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Special area in Alberta, Canada

Special Area No. 4
Special area
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Location within Alberta
Country	Canada
Province	Alberta
Planning region	Red Deer
Incorporated	January 1, 1969
Government
• Governing body	Special Areas Board
• Municipal office	Hanna
• District office	Consort
Area
• Land	4,299.8 km (1,660.2 sq mi)
Population
• Total	1,236
• Density	0.3/km (0.8/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-7 (MST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-6 (MDT)
Postal Code Prefix	T0C
Area code	+1-403
Website	specialareas.ab.ca

Special Area No. 4 is a special area in central Alberta, Canada. It is a rural municipality similar to a municipal district; however, the elected council is overseen by four representatives appointed by the province, the Special Areas Board.

Special Area 4 has one provincial park, Gooseberry Lake Provincial Park. Lakes include Grassy Island Lake and Sounding Lake.

Geography

Communities and localities

The following urban municipalities are surrounded by Special Area No. 4.

Cities

none

Towns

none

Villages

Summer villages

none

The following hamlets are located within Special Area No. 4.

Hamlets

The following localities are located within Special Area No. 4.

Localities

Ensleigh
Idamay
Little Gem
Lloyds Hill

Neutral Valley
Pemukan
Sounding Lake
Wiste

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Special Area No. 4 had a population of 1,236 living in 421 of its 489 total private dwellings, a change of -0.1% from its 2016 population of 1,237. With a land area of 4,299.8 km (1,660.2 sq mi), it had a population density of 0.3/km (0.7/sq mi) in 2021.

In the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Special Area No. 4 had a population of 1,237 living in 429 of its 471 total private dwellings, a change of -8.5% from its 2011 population of 1,352. With a land area of 4,402.64 km (1,699.87 sq mi), it had a population density of 0.3/km (0.7/sq mi) in 2016.

References

"Municipal Profile: Special Areas Board" (PDF) (PDF). Alberta Municipal Affairs. October 24, 2014. p. 1. Retrieved November 3, 2014.
^ "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities)". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved February 9, 2022.
^ "Specialized and Rural Municipalities and Their Communities" (PDF). Alberta Municipal Affairs. March 1, 2012. Retrieved August 12, 2012.
"Standard Geographical Classification (SGC) 2006, Economic Regions: 4804020 - Special Area No. 4, geographical codes and localities, 2006". Statistics Canada. March 5, 2010. Retrieved August 12, 2012.
"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

Places adjacent to Special Area No. 4

County of Paintearth No. 18

Municipal District of Provost No. 52

Rural Municipality of Eye Hill No. 382, Saskatchewan

Special Area No. 4

Rural Municipality of Heart's Hill No. 352, Saskatchewan

Special Area No. 2

Special Area No. 3

Rural Municipality of Antelope Park No. 322, Saskatchewan

Subdivisions of Alberta

Subdivisions

Communities

Cities and urban
service areas

Rural
municipalities

Municipal districts	Acadia Athabasca Barrhead Beaver Big Lakes Bighorn Birch Hills Bonnyville Brazeau Camrose Cardston Clear Hills Clearwater Cypress Fairview Flagstaff Foothills Forty Mile Grande Prairie Greenview Kneehill Lac Ste. Anne Lacombe Lamont Leduc Lesser Slave River Lethbridge Minburn Mountain View Newell Northern Lights Northern Sunrise Opportunity Paintearth Parkland Peace Pincher Creek Ponoka Provost Ranchland Red Deer Rocky View Saddle Hills Smoky Lake Smoky River Spirit River St. Paul Starland Stettler Sturgeon Taber Thorhild Two Hills Vermilion River Vulcan Wainwright Warner Westlock Wetaskiwin Wheatland Willow Creek Woodlands Yellowhead
Improvement districts	4 (Waterton) 9 (Banff) 12 (Jasper) 13 (Elk Island) 24 (Wood Buffalo) 25 (Willmore) Kananaskis
Special areas	2 3 4

Specialized
municipalities

v t e Red Deer Region, Alberta
Cities	Lacombe Red Deer
Towns	Bentley Blackfalds Bowden Carstairs Castor Coronation Didsbury Drumheller Eckville Hanna Innisfail Olds Oyen Penhold Ponoka Rimbey Stettler Sundre Sylvan Lake Three Hills Trochu
Villages	Acme Alix Big Valley Carbon Cereal Clive Consort Cremona Delburne Delia Donalda Elnora Empress Gadsby Halkirk Linden Morrin Munson Veteran Youngstown
Hamlets	Acadia Valley Altario Ardley Benalto Bindloss Bircham Bluffton Botha Brownfield Byemoor Cessford Chinook Compeer Craigmyle Dickson Endiang Erskine Fleet Haynes Hesketh Hoadley Huxley Iddesleigh Jenner Joffre Kirriemuir Leedale Linn Valley Lousana Markerville Maskwacis Michichi Mirror Monitor Morningside Nevis New Brigden Red Willow Richdale Rowley Rumsey Sedalia Sibbald Springbrook Spruce View Sunnynook Sunnyslope Swalwell Tees Torrington Wardlow Wimborne
Summer villages	Birchcliff Gull Lake Half Moon Bay Jarvis Bay Norglenwold Parkland Beach Rochon Sands Sunbreaker Cove White Sands
Municipal districts	Acadia Kneehill Lacombe Mountain View Paintearth Ponoka Red Deer Starland Stettler
Special areas	Special Area No. 2 Special Area No. 3 Special Area No. 4
Indian reserves	Ermineskin 138 Montana 139 Samson 137 137A
Provincial parks	Antelope Hill Aspen Beach Big Knife Dinosaur Dry Island Buffalo Jump Gooseberry Lake Jarvis Bay Little Fish Lake Midland Red Lodge Rochon Sands
Other topics	Fort Normandeau Gasoline Alley Irene Parlby Red Deer College Royal Tyrrell Museum
Land-use framework regions of Alberta Treaty 6 Treaty 7

Categories:

Geography

Communities and localities

Demographics

See also

References

External links