Cayley, Alberta

Cayley is a hamlet in southern Alberta, Canada within the Foothills County.[2] It is also recognized as a designated place by Statistics Canada.[3]

Cayley
Hamlet
Cayley, Alberta is located in Alberta
Cayley, Alberta
Location of Cayley in Alberta
Coordinates: 50.4481°N 113.8472°W / 50.4481; -113.8472
CountryCanada
ProvinceAlberta
Census divisionNo. 6
Municipal districtFoothills County
Government
 • TypeUnincorporated
 • Reevevacant
 • Governing body
  • Alan Alger
  • R.D. McHugh
  • Delilah Miller
  • Suzanne Oel
  • Jason Parker
  • Robert Siewert
  • Larry Spilak
Area
 (2021)[1]
 • Land0.62 km2 (0.24 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[1]
 • Total414
 • Density672.7/km2 (1,742/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC−7 (MST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−6 (MDT)

Cayley is approximately 73 kilometres (45 mi) south of Calgary, 13 kilometres (8.1 mi) south of High River and 1.2 kilometres (0.75 mi) west of Highway 2 on Range Road 290 (former designated as Highway 2A). It is located within Census Division No. 6.

History

The community was named for the Hon. Hugh St. Quentin Cayley, a barrister and the publisher of the Calgary Herald in 1884, who also represented Calgary in the Northwest Territories legislature from 1886 to 1894.[4] The hamlet originally contained at least seven grain elevators; all have been demolished. Cayley is also home to a Hutterite colony and a colony school; in 2001, two Cayley Colony girls were the first students from an Alberta colony school to write provincial diploma exams and graduate from high school.[5]

Incorporation history

Previously incorporated as a village on August 4, 1904, Cayley dissolved to hamlet status on June 1, 1996.[6]

Demographics
Historical population
YearPop.±%
1926 {est.} 135—    
1936 135+0.0%
2011 265+96.3%
2016 340+28.3%
2021 414+21.8%
Sources: [1]

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Cayley had a population of 414 living in 166 of its 170 total private dwellings, a change of 9.8% from its 2016 population of 377. With a land area of 0.62 km2 (0.24 sq mi), it had a population density of 667.7/km2 (1,729.4/sq mi) in 2021.[1]

As a designated place in the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Cayley had a population of 340 living in 143 of its 143 total private dwellings, a change of 28.3% from its 2011 population of 265. With a land area of 0.48 km2 (0.19 sq mi), it had a population density of 708.3/km2 (1,834.6/sq mi) in 2016.[7]

See also

References
  1. "Population and dwelling counts: Canada and designated places". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved February 10, 2022.
  2. "Specialized and Rural Municipalities and Their Communities" (PDF). Alberta Municipal Affairs. January 12, 2022. Retrieved January 21, 2022.
  3. Statistics Canada (2007). "Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and designated places, 2006 and 2001 censuses". Retrieved January 30, 2010.
  4. "Hugh St. Quenton Cayley biography". Southern Alberta Pioneers. Retrieved December 7, 2007.
  5. "Alberta Teachers' Association - In the News - Two firsts for Cayley Colony School". Archived from the original on September 27, 2007. Retrieved November 13, 2006.
  6. Alberta Queen's Printer (April 24, 1996). "Order in Council (O.C.) 173/96" (PDF). Retrieved June 24, 2010.
  7. "Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and designated places, 2016 and 2011 censuses – 100% data (Alberta)". Statistics Canada. February 8, 2017. Retrieved February 13, 2017.

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