Carbondale, Alberta facts for kids

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Hamlet
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Country	Canada
Province	Alberta
Region	Edmonton Metropolitan Region
Census division	11
Municipal district	Sturgeon County
Government
• Type	Unincorporated
Area  (2021)
• Land	1.12 km2 (0.43 sq mi)
Population  (2021)
• Total	78
• Density	70/km2 (200/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC−07:00 (MST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−06:00 (MDT)
Area code(s)	780, 587, 825

Carbondale is a hamlet in central Alberta, Canada within Sturgeon County. It is located 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) west of Highway 28, approximately 11 kilometres (6.8 mi) north of Edmonton's city limits.

Carbondale was so named on account of coal mines near the original town site; coal is a carbon-based fuel.

Carbondale is the original site of Carbondale Rail Station (1913-1959).

Demographics

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As a designated place in the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Carbondale recorded a population of 75 living in 32 of its 38 total private dwellings, a change of -12.8% from its 2011 population of 86. With a land area of 1.12 km² (0.43 sq mi), it had a population density of 67.0/km² (174/sq mi) in 2016.