Rochester | |
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Hamlet | |
Location of Rochester in
Alberta | |
Coordinates: 54°22′21″N 113°27′38″W / 54.37250°N 113.46056°W | |
Country | Canada |
Province | Alberta |
Region | Northern Alberta |
Census division | 13 |
Municipal district | Athabasca County |
Government | |
• Reeve | Doris Splane |
• Governing body |
Athabasca County Council
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Area (2021)
[2] | |
• Land | 3.17 km2 (1.22 sq mi) |
Population (2021)
[2] | |
• Total | 72 |
• Density | 22.7/km2 (59/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC-7 ( MST) |
• Summer ( DST) | UTC-6 (MDT) |
Website |
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Rochester is a hamlet in northern Alberta, Canada within Athabasca County. [3] It is 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) east of Highway 2, 93 kilometres (58 mi) north of Edmonton.
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Rochester had a population of 72 living in 42 of its 59 total private dwellings, a change of -8.9% from its 2016 population of 79. With a land area of 3.17 km2 (1.22 sq mi), it had a population density of 22.7/km2 (58.8/sq mi) in 2021. [2]
As a designated place in the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Rochester had a population of 79 living in 38 of its 45 total private dwellings, a change of -21.8% from its 2011 population of 101. With a land area of 2.44 km2 (0.94 sq mi), it had a population density of 32.4/km2 (83.9/sq mi) in 2016. [4]