Chinook
Hamlet
Chinook is located in Alberta
Chinook
Chinook
Location of Chinook
Chinook is located in Canada
Chinook
Chinook
Chinook (Canada)
Coordinates: 51°26′58″N 110°55′31″W / 51.44944°N 110.92528°W / 51.44944; -110.92528
CountryCanada
ProvinceAlberta
RegionSouthern Alberta
Census division4
Special areaSpecial Area No. 3
Government
 • TypeUnincorporated
 • Governing bodySpecial Areas Board
Population
 (1991)[1]
 • Total38
Time zoneUTC−07:00 (MST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−06:00 (MDT)
Area code(s)403, 587, 825

Chinook is a hamlet in southern Alberta, Canada within Special Area No. 3.[2][3] It is located on Highway 9 approximately 119 kilometres (74 mi) northeast of Brooks.

Chinook was named after a "warm dry westerly wind from the Rocky Mountains.[4]

Demographics

Population history
of Chinook
YearPop.±%
1901—    
1906—    
1911—    
1916189—    
1921241+27.5%
1926198−17.8%
1931176−11.1%
1936134−23.9%
1941142+6.0%
1946130−8.5%
1951116−10.8%
1956154+32.8%
1961114−26.0%
1966—    
1971—    
1976—    
1981—    
1986—    
199138—    
Source: Statistics Canada[5][6][1]

Chinook recorded a population of 38 in the 1991 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada.[1]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c "91 Census: Unincorporated Places — Population and Dwelling Counts" (PDF). Statistics Canada. June 1993. Retrieved September 25, 2021.
  2. ^ "Specialized and Rural Municipalities and Their Communities" (PDF). Alberta Municipal Affairs. January 12, 2022. Retrieved January 21, 2022.
  3. ^ Statistics Canada (March 5, 2010). "Standard Geographical Classification 2006 – Special Area No. 3, geographical codes and localities, 2006". Archived from the original on July 6, 2011. Retrieved July 11, 2010.
  4. ^ babel.hathitrust.org https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015070267029;view=1up;seq=37
  5. ^ "Table 5: Population of urban centres, 1916-1946, with guide to locations". 1946 Census of Alberta (PDF). Vol. Population. Ottawa: Dominion Bureau of Statistics. August 22, 1949. Retrieved August 11, 2022.
  6. ^ "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. Retrieved August 11, 2022.
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