Mannville, Alberta
Mannville is a village in central Alberta, Canada. It is located at the intersection of the Yellowhead Highway and Highway 881, approximately 22 kilometres (14 mi) west of Vermilion and 170 kilometres (110 mi) east of Edmonton. Its primary industry is agriculture.
Mannville | |
|---|---|
| Village of Mannville | |
 Grain elevators, circa 1980 | |
| Motto(s): All Trails Lead to Mannville | |
  Mannville | |
| Coordinates: 53°20′08″N 111°10′32″W | |
| Country | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Canada |
| Province |  Alberta |
| Region | Central Alberta |
| Census division | 10 |
| Municipal district | County of Minburn No. 27 |
| Incorporated[1] | |
| • Village | December 26, 1906 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Rex Smith |
| • Governing body | Mannville Village Council |
| Area (2016)[3] | |
| • Land | 1.64 km2 (0.63 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 625 m (2,051 ft) |
| Population (2016)[3] | |
| • Total | 828 |
| • Density | 504.6/km2 (1,307/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC−7 (MST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−6 (MDT) |
| Highways | Highway 16 Highway 881 |
| Website | Official website |
History
The settlement was named for Sir Donald Mann, vice-president of the Canadian Northern Railway.[4]
The Mannville Group, an oil and gas bearing unit of the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin, was named for the village by A.W. Nauss in 1945.[5]
Demographics
In the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Village of Mannville recorded a population of 828 living in 341 of its 377 total private dwellings, a 3.1% change from its 2011 population of 803. With a land area of 1.64 km2 (0.63 sq mi), it had a population density of 504.9/km2 (1,307.6/sq mi) in 2016.[3]
In the 2011 Census, the Village of Mannville had a population of 803 living in 355 of its 382 total dwellings, a 2.7% change from its 2006 population of 782. With a land area of 2.15 km2 (0.83 sq mi), it had a population density of 373.5/km2 (967.3/sq mi) in 2011.[6]
The population of the Village of Mannville according to its 2009 municipal census is 761.[7]
Notable people
- Frances Bay: actress
- Kyle Calder: professional hockey player
- Peter Gadsden: Lord Mayor of London
- Erving Goffman: sociologist
- Mike Rathje: professional hockey player
- Miles Zaharko: professional hockey player
References
- "Location and History Profile: Village of Mannville" (PDF). Alberta Municipal Affairs. October 21, 2016. p. 449. Retrieved October 23, 2016.
- "Municipal Officials Search". Alberta Municipal Affairs. September 22, 2017. Retrieved September 25, 2017.
- "Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), 2016 and 2011 censuses – 100% data (Alberta)". Statistics Canada. February 8, 2017. Retrieved February 8, 2017.
- ePodunk. "Mannville". Archived from the original on 2007-11-21. Retrieved 2009-03-02.
- Nauss, Arthur William, 1945. Cretaceous stratigraphy of Vermilion area, Alberta, Canada; American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG), AAPG Bulletin, vol. 29, no. 11 (November), pp. 1605-1629.
- "Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), 2011 and 2006 censuses (Alberta)". Statistics Canada. February 8, 2012. Retrieved February 8, 2012.
- Alberta Municipal Affairs (September 15, 2009). "Alberta 2009 Official Population List" (PDF). Retrieved September 12, 2010.
