Commerce, Alberta
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Commerce |
| other_name | Coalgate (1912–1913) |
| native_name | |
| settlement_type | Former village |
| dot_x | |
| pushpin_map | Canada Alberta |
| pushpin_map_caption | Location of Commerce in Alberta |
| subdivision_type | Country |
| subdivision_name | Canada |
| subdivision_type1 | Province |
| subdivision_name1 | Alberta |
| subdivision_type2 | Region |
| subdivision_name2 | Southern Alberta |
| subdivision_type3 | Census division |
| subdivision_name3 | 2 |
| subdivision_type4 | Municipal district |
| subdivision_name4 | Lethbridge County |
| leader_title1 | Governing body |
| leader_name1 | County of Lethbridge Council |
| leader_title3 | |
| leader_title4 | |
| established_title | Founded |
| established_date | 1912 |
| established_title2 | Incorporated (village) |
| established_date2 | July 9, 1912 |
| established_title3 | Name change |
| established_date3 | December 17, 1913 |
| established_title4 | Dissolved |
| established_date4 | May 13, 1926 |
| unit_pref | |
| timezone | MST |
| utc_offset | −7 |
| timezone_DST | MDT |
| utc_offset_DST | −6 |
| coordinates | |
| elevation_footnotes | |
| :: |
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Commerce is a former village in southern Alberta, Canada within Lethbridge County. It was located within township 9, range 22, west of the fourth meridian, northwest of the City of Lethbridge between the Village of Nobleford and the Town of Picture Butte. It was known as the Village of Coalgate from 1912 to 1913.
History
The community was founded in 1912 as a residential area for the Chinook coal mine northwest of Lethbridge. It was incorporated as the Village of Coalgate on July 9, 1912. The village was renamed to Commerce on December 17, 1913 to reflect the name of its post office.
The Chinook coal mine closed on January 25, 1924, and an estimated 50 in 1925. The village subsequently dissolved on May 13, 1926.
Demographics
| title = Population history of Commerce | type = Canada | align = right | width = | shading = off | percentages = | state = | cols = | footnote = | source = Statistics Canada |1916|212 |1921|360 |1926|55
In the 1921 Census, Commerce had a population of 360.
References
References
- (1921). "Census of Canada, 1921". Dominion Bureau of Statistics.
- (Spring 2011). "County Connection – County History Corner". County of Lethbridge.
- (1913). "Population Data 1913". Alberta Municipal Affairs.
- (1925). "Population Data 1925". Alberta Municipal Affairs.
- (July 2020). "The Alberta Gazette, 1926 (Volume 22) – Disorganization of the Village of Commerce". Government of Alberta.
- (March 8, 1963). "1961 Census of Canada". [[Statistics Canada.
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