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Jarvie
Jarvie is located in Alberta
Jarvie
Jarvie
Location in Alberta
Jarvie is located in Canada
Jarvie
Jarvie
Location in Canada
Country Canada
Province Alberta
Region Central Alberta
Census division 13
Municipal district Westlock County
Government
 • Type Unincorporated
Area
 (2021)
 • Land 0.48 km2 (0.19 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)
 • Total 103
 • Density 215.8/km2 (559/sq mi)
Time zone UTC−07:00 (MST)
 • Summer (DST) UTC−06:00 (MDT)
Area code(s) 780, 587, 825

Jarvie is a hamlet in central Alberta, Canada within Westlock County. It is located 0.6 kilometres (0.37 mi) west of Highway 44, approximately 108 kilometres (67 mi) northwest of Edmonton. Jarvie is on the bank of the Pembina River, with the Canadian Northern Railway directly east to the townsite. In June 2020, the Jarvie General Store was destroyed by a fire, the store had been in operation for at least 110 years.

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Jarvie had a population of 103 living in 50 of its 54 total private dwellings, a change of 18.4% from its 2016 population of 87. With a land area of 0.48 km2 (0.19 sq mi), it had a population density of 214.6/km2 (556/sq mi) in 2021.

As a designated place in the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Jarvie had a population of 87 living in 48 of its 55 total private dwellings, a change of -23% from its 2011 population of 113. With a land area of 0.48 km2 (0.19 sq mi), it had a population density of 181.3/km2 (470/sq mi) in 2016.

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