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Swan Hills
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| Town of Swan Hills | |||
Centre of Alberta Natural Area
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 Swan Hills
Location in Big Lakes County
Swan Hills
Location in Alberta
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| Country | Canada | ||
| Province | Alberta | ||
| Planning region | Upper Athabasca | ||
| Municipal district | Big Lakes County | ||
| Incorporated | |||
| • New town | September 1, 1959 | ||
| • Town | January 1, 1967 | ||
| Area
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| • Land | 25.87 km2 (9.99 sq mi) | ||
| Elevation | 1,113 m (3,652 ft) | ||
| Population
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| • Total | 1,201 | ||
| • Density | 46.4/km2 (120/sq mi) | ||
| Time zone | UTC−07:00 (MST) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−06:00 (MDT) | ||
| Postal code span |
T0G 2C0
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| Area code(s) | 780, 587, 825 | ||
| Highways | Highway 32 Highway 33 |
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| Waterways | Morse River Freeman River |
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| Website | townofswanhills.com | ||
Swan Hills is a town in northern Alberta, Canada. It is in the eponymous Swan Hills, approximately 80 km (50 mi) north of Whitecourt and 62 km (39 mi) northwest of Fort Assiniboine. The town is at the junction of Highway 32 and Grizzly Trail, and is surrounded by Big Lakes County.
It is the nearest major settlement to the geographic centre of the province. In 1989, local resident Roy Chimiuk used a minimum bounding box method to place a cairn marking the exact location at 54°30′N 115°0′W / 54.500°N 115.000°W, about 30 kilometres south of the town. The site is protected by the Centre of Alberta Natural Area, a 3-kilometre hike from Highway 33.
Demographics
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| Year | Pop. | ±% |
| 1961 | 643 | — |
| 1966 | 1,414 | +119.9% |
| 1971 | 1,376 | −2.7% |
| 1976 | 2,012 | +46.2% |
| 1981 | 2,497 | +24.1% |
| 1986 | 2,403 | −3.8% |
| 1991 | 2,348 | −2.3% |
| 1996 | 2,030 | −13.5% |
| 2001 | 1,807 | −11.0% |
| 2006 | 1,645 | −9.0% |
| 2011 | 1,465 | −10.9% |
| 2016 | 1,301 | −11.2% |
| Source: Statistics Canada |
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In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Town of Swan Hills recorded a population of 1,201 living in 512 of its 728 total private dwellings, a change of -7.7% from its 2016 population of 1,301. With a land area of 25.87 km2 (9.99 sq mi), it had a population density of 46.4/km2 (120/sq mi) in 2021.
In the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Town of Swan Hills recorded a population of 1,301 living in 535 of its 724 total private dwellings, a change of -11.2% from its 2011 population of 1,465. With a land area of 26.12 km2 (10.08 sq mi), it had a population density of 49.8/km2 (129/sq mi) in 2016.
Economy
The primary industry in Swan Hills is oil and gas, although the Swan Hills Treatment Centre, north of the town, is also a local employer. It is also a service centre for the logging industry.
Education
Kindergarten to Grade 12 students are served by Swan Hills School [1], in the Pembina Hills Public Schools district.
Notable people
- Leland Irving, professional hockey player
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