Flagstaff County

Municipal district in Alberta, Canada

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52°46′21″N 111°41′49″W / 52.77250°N 111.69694°W / 52.77250; -111.69694CountryCanadaProvinceAlbertaRegionCentral AlbertaPlanning regionNorth SaskatchewanEstablished1944Incorporated1968Government

^[1]

• ReeveDonald Kroetch • Governing bodyFlagstaff County Council • Administrative officeSedgewickArea

(2021)^[2]

• Land3,959.78 km² (1,528.88 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

• Total3,694 • Density0.9/km² (2/sq mi)Time zoneUTC−7 (MST) • Summer (DST)UTC−6 (MDT)Websiteflagstaff.ab.ca

Flagstaff County is a municipal district in east central Alberta, Canada.

It is located in Census Division 7. The county was incorporated in the current boundaries in 1944 as Municipal District of Killam No. 390, name changed a year later to Municipal District of Flagstaff No. 62. It was established as a county in 1968. Its municipal office is located in the Town of Sedgewick.

Geography

Communities and localities

The following urban municipalities are surrounded by Flagstaff County.^[3]

Cities

none

Towns

Villages

Summer villages

none

The following hamlets are located within Flagstaff County.^[3]

Hamlets

Galahad^[4]
Strome^[5]

The following localities are located within Flagstaff County.^[6]

Localities

Battle Bend
Bellshill
Berkinshaw
Bonlea
Lorraine
Woodglen

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Flagstaff County had a population of 3,694 living in 1,378 of its 1,558 total private dwellings, a change of -0.9% from its 2016 population of 3,728. With a land area of 3,959.78 km² (1,528.88 sq mi), it had a population density of 0.9/km² (2.4/sq mi) in 2021.^[2]

In the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Flagstaff County had a population of 3,738 living in 1,380 of its 1,532 total private dwellings, a 4.1% change from its 2011 population of 3,591. With a land area of 4,067.58 km² (1,570.50 sq mi), it had a population density of 0.9/km² (2.4/sq mi) in 2016.^[7]

Infrastructure

Transportation

The area is served by Killam-Sedgewick/Flagstaff Regional Airport.

References

^ "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.
^ ^a ^b "Specialized and Rural Municipalities and Their Communities" (PDF). Alberta Municipal Affairs. January 12, 2022. Retrieved January 21, 2022.
^ "O.C. 259/2015". Government of Alberta. November 17, 2015. Retrieved November 19, 2015.
^ "O.C. 260/2015". Government of Alberta. November 17, 2015. Retrieved November 19, 2015.
^ "Standard Geographical Classification (SGC) 2006, Economic Regions: 4807031 - Flagstaff County, geographical codes and localities, 2006". Statistics Canada. March 5, 2010. Retrieved February 11, 2012.
^ "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.

External links

Official website

Places adjacent to Flagstaff County

Camrose County

Beaver County

Municipal District of Wainwright No. 61

Camrose County

Flagstaff County

Municipal District of Provost No. 52

County of Stettler No. 6

County of Paintearth No. 18

Municipal District of Provost No. 52

Subdivisions of Alberta

Subdivisions

Communities

Cities and urban
service areas

Rural
municipalities

Municipal districts	Acadia Athabasca Barrhead Beaver Big Lakes Bighorn Birch Hills Bonnyville Brazeau Camrose Cardston Clear Hills Clearwater Cypress Fairview Flagstaff Foothills Forty Mile Grande Prairie Greenview Kneehill Lac Ste. Anne Lacombe Lamont Leduc Lesser Slave River Lethbridge Minburn Mountain View Newell Northern Lights Northern Sunrise Opportunity Paintearth Parkland Peace Pincher Creek Ponoka Provost Ranchland Red Deer Rocky View Saddle Hills Smoky Lake Smoky River Spirit River St. Paul Starland Stettler Sturgeon Taber Thorhild Two Hills Vermilion River Vulcan Wainwright Warner Westlock Wetaskiwin Wheatland Willow Creek Woodlands Yellowhead
Improvement districts	4 (Waterton) 9 (Banff) 12 (Jasper) 13 (Elk Island) 24 (Wood Buffalo) 25 (Willmore) Kananaskis
Special areas	2 3 4

Specialized
municipalities

Crowsnest Pass, Municipality of
Jasper, Municipality of
Lac La Biche County
Mackenzie County
Strathcona County
Wood Buffalo, Regional Municipality of

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