Provost, Alberta

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Field	Value
name	Provost
official_name	Town of Provost
native_name
settlement_type	Town
image_skyline	United Grain Growers, Pioneer, Alberta Wheat Pool, and National grain elevators in Provost, Alberta (circa 1980).jpg
image_caption	Grain elevators, circa 1980
image_flag
pushpin_map	Canada Alberta
pushpin_label_position
pushpin_map_caption	Location of Provost in Alberta
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	Canada
subdivision_type1	Province
subdivision_name1	Alberta
subdivision_type2	Region
subdivision_name2	Central Alberta
subdivision_type3	Census division
subdivision_name3	7
subdivision_type4	Municipal district
subdivision_name4	Municipal District of Provost No. 52
leader_title	Mayor
leader_name	Peggy McFadden
leader_title1	Governing body
leader_name1	Provost Town Council
leader_title2
leader_title3	MLA
established_title	Founded
established_title1	Incorporated
established_date1
established_title2	• Village
established_date2	January 20, 1910
established_title3	• Town
established_date3	December 29, 1952
area_footnotes	(2021)
area_land_km2	4.75
population_as_of	2021
population_footnotes
population_total	1900
population_density_km2	400.1
timezone	MST
utc_offset	−7
timezone_DST	MDT
utc_offset_DST	−6
coordinates
elevation_footnotes
elevation_m	668
postal_code_type	Postal code
postal_code	T0B 3S0
area_codes	+1-780, +1-587
blank_name	Highways
blank_info	Highway 13
Highway 899
blank1_name	Waterway
blank1_info	Gillespie Lake
website
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Provost () is a town in central Alberta, Canada. It is located at the junction of Highway 13 and Highway 899, 19 km west of the Alberta-Saskatchewan border.

History

The town was originally named "Lakeview" but renamed by the Canadian Pacific Railway Land Department in 1907; the first train to the town was in 1910. Post office established in 1908, and in the same year the original Methodist Church was built, followed by the Anglican Church. Another Church, the largest rural neo-gothic church in Alberta, would be built in 1922.

A white supremacist event, called an “Aryan Fest” by the Church of Jesus Christ Christian-Aryan Nations, took place at a farm nearby, on September 8 and 9, 1990. The event was a national scandal due to its brutality and made the headlines and made into court with the "Kane v. Church of Jesus Christ Christian-Aryan Nations (No. 3) (1992), 18 CHRR D/268" legal initiative.

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Town of Provost had a population of 1,900 living in 764 of its 862 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 1,998. With a land area of 4.75 km2, it had a population density of in 2021.

In the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Town of Provost recorded a population of 1,998 living in 779 of its 843 total private dwellings, a change from its 2011 population of 2,041. With a land area of 4.72 km2, it had a population density of in 2016.

Economy

The economic bases of Provost are agriculture and oilfield.

Education

There are two schools in Provost: Provost Public and St. Thomas Aquinas. Provost Public School has a student population of about 400 and is part of the Buffalo Trail Regional Division No. 28. St. Thomas Aquinas School has approximately 246 students and is part of the East Central Alberta Catholic Schools Regional Division No. 16.

Media

The local newspaper that covers the town is The Provost News. The East Central Alberta Review also regularly covers the town and its surrounding areas.

Notable people

Mary Borgstrom, potter and artist.
Lance Bouma, professional hockey player.
Curtis Glencross, professional hockey player.
Don C. Laubman, commander Canadian Forces Europe.
Norm Ullman, former professional hockey player.

References

(October 7, 2016). "Location and History Profile: Town of Provost". [[Alberta Municipal Affairs]].
(February 9, 2022). "Population and dwelling counts: Canada and population centres". [[Statistics Canada]].
(January 2012). "Alberta Private Sewage Systems 2009 Standard of Practice Handbook: Appendix A.3 Alberta Design Data (A.3.A. Alberta Climate Design Data by Town)". Safety Codes Council.
Senior Citizens Club of Provost. (1977). "Early furrows : a story of our early pioneers in Provost, Hayter, Bodo, Alberta and surrounding districts".
Hamilton, William. (1978). "The Macmillan Book of Canadian Place Names". Macmillan.
"History of Provost".
"Town of Provost".
"A shocking racist event in Alberta's history: the “Aryan Fest”".
(February 9, 2022). "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities)". [[Statistics Canada]].
(February 8, 2017). "Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), 2016 and 2011 censuses – 100% data (Alberta)". [[Statistics Canada]].
"The Provost News". The Provost News.
"The ECA Review".

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