:Raymond, Alberta

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Raymond was founded in 1901 by mining magnate and industrialist Jesse Knight, who named the town after his son, Raymond. Knight's plans to build a sugar factory based on locally grown sugar beets attracted 1,500 settlers in a few years.{{cite book|last=Hicken|first=John R|title=Events Leading to the Settlement of the Communities of Cardston, Magrath, Stirling and Raymond, Alberta|year=1968|publisher=Utah State University|location=Logon, Utah|page=81|url=http://www.ourfutureourpast.ca/loc_hist/page.aspx?id=271311}}

Raymond was incorporated as a village in the North-West Territories (NWT) on May 30, 1902.{{cite web | url=http://www.municipalaffairs.alberta.ca/cfml/pdf_search/pdf/TOWN/0261/Raymond_OC_150_2_1902_No13.pdf | title=Order in Council 151/02 | publisher=Government of the North-West Territories of Canada | date=1902-05-30 | access-date=2011-05-19}} It incorporated as a town in the NWT 13 months later on July 1, 1903.{{cite web | url=http://www.municipalaffairs.alberta.ca/cfml/pdf_search/pdf/TOWN/0261/Raymond_OC_234_03_1903_No11.pdf | title=Order in Council 234/03 | publisher=Government of the North-West Territories of Canada | date=1903-06-20 | access-date=2011-05-19}}{{cite web | url=http://www.municipalaffairs.alberta.ca/cfml/MunicipalProfiles/index.cfm?fuseaction=BasicReport&MunicipalityType=TOWN&stakeholder=261&profileType=HIST | title=Town of Raymond – Location and History Profile | publisher=Alberta Municipal Affairs | date=2011-05-13 | access-date=2011-05-14}}

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Town of Raymond had a population of 4,199 living in 1,330 of its 1,383 total private dwellings, a change of {{percentage|{{#expr:4199-3713}}|3713|1}} from its 2016 population of 3,713. With a land area of {{cvt|7.63|km2}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|4199|7.63|km2|sqmi|prec=1}} in 2021.{{cite web | url=https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=9810000202&geocode=A000248 | title=Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities) | publisher=Statistics Canada | date=February 9, 2022 | accessdate=February 9, 2022}}

The population of the Town of Raymond according to its 2019 municipal census is 4,241,{{cite book | url= https://open.alberta.ca/dataset/daab9fce-c2f6-49d1-a433-375b2b7aee24/resource/61cd908d-e2b9-4837-939b-533848d723b9/download/2019_mapl_web.pdf | title=2019 Municipal Affairs Population List | publisher=Alberta Municipal Affairs | isbn=978-1-4601-4623-1 | date=December 2019 | accessdate=July 1, 2021}} a {{percentage|{{#expr:4241-4037}}|4037|1}} change from its 2017 municipal census population of 4,037.{{cite book | url=http://www.municipalaffairs.alberta.ca/documents/2017%20MAPL%20Final.pdf | title=2017 Municipal Affairs Population List | publisher=Alberta Municipal Affairs | isbn=978-1-4601-3652-2 | access-date=January 13, 2018}}

In the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Town of Raymond recorded a population of 3,708 living in 1,134 of its 1,259 total private dwellings, a {{percentage|{{#expr:3708-3743}}|3743|1}} change from its 2011 population of 3,743. With a land area of {{convert|6.66|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|3708|6.66|km2|sqmi|prec=1}} in 2016.{{cite web | url=http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/hlt-fst/pd-pl/Table.cfm?Lang=Eng&T=302&SR=1&S=86&O=A&RPP=9999&PR=48 | title=Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), 2016 and 2011 censuses – 100% data (Alberta) | publisher=Statistics Canada | date=February 8, 2017 | access-date=February 8, 2017}}

As of 2006, approximately 3.0% of the town's population were visible minorities. Of those minorities, 50 people identified themselves as Japanese, 40 as Black, and 10 as South Asian.{{Cite web |url=http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2006/dp-pd/prof/92-591/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=4802008&Geo2=PR&Code2=48&Data=Count&SearchText=raymond&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&Custom= |title=2006 Community Profiles – Raymond |author=Statistics Canada |author-link=Statistics Canada |date=2010-02-05 |access-date=2010-09-10}}

A majority of Raymondites are members of the LDS Church.Brigham Y. Card, "Mormons", in Paul R. Magocsi ed., Encyclopedia of Canada's peoples (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1999, {{ISBN|978-0-8020-2938-6}}). In the town, the church has built four meetinghouses, which house eleven separate congregations and which form one stake.[https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/tools/stake-and-ward-websites?lang=eng Raymond Alberta Stake], churchofjesuschrist.org, accessed 2011-05-20. (The church's closest temple, the Cardston Alberta Temple, is located 60 kilometres (37 mi) southwest in Cardston.) Raymond also has Baptist, Mennonite, and United Church of Canada congregations. Until its temple was relocated to Lethbridge in 2006, the Raymond Buddhist Church was the oldest continually used Buddhist sanctuary in Canada.[https://hermis.alberta.ca/ARHP/Details.aspx?DeptID=1&ObjectID=4665-0482 Alberta Register of Historic Places: Raymond Buddhist Church].

Statistics Canada has reported that Raymond ranks among the top five communities in Canada for the highest level of charitable donations per capita, which is partially due to the town population's high rate of tithes given to the LDS Church.

In 1902, one year after it was founded, Raymond held an outdoor rodeo and called it a stampede; this was Canada's first organized rodeo event.{{citation needed|date=May 2011}} Since the inaugural event, the Raymond Stampede has been held annually. It is currently held in conjunction with Raymond's Heritage Days celebration between June 30 and July 1 every summer.{{Citation needed|date=September 2010}}

Raymond Heritage Days are held annually during the first week of July to celebrate the founding of Raymond. Events and activities include family softball, fireworks, midnight golfing, a fair, a pancake breakfast, a parade and the Raymond Stampede.{{cite web|title=Heritage Days |url=http://raymondrecreation.ca/main.aspx?parentCode=2694A6BE-2EC7-4E8B-BA15-D6972B44F3F4&pageCode=BC87F720-F248-4228-84D3-C37E79382641 |work=Raymond Recreation |access-date=16 August 2019}}

Raymond is home to the Raymond Judo Club, the first judo club in Alberta. The club was formed by Yoshio Katsuta in 1943.{{cite web|title=Yoshio Katusta |url=https://ashfm.ca/component/k2/katsuta-yoshio |work=Alberta Sports Hall of Fame & Museum website |access-date=16 August 2019}}

The Raymond Aquatic Centre opened in 2010. It features two small waterslides, a junior Olympic-sized pool for lane swimming, diving boards, a climbing wall, a baby pool, and an eating area. The aquatic centre holds 1,000,000 litres of water during the summer and attracts up to 500 visitors a day.{{Citation needed|date=September 2010}}

The Raymond Buddhist Church is one of the oldest buildings in Raymond and the only remaining public building from the town's pioneer days. The building is a designated Provincial Historic Resource. It is significant for its association with two prominent religious communities in Raymond, the LDS Church and the Japanese Buddhists.{{cite web|title=Raymond Buddhist Church |url=https://hermis.alberta.ca/ARHP/Details.aspx?DeptID=1&ObjectID=4665-0482 |work=HERMIS |access-date=16 August 2019}} It is also the site of the Japanese Experience in Alberta National Historic Event.{{cite web|title=Japanese Experience in Alberta National Historic Event |url=https://www.pc.gc.ca/apps/dfhd/page_nhs_eng.aspx?id=12057 |work=Parks Canada |access-date=16 August 2019}}

The Raymond Community Centre, also a designated Provincial Historic Resource, contains the Raymond Public Library and the Broadway Theatre.{{cite web|title=Raymond Park Avenue Chapel |url=https://hermis.alberta.ca/ARHP/Details.aspx?DeptID=1&ObjectID=4665-0483 |work=HERMIS |access-date=16 August 2019}}

Raymond has a semi-arid climate (Köppen climate classification BSk) it is part of the Palliser's Triangle.

Raymond is very windy this is due to the rocky mountains to the west.

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|Jan record high C = 13.7

|Feb record high C = 18.0

|Mar record high C = 20.5

|Apr record high C = 26.9

|May record high C = 28.4

|Jun record high C = 29.5

|Jul record high C = 30.2

|Aug record high C = 31.3

|Sep record high C = 28.4

|Oct record high C = 17.7

|Nov record high C = 23.7

|Dec record high C = 6.7

|year record high C = 31.3

|Jan high C = 1.5

|Feb high C = 9.0

|Mar high C = 11.4

|Apr high C = 16.0

|May high C = 17.3

|Jun high C = 23.1

|Jul high C = 25.5

|Aug high C = 24.2

|Sep high C = 19.6

|Oct high C = 11.3

|Nov high C = 11.2

|Dec high C = −5.1

|year high C = 13.8

|Jan mean C = −3.8

|Feb mean C = 2.8

|Mar mean C = 4.8

|Apr mean C = 9.1

|May mean C = 10.9

|Jun mean C = 15.5

|Jul mean C = 18.1

|Aug mean C = 16.9

|Sep mean C = 12.6

|Oct mean C = 5.6

|Nov mean C = 5.2

|Dec mean C = −10.3

|year mean C = 7.3

|Jan low C = −10.1

|Feb low C = −3.5

|Mar low C = −1.7

|Apr low C = 2.3

|May low C = 4.4

|Jun low C = 8.4

|Jul low C = 10.5

|Aug low C = 9.7

|Sep low C = 5.8

|Oct low C = −0.1

|Nov low C = −1.3

|Dec low C = −15.6

|year low C = 0.7

|Jan record low C = −30.7

|Feb record low C = −12.2

|Mar record low C = −7.6

|Apr record low C = −4.4

|May record low C = −0.4

|Jun record low C = 1.5

|Jul record low C = 4.1

|Aug record low C = 3.5

|Sep record low C = 0.3

|Oct record low C = −10.1

|Nov record low C = −12.8

|Dec record low C = −30.4

|year record low C = −30.7

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|Jan precipitation mm = 7.9

|Feb precipitation mm = 0.9

|Mar precipitation mm = 18.0

|Apr precipitation mm = 30.2

|May precipitation mm = 76.6

|Jun precipitation mm = 26.3

|Jul precipitation mm = 64.2

|Aug precipitation mm = 38.1

|Sep precipitation mm = 23.3

|Oct precipitation mm = 17.9

|Nov precipitation mm = 2.4

|Dec precipitation mm = 13.9

|year precipitation mm = 319.7

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• Earl W. Bascom, rodeo innovator, artist/sculptorLawrence Turner (ed.) (1993) Raymond Remembered : Settlers, Sugar and Stampedes : A History of the Town and People of Raymond (Raymond, AB: Town of Raymond) {{ISBN|0-9697655-0-9}}.
• Ted E. Brewerton, LDS Church general authority [https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/ensign/1978/11/news-of-the-church/teddy-e-brewerton-of-the-first-quorum-of-the-seventy?lang=eng “Teddy E. Brewerton of the First Quorum of the Seventy,”] Ensign, November 1978, p. 98.
• "Suicide Ted" Elder (1897–1981), seven-time World Champion Trick and Fancy Rider 1926 to 1932{{Cite web|url=https://www.cowboycountrymagazine.com/2013/10/suicide-ted-elder/|title = "Suicide" Ted Elder | Canadian Cowboy Country Magazine|date = October 2013}}
• Lloyd Fairbanks, professional football player
• Skouson Harker, professional basketball player
• Jim Hillyer, politician, Member of Parliament
• Jennie B. Knight, LDS religious leader{{cite book | editor1-last = Ludlow | editor1-first = Daniel H | editor1-link = Daniel H. Ludlow | title = Encyclopedia of Mormonism | location = New York | publisher = Macmillan Publishing | year = 1992 | isbn = 0-02-879602-0 | oclc = 24502140 | chapter = Appendix 1: Biographical Register of General Church Officers | chapter-url = http://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/EoM/id/5941 | page = 1640 }}
• Raymond Knight, founder of the Raymond Stampede[http://www.raymond.ca/2ndlevel.php?pg=a05 History of Raymond] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071220215933/http://www.raymond.ca/2ndlevel.php?pg=a05 |date=December 20, 2007 }}
• Brett Ralph, professional Canadian football player{{Cite web|url=http://cfl.ca/roster/show/id/458|title = CFL.ca - Official site of the Canadian Football League}}
• Brock Ralph, professional Canadian football player{{Cite web|url=http://cfl.ca/roster/show/id/683|title = CFL.ca - Official site of the Canadian Football League}}
• W. Cleon Skousen, author and political commentator[http://www.skousen2000.com/biography.htm W. Cleon Skousen: Biography] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100425082805/http://www.skousen2000.com/biography.htm |date=2010-04-25 }}
• Phil Tollestrup, Olympics basketball player and member of the Canadian Basketball Hall of Fame
• William R. Walker, LDS Church general authority[https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/liahona/2002/07/news-of-the-church/elder-william-r-walker-of-the-seventy?lang=eng “Elder William R. Walker Of the Seventy,”] Liahona, July 2002, p. 123.
• Wendy Watson Nelson, therapist, professor, author

• List of communities in Alberta
• List of towns in Alberta
• Temple Hill (Warner County, Alberta)
• John W. Taylor

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• Lawrence Turner (ed.) (1993) Raymond Remembered : Settlers, Sugar and Stampedes : A History of the Town and People of Raymond (Raymond, AB: Town of Raymond) {{ISBN|0-9697655-0-9}}
• Terrence C. Smith & Reed Turner (eds.) (2001). A Planting of the Lord : A Century of the Latter-day Saints in Raymond, 1901–2001 (Raymond, AB: Raymond Alberta Stake) {{ISBN|0-9689691-0-0}}

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{{Geographic location

| Centre = Raymond

| North = Stirling

| Northeast = Taber

| East = New Dayton

| Southeast = Warner
Milk River

| South = United States

| Southwest = Cardston

| West = Magrath

| Northwest = Lethbridge
Fort Macleod

}}

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Category:1901 establishments in the Northwest Territories