Mannville, Alberta

Village in Alberta, Canada, incorporated 1906

Village in Alberta, Canada

53°20′08″N 111°10′32″W / 53.33556°N 111.17556°W / 53.33556; -111.17556CountryCanadaProvinceAlbertaRegionCentral AlbertaCensus division10Municipal district County of Minburn No. 27Incorporated^[1] • VillageDecember 26, 1906Government

^[2]

• MayorRex Smith • Governing bodyMannville Village CouncilArea

(2021)^[3]

• Land1.64 km² (0.63 sq mi)Elevation

625 m (2,051 ft)Population

(2021)^[3]

• Total765 • Density466.3/km² (1,208/sq mi)Time zoneUTC−7 (MST) • Summer (DST)UTC−6 (MDT)HighwaysHighway 16
Highway 881WebsiteOfficial website

Mannville is a village in central Alberta, Canada. It is located at the intersection of the Yellowhead Highway and Highway 881, approximately 22 kilometres (14 mi) west of Vermilion and 170 kilometres (110 mi) east of Edmonton. Its primary industry is agriculture.

History

The settlement was named for Sir Donald Mann, vice-president of the Canadian Northern Railway.^[4]

The Mannville Group, an oil and gas bearing unit of the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin, was named for the village by A.W. Nauss in 1945.^[5]

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Village of Mannville had a population of 765 living in 339 of its 397 total private dwellings, a change of -7.6% from its 2016 population of 828. With a land area of 1.64 km² (0.63 sq mi), it had a population density of 466.5/km² (1,208.1/sq mi) in 2021.^[3]

In the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Village of Mannville recorded a population of 828 living in 341 of its 377 total private dwellings, a 3.1% change from its 2011 population of 803. With a land area of 1.64 km² (0.63 sq mi), it had a population density of 504.9/km² (1,307.6/sq mi) in 2016.^[6]

Notable people

Frances Bay (1919–2011): actress
Vernon Booher (1907–1929): mass murderer
Kyle Calder (born 1979): professional hockey player
Peter Gadsden (1929–2006): Lord Mayor of London
Erving Goffman (1922–1982): sociologist
Mike Rathje (born 1974): professional hockey player
Miles Zaharko (born 1957): professional hockey player

References

^ "Location and History Profile: Village of Mannville" (PDF). Alberta Municipal Affairs. October 21, 2016. p. 449. Retrieved October 23, 2016.
^ "Municipal Officials Search". Alberta Municipal Affairs. May 9, 2019. Retrieved October 1, 2021.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities)". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved February 9, 2022.
^ ePodunk. "Mannville". Archived from the original on 2007-11-21. Retrieved 2009-03-02.
^ Nauss, Arthur William, 1945. Cretaceous stratigraphy of Vermilion area, Alberta, Canada; American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG), AAPG Bulletin, vol. 29, no. 11 (November), pp. 1605-1629.
^ "Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), 2016 and 2011 censuses – 100% data (Alberta)". Statistics Canada. February 8, 2017. Retrieved February 8, 2017.