Bluesky, Alberta facts for kids

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Hamlet
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Country	Canada
Province	Alberta
Census division	No. 19
Municipal district	M.D. of Fairview No. 136
Government
• Type	Unincorporated
Area  (2021)
• Land	0.37 km2 (0.14 sq mi)
Population  (2021)
• Total	113
• Density	306.1/km2 (793/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC−7 (MST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−6 (MDT)

Bluesky is a hamlet in Alberta, Canada within the Municipal District of Fairview No. 136. It is located along Highway 2, east of Fairview in northern Alberta.

Heavy oil was discovered in a well east of the hamlet in 1952, in a geological formation named after the community, Bluesky Formation.

Demographics

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As a designated place in the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Bluesky recorded a population of 127 living in 60 of its 65 total private dwellings, a change of -22.6% from its 2011 population of 164. With a land area of 0.37 km² (0.14 sq mi), it had a population density of 343.2/km² (889/sq mi) in 2016.

Events

• Bluefest

Notable residents

• Hubert Brooks, RCAF officer and Olympic gold medalist