Peers, Alberta

Peers
Peers is located in Alberta
Peers
Location of Peers in Alberta
Coordinates: 53°39′57″N 115°59′33″W / 53.66583°N 115.99250°W / 53.66583; -115.99250
CountryCanada
ProvinceAlberta
Census divisionNo. 14
Municipal districtYellowhead County
Area
 (2021)[1]
 • Land0.9 km2 (0.35 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[1]
 • Total
91
 • Density101.5/km2 (263/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC−06:00 (Alberta Time)

Peers is a hamlet in west-central Alberta, Canada within Yellowhead County.[2] It is located on Highway 32, 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) north of the Yellowhead Highway (Highway 16) and approximately 35 kilometres (22 mi) northeast of Edson. January Creek, a tributary of the McLeod River flows directly adjacent to the hamlet. Peers is also home to the annual Peers Gold Dust Daze, which takes place ~3 miles north of the hamlet.[3]

Statistics Canada recognizes Peers as a designated place.[4]

Demographics

Population history
of Peers
YearPop.±%
194179—    
195156−29.1%
195698+75.0%
1961128+30.6%
1966120−6.2%
1971129+7.5%
1976162+25.6%
1981111−31.5%
1986138+24.3%
1991113−18.1%
1991A114+0.9%
1996119+4.4%
2001120+0.8%
2006113−5.8%
2011108−4.4%
201698−9.3%
202191−7.1%
Source: Statistics Canada
[5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][1]

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Peers had a population of 91 living in 49 of its 62 total private dwellings, a change of −7.1% from its 2016 population of 98. With a land area of 0.9 km2 (0.35 sq mi), it had a population density of 101.1/km2 (261.9/sq mi) in 2021.[1]

As a designated place in the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Peers had a population of 98 living in 48 of its 56 total private dwellings, a change of −9.3% from its 2011 population of 108. With a land area of 0.91 km2 (0.35 sq mi), it had a population density of 107.7/km2 (278.9/sq mi) in 2016.[18]

Notable people

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Population and dwelling counts: Canada and designated places". Statistics Canada. 9 February 2022. Retrieved 10 February 2022.
  2. ↑ "Specialized and Rural Municipalities and Their Communities" (PDF). Alberta Municipal Affairs. 3 June 2024. Retrieved 14 June 2024.
  3. ↑ "Peers Gold Dust Daze Site". Google Sites.
  4. ↑ "Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and designated places, 2011 and 2006 censuses (Alberta)". Statistics Canada. 8 February 2012. Retrieved 7 April 2012.
  5. ↑ Ninth Census of Canada, 1951 (PDF). Vol. SP-7 (Population: Unincorporated villages and hamlets). Dominion Bureau of Statistics. 31 March 1954.
  6. ↑ Census of Canada, 1956 (PDF). Vol. Population of unincorporated villages and settlements. Dominion Bureau of Statistics. 25 October 1957.
  7. ↑ 1961 Census of Canada: Population (PDF). Series SP: Unincorporated Villages. Vol. Bulletin SP—4. Ottawa: Dominion Bureau of Statistics. 18 April 1963.
  8. ↑ Census of Canada 1966: Population (PDF). Special Bulletin: Unincorporated Places. Vol. Bulletin S–3. Ottawa: Dominion Bureau of Statistics. 1968.
  9. ↑ 1971 Census of Canada: Population (PDF). Special Bulletin: Unincorporated Settlements. Vol. Bulletin SP—1. Ottawa: Statistics Canada. 1973.
  10. ↑ "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.
  11. ↑ 1981 Census of Canada (PDF). Place name reference list. Vol. Western provinces and the Territories. Ottawa: Statistics Canada. 1983.
  12. ↑ 1986 Census of Canada (PDF). Population. Vol. Unincorporated Places. Ottawa: Statistics Canada. 1988.
  13. ↑ 91 Census (PDF). Population and Dwelling Counts. Vol. Unincorporated Places. Ottawa: Statistics Canada. 1993.
  14. ↑ 96 Census (PDF). A National Overview: Population and Dwelling Counts (1996 ed.). Ottawa: Statistics Canada. 1997.
  15. ↑ "Population and Dwelling Counts, for Canada, Provinces and Territories, and Census Divisions, 2001 and 1996 Censuses - 100% Data (Alberta)". Statistics Canada. 15 August 2012. Retrieved 19 September 2024.
  16. ↑ "Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and designated places, 2006 and 2001 censuses - 100% data (Alberta)". Statistics Canada. 20 July 2021. Retrieved 19 September 2024.
  17. ↑ "Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and designated places, 2011 and 2006 censuses (Alberta)". Statistics Canada. 8 February 2012. Retrieved 19 September 2024.
  18. 1 2 "Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and designated places, 2016 and 2011 censuses – 100% data (Alberta)". Statistics Canada. 8 February 2017. Retrieved 13 February 2017.