Gwynne
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  Gwynne  Gwynne | |
| Coordinates:52°59′12″N113°11′56″W / 52.9867°N 113.1989°W /52.9867; -113.1989 | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Alberta |
| Region | Central Alberta |
| Census division | No. 11 |
| Municipal district | County of Wetaskiwin No. 10 |
| Settled | 1902 |
| Named after | Julia Maude Schreiber (née Gwynne) |
| Area (2021)[1] | |
| • Land | 0.5 km2 (0.19 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[1] | |
• Total | 93 |
| • Density | 185.4/km2 (480/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC-7 (Mountain Time Zone) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-6 (Mountain Time Zone) |
| Postal code | |
| Area codes | 780 |
| Highways | Highway 13 |
Gwynne is ahamlet incentral Alberta, Canada within theCounty of Wetaskiwin No. 10.[2] It is located onHighway 13, approximately 11 kilometres (6.8 mi) east ofWetaskiwin.
In 1902, pioneer homesteader Charles Rodberg (known in his native Belgium as Chevalier Charles Rodberg de Walden) opened a store and post office along the railway and the area was known as Rodberg's Crossing, or Rodberg's Flat. Later the area was known as Diana, after his eldest child, and the Post Office was called the Diana Post Office. When the CPR arrived in 1905 the community was renamed to honor the wife of a railway official. Julia Maude Schreiber (née Gwynne) was the second wife of Sir Collingwood Schreiber (1831-1908), a railway builder, former chief engineer of the CPR and former federal deputy minister of railways and canals. Julia was president of the Ottawa Ladies' golf club and vice-regent of the Daughters of the Empire in Ottawa. It is doubtful that she ever set foot in the hamlet named after her.[3]
TheKöppen Climate Classification subtype for this climate is "Dfb" (Warm Summer Continental Climate).[4]
| Climate data for Gwynne, Alberta | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 9.0 (48.2) | 14.0 (57.2) | 25.0 (77.0) | 28.5 (83.3) | 31.1 (88.0) | 33.0 (91.4) | 34.5 (94.1) | 35.0 (95.0) | 34.0 (93.2) | 29.5 (85.1) | 21.7 (71.1) | 18.0 (64.4) | 35.0 (95.0) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | −6.6 (20.1) | −3.2 (26.2) | 1.9 (35.4) | 11.2 (52.2) | 17.5 (63.5) | 21.0 (69.8) | 23.2 (73.8) | 22.9 (73.2) | 17.6 (63.7) | 10.7 (51.3) | 0.2 (32.4) | −4.8 (23.4) | 9.3 (48.7) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −12.4 (9.7) | −9.5 (14.9) | −4 (25) | 4.3 (39.7) | 10.3 (50.5) | 14.2 (57.6) | 16.3 (61.3) | 15.3 (59.5) | 10.3 (50.5) | 3.9 (39.0) | −5.2 (22.6) | −10.4 (13.3) | 2.4 (36.3) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −18 (0) | −15.8 (3.6) | −9.9 (14.2) | −2.6 (27.3) | 3.0 (37.4) | 7.4 (45.3) | 9.4 (48.9) | 8.2 (46.8) | 3.0 (37.4) | −2.9 (26.8) | −10.5 (13.1) | −16 (3) | −3.7 (25.3) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −46.0 (−50.8) | −43.5 (−46.3) | −39 (−38) | −29.5 (−21.1) | −8.0 (17.6) | −2.5 (27.5) | −0.6 (30.9) | −3.0 (26.6) | −9.5 (14.9) | −26.0 (−14.8) | −34.5 (−30.1) | −46.1 (−51.0) | −46.1 (−51.0) |
| Averageprecipitation mm (inches) | 22.5 (0.89) | 14.0 (0.55) | 21.6 (0.85) | 29.8 (1.17) | 52.9 (2.08) | 76.3 (3.00) | 101.9 (4.01) | 60.1 (2.37) | 44.2 (1.74) | 21.5 (0.85) | 17.1 (0.67) | 14.6 (0.57) | 476.6 (18.76) |
| Average rainfall mm (inches) | 1.5 (0.06) | 0.7 (0.03) | 1.7 (0.07) | 19.5 (0.77) | 49.0 (1.93) | 76.3 (3.00) | 101.9 (4.01) | 60.1 (2.37) | 43.2 (1.70) | 12.5 (0.49) | 2.4 (0.09) | 0.9 (0.04) | 369.8 (14.56) |
| Average snowfall cm (inches) | 21.0 (8.3) | 13.0 (5.1) | 20.0 (7.9) | 10.0 (3.9) | 4.0 (1.6) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.0 (0.0) | 1.0 (0.4) | 9.0 (3.5) | 15.0 (5.9) | 14.0 (5.5) | 107.0 (42.1) |
| Source:Environment Canada[5] | |||||||||||||
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
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| 1941 | 77 | — |
| 1951 | 65 | −15.6% |
| 1956 | 86 | +32.3% |
| 1961 | 109 | +26.7% |
| 1966 | 75 | −31.2% |
| 1971 | 70 | −6.7% |
| 1976 | 67 | −4.3% |
| 1981 | 97 | +44.8% |
| 1986 | 118 | +21.6% |
| 1991 | 124 | +5.1% |
| 1996 | 127 | +2.4% |
| 2001 | 130 | +2.4% |
| 2006 | 97 | −25.4% |
| 2011 | 88 | −9.3% |
| 2016 | 73 | −17.0% |
| 2021 | 93 | +27.4% |
| Source:Statistics Canada [6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][1] | ||
In the2021 Census of Population conducted byStatistics Canada, Gwynne had a population of 93 living in 41 of its 42 total private dwellings, a change of27.4% from its 2016 population of 73. With a land area of 0.5 km2 (0.19 sq mi), it had a population density of186.0/km2 (481.7/sq mi) in 2021.[1]
As a designated place in the2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Gwynne had a population of 73 living in 31 of its 32 total private dwellings, a change of-17% from its 2011 population of 88. With a land area of 0.52 km2 (0.20 sq mi), it had a population density of140.4/km2 (363.6/sq mi) in 2016.[19]
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