Huxley is ahamlet insouthern Alberta, Canada withinKneehill County.[2] It is located approximately 160 km (99 mi) northeast ofCalgary. The first school was built in 1907 and named Ashcroft for John Courtland Ash, the first rancher in the area, predating the surveying of the area into homesteads.[3]
In the2021 Census of Population conducted byStatistics Canada, Huxley had a population of 75 living in 38 of its 39 total private dwellings, a change of0% from its 2016 population of 75. With a land area of 0.33 km2 (0.13 sq mi), it had a population density of227.3/km2 (588.6/sq mi) in 2021.[1]
As a designated place in the2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Huxley had a population of 75 living in 33 of its 36 total private dwellings, a change of-11.8% from its 2011 population of 85. With a land area of 0.32 km2 (0.12 sq mi), it had a population density of234.4/km2 (607.0/sq mi) in 2016.[18]
^"Geographical Identification and Population for Unincorporated Places of 25 persons and over, 1971 and 1976".1976 Census of Canada(PDF). Supplementary Bulletins: Geographic and Demographic (Population of Unincorporated Places—Canada). Vol. Bulletin 8SG.1. Ottawa:Statistics Canada. 1978. RetrievedSeptember 26, 2024.
^1981 Census of Canada(PDF). Place name reference list. Vol. Western provinces and the Territories. Ottawa:Statistics Canada. 1983. RetrievedSeptember 26, 2024.
