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58-536: Lloydminster Hospital is a community hospital in the border community of Lloydminster , Saskatchewan , Canada. The hospital is operated by the Saskatchewan Health Authority , and also serves the Alberta community under contract to Alberta Health Services . This Canadian hospital–related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Lloydminster Lloydminster

116-560: A humid continental climate ( Köppen climate classification Dfb ), which approaches a subarctic climate (Köppen Dfc ) due to May and September being only marginally above 10 °C (50 °F). Winters are long, cold and dry, while summers are short, warm and moderately wet. Year-round precipitation is fairly low, with an average of 408 mm (16.06 in), whilst the dry winters restrict snowfall to 98 cm (38.6 in). The highest temperature ever recorded in Lloydminster

174-588: A provincial sales tax (PST) . To ensure that business will not float away from the Saskatchewan side in favour of lower prices in Alberta, PST does not apply in the Saskatchewan side of the city with the exception of hotels, vehicle registration and utility services. Lloydminster is governed by a seven-member city council, consisting of a mayor and six city councillors. The city follows the Saskatchewan schedule when voting in municipal elections. Residents on

232-502: A public auto insurance system while Alberta relies on conventional private insurance, young drivers with the highest insurance rates can save thousands of dollars by living in Saskatchewan rather than Alberta. The census agglomeration of Lloydminster includes both parts of the city, as well as the rural municipality of Wilton No. 472, the town of Lashburn , and the village of Marshall, Saskatchewan . About 94% of residents identified English as their first language . More than 1.4% of

290-459: A decline of total respondents from 94% to 50%. Consequently, they expect a "substantial risk of non-response bias" and plan to "[adapt their] data collection and other procedures to mitigate as much as possible against these risks." The response rate also led them to predict an increased risk of sampling errors , because only 16% of the Canadian population would be surveyed, as opposed to 19% under

348-403: A land area of 18.28 km (7.06 sq mi), it had a population density of 643.6/km (1,666.9/sq mi) in 2016. Overall, the entire City of Lloydminster had a population of 31,410 living in 11,836 of its 13,353 total private dwellings in the 2016 Census of Population, a change of 13% from its 2011 population of 27,804. With a land area of 42.32 km (16.34 sq mi), it had

406-443: A land area of 23.98 km (9.26 sq mi), it had a population density of 823.1/km (2,131.9/sq mi) in 2021. The Saskatchewan portion of Lloydminster had a population of 11,843 living in 4,443 of its 5,002 total private dwellings, a change of 0.7% from its 2016 population of 11,765. With a land area of 18.06 km (6.97 sq mi), it had a population density of 655.8/km (1,698.4/sq mi) in 2016. Overall,

464-624: A mandatory long-form similar to the one in 2006. The government announced in August 2010 that it would spend $ 30 million on a campaign aimed at increasing the response rate to the voluntary form, but information released by Statistics Canada in December 2010 revealed that half of this money would be required for tasks unrelated to the promotional campaign. Criticism of the National Household Survey re-emerged in 2013 following

522-467: A monument consisting of four 100-foot survey markers was erected in 1994 near the city's downtown core. The majority of Lloydminster's population lived on the Saskatchewan side until recent decades; in the 2011 Canadian Census , nearly two-thirds of the city's population lived on the Alberta side. In 2000, the city hall and municipal offices were moved from Saskatchewan to an Alberta location on Meridian Avenue, also known as 50th Avenue, which runs along

580-400: A population density of 742.2/km (1,922.3/sq mi) in 2016. The City of Lloydminster's 2015 municipal census counted a population of 31,377, a change of −0.3% from its 2013 municipal census population of 31,483. Of the 31,377 residents, 19,740 ( 63%) lived on the Alberta side and 11,637 ( 37%) lived on the Saskatchewan side. There are substantial demographic differences between

638-454: A population of 19,645 living in 7,444 of its 8,444 total private dwellings, a change of 8.9% from its 2011 population of 18,032. With a land area of 24.04 km (9.28 sq mi), it had a population density of 817.2/km (2,116.5/sq mi) in 2016. Meanwhile, the Saskatchewan portion of Lloydminster had a population of 11,765 living in 4,392 of its 4,909 total private dwellings, a change of 20.4% from its 2011 population of 9,772. With

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696-703: A voluntary survey can become a substitute for a mandatory census. It cannot. The National Citizens Coalition and the Fraser Institute supported the change. There were groups against the change from all parts of the political spectrum, and including the Federation of Canadian Municipalities ; Atlantic Provinces Economic Council ; City of Toronto government ; National Statistics Council ; Canadian Jewish Congress ; Evangelical Fellowship of Canada ; Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops ; Canadian Medical Association ; Statistical Society of Canada ;

754-495: A wish to destroy a useful tool for social advocacy, by making it harder to identify and count disadvantaged groups. However, the Conservative government maintains that its reasoning for the cancellation is that they do not believe it is appropriate to force Canadians to divulge detailed personal information under threat of prosecution. On October 20, 2010, Statistics Canada predicted that a voluntary long-form would result in

812-641: Is a city in Canada which has the unusual geographic distinction of straddling the provincial border between Alberta and Saskatchewan . The city is incorporated by both provinces as a single city with a single municipal administration. Located in the heart of Treaty 6 , Lloydminster is the traditional homeland of the Plains Cree , Wood Cree, Dene , Saulteaux and homeland of the Métis . Intended to be an exclusively British utopian settlement centred on

870-635: Is bordered by the County of Vermilion River , Alberta, on the west, the Rural Municipality (R.M.) of Britannia No. 502 , Saskatchewan, on the northeast and the R.M. of Wilton No. 472 , Saskatchewan, on the southeast. The majority of the large retail properties serving the city, including larger stores, gas stations and hotels, are located in its Alberta portion, in particular along the Yellowhead Highway west of Meridian Avenue and along

928-450: Is maintained by both provinces) travels along the provincial border from south to north. There is no local public transport serving the city. Elementary and secondary schools on both sides of the border all use Saskatchewan's curriculum. Lloydminster provides public and catholic education up to grade 12 as well as post-secondary education through Lakeland College , offering one and two year certificate and diploma programs. Lloydminster

986-401: Is much more concentrated on the Saskatchewan side. The two sides of the city have virtually identical numbers of people in that age group (1,220 in Saskatchewan, 1,230 in Alberta ) even though the total population on the Alberta side is nearly twice that of the Saskatchewan side. This situation has been attributed in part to differential car insurance rates for drivers; because Saskatchewan has

1044-467: Is on Mountain Standard Time with the rest of Alberta, which is UTC−07:00, and is therefore one hour behind the time in the rest of Saskatchewan. The provincial line divides the city in two aspects related to communications. Telephones on the Saskatchewan side are assigned to area codes 306 and 639 , the two area codes assigned to that province, while land lines on the Alberta side have numbers in

1102-407: Is served by two broadcast television stations, operated as part of a twinstick operation owned by Newcap Radio : 2011 Canadian Census The Statistics Act mandates a Senate and/or House of Commons (joint) committee review of the opt-in clause (for the release of one's census records after 92 years) by 2014. The 2011 census was the fifteenth decennial census and, like other censuses,

1160-494: The 780 and 587 area codes, the two area codes assigned to northern Alberta. Similarly, Saskatchewan addresses have a postal code with a forward sortation area designation (first three characters) of "S9V", and addresses in Alberta have postal codes beginning with "T9V". All postal codes in Canada beginning with the letter "S" are assigned to Saskatchewan, and those beginning with "T" belong to Alberta. Lloydminster experiences

1218-678: The American Statistical Association ; Registered Nurses Association of Ontario ; Canadian Conference of the Arts ; and the governments of Ontario, Quebec , New Brunswick , Prince Edward Island, and Manitoba . On July 19, 2010, representatives from several institutions signed a letter expressing their disapproval of the change and their desire to speak to Clement to find another solution. The organizations represented were: A House of Commons industry committee special hearing on July 27, 2010 heard that during

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1276-593: The Alberta side are in the electoral district of Lakeland for elections to the federal House of Commons , and Vermilion-Lloydminster-Wainwright for elections to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta . Residents in Saskatchewan are in Battlefords—Lloydminster federally, and Lloydminster for the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan . Lloydminster's bi-provincial status has resulted in special provisions regarding provincial taxation within

1334-436: The Alberta side of 50th Avenue south of the Yellowhead Highway. Lloydminster's distinctive situation is reflected in other legal matters, including its time zone . Most of Saskatchewan does not observe daylight saving time , instead staying on Central Standard Time year-round. However, Alberta mandates daylight saving time. Lloydminster's charter allows the city to follow Alberta's use of daylight saving time on both sides of

1392-558: The Barr Colony's leader and namesake Isaac Montgomery Barr during the colonists' journey to the eventual townsite. The town developed rapidly: by 1904, there was a telegraph office as well as a log church; in 1905, the Lloydminster Daily Times started publication and the first train arrived on July 28. Its main north–south street, today named Meridian Avenue (or 50th Avenue), along which stores, businesses and

1450-655: The Canadian Federation of Students, and the Canadian Catholic Council of Bishops protested the decision to replace the long form census in 2011 with a shorter version. The original schedule of the short-form questions for the 2011 Census of Population was published in the Canada Gazette , Part I on August 21, 2010. The 2011 census consisted of the same eight questions that appeared on the 2006 census short-form questionnaire, with

1508-412: The Conservative government's change in policy. In a public letter, Sheikh wrote that he could not legally comment on what advice he had given the government regarding the census, but he did comment against the government's decision, writing: I want to take this opportunity to comment on a technical statistical issue which has become the subject of media discussion. This relates to the question of whether

1566-498: The Fourth Meridian. Despite its bi-provincial status, Lloydminster was not exempted from anti- smoking legislation passed by the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan . Citizens responded by initiating a referendum against the wishes of the mayor, as permitted in the charter, which resulted in the enactment of a citywide anti-smoking bylaw . The matter became moot when Alberta enacted its own anti-smoking legislation, which

1624-525: The Lloydminster Hospital does not have direct access to AHS patient records, which have led to Alberta-based patients sometimes bringing their own paper records or receiving diagnostic tests a second time. The city's contracts with WPD to provide ambulance service in Lloydminster have faced criticism over unsatisfactory performance, with some patients having had to wait up to 40 minutes for help to arrive; in August 2021, AHS pulled out of

1682-530: The Minister of Industry, defining the questions for the 2011 census as including only the short-form questions. This was published in the Canada Gazette on June 26, 2010; however, a news release was not issued by Minister of Industry Tony Clement until July 13, 2010. This release stated in part "The government will retain the mandatory short form that will collect basic demographic information. To meet

1740-622: The Progressive Conservative government of Brian Mulroney, said that he would have quit his job if the government had taken this change during his tenure. He claims that those who are most vulnerable (such as the poor, new immigrants, and Aboriginal peoples) are least likely to respond to a voluntary form, which weakens information about those demographic groups. Munir Sheikh , Fellegi's successor as Chief Statistician appointed by Conservative Prime Minister Stephen Harper on February 15, 2008, resigned on July 21, 2010 in protest of

1798-528: The Saskatchewan side of the border. In 2013, an independent report found that Lloydminster was underserved by health care services in comparison to similar catchment areas in Alberta . In 2007, Lloydminster was deemed to have outgrown the capacity of its hospital; calls for more operating rooms, acute care beds, and a dedicated MRI unit did not come to fruition, resulting in patients sometimes having to travel to larger cities such as Saskatoon for operations. Due to health data privacy laws in both provinces,

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1856-494: The addition of two questions on language. The federal Minister of Industry Tony Clement 's announcement that questions about language would appear on the mandatory short-form census came in response to a lawsuit brought by the Federation of Francophone and Acadian Communities , which claimed that the voluntary status of the long-form census would impact language-related government services. In addition to possible questions on activity limitation, various organizations called for

1914-410: The census, and pointed out that the threat could be removed entirely by amending the legislation so that incarceration is no longer a penalty for refusal to complete the census. In response, the government announced plans to introduce legislation to remove the threat of jail time for anyone refusing to fill out any mandatory government surveys. Some groups have argued that the decision was motivated by

1972-428: The city limits. The Saskatchewan side of the city is exempt from that province's sales tax , preventing businesses located there from being placed at a disadvantage relative to businesses in Alberta, which has no provincial sales tax . There is no exemption for provincial income tax , which is based solely on the taxpayer 's province of residence. Other differences surrounding interprovincial costs are reflected within

2030-494: The contract and signed with a different provider, but WPD invoked an arbitration clause in Saskatchewan law that has prevented the SHA from immediately exiting the contract. The city is served by Lloydminster Airport . The Yellowhead Highway , ( Alberta Highway 16 and Saskatchewan Highway 16 ) passes through the city from west to east, and Highway 17 (which is considered part of both Alberta's and Saskatchewan's highway system and

2088-529: The data previously collected by the long form questionnaire. Many of the same professionals indicated that the data gathered by a voluntary survey would not be of the same quality as the previous mandatory long form. Ahead of the 2011 census, the Conservative government announced that the long-form questionnaire would no longer be mandatory. This decision was made by the June 17, 2010 Order in Council , created by

2146-416: The decision was made without consulting organizations and governments that work closely with Statistics Canada. Clement had previously said that this change was made on the advice of Statistics Canada. The move was criticized by a number of organizations and individuals and was the subject of some satirical articles. Ivan Fellegi , the former Chief Statistician of Canada , originally appointed in 1985 by

2204-772: The election of the liberal government of Justin Trudeau , the Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development introduced in the House of Commons Bill C-36, An Act to Amend the Statistics Act on December 7, 2016. The amendments were passed by Royal Assent on December 13, 2017. The Government of Canada press release stated that the amendments were made to the Statistics Act to "ensure that decisions on statistical matters are transparent and are based on professional considerations." One day after its election in November 2015,

2262-452: The entire City of Lloydminster had a population of 31,582 living in 12,079 of its 13 532 total private dwellings, a change of 0.5% from its 2016 population of 31,410 . With a land area of 42.04 km (16.23 sq mi), it had a population density of 751.2/km (1,945.7/sq mi) in 2016. In the 2016 Census of Population , the Alberta portion of the City of Lloydminster had

2320-439: The federal government's deep-rooted opposition to the creation of a single province, largely due to the power such a province would hold rivalling the east , nor plans for a provincial boundary along the Fourth Meridian (110° W). When the provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan were created in 1905, the Fourth Meridian was selected as the border, bisecting the town right along its main street. Lloydminster residents petitioned for

2378-497: The following changes to the 2011 census: The National Household Survey (NHS) began within four weeks of the May 2011 census and included approximately 4.5 million households. The information collected by the NHS was intended to replace the data from the previous long-form census questionnaire. Various industry professionals indicated that the data collected by the NHS is not comparable with

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2436-679: The idea of sobriety , Lloydminster was founded in 1903 by the Barr Colonists, who came directly from the United Kingdom. At a time when the area was still part of the North-West Territories , the town was located astride the Fourth Meridian of the Dominion Land Survey . This meridian was intended to coincide with the 110° west longitude , although the imperfect surveying methods of the time led to

2494-627: The lowest response rate at 92.7%. In an article in the New York Times in August 2015, journalist Stephen Marche argued that by ending the mandatory long-form census in 2011, the federal government "stripped Canada of its capacity to gather information about itself" in the "age of information." Nearly 500 organizations in Canada, including the Canadian Medical Association, the Canadian Chamber of Commerce,

2552-535: The need for additional information, and to respect the privacy wishes of Canadians, the government has introduced the voluntary National Household Survey." On July 30, 2010, Statistics Canada published a description of the National Household Survey , intended to be sent to about 4.5 million households. Industry minister Tony Clement stated that the change to voluntary forms was made because of privacy-related complaints, though he acknowledged that

2610-442: The new border to be revised so as to encompass the entire town within Saskatchewan, without success. Lloydminster functioned as two towns with separate municipal administrations until the provincial governments agreed in 1930 to amalgamate the towns into a single town under shared jurisdiction. The provinces, again jointly, reincorporated Lloydminster as a city in 1958. Commemorating Lloydminster's distinctive bi-provincial status,

2668-406: The population identified French as their first language, while 0.8% identified German, 0.7% identified Ukrainian, and 0.5% identified Cree as their first language learned. The next most common languages were Chinese and Spanish at about 0.3% each. More than 8% of residents identified themselves as aboriginal at the time of the 2006 census. More than 78% of residents identified as Christian at

2726-405: The population identified as Eastern Orthodox . The local economy is driven primarily by the petroleum industry. Agriculture remains an important economic activity. The Husky Lloydminster Refinery is also located in the community. An issue in business is the sales tax. The only sales tax applicable in Alberta is the federal Goods and Services Tax (GST) . Saskatchewan has, in addition to GST,

2784-403: The populations on each side of the border, with the population on the Saskatchewan side being substantially younger; the median age on the Saskatchewan side is 26.6, nearly seven years less than the median age of 33.2 on the Alberta side. Even when combining the median ages for both sides of the city, Lloydminster has the youngest median age in all of Canada. Also, the specific age group of 20–24

2842-573: The post office began locating, was situated right on the Fourth Meridian, although the actual road right-of-way was located in Saskatchewan. To comply with temperance principles, alcohol was not available in Lloydminster for the first few years after its founding. While provincehood of some sort for the prairie territories was seen as inevitable by 1903, it had been widely expected by some, including North-West Territories premier Frederick W. A. G. Haultain , that only one province would eventually be created instead of two. The colonists were not aware of

2900-407: The previous census, out of approximately 12 million forms, 166 complaints were known to be received directly or indirectly. In answer to Clement's claim that those who do not fill out the census risk jail time, Jack Layton , leader of the national New Democratic Party , noted that in the entire history of the census, the government had not prosecuted and jailed a single person for failing to complete

2958-549: The provincial border in order to keep all clocks within the city in synchronization. This has the effect of placing Lloydminster and the surrounding area in the Mountain Time Zone along with Alberta. During the summer therefore, the entire city is on UTC−06:00—Mountain Daylight Time, which is the same as the rest of Saskatchewan where the time is defined as Central Standard Time. During the winter, Lloydminster

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3016-471: The release of the first set of results from the survey. In September 2014, Liberal MP Ted Hsu introduced private member's bill "Bill C-626, An Act to amend the Statistics Act" with the intention of appointing a Chief Statistician and reinstatement of the long-form census in Canada. Despite wide support as often happens with private bills, this failed (at Second Reading), in February 2015. Following

3074-412: The surveyed meridian being placed a few hundred metres (yards) west of this longitude. The town was named for George Lloyd , an Anglican priest who would become Bishop of Saskatchewan in 1922. Lloyd was a strong opponent of non-British immigration to Canada. During a nearly disastrous immigration journey, which was badly planned and conducted, he distinguished himself with the colonists and replaced

3132-509: The time of the 2001 census, while over 18% indicated that they had no religious affiliation. For specific denominations Statistics Canada found that 31% of residents identified as Roman Catholic, and 44% Protestants of which, 18% identified with the United Church of Canada , more than 7% identified as Anglican , about 5% identified as Lutheran , almost 3% identified as Pentecostal , about 2% identified as Baptists , and just over 1% of

3190-405: The treatment of automobile insurance, and housing taxes. For example, a driver under age 25 who lives on the Alberta side will pay approximately 2-3 times the average amount required of a Saskatchewan driver of the same age. Lloydminster relies on health care resources from both Alberta Health Services and the Saskatchewan Health Authority . The Lloydminster Hospital was constructed in 1987 on

3248-402: Was 38.1 °C (100.6 °F) on 12 July 2002. The coldest temperature ever recorded was −50.0 °C (−58.0 °F) on 13 January 1911. In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada , the Alberta portion of the City of Lloydminster had a population of 19,739 living in 7,636 of its 8,530 total private dwellings, a change of 0.5% from its 2016 population of 19,645. With

3306-474: Was required by section 8 of the Constitution Act, 1867 . As with other decennial censuses, the data was used to adjust federal electoral district boundaries . As of August 24, 2011, Canada's overall collection response rate was 98.1%, up over a percentage point from 96.5% in the 2006 census . Ontario and Prince Edward Island each held the highest response rate at 98.3%, while Nunavut held

3364-557: Was the solution that the mayor and council preferred. The provincial border runs north to south, falling directly on 50th Avenue (Meridian Avenue) in the centre of Lloydminster. Meridian Avenue north of the Yellowhead Highway (also named 44th Street) remains the main downtown street for stores, offices and businesses, with some also located on the intersecting east–west streets. Addresses east of 50th Avenue are considered to be in Lloydminster, Saskatchewan and addresses west of 50th Avenue are considered to be in Lloydminster, Alberta. The city

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