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15-631: It is within Alberta's County of Vermilion River and Saskatchewan's Rural Municipality of Frenchman Butte No. 501 at the intersection of Highway 17 and Alberta Highway 641 / Saskatchewan Highway 797 . The Makaoo 120 reserve is located within both provinces while the Seekaskootch 119 reserve is wholly within Saskatchewan. Both reserves once maintained separate band governments, combining to form Onion Lake in 1914. With all reserves combined,

30-472: Is 8,116, a 2.7% change from its 2008 municipal census population of 7,900. Several golf courses are located in the county, among them Lloydminster Golf and Country Club , Lea Park Golf Club , Rolling Green Fairways Golf Course & Campground , Paradise Valley Golf Course and Vermilion Golf Course . Campgrounds are found at Jubilee Regional Park, Vermilion Provincial Park , Nothing Barred Ranch and Iron River Ranch. The Vermilion Heritage Museum

45-529: Is a municipal district located in the eastern part of central Alberta , Canada in Census Division No. 10 . The municipal district was formerly named the County of Vermilion River No. 24 prior to an official name change that became effective on September 13, 2006. The administrative offices of the County of Vermilion River are located at Kitscoty . The Vermilion River flows through the County and

60-806: Is located in the town of Vermilion . Other museums include Climbing Through Time Museum in Paradise Valley , Dewberry Valley Museum in Dewberry and Morrison Museum of the Country School in Islay . The Lea Park Professional Rodeo is held every year in June. Other recreational activities are hiking in the Vermilion Provincial Park and Nothing Barred Ranch ( cross-country skiing in winter), fishing for rainbow trout at

75-502: Is located within the Saskatchewan portion of the Onion Lake Cree Nation at the intersection of Highway 17 and Alberta Highway 641 / Saskatchewan Highway 797 . This Saskatchewan location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This Central Alberta location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . County of Vermilion River The County of Vermilion River

90-442: Is the namesake of the region. The Yellowhead Highway and Buffalo Trail are major transportation routes in the County. Several communities in the County such as Vermilion and Kitscoty are serviced by CN Rail . The following urban municipalities are surrounded by the County of Vermilion River. The following hamlets are located within the County of Vermilion River. The following localities are located within

105-446: The 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the County of Vermilion River had a population of 8,267 living in 2,981 of its 3,268 total private dwellings, a 4.6% change from its 2011 population of 7,905. With a land area of 5,519.75 km (2,131.19 sq mi), it had a population density of 1.5/km (3.9/sq mi) in 2016. The population of the County of Vermilion River according to its 2015 municipal census

120-513: The Town of Blackfalds and the County of Vermilion River eclipsed 8,000. The Town of Westlock 's population resurfaced above 5,000 after first doing so in 2006 but dropping back below in 2008. The Village of Thorsby surpassed 1,000, making it eligible to apply for town status. The following summarizes the results of the numerous municipal censuses conducted in 2015. The following is a breakdown of

135-413: The County of Vermilion River. In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada , the County of Vermilion River had a population of 8,043 living in 3,015 of its 3,341 total private dwellings, a change of -4.9% from its 2016 population of 8,453. With a land area of 5,420.13 km (2,092.72 sq mi), it had a population density of 1.5/km (3.8/sq mi) in 2021. In

150-451: The Onion Lake Cree Nation has a total land area of 585.711 square kilometres (226.144 sq mi), and has 6,475 registered members (as of August 2019). The Onion Lake Cree Nation has five schools within the community: Sakāskohc High School, Eagleview Middle School, Chief Taylor Elementary School, Pewasenakwan Primary School, and Kihēw Waciston Cree Immersion School. A widely seen First World War propaganda poster shows Moo-Che-We-In-Es of

165-581: The Onion Lake Cree Nation making a $ 1.50 donation to the Canadian Patriotic Fund with a cover letter in Western Cree syllabics . Onion Lake is a translation of Wicekikaskosîwi-sâkahikan , "Wild Onion" smelly plant, a nearby body of water where the plant was abundant. When referring to the community today, though, Cree speakers typically use wîhcekaskosîwi-sâkahikanihk , "[domestic] onion lake". The unincorporated area of Onion Lake

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180-622: The Vermilion Provincial Park Trout Pond or pike and perch at Raft Lake. Alberta municipal censuses, 2015 Alberta has provincial legislation allowing its municipalities to conduct municipal censuses between April 1 and June 30 inclusive. Municipalities choose to conduct their own censuses for multiple reasons such as to better inform municipal service planning and provision, to capitalize on per capita based grant funding from higher levels of government, or to simply update their populations since

195-810: The last federal census . Alberta had 357 municipalities between April 1 and June 30, 2015 , which marked the closure of the 2015 legislated municipal census period. This was reduced to 356 on July 1, 2015 when the former Village of Minburn dissolved to become a hamlet under the jurisdiction of the County of Minburn No. 27 . At least 52 of these municipalities ( 14.6%) conducted a municipal census in 2015. Alberta Municipal Affairs recognized those conducted by 50 of these municipalities. By municipal status, it recognized those conducted by 12 of Alberta's 18 cities , 20 of 108 towns , 5 of 92 villages , 3 of 5 specialized municipalities , 2 of 64 municipal districts , and all 8 Metis settlements . In addition to those recognized by Municipal Affairs, censuses were conducted by

210-594: The results of the City of Lloydminster's 2015 municipal census by provincial component. The following is a list of hamlet populations determined by 2015 municipal censuses conducted by the County of Vermilion River , Strathcona County and the Regional Municipality (RM) of Wood Buffalo excluding the urban service areas of Fort McMurray and Sherwood Park that are presented above. Alberta Municipal Affairs defines shadow population as "temporary residents of

225-412: The villages of Kitscoty and Warburg . Some municipalities achieved population milestones as a result of their 2015 censuses. Red Deer became the third city in Alberta to exceed 100,000 residents, while Grande Prairie not only surpassed 60,000 people, but also overtook both St. Albert and Medicine Hat to become Alberta's fifth-largest city. Spruce Grove grew beyond the 30,000 mark, while both

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