Division No. 5, Alberta facts for kids

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Quick facts for kids Division No. 5
Census division in Alberta
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Country	Canada
Province	Alberta
Area
• Total	16,775 km² (6,477 sq mi)
Population (2021)
• Total	55,784
• Density	3.32542/km² (8.6128/sq mi)

Division No. 5 is a census division in Alberta, Canada. It is located in the north-central portion of southern Alberta and its largest urban community is the Town of Strathmore.

Census subdivisions

The following census subdivisions (municipalities or municipal equivalents) are located within Alberta's Division No. 5.

Towns

- Drumheller
- Strathmore
- Three Hills
- Trochu
- Vulcan
Villages
- Acme
- Arrowwood
- Carbon
- Carmangay
- Champion
- Delia
- Hussar
- Linden
- Lomond
- Milo
- Morrin
- Munson
- Rockyford
- Standard
Municipal districts
Indian reserves
- Siksika 146
Hamlets
- Ardenode
- Bircham
- Brant
- Carseland
- Chancellor
- Cheadle
- Cluny
- Craigmyle
- Ensign
- Gleichen
- Herronton
- Hesketh
- Huxley
- Kirkcaldy
- Lyalta
- Michichi
- Mossleigh
- Namaka
- Nightingale
- Queenstown
- Rosebud
- Rowley
- Rumsey
- Shouldice
- Sunnyslope
- Swalwell
- Torrington
- Travers
- Wimborne

Demographics

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1991	39,658	—
1996	43,565	+9.9%
2001	47,606	+9.3%
2006	51,104	+7.3%
2011	53,263	+4.2%
2016	55,708	+4.6%
2021	55,784	+0.1%

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Division No. 5 had a population of 55,784 living in 20,451 of its 22,579 total private dwellings, a change of 0.1% from its 2016 population of 55,708. With a land area of 16,651.23 km² (6,429.08 sq mi), it had a population density of 3.4/km² (8.8/sq mi) in 2021.

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