The Municipal District of Bonnyville No. 87 is a municipal district (MD) in northeastern Alberta, Canada in Division No. 12. On the east, it is adjacent to the province of Saskatchewan.
The district was incorporated on January 1, 1955, through the merger of the Municipal District of Bonnyville No. 87, the Municipal District of Glendon No. 88 and part of Improvement District No. 101.Bonnyville Municipal profile - Alberta Municipal Affairs
On May 1, 2021, the municipal district annexed the adjacent Improvement District No. 349.
Geography Communities and localities The following urban municipalities are surrounded by the MD of Bonnyville No. 87. Cities Cold Lake Towns Bonnyville Villages Glendon Summer villages Bonnyville Beach Pelican Narrows
The following hamlets are within the MD of Bonnyville No. 87. Hamlets Ardmore Beaver Crossing Beaverdam Cherry Grove Fort Kent Iron River La Corey Therien
The following Métis settlements and Indian reserves are within the MD of Bonnyville No. 87.
Métis settlements Elizabeth Metis Settlement Fishing Lake Metis Settlement
Indian reserves Cold Lake 149
The following localities are within the MD of Bonnyville No. 87. Localities
Anshaw Bank Bay Beacon Corner Beaver River Big Meadow Birch Grove Estates Bordenave Cherry Ridge Estates Columbine Dirleton Durlingville Elizabeth Ethel Lake Flat Lake Fontaine Subdivision Franchere Fresnoy Goodridge Gurneyville
Happy Hollow Holyoke Hoselaw Lessard Marie Lake Model Development Moose Lake Estates Muriel Lake Nicholson Subdivision Northshore Heights Rat Lake Rife Smith Lake Sputinow Sunset Beach Sunset View Beach Truman Turcotte Division Vezeau Beach
Demographics As a census subdivision n the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the MD of Bonnyville No. 87 had a population of 12,847 living in 4,742 of its 5,467 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 12,745. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021.
As a census subdivision in the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the MD of Bonnyville No. 87 originally had a population of 13,575 living in 4,820 of its 5,667 total private dwellings, a change from its 2011 population of 11,191. This included the population of two Metis settlements, Elizabeth (653) and Fishing Lake (446), located within the census subdivision that are municipalities independent of the MD of Bonnyville No. 87. Statistics Canada subsequently amended the 2016 census results for Bonnyville No. 87 to a population of 12,760 living in 4,589 of its 5,405 total dwellings, a change from its 2011 population of 11,191. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2016. Excluding the two Metis settlements, the MD of Bonnyville No. 87 had a population of in 2016, a change of from its 2011 population of 10,101.
The population of the MD of Bonnyville No. 87 according to its 2014 municipal census is 11,836, a change from its 2011 population of 10,101.
Visible minorities and Aboriginals The following is a breakdown of the visible minority and Aboriginal populations of the Bonnyville No. 87 census subdivision that includes the Elizabeth and Fishing Lake Metis settlements. Visible minority and Aboriginal population (Canada 2006 Census) Population group Population % of total population White 8,300 Visible minority groupSource:Community Profiles from the 2006 Census, Statistics Canada - Census Subdivision South Asian 0 Chinese 0 Black 20 Filipino 15 Latin American 20 Arab 0 Southeast Asian 0 West Asian 0 Korean 0 Japanese 0 Visible minority, n.i.e. 0 Multiple visible minority 0 Total visible minority population 55 Aboriginal groupSource:Aboriginal Population Profile from the 2006 Census, Statistics Canada - Census Subdivision First Nations 375 Métis 1,420 Inuit 0 Aboriginal, n.i.e. 0 Multiple Aboriginal identity 10 Total Aboriginal population 1,815 Total population 10,170 100%
Notable people Peter Hochachka (1937–2002), zoologist and biochemist, was born in Bordenave
See also CFB Cold Lake List of communities in Alberta List of francophone communities in Alberta List of municipal districts in Alberta
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