Clairmont | |
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Location of Clairmont in
Alberta | |
Coordinates: 55°15′41″N 118°47′37″W / 55.2614°N 118.7936°W | |
Country | Canada |
Province | Alberta |
Census division | No. 19 |
Municipal district | County of Grande Prairie No. 1 |
Government | |
• Type | Unincorporated |
• Reeve | Leanne Beaupre |
• Governing body |
County of Grande Prairie No. 1 Council
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Population (2021)
[1] | |
• Total | 5,135 |
Time zone | UTC−7 ( MST) |
• Summer ( DST) | UTC−6 (MDT) |
Clairmont is a hamlet in northern Alberta, Canada within the County of Grande Prairie No. 1. [2] Previously an incorporated municipality, Clairmont dissolved from village status on January 1, 1946 to become part of the Municipal District of Bear Lake No. 740. [3]
Clairmont is located in the Peace Country, along Highway 2, approximately 10 km (6.2 mi) north of Grande Prairie and 9 km (5.6 mi) south of Sexsmith.
Clairmont lies at an elevation of 685 m (2,247 ft), on the western shore of Clairmont Lake. [4] Initially the area was commonly known as Twin Lakes. [5] The first use of the name "Clairmont" was in 1907 by the earliest surveyor of the township boundaries, JB Saint Cyr. [6]
Development of the townsite really got started once it was surveyed and after the arrival of the Edmonton, Dunvegan & British Columbia Railway in 1916. By the end of 1916, the townsite had a railway station, two or three grain elevators, an agent's house, the Buffalo Lakes Lumber Yard, Clairmont Hotel, a Union Bank, a butcher shop, several stores, a Baptist church, and a handful of residences. [7] On September 10, 1915 the Clairmont Lake School District was opened. [5] A post office was established in 1916. [8] In 1922, a large fire consumed many Clairmont businesses, while a train station was built in 1923.
Clairmont was incorporated as a village in 1917, but renounced the village status in 1946 after a downturn in economy caused by the great depression. It eventually became the location of the County of Grande Prairie No. 1's municipal office.
A new school was built with municipal funding in 2007 and opened in 2008.
Year | Pop. | ±% |
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1921 | 130 | — |
1926 | 75 | −42.3% |
1931 | 110 | +46.7% |
1936 | 104 | −5.5% |
1941 | 102 | −1.9% |
1951 | 71 | −30.4% |
1956 | 164 | +131.0% |
1961 | 292 | +78.0% |
1966 | 274 | −6.2% |
1971 | 309 | +12.8% |
1976 | 599 | +93.9% |
1981 | 852 | +42.2% |
1986 | 817 | −4.1% |
1991 | 864 | +5.8% |
1996 | 1,021 | +18.2% |
2001 | 1,481 | +45.1% |
2006 | 2,174 | +46.8% |
2016 | 4,274 | +96.6% |
2021 | 5,135 | +20.1% |
The 1981, 1986, and 1991 population counts are the sum of Clairmont and Clairmont Trailer Court. Source: Statistics Canada (2016 and 1921–2001) and County of Grande Prairie No. 1 (2006 and 2021) [9] [3] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] [20] [21] [22] [1] |
The Hamlet of Clairmont had a population of 5,135 in the 2021 Census of Population. [1]
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