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Kavanagh
Kavanagh is located in Alberta
Kavanagh
Kavanagh
Location in Alberta
Kavanagh is located in Canada
Kavanagh
Kavanagh
Location in Canada
Country Canada
Province Alberta
Region Edmonton Metropolitan Region
Census division 11
Municipal district Leduc County
Government
 • Type Unincorporated
Area
 (2021)
 • Land 0.33 km2 (0.13 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)
 • Total 39
 • Density 118.3/km2 (306/sq mi)
Time zone UTC−07:00 (MST)
 • Summer (DST) UTC−06:00 (MDT)
Area code(s) 780, 587, 825

Kavanagh is a hamlet in Alberta, Canada within Leduc County. It is located on Highway 2A between Millet and Leduc, approximately 30 kilometres (19 mi) south of Edmonton.

The hamlet was settled by workers of the Kavanagh block of the Canadian National Railway and was named for Charles Edmund Kavanagh, railway superintendent. The grain elevators have since closed and been relocated.

Kavanagh was declared a hamlet on January 5, 1980 by Marvin E. Moore, Minister of Municipal Affairs.

Demographics

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As a designated place in the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Kavanagh recorded a population of 47 living in 20 of its 21 total private dwellings, a change of -9.6% from its 2011 population of 52. With a land area of 0.33 km2 (0.13 sq mi), it had a population density of 142.4/km2 (369/sq mi) in 2016.

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