Namaka, Alberta

Hamlet in Alberta, Canada

50°57′31″N 113°17′33″W / 50.95861°N 113.29250°W / 50.95861; -113.29250CountryCanadaProvinceAlbertaRegionSouthern AlbertaCensus division5Municipal districtWheatland County, AlbertaGovernment

• TypeUnincorporated • Governing bodyWheatland County, Alberta CouncilArea

(2021)^[1]

• Land0.31 km² (0.12 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[1]

• Total72 • Density229.5/km² (594/sq mi)Time zoneUTC−07:00 (MST) • Summer (DST)UTC−06:00 (MDT)Area code(s)403, 587, 825

Namaka is a hamlet in southern Alberta, Canada within Wheatland County.^[2] It is located approximately 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) south of Highway 1 and 55 kilometres (34 mi) east of Calgary. Its name means "near the water" in Blackfoot. The first school was built in 1909.^[3]

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Namaka had a population of 72 living in 25 of its 26 total private dwellings, a change of -15.3% from its 2016 population of 85. With a land area of 0.31 km² (0.12 sq mi), it had a population density of 232.3/km² (601.5/sq mi) in 2021.^[1]

As a designated place in the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Namaka had a population of 50 living in 21 of its 21 total private dwellings, a change of -29.6% from its 2011 population of 71. With a land area of 0.13 km² (0.050 sq mi), it had a population density of 384.6/km² (996.1/sq mi) in 2016.^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "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.
^ Dougan, Harvey (1979). The English Colony Nightingale and District. Nightingale, Alberta: Nightingale Women's Institute. p. 55. Archived from the original on September 24, 2015. Retrieved August 1, 2013.
^ "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.