Diamond_City,_Alberta

Diamond City, Alberta

Diamond City, Alberta

Hamlet in Alberta, Canada

Diamond City is a hamlet in southern Alberta, Canada within the Lethbridge County.[2] It is located on Highway 25, approximately 13 kilometres (8.1 mi) north of Lethbridge. The community was so named on account of deposits of coal near the original town site, a resource also called "black diamond".[3]

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Diamond City was first settled at the turn of the 20th century by farmers, ranchers and miners. The community grew rapidly when a coal mine was opened in 1905.[4] Previously an incorporated town, Diamond City dissolved on June 30, 1937.[5]

Demographics

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In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Diamond City had a population of 204 living in 64 of its 68 total private dwellings, a change of 10.9% from its 2016 population of 184. With a land area of 0.51 km2 (0.20 sq mi), it had a population density of 400.0/km2 (1,036.0/sq mi) in 2021.[1]

As a designated place in the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Diamond City had a population of 184 living in 62 of its 64 total private dwellings, a change of 13.6% from its 2011 population of 162. With a land area of 0.54 km2 (0.21 sq mi), it had a population density of 340.7/km2 (882.5/sq mi) in 2016.[6]

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "Population and dwelling counts: Canada and designated places". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved February 10, 2022.
  2. [2]
    "Specialized and Rural Municipalities and Their Communities" (PDF). Alberta Municipal Affairs. January 12, 2022. Retrieved January 21, 2022.
  3. [3]
    Place-names of Alberta. Ottawa: Geographic Board of Canada. 1928. p. 42.
  4. [4]
    Coyote Flats Historical Society (1967). Coyote Flats : historical review, 1905-1965. Volume 1. Lethbridge: Southern Printing. p. 374.
  5. [5]
    "The Alberta Gazette, 1937 (Volume 33) – The Town of Diamond City Reverted to the Status of a Villages and the Said Village, Dissolved and Reverted to the Status of a Hamlet". Government of Alberta. June 16, 1937. p. 678. Retrieved October 11, 2015.[permanent dead link]
  6. [6]
    "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.


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