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Wembley, Alberta

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nameWembley
official_nameTown of Wembley
native_name
settlement_typeTown
image_skylineWembley Café.jpg
image_captionWong's Café, c. 1935
image_map0343 Town Wembley, Alberta Locator.svg
map_captionLocation in the County of Grande Prairie No. 1
pushpin_mapCanada Alberta
pushpin_label_position
pushpin_map_captionLocation in Alberta
subdivision_typeCountry
subdivision_nameCanada
subdivision_type1Province
subdivision_name1Alberta
subdivision_type2Region
subdivision_name2Northern Alberta
subdivision_type3Planning region
subdivision_name3Upper Peace
subdivision_type4Municipal district
subdivision_name4County of Grande Prairie No. 1
leader_titleMayor
leader_nameKelly Peterson
leader_title1Governing body
leader_name1Wembley Town Council
leader_title2
leader_title3MLA
established_titleFounded
established_title1Incorporated
established_date1
established_title2• Village
established_date2January 3, 1928
established_title3• Town
established_date3August 1, 1980
area_footnotes(2021)
area_land_km24.74
population_as_of2021
population_footnotes
population_total1432
population_density_km2302.1
timezoneMST
utc_offset−7
timezone_DSTMDT
utc_offset_DST−6
coordinates
elevation_footnotes
elevation_m724
blank_nameHighways
blank_infoHighway 43
Highway 724
blank1_nameWaterways
blank1_infoWapiti River
Saskatoon Lake
website

Highway 724 Saskatoon Lake Wembley is a town in northern Alberta, Canada. It is approximately 23 km west of Grande Prairie at the junction of Highway 43 and Highway 724.

History

Land around Wembley was surveyed for homesteads in 1909, settlers beginning to arrive in 1910. The railroad survey was completed from Grande Prairie to Pouce Coupe in 1916 and the townsite of Wembley was surveyed in 1923. The railway arrived in 1924.

The present town-site is four and a half miles south of the original hamlet of Lake Saskatoon and when the railway arrived in 1924 many buildings were hauled over the four and one half miles of snow-covered trails from Lake Saskatoon to their new foundations in Wembley. The name Wembley was chosen by the Lake Saskatoon Board of Trade at the time of the British Empire Exposition at Wembley in England.

The post office opened in November 1924, the first postmaster being RB Sinclair.

Wembley reached village status January 3, 1928, and town status August 1, 1980.

Demographics

population history

|1931|183 |1936|173 |1941|188 |1946|237 |1951|251 |1956|272 |1961|303 |1966|299 |1971|372 |1976|507 |1981|1169 |1986|1208 |1991|1347 |1996|1441 |2001|1497 |2006|1443 |2011|1383 |2016|1516 |2021|1432

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Town of Wembley had a population of 1,432 living in 550 of its 616 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 1,516. With a land area of 4.74 km2, it had a population density of in 2021.

In the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Town of Wembley recorded a population of 1,516 living in 565 of its 618 total private dwellings, a change from its 2011 population of 1,383. With a land area of 4.75 km2, it had a population density of in 2016.

The Town of Wembley's 2012 municipal census counted a population of 1,410.

References

References

  1. (October 7, 2016). "Location and History Profile: Town of Wembley". [[Alberta Municipal Affairs]].
  2. (February 9, 2022). "Population and dwelling counts: Canada and population centres". [[Statistics Canada]].
  3. (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.
  4. (1981). "Along the Wapiti". Wapiti River Historical Society.
  5. (1996). "Place Names of Alberta". University of Calgary Press.
  6. (1949). "Census of the Prairie Provinces, 1946". [[Statistics Canada.
  7. (1958). "Census of Canada, 1956". [[Statistics Canada.
  8. (1967). "1966 Census of Canada". [[Statistics Canada.
  9. (1977). "1976 Census of Canada". [[Statistics Canada]].
  10. (1982). "1981 Census of Canada". [[Statistics Canada]].
  11. (1992). "91 Census". [[Statistics Canada]].
  12. "Population and Dwelling Counts, for Canada, Provinces and Territories, and Census Divisions, 2001 and 1996 Censuses – 100% Data (Alberta)". [[Statistics Canada]].
  13. (January 6, 2010). "Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), 2006 and 2001 censuses – 100% data (Alberta)". [[Statistics Canada]].
  14. (February 9, 2022). "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities)". [[Statistics Canada]].
  15. (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]].
  16. "Minutes October 9/12". Town of Wembley.
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