Aetna, Alberta
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|subdivision_name4 = Cardston County
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| population_total = 109
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Aetna is a hamlet in southern Alberta, Canada within Cardston County,{{AltaML}} located {{convert|2|km}} east of Highway 2, approximately {{convert|70|km}} southwest of Lethbridge.
Settlement of the Aetna area began in 1888.{{cite book|title=The Utah Genealogical and Historical Magazine, Volumes 9-10|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=L7M3AQAAIAAJ&pg=RA1-PA8|year=1918|page=8}} Until 1893, the area was known as Snake Creek. In 1893 the community was named after Mount Etna by John W. Taylor, apostle for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, who said a nearby hill resembled the Sicilian mountain.{{cite book|last=Shaw|first=Keith|title=Chief mountain country : a history of Cardston and district. Volume I|year=1978|publisher=Cardston and District Historical Society|location=Cardston|isbn=0-919213-89-8|page=53|url=http://www.ourfutureourpast.ca/loc_hist/page.aspx?id=803545|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130615184206/http://www.ourfutureourpast.ca/loc_hist/page.aspx?id=803545|url-status=dead|archive-date=2013-06-15}}
Demographics
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| source = Statistics Canada{{cite book | url=https://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2016/statcan/CS98-1911M-1.pdf | title=Fifth Census of Canada, 1911 | publisher=Dominion Bureau of Statistics | volume=Special Report on Area and Population | date=February 27, 1912 | accessdate=November 29, 2021}}{{cite book | url=https://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2017/statcan/CS98-1951M-7.pdf | title=Ninth Census of Canada, 1951 | publisher=Dominion Bureau of Statistics | volume=SP-7 (Population: Unincorporated villages and hamlets) | date=March 31, 1954 | accessdate=November 29, 2021}}{{cite book | url=https://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2017/statcan/CS92-506A-1956.pdf | title=Census of Canada, 1956 | publisher=Dominion Bureau of Statistics | volume=Population of unincorporated villages and settlements | date=October 25, 1957 | accessdate=November 29, 2021}}{{cite book | url=https://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2017/statcan/CS92-633-1966.pdf | title=Census of Canada 1966: Population | series=Special Bulletin: Unincorporated Places | volume=Bulletin S–3 | publisher=Dominion Bureau of Statistics | location=Ottawa | chapter=Population of unincorporated places of 50 persons and over, 1966 and 1961 (Alberta) | date=August 1968 | accessdate=November 29, 2021}}{{cite book | url=https://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2017/statcan/CS92-771-1971.pdf | title=1971 Census of Canada: Population | series=Special Bulletin: Unincorporated Settlements | volume=Bulletin SP—1 | publisher=Statistics Canada | location=Ottawa | chapter=Population of Unincorporated Places of 50 persons and over, 1971 and 1966 (Alberta) | date=March 1973 | accessdate=November 29, 2021}}{{cite book | url=https://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2017/statcan/CS94-904-1981.pdf | title=1981 Census of Canada | series=Place name reference list | volume=Western provinces and the Territories | publisher=Statistics Canada | location=Ottawa | date=May 1983 | accessdate=November 29, 2021}}{{cite book | url=https://ia800700.us.archive.org/24/items/1986921171987engfra/1986921171987engfra.pdf | title=Census Canada 1986: Population | series=Alberta: Population and Dwelling Counts – Provinces and Territories | publisher=Statistics Canada | pages=12–1 to 12–2 | date=June 1977 | accessdate=November 29, 2021}}{{cite book | url=https://ia802809.us.archive.org/22/items/199693357XPB1997engfra/199693357XPB1997engfra.pdf | title=96 Canada | series=A National Overview: Population and Dwelling Counts | publisher=Statistics Canada | location=Ottawa | pages=184–198 | chapter=Table 16: Population and Dwelling Counts, for Urban Areas, 1991 and 1996 Censuses – 100% Data | date=April 1997 | accessdate=November 29, 2021}}
|1911|164
|1941|129
|1951|84
|1956|61
|1961|34
|1966|51
|1971|29
|1981|90
|1986|92
|1991|88
|2011|75
|2016|113
|2021|109
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In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Aetna had a population of 109 living in 35 of its 37 total private dwellings, a change of {{percentage|{{#expr:109-113}}|113|1}} from its 2016 population of 113. With a land area of {{cvt|0.95|km2}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|109|0.95|km2|sqmi|prec=1}} in 2021.{{cite web | url=https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/cv.action?pid=9810001201 | title=Population and dwelling counts: Canada and designated places | publisher=Statistics Canada | date=February 9, 2022 | accessdate=February 10, 2022}}
As a designated place in the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Aetna had a population of 113 living in 31 of its 33 total private dwellings, a change of {{percentage|{{#expr:113-75}}|75|1}} from its 2011 population of 75. With a land area of {{convert|0.95|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|113|0.95|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=1301&SR=1&S=45&O=A&RPP=9999&PR=48&CMA=0#tPopDwell | title=Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and designated places, 2016 and 2011 censuses – 100% data (Alberta) | publisher=Statistics Canada | date=February 8, 2017 | access-date=February 13, 2017}}
See also
References
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