 2006.
- Alberta Queen's Printer (April 24, 1996). "Order in Council (O.C.) 173/96" (PDF). Retrieved June 24, 2010.
- "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.