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| Coordinates:53°1′29″N112°49′27″W / 53.02472°N 112.82417°W /53.02472; -112.82417 | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Alberta |
| Planning region | North Saskatchewan |
| Municipal district | Camrose County |
| Incorporated[3] | |
| • Village | May 4, 1905 |
| • Town | December 11, 1906 |
| • City | January 1, 1955 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | PJ Stasko[4] |
| • Governing body | Camrose City Council
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| • City Manager[6] | Malcolm Boyd |
| • MP | Pierre Poilievre (Conservative[5] –Battle River—Crowfoot) |
| • MLA | Jackie Lovely (UCP[5] –Camrose) |
| Area (2021)[8] | |
| • Land | 41.67 km2 (16.09 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 740 m (2,430 ft) |
| Population (2021)[8] | |
• Total | 18,772 |
| • Density | 450.5/km2 (1,167/sq mi) |
| • Municipal census (2016) | 18,044[10] |
| • Estimate (2020) | 19,333[11] |
| Time zone | UTC−7 (Mountain) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−6 (MDT) |
| Forward sortation area | |
| Area codes | 780,587, 825,368 |
| NTS Map | 83H2 Camrose |
| GNBC Code | IAKKF[12] |
| Highways | 13,26,833 |
| Website | camrose |
Camrose (/ˈkæmroʊz/KAM-rohz) is a city in centralAlberta, Canada that is surrounded byCamrose County. Located alongHighway 13 it had its beginnings as a railroad hub.
The area around Camrose was first settled by Europeans around 1900. At that time the nearby settlement ofWetaskiwin was a major centre for pioneers; typically, it was the last stopping-off point before they set out in search of nearby land. The site that was to be Camrose was about aday's journey from Wetaskiwin along the railroad, which made it a popular place on the route of pioneers. Soon businessmen and other settlers arrived to stay. The settlers came primarily fromScandinavian countries, such asNorway andSweden, and many settlers also came from theUnited States. At that time the settlement was known as the hamlet of Stoney Creek. In 1904, Stoney Creek began receiving mail service, its first businesses began to open, and its firstRoyal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) officer (Constable "Blue" Smith) arrived.
On May 4, 1905, the community was incorporated as the Village of Camrose.[13] There is no factual evidence about the reason for the choice of the name Camrose, but it is generally thought that it was named after the Village ofCamrose inPembrokeshire, South Wales. On December 11, 1906, Camrose was incorporated as a town.[3]
In 1906, Camrose opened its first newspaper,The Camrose Mail, which was replaced in 1908 by theCamrose Canadian,[14] which was published until 2018. In March 1907 the town erected a building for town administration, which also held its first police and fire station. In May 1907, it spent $10,000 on its schoolhouse.[15] In October 1907 men fromAlberta Government Telephones set up Camrose's first telephone exchange, and by 1908 about fifty residents had telephone access. 1911 saw the construction of Camrose's first power plant.
From 1905 to 1914, there was a great deal of railway construction in the Camrose area. Camrose became a bit of a railroad hub, sitting on railways that connected toEdmonton andCalgary, as well as many of the smaller towns in central Alberta, such asVegreville,Stettler,Drumheller, and Wetaskiwin. By 1914, twelve passenger trains came through Camrose daily. In those days the growth of Camrose was strongly linked with the railway.
On June 26, 1912, the first building of theCamrose Lutheran College (known as Augustana University College from 1991 to 2004) was opened. Today the campus continues as theAugustana Faculty of theUniversity of Alberta.
DuringWorld War II, the Camrose Fairgrounds were converted to an army training grounds. About ten H-Shaped huts were built, as were mess quarters, a medical building and a storehouse. Thousands of Canadian boys came to Camrose to receive their basic training.
Camrose became a city on January 1, 1955.[3] By 1958, Camrose had converted the old post office into the new city hall. In 1954, however, Camrose had sold the old town hall to the federal government, so in the interim the city council met for almost three years in the hall of the local Methodist Church.
Camrose has continued to expand, even as the significance of the railroads waned. It is now stretching out along Highway 13, and is becoming a major stop for travellers along that road. With the advent of theBig Valley Jamboree[16] in Camrose it has become even more oriented towards tourism and hospitality.[17]
Camrose was host to an Alberta Music Camp for upwards of 40 years, named MusiCamrose, until it later changed to MusiCamp Alberta, now hosted inRed Deer. It celebrated its 50th anniversary in the summer of 2007. It was founded by Peterkin.
On October 26, 2005, a single lottery ticket worth $54,000,000 (the second largest in Canadian history) was sold in Camrose. The ticket belonged to 17 oil industry workers.
In August 2006, Camrose held a Founders Day when four men were inducted as founding fathers of Camrose.
Camrose is situated about 90 km (56 mi) from Edmonton, the capital of Alberta. Highway 13 runs through its centre. Camrose is located in a transitory region of Alberta, betweenprairie andboreal forest, known asaspen parkland. It is a major economic centre for many small farming communities in the surrounding area. The Stoney Creek runs through the city and flows into theBattle River south of the city.
Camrose has ahumid continental climate (Köppen climate classificationDfb)[18] and falls into theNRCPlant Hardiness Zone 3b.[19] Summers are warm with moderate rainfall while winters can be long and cold.
| Climate data for Camrose (1981−2010 normals) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record highhumidex | 11.0 | 11.6 | 24.5 | 25.4 | 31.6 | 37.2 | 39.7 | 38.5 | 33.3 | 26.6 | 17.3 | 13.4 | 39.7 |
| Record high °C (°F) | 11.1 (52.0) | 13.5 (56.3) | 25.1 (77.2) | 31.1 (88.0) | 32.5 (90.5) | 34.2 (93.6) | 36.7 (98.1) | 34.4 (93.9) | 33.0 (91.4) | 28.0 (82.4) | 21.1 (70.0) | 13.9 (57.0) | 36.7 (98.1) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | −5.8 (21.6) | −3.5 (25.7) | 1.5 (34.7) | 10.7 (51.3) | 17.0 (62.6) | 20.4 (68.7) | 22.9 (73.2) | 22.3 (72.1) | 16.7 (62.1) | 10.2 (50.4) | −0.3 (31.5) | −4.5 (23.9) | 9.0 (48.2) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −11.5 (11.3) | −9.6 (14.7) | −4.1 (24.6) | 4.5 (40.1) | 10.5 (50.9) | 14.5 (58.1) | 16.8 (62.2) | 15.8 (60.4) | 10.4 (50.7) | 4.1 (39.4) | −5.2 (22.6) | −9.9 (14.2) | 3.0 (37.4) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −17.2 (1.0) | −15.7 (3.7) | −9.7 (14.5) | −1.7 (28.9) | 4.0 (39.2) | 8.5 (47.3) | 10.7 (51.3) | 9.3 (48.7) | 4.0 (39.2) | −2.0 (28.4) | −10.0 (14.0) | −15.3 (4.5) | −2.9 (26.8) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −47.2 (−53.0) | −47.8 (−54.0) | −42.8 (−45.0) | −32.2 (−26.0) | −11.7 (10.9) | −1.1 (30.0) | 1.0 (33.8) | −1.1 (30.0) | −16.1 (3.0) | −23.0 (−9.4) | −35.7 (−32.3) | −44.0 (−47.2) | −47.8 (−54.0) |
| Record lowwind chill | −54.0 | −52.0 | −47.0 | −29.0 | −15.0 | −3.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | −12.0 | −26.0 | −44.0 | −50.0 | −54.0 |
| Averageprecipitation mm (inches) | 22.8 (0.90) | 13.5 (0.53) | 22.5 (0.89) | 28.9 (1.14) | 41.2 (1.62) | 74.4 (2.93) | 85.8 (3.38) | 51.5 (2.03) | 39.9 (1.57) | 23.5 (0.93) | 18.5 (0.73) | 15.4 (0.61) | 438.1 (17.25) |
| Average rainfall mm (inches) | 0.8 (0.03) | 0.3 (0.01) | 1.4 (0.06) | 18.4 (0.72) | 38.0 (1.50) | 74.4 (2.93) | 85.8 (3.38) | 51.5 (2.03) | 39.6 (1.56) | 13.2 (0.52) | 2.0 (0.08) | 0.9 (0.04) | 326.3 (12.85) |
| Average snowfall cm (inches) | 21.6 (8.5) | 13.4 (5.3) | 21.7 (8.5) | 10.5 (4.1) | 3.2 (1.3) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.2 (0.1) | 10.5 (4.1) | 16.8 (6.6) | 15.6 (6.1) | 113.5 (44.7) |
| Source:Environment Canada[20] | |||||||||||||
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
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| 1906 | 412 | — |
| 1911 | 1,586 | +285.0% |
| 1916 | 1,692 | +6.7% |
| 1921 | 1,892 | +11.8% |
| 1926 | 2,002 | +5.8% |
| 1931 | 2,258 | +12.8% |
| 1936 | 2,263 | +0.2% |
| 1941 | 2,598 | +14.8% |
| 1946 | 2,967 | +14.2% |
| 1951 | 4,131 | +39.2% |
| 1956 | 5,817 | +40.8% |
| 1961 | 6,939 | +19.3% |
| 1966 | 8,362 | +20.5% |
| 1971 | 8,673 | +3.7% |
| 1976 | 10,104 | +16.5% |
| 1981 | 12,570 | +24.4% |
| 1986 | 12,968 | +3.2% |
| 1991 | 13,420 | +3.5% |
| 1996 | 13,728 | +2.3% |
| 2001 | 14,854 | +8.2% |
| 2006 | 15,620 | +5.2% |
| 2011 | 17,286 | +10.7% |
| 2016 | 18,742 | +8.4% |
| 2021 | 18,772 | +0.2% |
| Source:Statistics Canada [21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31] [32][33][34][35][36][37][38][39][40][41][42][43] | ||
In the2021 Census of Population conducted byStatistics Canada, the City of Camrose had a population of 18,772 living in 8,136 of its 8,747 total private dwellings, a change of0.2% from its 2016 population of 18,742. With a land area of 41.67 km2 (16.09 sq mi), it had a population density of450.5/km2 (1,166.8/sq mi) in 2021.[8]
In the2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the City of Camrose had a population of 18,742 living in 8,055 of its 8,520 total private dwellings, a change of8.4% from its 2011 population of 17,286. With a land area of 42.62 km2 (16.46 sq mi), it had a population density of439.7/km2 (1,138.9/sq mi) in 2016.[43]
The population of the City of Camrose according to its2016 municipal census is 18,044,[10] a change of0.03% from its2014 municipal census population of 18,038.[44]
The primary ancestries are Scandinavian (26.3%), German (25.6%), English (20.2%), Scottish (17.6%), Irish (14.4%), and Aboriginal (3.5%).[45]
| Panethnic group | 2021[46] | 2016[47] | 2011[48] | 2006[49] | 2001[50] | |||||
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| Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | |
| European[a] | 14,835 | 81.58% | 15,760 | 86.55% | 15,535 | 91.92% | 13,985 | 92.19% | 13,785 | 96.03% |
| Indigenous | 1,395 | 7.67% | 970 | 5.33% | 720 | 4.26% | 530 | 3.49% | 345 | 2.4% |
| Southeast Asian[b] | 950 | 5.22% | 720 | 3.95% | 160 | 0.95% | 145 | 0.96% | 20 | 0.14% |
| South Asian | 345 | 1.9% | 240 | 1.32% | 60 | 0.36% | 80 | 0.53% | 65 | 0.45% |
| African | 285 | 1.57% | 195 | 1.07% | 110 | 0.65% | 105 | 0.69% | 35 | 0.24% |
| East Asian[c] | 160 | 0.88% | 115 | 0.63% | 105 | 0.62% | 180 | 1.19% | 45 | 0.31% |
| Latin American | 95 | 0.52% | 130 | 0.71% | 80 | 0.47% | 90 | 0.59% | 0 | 0% |
| Middle Eastern[d] | 45 | 0.25% | 50 | 0.27% | 110 | 0.65% | 15 | 0.1% | 50 | 0.35% |
| Other/multiracial[e] | 80 | 0.44% | 25 | 0.14% | 15 | 0.09% | 50 | 0.33% | 20 | 0.14% |
| Total responses | 18,185 | 96.87% | 18,210 | 97.16% | 16,900 | 97.77% | 15,170 | 97.12% | 14,355 | 96.54% |
| Total population | 18,772 | 100% | 18,742 | 100% | 17,286 | 100% | 15,620 | 100% | 14,870 | 100% |
| Note: Totals greater than 100% due to multiple origin responses | ||||||||||
English is thefirst language of 90% of the population. About 2.1% of residents saidGerman, 1.1% saidUkrainian, 1.0% saidFrench, and 0.7% saidSpanish was their first language. The next most common languages wereChinese andDutch at 0.6% each, followed byDanish andNorwegian at 0.4% each,Swedish at 0.3%, andLao at 0.2%.[51]
The 2001 census found 85% of residents identified asChristian, while 14% had no religious affiliation. For specific denominationsStatistics Canada found that 24% of residents identified asRoman Catholic, while 20% identified asLutheran, and 19% identified with theUnited Church of Canada. Among the less numerous denominations, 4% identified asAnglican, and about 2% each identified asBaptist andPentecostal.[52]
The Camrose Recreation Centre, a multi-purpose sporting facility, officially opened on September 28, 2007. The complex includes the 2,500 seatEncana Arena (home of theCamrose Kodiaks of theAJHL and the Augustana Vikings of theACAC), and the 300+ seat Border Paving arena. The facility also boasts a three lane fitness track, fitness centre, physiotherapy clinic, physiotherapy lab, children's play room, meeting rooms, offices, and food and beverage facilities. Attached to this facility is the Max McLean Arena (former home of theViking Cup, the Vikings and the Kodiaks), as well as the Camrose Aquatic Centre and curling rink.
Other recreational facilities include the Camrose Community Centre (walking track and indoor soccer centre), spray park, Camrose Skate Park, Kinsmen Park (which includes tennis courts, three fastball fields, football field, beach volleyball courts, a 2.2 km walking path), and Rudy Swanson Park, home to various soccer facilities and recreational groups.
Camrose has a large urban trail system which winds through Stoney Creek Valley. The total trail length is approximately 10.2 km.
Camrose is also home to a wide variety of sports clubs including figure skating, baseball, football, fastball, hockey and swimming to name a few. The Camrose Ski Club, founded in 1911, is the oldest cross-country ski club in Canada, and has produced many elite level athletes including several Olympians.[53][54]
Camrose is known colloquially as the "Rose City" due to the large number of wild roses which grow in the surrounding parklands. Developed to withstand the Alberta climate, the Camrose Rose was introduced to the city in 1995. Local rose grower Jerry Twomey bred and patented this variety of rose to honour his birthplace. The variety may be seen on display at the Bill Fowler Centre.[citation needed]
The current mayor in Camrose is PJ Stasko,[4] and Malcolm Boyd is the city's manager.[6] The Camrose City Council is made up of the mayor and eight elected councillors, all at large. The currentMP isPierre Poilievre,[7] and the currentMLA isJackie Lovely.[5]
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| Motto | Serving with honour. Acting with courage.[55] |
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| Formed | 1956[56] |
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| Operations jurisdiction | Canada |
| Legal jurisdiction | Municipal |
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TheCamrose Police Service (CPS;French:Service de police de Camrose) is the municipal law enforcement agency for the City of Camrose. Planning for Camrose's first municipal police service began in 1955 after incorporating as a city.[56] The CPS officially began operating on July 1, 1956 with Howard Martin serving as its firstchief of police.[56] Its current chief of police is Dean LaGrange.[57]
Camrose is served byCamrose Airport.
Camrose's water supply comes from nearbyDriedmeat Lake.[58]
Three authorities provide secondary schooling in Camrose, including the Battle River School Division (BRSD), Conseil Scolaire Centre-Nord (CSCN) and Elk Island Catholic Schools (EICS). The BRSD operates 37 schools in Camrose and the surrounding area. EICS operates one elementary school (St. Patrick Catholic School) and one junior/senior high-school (Our Lady of Mount Pleasant Catholic School). CSCN operates one school (École des Fondateurs).[59]
The primary post-secondary institution in Camrose is the Augustana Faculty of the University of Alberta (formerly known asAugustana University College). Established in 1910 by Norwegian settlers, under the name Camrose Lutheran College.
In 2006, the university celebrated its first fourth generation graduate.
Camrose also hosts theCanadian Lutheran Bible Institute,[60] and formerlyGardner College(previously known as Gardner Bible College and Alberta Bible Institute).
Camrose is served by two local papers. Formerly, the weeklyCamrose Canadian, was published up until August 9, 2018 when its parent company announced that it was ceasing production. The weeklyCamrose Booster and the small daily,Camrose Morning News. There is also a local Christian paper published monthly called "Crosswalk".
Camrose is also home to two radio stations. The first is AM station840 CFCW. Despite having a studio inWest Edmonton Mall, CFCW still has its main broadcast studio in Camrose.
The second station is the much-newer FM station,New Country 98.1. Both stations are owned byStingray Radio.
The City of Camrose hastwinning agreements with several similar communities in Canada and around the world. These relationships are developed in part with a mind toward promoting goodwill, education, economic and tourist benefits.
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