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Chinook
Chinook is located in Alberta
Chinook
Chinook
Location in Alberta
Chinook is located in Canada
Chinook
Chinook
Location in Canada
Country Canada
Province Alberta
Region Southern Alberta
Census division 4
Special area Special Area No. 3
Government
 • Type Unincorporated
Population
 (1991)
 • Total 38
Time zone UTC−07:00 (MST)
 • Summer (DST) UTC−06:00 (MDT)
Area code(s) 403, 587, 825

Chinook is a hamlet in southern Alberta, Canada within Special Area No. 3. It is located on Highway 9 approximately 119 kilometres (74 mi) northeast of Brooks.

Chinook was named after the Chinook wind, a "warm dry westerly wind from the Rocky Mountains.

Demographics

Population history
of Chinook
Year Pop. ±%
1901 —    
1906 —    
1911 —    
1916 189 —    
1921 241 +27.5%
1926 198 −17.8%
1931 176 −11.1%
1936 134 −23.9%
1941 142 +6.0%
1946 130 −8.5%
1951 116 −10.8%
1956 154 +32.8%
1961 114 −26.0%
1966 —    
1971 —    
1976 —    
1981 —    
1986 —    
1991 38 —    
Source: Statistics Canada

Chinook recorded a population of 38 in the 1991 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada.

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