24-736: Mountain View County is a municipal district in Division No. 6 in central Alberta , Canada. Located between the cities of Calgary and Red Deer within the Calgary-Edmonton corridor , its municipal office is located north of the Town of Didsbury . Mountain View County is a member of the Rural Municipalities of Alberta, along with numerous local boards, commissions and committees. The first government surveys of
48-440: A county in their official names. Twenty-five of Alberta's municipal districts retain a numerical designation (e.g. "No. 8") in their official names. The use of the county term in the official names of 47 municipal districts (and three specialized municipalities ) has partially led to a common belief that a county is its own separate municipal status type, which is not the case. The other major contributor to this common belief
72-498: A combination of both depending on their geographic location. They may also include country residential subdivisions and unincorporated communities , some of which are recognized as hamlets by Alberta Municipal Affairs . Municipal districts are created when predominantly rural areas with populations of at least 1,000 people, where a majority of their residential buildings are on parcels of land greater than 1,850 m , apply to Alberta Municipal Affairs for municipal district status under
96-399: A population of 13,074 living in 5,025 of its 5,666 total private dwellings, a 5.8% change from its 2011 population of 12,359. With a land area of 3,782.64 km (1,460.49 sq mi), it had a population density of 3.5/km (9.0/sq mi) in 2016. Oil and gas is the main economic driver of Mountain View County, along with agriculture , forestry and tourism . In the early 1890s
120-709: A provincial park, Chain Lakes Provincial Park . Thirteen municipal districts have their offices in their jurisdiction, outside the boundaries of a city, town, or village. They are Brazeau ( Drayton Valley ), Lacombe (between Gull Lake and Lacombe ), Mountain View ( Didsbury ), Newell ( Brooks ), Northern Sunrise ( Peace River ), Paintearth ( Castor ), Parkland ( Stony Plain ), Peace ( Berwyn ), Red Deer ( Red Deer ), Saddle Hills ( Spirit River ), Wheatland ( Strathmore ), Willow Creek ( Claresholm ), and Woodlands ( Whitecourt ). The below table
144-585: A separate municipality such as a city, town, or village. This municipality (like all other cities, towns, and villages) is not part of the municipal district's jurisdiction. Nine municipal districts have their offices in a hamlet, which is part of the district's jurisdiction. They are Acadia ( Acadia Valley ), Bighorn ( Exshaw ), Birch Hills ( Wanham ), Clear Hills ( Worsley ), Cypress ( Dunmore ), Grande Prairie ( Clairmont ), Lac Ste. Anne ( Sangudo ), Opportunity ( Wabasca ), and Thorhild ( Thorhild ). One municipal district, Ranchland , has its offices in
168-526: A series of plebiscites held in 1912. Only the Rural Municipality of Mountain View No. 310 would be created out of four improvement districts around Olds and Didsbury, making it one of 55 rural municipalities to come into existence province-wide on December 9, 1912. While Mountain View was the first to consolidate, others would soon follow their lead. The Municipal District of Mountain View No. 49
192-465: A trail westward towards Sundre and Bergen . As the population grew, so did their needs. This led to the formation of local government, though the creation of local Improvement Districts . These were relatively small administrative units, generally no bigger than 72 square miles (190 km) in size, and were responsible for a number of limited duties including setting local tax rates, and keeping track of necessary local improvements. In December 1911
216-457: Is a list of only those rural municipalities in Alberta that are incorporated as municipal districts . Despite their names, Lac La Biche County , Mackenzie County , and Strathcona County are not listed because they are in fact incorporated as specialized municipalities , not municipal districts . The Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo is likewise a specialized municipality and
240-605: Is that a county was once a former municipal status type in Alberta prior to the County Act being repealed in the mid-1990s. Those municipalities that were once officially incorporated as counties were continued under the Municipal Government Act (MGA) as municipal districts and were permitted to retain the term county in their official names. More than half of the 63 municipal districts have their main administration offices, including council chambers, in
264-498: Is thus not listed here. For more information on specialized municipalities , see List of specialized municipalities in Alberta . Alberta's eight improvement districts and three special areas are also not listed because they are their own separate type of rural municipality and not subset types of the municipal district status. For more information on special areas , see Special Areas Board . Olds-Didsbury Airport Olds-Didsbury Airport ( TC LID : CEA3 )
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#1732771831029288-446: The 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada , Mountain View County had a population of 12,981 living in 5,014 of its 5,743 total private dwellings, a change of -0.7% from its 2016 population of 13,074. With a land area of 3,763.42 km (1,453.06 sq mi), it had a population density of 3.4/km (8.9/sq mi) in 2021. In the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Mountain View County had
312-570: The Chinook's Edge School Division , which continues to serve the county. List of municipal districts in Alberta A municipal district (MD) is the most common form of all rural municipality statuses used in the Canadian province of Alberta . Alberta's municipal districts, most of which are branded as a county (e.g. Yellowhead County , County of Newell , etc.), are predominantly rural areas that may include either farmland, Crown land or
336-511: The MD of Ranchland No. 66 with populations of 36,461 and 79 respectively. 437 elected officials (eight mayors , 56 reeves and 373 councillors ) provide municipal district governance throughout the province. An order in council to incorporate any municipality must give the municipality an official name. Of Alberta's 63 municipal districts, 16 still have municipal district in their official names, while 47 of them have branded themselves as
360-580: The Alberta government brought forward new legislation designed to introduce greater self-government into rural areas of the province. Specifically, the Municipal Act of 1912 encouraged local improvement districts to consolidate with one another to form larger rural municipalities. Initially the response to the idea of consolidation was unenthusiastic. A majority of rural residents in Mountain View voted against consolidation with other L.I.D.'s in
384-614: The area between Calgary and Edmonton were not made until 1883, around the time when the Canadian Pacific Railway arrived from Eastern Canada in Calgary, then just a small settlement. Just to the east of where the busy Queen Elizabeth II highway runs today, people and goods travelled between Calgary and Fort Edmonton by wagon along the original Calgary and Edmonton Trail . In 1890, the Calgary and Edmonton Railway
408-739: The authority of the Municipal Government Act . Applications for municipal district status are approved via orders in council made by the Lieutenant Governor in Council under recommendation from the Minister of Municipal Affairs. As of the 2011 Census , Alberta's then 64 municipal districts ( Lac La Biche County has since then converted to a specialized municipality ) had a cumulative population of 451,979 and an average population of 7,062. Alberta's most populous and least populated municipal districts are Rocky View County and
432-856: The county administration and the school board. This building would serve the county until a new state-of-the-art office was built in 2005, near the Olds-Didsbury Airport along Highway 2A . On January 21, 1998, the County of Mountain View No. 17 officially changed its name to Mountain View County, as it continues to be known today. The following urban municipalities are surrounded by Mountain View County. The following hamlets are located within Mountain View County. The following localities are located within Mountain View County. In 2008, Mountain View County established 20 districts as rural neighbourhoods . In
456-523: The early days was typified by ethnic and usually religious groups living in close-knit communities or colonies. Notable among them were a group of Mennonite families who homesteaded in the Didsbury area from Europe via Ontario around the turn of the 19th century. A large number of German settlers from the American Midwest also settled around Olds; and a group of Norwegian pioneers blazed
480-471: The first schools began to organize in the area now comprising Mountain View County. By 1930, almost 90 school districts had been created to serve the region, with the one-room school house remaining a fixture of rural life until 1936, when the Social Credit government allowed for the creation of larger school divisions. As consolidation of rural municipalities continued throughput the 1940s and 50s,
504-549: The next 60 years. The operation of Calgary & Edmonton Railway passed to the Canadian Pacific Railway, which continues to operate the line as its main Calgary-Edmonton connection. After 1891, homesteaders began to arrive in the region from across Europe and North America, with settlements sprouting up around the fourth ( Carstairs ), fifth ( Didsbury ) and sixth ( Olds ) sidings. Settlement in
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#1732771831029528-455: The provincial government moved to amalgamate municipalities and the local school boards. In 1955, the M.D. of Mountain View and Olds School Division No. 39 were made "coterminous" (meaning they shared the same boundaries). With the introduction of the County system of government in 1961, joint administration of municipalities and the school boards was initiated, and would continue until 1994. Olds School Division No. 39 would eventually evolve into
552-423: Was chartered, and construction began, with the line reaching the area now comprising the county by the end of that year. While a handful of squatters had arrived pre-1890, settlement in the area did not begin in earnest until the arrival of the C & E Railway. On July 27, 1891, the first through train made the trip from Calgary to Strathcona , marking the beginning of regular scheduled passenger train service for
576-475: Was formed into the County of Mountain View No. 17 as of January 1, 1961, with William J. Bagnall of Dogpound was selected as the county's first reeve. A municipal councillor prior to the county's formation, Bagnall would continue to serve as reeve until 1980. The newly formed county chose Didsbury as the location of its municipal office, and in October 1962, a new administration building was opened to house both
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