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Black Diamond, Alberta

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nameBlack Diamond
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image_skylineBlack Diamond Alberta downtown AB22.jpg
image_captionDowntown Black Diamond on Alberta Highway 22
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subdivision_type1Province
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subdivision_type2Region
subdivision_name2Calgary Metropolitan Region
subdivision_type3Census division
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subdivision_type4Town
subdivision_name4Diamond Valley
leader_titleGoverning body
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established_title2• Village
established_date2May 8, 1929
established_title3• Town
established_date3January 1, 1956
established_title4Amalgamated
established_date4January 1, 2023
area_footnotes(2021)
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blank_nameHighways
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Highway 7
blank1_nameWaterways
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website

Highway 7 Black Diamond was a town in the Calgary Metropolitan Region of Alberta, Canada that is now within the Town of Diamond Valley. It is at the intersection of Highway 22 (Cowboy Trail) and Highway 7. Its first post office opened in 1907. Black Diamond was named because of coal deposits near the original town site. Little oil or gas remains.

It was a sister town to Turner Valley, and has a hospital, shops, hotels and residences, elementary school (K-6th grade), high school (7th-12th grade), hockey rink and a Boys and Girls Club.

Black Diamond is located in the foothills of the Canadian Rockies in the midst of some of Canada's best ranch country.

A 3 km trail next to the roadway between Black Diamond and Turner Valley is named the Friendship Trail.

History

Black Diamond incorporated as a village on May 8, 1929. After nearly 26 years as a village, Black Diamond incorporated as a town on January 1, 1956.

On May 25, 2022, the Province of Alberta issued an order in council to amalgamate Black Diamond and Turner Valley to form the new Town of Diamond Valley, with an incorporation date of January 1, 2023.

This followed decades of talk and a 2007 plebiscite that saw Turner Valley citizens embrace amalgamation and Black Diamond residents reject it.

Ultimately, the prospect of efficiencies, and possible cost savings of $1 million a year became a major catalyst to approving the merger without a plebiscite.

On January 1, 2023, the Town of Black Diamond amalgamated with its neighbouring Town of Turner Valley to form the Town of Diamond Valley.

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Town of Black Diamond had a population of 2,730 living in 1,178 of its 1,233 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 2,705. With a land area of 6.82 km2, it had a population density of in 2021.

In the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Town of Black Diamond recorded a population of 2,700 living in 1,098 of its 1,108 total private dwellings, a change from its 2011 population of 2,373. With a land area of 3.84 km2, it had a population density of in 2016.

Government

Black Diamond was governed by a town council of seven including a mayor and six councillors. The final mayor of the Town of Black Diamond was Brendan Kelly.

Since January 1, 2023, the area of Black Diamond is governed by the Diamond Valley Town Council.

References

References

  1. (February 9, 2022). "Population and dwelling counts: Canada and population centres". [[Statistics Canada]].
  2. (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.
  3. Hamilton, William. (1978). "The Macmillan Book of Canadian Place Names". Macmillan.
  4. (1928). "Place-names of Alberta". Geographic Board of Canada.
  5. (August 13, 2021). "Municipal Profiles: Towns". [[Alberta Municipal Affairs]].
  6. "Amalgamation {{!}} Diamond Valley, AB".
  7. Kaufmann, Bill. (May 27, 2022). "Diamond Valley: Two towns will become one in Alberta". Calgary Herald.
  8. (May 25, 2022). "{{abbr". Government of Alberta.
  9. (February 9, 2022). "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities)". [[Statistics Canada]].
  10. (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]].
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