Forestburg | |
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| Village of Forestburg | |
.jpg) Forestburg grain elevators | |
  Forestburg Location of Forestburg inAlberta | |
| Coordinates:52°34′49″N112°04′05″W / 52.58028°N 112.06806°W /52.58028; -112.06806 | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Alberta |
| Region | Central Alberta |
| Census division | 7 |
| Municipal district | Flagstaff County |
| Founded | 1916 |
| Incorporated[1] | |
| • Village | August 21, 1919 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Blaze Joseph Young |
| • Governing body | Forestburg Village Council |
| Area (2021)[3] | |
| • Land | 4.04 km2 (1.56 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 662.90 m (2,174.9 ft) |
| Population (2021)[3] | |
• Total | 807 |
| • Density | 199.9/km2 (518/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC−7 (MST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−6 (MDT) |
| Highways | Highway 53 |
| Waterway | Battle River |
| Website | Official website |
Forestburg is a village located in east-centralAlberta, Canada. The rich farmland of the area was first settled by Europeans in 1905. Soon after the first of many "gopher hole" mines, homesteaders were sooncoal mining on the banks of theBattle River in 1907.
Forestburg's economy is based on agriculture, coal mining, oil and gas activity, and power generation. Forestburg has a variety of retail and services, with major employment byAtco Power Ltd. andWestmoreland Coal. The village is the headquarters of theBattle River Railway, a co-operative railway established in 2009.[4]
The site was surveyed in 1919 after theCanadian Northern Railway arrived in 1916, and Forestburg was incorporated into a village.[citation needed]
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| Climate data for Forestburg | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 11 (52) | 15 (59) | 20.6 (69.1) | 30 (86) | 35 (95) | 34.4 (93.9) | 36 (97) | 37 (99) | 35.6 (96.1) | 29.5 (85.1) | 20.5 (68.9) | 14 (57) | 37 (99) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | −6.8 (19.8) | −3.4 (25.9) | 2.3 (36.1) | 11.4 (52.5) | 17.8 (64.0) | 21.5 (70.7) | 23.6 (74.5) | 23.2 (73.8) | 17.4 (63.3) | 11.6 (52.9) | 1 (34) | −5.1 (22.8) | 9.5 (49.1) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −11.9 (10.6) | −8.5 (16.7) | −2.5 (27.5) | 5.8 (42.4) | 11.8 (53.2) | 15.8 (60.4) | 17.9 (64.2) | 17.1 (62.8) | 11.7 (53.1) | 6 (43) | −3.5 (25.7) | −9.9 (14.2) | 4.1 (39.4) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −16.9 (1.6) | −13.6 (7.5) | −7.3 (18.9) | 0.1 (32.2) | 5.7 (42.3) | 10 (50) | 12.1 (53.8) | 11 (52) | 5.9 (42.6) | 0.3 (32.5) | −7.9 (17.8) | −14.6 (5.7) | −1.3 (29.7) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −44.4 (−47.9) | −42.2 (−44.0) | −39.4 (−38.9) | −25.6 (−14.1) | −7 (19) | −3.3 (26.1) | 4.4 (39.9) | 0 (32) | −6.5 (20.3) | −21 (−6) | −32 (−26) | −45 (−49) | −45 (−49) |
| Averageprecipitation mm (inches) | 17.4 (0.69) | 11.3 (0.44) | 16.5 (0.65) | 22.3 (0.88) | 46.1 (1.81) | 79.1 (3.11) | 73.2 (2.88) | 58.4 (2.30) | 38.3 (1.51) | 15 (0.6) | 13.3 (0.52) | 15 (0.6) | 402 (15.8) |
| Source:Environment Canada[5] | |||||||||||||
In the2021 Census of Population conducted byStatistics Canada, the Village of Forestburg had a population of 807 living in 373 of its 417 total private dwellings, a change of-8.3% from its 2016 population of 880. With a land area of 4.04 km2 (1.56 sq mi), it had a population density of199.8/km2 (517.4/sq mi) in 2021.[3]
In the2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Village of Forestburg recorded a population of 875 living in 360 of its 404 total private dwellings, a5.3% change from its 2011 population of 831. With a land area of 2.73 km2 (1.05 sq mi), it had a population density of320.5/km2 (830.1/sq mi) in 2016.[6]
The population of the Village of Forestburg according to its2014 municipal census is 880,[7] a5.9% change from its 2011 federal census population of 831.[8]
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