Langdon is ahamlet in southernAlberta, Canada under the jurisdiction ofRocky View County.[4] It previously held village status between August 31, 1907, and January 1, 1946.
Langdon is located 12 km (7.5 mi) east of the City ofCalgary at the intersection ofHighway 560 (Glenmore Trail) andHighway 797, approximately 6 km (3.7 mi) south of theTrans Canada Highway and 7 km (4.3 mi) north ofHighway 22X. It has an elevation of 1,005 m (3,297 ft).
The hamlet is located inCensus Division No. 6 and in the federal riding ofBow River. The hamlet is represented in federal government by Member of Parliament Martin Shields and in municipal government by Councillor Al Schule.
Langdon was named for R.B. Langdon of Langdon & Shepard, aCanadian Pacific Railway subcontracting firm who built a section of the line just east ofCalgary.[5] He was born inVermont in 1826 and worked on the railroad lines within at least ten US states, notably theSt. Paul & Pacific Railroad in 1858. Langdon was astate senator in Minnesota from 1873 to 1881.[6] The nearbyShepard station was named for his partner. Langdon was one of two people to turn the first sod in the settlement in 1882. A year later, a railway station was set up in a boxcar and named after him.[7]
A post office was established on January 1, 1890, and a telegraph office in 1899.[8] Langdon incorporated as a village on August 31, 1907.[1] It subsequently dissolved on January 1, 1946, to become part of theMunicipal District of Conrich No. 44.[2]
In the2021 Census of Population conducted byStatistics Canada, Langdon had a population of 5,497 living in 1,759 of its 1,792 total private dwellings, a change of3.6% from its 2016 population of 5,305. With a land area of 9.26 km2 (3.58 sq mi), it had a population density of593.6/km2 (1,537.5/sq mi) in 2021.[3]
The population of Langdon according to the2018 municipal census conducted by Rocky View County is 5,364,[26] a 9.5% increase from its 2013 municipal census population count of 4,897.[27]
As of 2021, Langdon is 94.1%White, and 5.6% avisible minority. More specifically, the population is 29.3%English, 25.3%Scottish, 20.7%German, 19.2% Canadian, 18.2%Irish, and 10.3%Ukrainian. The largest visible minority population isBlack, comprising 1.2% of Langdon's population.[28]
Langdon is home to The Track - a golf course formerly known as the Boulder Creek Golf Course.[29]To the northwest of Langdon is the wetland waterfowl habitatWeed Lake.Langdon Days is an annual event hosted in the town during the summer baseball season and includes a parade down main street and a lot of good advertising for small businesses in the town.
Langdon School provides education to students in kindergarten through grade 9.[30] Sarah Thompson School provides education to students from K-5.[31]Horseshoe Crossing High School provides education to students in the grades 9-12.[32]
^"Table 6: Population by census subdivisions, 1901–1961".1961 Census of Canada(PDF). Series 1.1: Historical, 1901–1961. Vol. I: Population. Ottawa:Dominion Bureau of Statistics. March 8, 1963. RetrievedDecember 1, 2021.
^"Population of unincorporated places of 50 persons and over, Alberta, 1961 and 1956".1961 Census of Canada: Population(PDF). Series SP: Unincorporated Villages. Vol. Bulletin SP—4. Ottawa:Dominion Bureau of Statistics. April 18, 1963. RetrievedNovember 29, 2021.
^"Population of unincorporated places of 50 persons and over, 1966 and 1961 (Alberta)".Census of Canada 1966: Population(PDF). Special Bulletin: Unincorporated Places. Vol. Bulletin S–3. Ottawa:Dominion Bureau of Statistics. August 1968. RetrievedNovember 29, 2021.
^"Population of Unincorporated Places of 50 persons and over, 1971 and 1966 (Alberta)".1971 Census of Canada: Population(PDF). Special Bulletin: Unincorporated Settlements. Vol. Bulletin SP—1. Ottawa:Statistics Canada. March 1973. RetrievedNovember 29, 2021.
^"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. May 1978. RetrievedNovember 29, 2021.
^1981 Census of Canada(PDF). Place name reference list. Vol. Western provinces and the Territories. Ottawa:Statistics Canada. May 1983. RetrievedNovember 29, 2021.
^"Table 16: Population and Dwelling Counts, for Urban Areas, 1991 and 1996 Censuses – 100% Data".96 Canada(PDF). A National Overview: Population and Dwelling Counts. Ottawa:Statistics Canada. April 1997. pp. 184–198. RetrievedNovember 29, 2021.
