Diamond City
Diamond City is located in Alberta
Diamond City
Diamond City
Location of Diamond City
Diamond City is located in Canada
Diamond City
Diamond City
Diamond City (Canada)
Coordinates: 49°47′53″N 112°50′46″W / 49.798°N 112.846°W / 49.798; -112.846
CountryCanada
ProvinceAlberta
RegionSouthern Alberta
Census division2
Municipal districtLethbridge County
Government
  TypeUnincorporated
  Governing bodyLethbridge County Council
Area
 (2021)[1]
  Land0.51 km2 (0.20 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[1]
  Total204
  Density398/km2 (1,030/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC−07:00 (MST)
  Summer (DST)UTC−06:00 (MDT)
Area code(s)403, 587, 825

Diamond City is a hamlet in southern Alberta, Canada within the Lethbridge County.[2] It is located on Highway 25, approximately 13 kilometres (8.1 mi) north of Lethbridge. The community was so named on account of deposits of coal near the original town site, a resource also called "black diamond".[3]

Diamond City was first settled at the turn of the 20th century by farmers, ranchers and miners. The community grew rapidly when a coal mine was opened in 1905.[4] Previously an incorporated town, Diamond City dissolved on June 30, 1937.[5]

Demographics

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1926250    
1936143−42.8%
2011162+13.3%
2016184+13.6%
2021204+10.9%
Sources: [6][1]

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Diamond City had a population of 204 living in 64 of its 68 total private dwellings, a change of 10.9% from its 2016 population of 184. With a land area of 0.51 km2 (0.20 sq mi), it had a population density of 400.0/km2 (1,036.0/sq mi) in 2021.[1]

As a designated place in the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Diamond City had a population of 184 living in 62 of its 64 total private dwellings, a change of 13.6% from its 2011 population of 162. With a land area of 0.54 km2 (0.21 sq mi), it had a population density of 340.7/km2 (882.5/sq mi) in 2016.[6]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Population and dwelling counts: Canada and designated places". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved February 10, 2022.
  2. "Specialized and Rural Municipalities and Their Communities" (PDF). Alberta Municipal Affairs. January 12, 2022. Retrieved January 21, 2022.
  3. Place-names of Alberta. Ottawa: Geographic Board of Canada. 1928. p. 42.
  4. Coyote Flats Historical Society (1967). Coyote Flats : historical review, 1905-1965. Volume 1. Lethbridge: Southern Printing. p. 374.
  5. "The Alberta Gazette, 1937 (Volume 33) The Town of Diamond City Reverted to the Status of a Villages and the Said Village, Dissolved and Reverted to the Status of a Hamlet". Government of Alberta. June 16, 1937. p. 678. Retrieved October 11, 2015.
  6. 1 2 "Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and designated places, 2016 and 2011 censuses – 100% data (Alberta)". Statistics Canada. February 8, 2017. Retrieved February 13, 2017.


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