Bircham, Alberta

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|subdivision_name1 = Alberta

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|subdivision_name2 = Southern Alberta

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|subdivision_type4 = Municipal district

|subdivision_name4 = Kneehill County

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|government_type = Unincorporated

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|leader_name1 = Kneehill County Council

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| area_land_km2 = 0.14

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| population_total = 5

| population_density_km2 = 35.8

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|timezone = MST

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|area_codes = 403, 587, 825

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Bircham is a hamlet in southern Alberta, Canada within Kneehill County.{{AltaML}} It is located approximately {{convert|78|km|mi|abbr=on}} northeast of Calgary and {{convert|10|km|mi|abbr=on}} southeast of Acme, along a Canadian National Railway line.

The hamlet most likely takes its name from Bircham in England.{{cite book|title=Place-names of Alberta|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015070267029;view=1up;seq=24|year=1928|publisher=Geographic Board of Canada|location=Ottawa|page=20}}

Demographics

{{stack|{{Historical populations

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of Bircham

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| source = Statistics Canada
{{1996CDNcdplr}}{{cite web | url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/english/census01/products/standard/popdwell/Table-CSD-D.cfm?PR=48 | title=Population and Dwelling Counts, for Canada, Provinces and Territories, and Census Divisions, 2001 and 1996 Censuses - 100% Data (Alberta) | publisher=Statistics Canada | date=August 15, 2012 | accessdate=September 19, 2024}}{{cite web | url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2006/dp-pd/hlt/97-550/Index.cfm?TPL=P1C&Page=RETR&LANG=Eng&T=1302&SR=1&S=1&O=A&RPP=9999&PR=48&CMA=0 | title=Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and designated places, 2006 and 2001 censuses - 100% data (Alberta) | publisher=Statistics Canada | date=July 20, 2021 | accessdate=September 19, 2024}}{{cite web | url=http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2011/dp-pd/hlt-fst/pd-pl/Table-Tableau.cfm?LANG=Eng&T=1302&PR=48&S=51&O=A&RPP=25 | title=Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and designated places, 2011 and 2006 censuses (Alberta) | publisher=Statistics Canada | date=February 8, 2012 | access-date=September 19, 2024}}

|1991{{abbr|A|adjusted}}|6

|1996|9

|2001|10

|2006|10

|2011|5

|2016|5

|2021|5

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In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Bircham had a population of 5 living in 3 of its 3 total private dwellings, a change of {{percentage|{{#expr:5-5}}|5|1}} from its 2016 population of 5. With a land area of {{cvt|0.14|km2}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|5|0.14|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, Bircham had a population of 5 living in 2 of its 2 total private dwellings, a change of {{percentage|{{#expr:5-5}}|5|1}} from its 2011 population of 5. With a land area of {{convert|0.14|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|5|0.14|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}}