Kneehill County

Municipal district in Alberta, Canada

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Three Hills

Trochu

Acme

Carbon

Linden

Bircham

Hesketh

Huxley

Sunnyslope

Swalwell

Torrington

Wimborne

Major communities

Location within Alberta

CountryCanadaProvinceAlbertaRegionSouthern AlbertaPlanning regionRed DeerEstablished1944Incorporated1998Government

^[1]

• ReeveJerry F. Wittstock • Governing bodyKneehill County Council • Administrative officeThree HillsArea

(2021)^[2]

• Land3,373.4 km² (1,302.5 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

• Total4,992 • Density1.5/km² (4/sq mi)Time zoneUTC−7 (MST) • Summer (DST)UTC−6 (MDT)Websitekneehillcounty.com

Kneehill County is a municipal district in central Alberta, Canada within Census Division No. 5.

Geography

Communities and localities

The following urban municipalities are surrounded by Kneehill County:^[3]

Cities

none

Towns

Three Hills (location of municipal office)
Trochu

Villages

Summer villages

none

The following hamlets are located within Kneehill County:^[3]

Hamlets

Bircham
Hesketh
Huxley
Sunnyslope
Swalwell
Torrington (dissolved from village status in December 1997)
Wimborne

The following localities are located within Kneehill County:^[4]

Localities

Allingham
Bargrave
Beynon
Buoyant
Cosway
Curlew
Dunphy
Entice
Equity
Gatine
Ghost Pine

Ghost Pine Creek
Grainger
Helmer
Highland Ranch
Kirkpatrick
Perbeck
Sharples
Taylor
Tolman
Twining

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Kneehill County had a population of 4,992 living in 1,746 of its 1,912 total private dwellings, a change of -0.2% from its 2016 population of 5,001. With a land area of 3,373.4 km² (1,302.5 sq mi), it had a population density of 1.5/km² (3.8/sq mi) in 2021.^[2]

In the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Kneehill County had a population of 5,001 living in 1,722 of its 1,859 total private dwellings, a 1.6% change from its 2011 population of 4,921. With a land area of 3,381.02 km² (1,305.42 sq mi), it had a population density of 1.5/km² (3.8/sq mi) in 2016.^[5]

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. June 3, 2024. Retrieved June 14, 2024.
^ "Standard Geographical Classification (SGC) 2006, Economic Regions: 4805041 - Kneehill County, geographical codes and localities, 2006". Statistics Canada. March 5, 2010. Retrieved August 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 Kneehill County

Red Deer County

County of Stettler No. 6

Mountain View County

Kneehill County

Starland County
Drumheller

Rocky View County

Wheatland County

Special Area No. 2

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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