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Newbrook

Field	Value
name	Newbrook
settlement_type	Hamlet
dot_x		dot_y =
pushpin_map	Canada Alberta
pushpin_label_position	none
pushpin_map_caption	Location of Newbrook in Alberta
pushpin_mapsize	220
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	Canada
subdivision_type1	Province
subdivision_name1	Alberta
subdivision_type2	Census division
subdivision_name2	No. 13
subdivision_type3	Municipal district
subdivision_name3	Thorhild County
government_type	Unincorporated
leader_title	Governing body
leader_name	Thorhild County Council
established_title2
established_title3
area_footnotes	(2021)
area_land_km2	0.52
population_as_of	2021
population_footnotes
population_total	63
population_density_km2	120.9
timezone	MST
utc_offset	−7
timezone_DST	MDT
utc_offset_DST	−6
coordinates
elevation_footnotes
elevation_m	665

Newbrook is a hamlet in central Alberta, Canada within Thorhild County. It is located at the junction of Highway 63 and Highway 661, approximately 28 km northeast of Thorhild and 36 km south of Boyle. It has an elevation of 665 m.

The hamlet is located in Census Division No. 13 and in the federal riding of Westlock-St. Paul.

The hamlet and surrounding area has a strong Polish and Ukrainian influence, mostly from immigration at the turn of the 20th century. The former Newbrook Observatory, a meteor observatory that was the first facility in North America to photograph Sputnik 1, is located in the hamlet.

Demographics

of Newbrook

|1951|48 |1956|191 |1961|202 |1966|151 |1971|154 |1976|80 |1981|127 |1986|100 |1991|99 |1991A|96 |1996|101 |2001|85 |2006|116 |2011|95 |2016|92 |2021|63

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Newbrook had a population of 63 living in 32 of its 50 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 92. With a land area of 0.52 km2, it had a population density of in 2021.

As a designated place in the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Newbrook had a population of 92 living in 46 of its 52 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2011 population of 95. With a land area of 0.52 km2, it had a population density of in 2016.

References

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"Newbrook Observatory". Canada's Historic Places - a Federal Provincial and Territorial Collaboration.
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(August 15, 2012). "Population and Dwelling Counts, for Canada, Provinces and Territories, and Census Divisions, 2001 and 1996 Censuses - 100% Data (Alberta)". [[Statistics Canada]].
(July 20, 2021). "Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and designated places, 2006 and 2001 censuses - 100% data (Alberta)". [[Statistics Canada]].
(February 8, 2012). "Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and designated places, 2011 and 2006 censuses (Alberta)". Statistics Canada.
(February 9, 2022). "Population and dwelling counts: Canada and designated places". [[Statistics Canada]].
(February 8, 2017). "Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and designated places, 2016 and 2011 censuses – 100% data (Alberta)". [[Statistics Canada]].

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