Mannville, Alberta
Mannville | |
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| Highways | Highway 16 Highway 881 |
| Website | Official website |
Mannville is a village in central Alberta, Canada. It is located at the intersection of the Yellowhead Highway and Highway 881, approximately 22 kilometres (14 mi) west of Vermilion and 170 kilometres (110 mi) east of Edmonton. Its primary industry is agriculture.
History
The settlement was named for Sir Donald Mann, vice-president of the Canadian Northern Railway.[4]
The Mannville Group, an oil and gas bearing unit of the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin, was named for the village by A.W. Nauss in 1945.[5]
Demographics
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Village of Mannville had a population of 765 living in 339 of its 397 total private dwellings, a change of -7.6% from its 2016 population of 828. With a land area of 1.64 km2 (0.63 sq mi), it had a population density of 466.5/km2 (1,208.1/sq mi) in 2021.[3]
In the
Notable people
- Frances Bay (1919–2011): actress
- Vernon Booher (1907–1929): mass murderer
- Kyle Calder (born 1979): professional hockey player
- Peter Gadsden (1929–2006): Lord Mayor of London
- sociologist
- Mike Rathje (born 1974): professional hockey player
- Miles Zaharko (born 1957): professional hockey player
See also
- List of communities in Alberta
- List of francophone communities in Alberta
- List of villages in Alberta
References
- Alberta Municipal Affairs. October 21, 2016. p. 449. Retrieved October 23, 2016.
- Alberta Municipal Affairs. May 9, 2019. Retrieved October 1, 2021.
- ^ a b c "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities)". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved February 9, 2022.
- ^ ePodunk. "Mannville". Archived from the original on 2007-11-21. Retrieved 2009-03-02.
- ^ Nauss, Arthur William, 1945. Cretaceous stratigraphy of Vermilion area, Alberta, Canada; American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG), AAPG Bulletin, vol. 29, no. 11 (November), pp. 1605-1629.
- ^ "Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), 2016 and 2011 censuses – 100% data (Alberta)". Statistics Canada. February 8, 2017. Retrieved February 8, 2017.
