Elmworth

Elmworth
Elmworth
	Hamlet
	Elmworth School
	Elmworth Location of Elmworth in Alberta
	Coordinates: 55°03′14″N 119°36′57″W / 55.0539°N 119.6158°W
Country	Canada
Province	Alberta
Census division	No. 19
Municipal district	County of Grande Prairie No. 1
Government
• Type	Unincorporated
• Reeve	Leanne Beaupre
• Governing body	County of Grande Prairie No. 1 Council Leanne Beaupre; Corey Beck; Daryl Beeston; Harold Bulford; Richard Harpe; Peter Harris; Bob Marshall; Brock Smith; Sam Sutherland;
Elevation	715 m (2,346 ft)
Time zone	MST (UTC−7)
• Summer (DST)	MDT (UTC−6)

Elmworth is a hamlet in northern Alberta, Canada within the County of Grande Prairie No. 1.^[1] It is located on Highway 722 north of the Wapiti River and east of the British Columbia border. It has an elevation of 715 metres (2,346 ft). The Elmworth natural gas field stretches west and south of the hamlet.

The hamlet is located in census division No. 19 and in the federal riding of Peace River.

Demographics[edit]

Statistics Canada has not recently published a population for Elmworth.

However, Industry Canada shows that Elmworth's greater rural area had a total population of 628 living in 298 dwellings in 2001. With a land area of 902.0 km² (348.3 sq mi), its greater rural area has a population density of 19.0/km² (49/sq mi).^[2]

Amenities[edit]

The hamlet is served by a school, the Elmworth School, administered by the Peace Wapiti School Division. The K-9 school has about 80 students.^[3]

A curling club was established in the community in 1963^[4] and is still operational, offering two ice sheets and a yearly bonspiel. A rural store serves the hamlet and nearby settlements and farms. A church serving different denominations is now closed.

The Elmworth gas plant is operated by ConocoPhillips Canada immediately south of the settlement. It was opened in 1979 by Canadian Hunter Exploration.

Climate[edit]

Climate data for Elmworth, Alberta
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Record high °C (°F)	16.5 (61.7)	19.0 (66.2)	17.0 (62.6)	29.4 (84.9)	32.0 (89.6)	33.0 (91.4)	35.5 (95.9)	37.5 (99.5)	32.5 (90.5)	26.5 (79.7)	19.4 (66.9)	14.0 (57.2)	37.5 (99.5)
Average high °C (°F)	−5.7 (21.7)	−2.3 (27.9)	2.1 (35.8)	10.3 (50.5)	16.8 (62.2)	20.7 (69.3)	22.7 (72.9)	21.8 (71.2)	16.6 (61.9)	9.3 (48.7)	−0.4 (31.3)	−3.8 (25.2)	9.0 (48.2)
Daily mean °C (°F)	−11.6 (11.1)	−8.7 (16.3)	−4.1 (24.6)	3.5 (38.3)	9.4 (48.9)	13.4 (56.1)	15.5 (59.9)	14.3 (57.7)	9.5 (49.1)	3.2 (37.8)	−5.5 (22.1)	−9.3 (15.3)	2.5 (36.5)
Average low °C (°F)	−17.5 (0.5)	−15.1 (4.8)	−10.4 (13.3)	−3.4 (25.9)	1.9 (35.4)	6.2 (43.2)	8.2 (46.8)	6.8 (44.2)	2.3 (36.1)	−3.0 (26.6)	−10.7 (12.7)	−14.8 (5.4)	−4.1 (24.6)
Record low °C (°F)	−45.0 (−49)	−43.0 (−45.4)	−41.7 (−43.1)	−28.0 (−18.4)	−15.0 (5)	−2.0 (28.4)	−3.0 (26.6)	−4.5 (23.9)	−9.0 (15.8)	−32.0 (−25.6)	−40.0 (−40)	−44.4 (−47.9)	−45.0 (−49)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	22.4 (0.882)	16.8 (0.661)	18.1 (0.713)	16.6 (0.654)	44.4 (1.748)	74.4 (2.929)	81.1 (3.193)	62.8 (2.472)	45.9 (1.807)	30.0 (1.181)	21.8 (0.858)	18.8 (0.74)	453.0 (17.835)
Average rainfall mm (inches)	0.1 (0.004)	0.1 (0.004)	0.5 (0.02)	9.0 (0.354)	40.7 (1.602)	74.4 (2.929)	81.1 (3.193)	62.6 (2.465)	45.1 (1.776)	17.9 (0.705)	1.8 (0.071)	0.4 (0.016)	333.7 (13.138)
Average snowfall cm (inches)	22.4 (8.82)	16.7 (6.57)	17.6 (6.93)	7.6 (2.99)	3.7 (1.46)	0.0 (0)	0.0 (0)	0.2 (0.08)	0.8 (0.31)	12.1 (4.76)	19.9 (7.83)	18.4 (7.24)	119.3 (46.97)
Source: Environment Canada^[5]