Municipal District of Bonnyville No. 87

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Municipal District of Bonnyville No. 87
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Municipal District of Bonnyville No. 87 is located in Alberta
Municipal District of Bonnyville No. 87
Location of Bonnyville No. 87 in Alberta
Coordinates: 54°16′5″N 110°43′49″W / 54.26806°N 110.73028°W / 54.26806; -110.73028Coordinates: 54°16′5″N 110°43′49″W / 54.26806°N 110.73028°W / 54.26806; -110.73028
Country  Canada
Province  Alberta
Region Central Alberta
Census division No. 12
Established 1914
Incorporated 1955
Government[1]
 • Reeve Ed Rondeau
 • Governing body
 • CAO Christopher B. Cambridge
 • Office location Bonnyville
Area (2011)[2]
 • Total 6,057.44 km2 (2,338.79 sq mi)
Population (2011)[2]
 • Total 11,191
 • Density 1.8/km2 (5/sq mi)
 • Dwellings 3,849
Time zone MST (UTC-7)
Website md.bonnyville.ab.ca

The Municipal District of Bonnyville No. 87 is a municipal district in northeastern Alberta, Canada in Division No. 12. It is located adjacent to the province of Saskatchewan, on the east.

The district was incorporated on Jan 01, 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.[3]

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Demographics[edit]

The population of the Municipal District of Bonnyville No. 87 according to its 2014 municipal census is 11,836,[7] a 17.2% change from its 2011 population of 10,101.[8]

As a census subdivision in the 2011 Census, Bonnyville No. 87 had a population of 11,191 living in 3,951 of its 4,349 total dwellings, a 9.8% change from its 2006 population of 10,194. This includes the population of two Métis settlements, Elizabeth (654) and Fishing Lake (436),[9] located within the census subdivision that are municipalities independent of the Municipal District (M.D.) of Bonnyville No. 87.[5] With a land area of 6,057.44 km2 (2,338.79 sq mi), it had a population density of 1.8/km2 (4.8/sq mi) in 2011.[2] As a municipality in the 2011 Census, the M.D. of Bonnyville No. 87 had a population of 10,101 without the two Métis settlements.[8]

Visible minorities and Aboriginals[edit]

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 81.6%
Visible minority group
Source:[10]
South Asian 0 0%
Chinese 0 0%
Black 20 0.2%
Filipino 15 0.1%
Latin American 20 0.2%
Arab 0 0%
Southeast Asian 0 0%
West Asian 0 0%
Korean 0 0%
Japanese 0 0%
Visible minority, n.i.e. 0 0%
Multiple visible minority 0 0%
Total visible minority population 55 0.5%
Aboriginal group
Source:[11]
First Nations 375 3.7%
Métis 1,420 14%
Inuit 0 0%
Aboriginal, n.i.e. 0 0%
Multiple Aboriginal identity 10 0.1%
Total Aboriginal population 1,815 17.8%
Total population 10,170 100%

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