Coutts, Alberta facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Coutts
Village
Village of Coutts
Coutts border crossing, into the US
Motto(s):  The Gateway to Alberta
Location within County of Warner
Coutts Location in Alberta
Country	Canada
Province	Alberta
Region	Southern Alberta
Planning region	South Saskatchewan
Municipal district	Warner
Incorporated
• Village	January 1, 1960
Area  (2021)
• Land	1.18 km2 (0.46 sq mi)
Elevation	1,070 m (3,510 ft)
Population  (2021)
• Total	224
• Density	190.4/km2 (493/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC−7 (MST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−6 (MDT)
Area code(s)	403 / 587
Highways	Hwy 4 Hwy 500 I-15
Waterway	Milk River

Coutts ( koots) is a village in southern Alberta, Canada that is a port of entry into the U.S. state of Montana. It is one of the busiest ports of entry on the Canada–United States border in western Canada. It connects Highway 4 to Interstate 15, an important trade route (CANAMEX Corridor) between Alberta, American states along I-15, and Mexico.

The community has the name of William Burdett-Coutts, a railroad official.

In 2004, a joint border facility opened in Coutts–Sweet Grass, Montana, housing both Canadian and American federal authorities.

Demographics

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In the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Village of Coutts recorded a population of 245 living in 122 of its 159 total private dwellings, a change of -11.6% from its 2011 population of 277. With a land area of 1.24 km² (0.48 sq mi), it had a population density of 197.6/km² (512/sq mi) in 2016.