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Coutts
Village
Village of Coutts
Coutts border crossing, into the US
Motto: The Gateway to Alberta
Location within County of Warner
Location in Alberta
Coordinates: 49°00′23″N 111°57′51″W / 49.00639°N 111.96417°W / 49.00639; -111.96417
Country	Canada
Province	Alberta
Region	Southern Alberta
Planning region	South Saskatchewan
Municipal district	Warner
Incorporated
• Village	January 1, 1960
Government
• Mayor	Dumpstin Biachi
• Governing body	Coutts Village Council
Area
• Land	1.18 km (0.46 sq mi)
Elevation	1,070 m (3,510 ft)
Population
• Total	224
• Density	190.4/km (493/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC−7 (MST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−6 (MDT)
Area code	403 / 587
Highways	Highway 4 Highway 500 I-15
Waterway	Milk River
Website	Official website

Coutts (/ˈkuːts/ KOOTS) is a village in southern Alberta, Canada that is a port of entry into the U.S. state of Montana. It is one of the busiest ports of entry on the Canada–United States border in western Canada. It connects Highway 4 to Interstate 15, an important trade route (CANAMEX Corridor) between Alberta, American states along I-15, and Mexico.

The community has the name of William Burdett-Coutts, a railroad official.

In 2004, a joint border facility opened in Coutts–Sweet Grass, Montana, housing both Canadian and American federal authorities.

History

In February 2022, four men were arrested on allegations that they conspired to kill Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) officers. The arrests occurred during the Canada convoy protest in Coutts. According to police, the plot was part of a wider plan to alter "Canada's political, justice and medical systems." In December 2022, Coutts was described by CTV News as a "village divided" as residents identified as supporting or opposing the protest earlier that year.

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Village of Coutts had a population of 224 living in 112 of its 152 total private dwellings, a change of -8.6% from its 2016 population of 245. With a land area of 1.18 km (0.46 sq mi), it had a population density of 189.8/km (491.7/sq mi) in 2021.

In the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Village of Coutts recorded a population of 245 living in 122 of its 159 total private dwellings, a change of -11.6% from its 2011 population of 277. With a land area of 1.24 km (0.48 sq mi), it had a population density of 197.6/km (511.7/sq mi) in 2016.

See also

• List of communities in Alberta

References

1. "Location and History Profile: Village of Coutts" (PDF). Alberta Municipal Affairs. October 14, 2016. p. 190. Retrieved October 17, 2016.
2. "Contact the Village Office". Village of Coutts, Alberta. Retrieved April 4, 2024.
3. ^ "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities)". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved February 9, 2022.
4. Your Official Road Map of Alberta (Map). Alberta Tourism, Parks and Recreation. 2014.
5. Place-names of Alberta. Ottawa: Geographic Board of Canada. 1928. p. 38.
6. Coutts-Sweetgrass border facility
7. ^ Martin, Kevin (30 Nov 2022). "Some Coutts protesters wanted to alter Canada's political system, court documents say". calgaryherald. Retrieved 2022-12-02.
8. "'One side or the other': Coutts, Alta. still a village divided after convoy blockade". Calgary. 2022-12-18. Retrieved 2022-12-18.
9. "Population and Dwelling Counts, for Canada, Provinces and Territories, and Census Divisions, 2001 and 1996 Censuses – 100% Data (Alberta)". Statistics Canada. Retrieved 2012-04-02.
10. "Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), 2006 and 2001 censuses – 100% data (Alberta)". Statistics Canada. 2010-01-06. Retrieved 2012-04-02.
11. "Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), 2011 and 2006 censuses (Alberta)". Statistics Canada. 2012-02-08. Retrieved 2012-02-08.
12. ^ "Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), 2016 and 2011 censuses – 100% data (Alberta)". Statistics Canada. February 8, 2017. Retrieved February 8, 2017.

External links

• Official website

v t e Places adjacent to Coutts, Alberta
Magrath Milk River Allerston Del Bonita Coutts Aden Cut Bank (USA) Sunburst (USA) Chester (USA)

v t e South Saskatchewan Region, Alberta
Cities	Airdrie Brooks Calgary Chestermere Lethbridge Medicine Hat
Towns	Bassano Black Diamond Bow Island Canmore Cardston Claresholm Coaldale Coalhurst Cochrane Crossfield Fort Macleod Granum High River Irricana Magrath Milk River Nanton Nobleford Okotoks Picture Butte Pincher Creek Raymond Redcliff Stavely Strathmore Taber Turner Valley Vauxhall Vulcan
Villages	Arrowwood Barnwell Barons Beiseker Carmangay Champion Coutts Cowley Duchess Foremost Glenwood Hill Spring Hussar Lomond Longview Milo Rockyford Rosemary Standard Stirling Warner
Hamlets	Aetna Aldersyde Balzac Beaver Mines Beazer Benchlands Blackie Bottrel Bow City Bragg Creek Brant Burdett Carseland Carway Cassils Cayley Chancellor Cheadle Chin Cluny Cochrane Lake Conrich Dalemead Dalroy De Winton Dead Man's Flats Del Bonita Delacour Desert Blume Diamond City Dunmore Enchant Ensign Etzikom Exshaw Fairview Gem Gleichen Grassy Lake Harvie Heights Hays Heritage Pointe Herronton Hilda Indus Iron Springs Irvine Janet Johnson's Addition Kathyrn Keoma Kimball Kirkcaldy Lac Des Arcs Lake Newell Resort Langdon Leavitt Lowland Heights Lundbreck Lyalta Madden Manyberries Millarville Monarch Moon River Estates Mossleigh Mountain View Namaka New Dayton Nightingale Orion Orton Parkland Patricia Pincher Station Priddis Priddis Greens Purple Springs Queenstown Rainier Rolling Hills Rosebud Scandia Schuler Seven Persons Shaughnessy Shouldice Skiff Spring Coulee Suffield Tilley Travers Turin Twin Butte Veinerville Walsh Waterton Park Welling Welling Station Woodhouse Woolford Wrentham
Summer villages	Ghost Lake Waiparous
Municipal districts	Bighorn Cardston Cypress Foothills Forty Mile Lethbridge Newell Pincher Creek Ranchland Rocky View Taber Vulcan Warner Wheatland Willow Creek
Specialized municipalities	Crowsnest Pass
Improvement districts	4 (Waterton) Kananaskis
Indian reserves	Blood 148 148A Eden Valley 216 Piikani 147 Timber Limit B Siksika 146 Stoney 142, 143, 144 142B Tsuu T'ina 145
National parks	Waterton Lakes
Provincial parks	Beauvais Lake Big Hill Springs Bow Valley Bragg Creek Brown-Lowery Canmore Nordic Centre Castle Chain Lakes Cypress Hills Dinosaur Fish Creek Glenbow Ranch Kinbrook Island Little Bow Park Lake Peter Lougheed Police Outpost Sheep River Spray Valley Tillebrook Willow Creek Woolford Writing-on-Stone Wyndham-Carseland Bluerock Bob Creek Bow Valley Wildland Castle Wildland Don Getty Elbow-Sheep
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Land-use framework regions of Alberta Treaty 7

49°00′N 111°57′W / 49.000°N 111.950°W / 49.000; -111.950 (Coutts, Alberta)

• 1960 establishments in Alberta
• Alberta land ports of entry
• County of Warner No. 5
• Villages in Alberta