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Munson, Alberta

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nameMunson
official_nameVillage of Munson
settlement_typeVillage
image_skylineMunson Alberta - panoramio.jpg
pushpin_mapCanada Alberta
pushpin_label_position
subdivision_typeCountry
subdivision_nameCanada
subdivision_type1Province
subdivision_name1Alberta
subdivision_type2Region
subdivision_name2Central Alberta
subdivision_type3Census Division
subdivision_name3No. 5
subdivision_type4Municipal district
subdivision_name4Starland County
government_footnotes
leader_titleMayor
leader_nameMary Taylor
leader_title1Governing body
leader_name1Munson Village Council
established_titleFounded
established_title1Incorporated
established_date1
established_title2• Village
established_date2May 5, 1911
area_footnotes(2021)
area_land_km22.56
population_as_of2021
population_footnotes
population_total170
population_density_km266.3
timezoneMST
utc_offset−7
timezone_DSTMDT
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coordinates
elevation_footnotes
elevation_m825
blank_nameHighways
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Munson is a village in central Alberta, Canada. It is located 13 km north of the Town of Drumheller along Highway 9 and the Canadian National Railway tracks.

History

Prior to the end of World War I, Munson was the site of a Ukrainian Canadian internment camp where non-citizen immigrant prisoners laboured on the railway. The camp, which remained open until March 21, 1919, consisted of shelters made of railway cars.

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Village of Munson had a population of 170 living in 74 of its 82 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 192. With a land area of 2.56 km2, it had a population density of in 2021.

In the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Village of Munson recorded a population of 192 living in 82 of its 89 total private dwellings, a change from its 2011 population of 204. With a land area of 2.53 km2, it had a population density of in 2016.

References

References

  1. {{AMOS
  2. (October 21, 2016). "Location and History Profile: Village of Munson". [[Alberta Municipal Affairs]].
  4. Report on Internment Operations Canada • Report By Major-General Sir William Otter, K.C.B., C.V.O • Ottawa, Thomas Mulvey Internment Operations, 1914 1920 Director Internment Operations Printer To the King's Most Excellent Majesty, 1921 Canada's first national internment operations, 1914-1920
  5. (February 9, 2022). "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities)". [[Statistics Canada]].
  6. (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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