Mundare is a town in central Alberta , Canada. It is approximately 70 km (43 mi) east of Edmonton at the intersection of Highway 15 and Highway 855 , 2 km (1.2 mi) north of the Yellowhead Highway . The Canadian National Railway tracks run through the town.
3-493: Beaverhill Lake lies southwest of the town, and Elk Island National Park is located 30 km (19 mi) west of Mundare. Mundare was named after William Mundare, a railway station agent. In July 2007, the town marked its 100th anniversary with a three-day celebration. In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada , the Town of Mundare had a population of 792 living in 348 of its 395 total private dwellings,
6-456: A change of -7% from its 2016 population of 852. With a land area of 4.12 km (1.59 sq mi), it had a population density of 192.2/km (497.9/sq mi) in 2021. In the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Town of Mundare recorded a population of 852 living in 359 of its 390 total private dwellings, a -0.4% change from its 2011 population of 855. With a land area of 4.21 km (1.63 sq mi), it had
9-464: A population density of 202.4/km (524.1/sq mi) in 2016. Mundare is host to The Basilian Fathers' Museum that presents the history of the Ukrainian settlement and Basilian Fathers' Mission in east-central Alberta. It holds a unique collection of 16th and 17th century liturgical books from Ukraine . The museum is off of the highway 855 that borders the eastern part of town and is across from
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