Amisk, Alberta facts for kids

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Village
Village of Amisk
Amisk Location in Alberta
Country	Canada
Province	Alberta
Region	Central Alberta
Census division	7
Municipal district	Municipal District of Provost No. 52
Incorporated
• Village	January 1, 1956
Named for	Beaver
Area  (2021)
• Land	0.76 km2 (0.29 sq mi)
Elevation	910 m (2,990 ft)
Population  (2021)
• Total	219
• Density	288/km2 (750/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC−7 (MST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−6 (MDT)
Highways	Highway 13 Highway 306 Highway 884

Amisk is a village in east central Alberta, Canada.

The name comes from amisk (ᐊᒥᐢᐠ), the Cree word for "beaver".

The site was surveyed by the Canadian Pacific Railway in 1906. That same year settlers from the United States, Scandinavia and Great Britain arrived. The first general store was built in 1907, and the school went up in 1916. Amisk boasts the oldest registered public library in rural Alberta.

Demographics

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In the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Village of Amisk recorded a population of 204 living in 84 of its 103 total private dwellings, a -1.4% change from its 2011 population of 207. With a land area of 0.76 km² (0.29 sq mi), it had a population density of 268.4/km² (695/sq mi) in 2016.