Busby, Alberta
{{Use mdy dates|date=September 2023}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}
{{Infobox settlement
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| settlement_type = Hamlet
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| pushpin_map = CAN AB Westlock # Alberta
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| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = Canada
| subdivision_type1 = Province
| subdivision_name1 = Alberta
| subdivision_type2 = Region
| subdivision_name2 = Central Alberta
| subdivision_type3 = Municipal district
| subdivision_name3 = Westlock County
| established_title = Founded
| established_date = 1915
| government_type = Unincorporated
| area_land_km2 = 0.67
| population_as_of = 2021
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| population_total = 135
| population_density_km2 = 200.7
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| timezone1= Mountain Time Zone
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| postal_code = T0G 1H0
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Busby is a small hamlet in central Alberta, Canada within Westlock County.{{AltaML}} It is located on Highway 651, approximately {{convert|52|km}} northwest of Edmonton and {{convert|16|km}} west of Highway 2.
History
Busby was settled by Americans and was named Independence when the post office opened in 1903. In 1915, the Edmonton, Dunvegan and British Columbia Railway arrived and the hamlet's name was changed to Busby.{{cite book|last=Sanders|first=Harry |title=Alberta Names How Cities, Towns, Villages and Hamlet Got their Names|publisher=Red Deer Press|date=2004|pages=65 66|isbn=978-0-88995-256-0}}
Demographics
{{stack|{{Historical populations
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| source = Statistics Canada
{{1951CDNcuipr}}{{1956CDNcuipr}}{{1961CDNcuipr}}{{1966CDNcuipr}}{{1971CDNcuipr}}{{1976CDNcuipr}}{{1981CDNcuipr}}{{1986CDNcuipr}}{{1991CDNcuipr}}{{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}}
|1941|112
|1951|145
|1956|89
|1961|85
|1966|68
|1971|65
|1976|73
|1981|77
|1986|66
|1991|68
|1991{{abbr|A|adjusted}}|68
|1996|73
|2001|83
|2006|90
|2011|98
|2016|140
|2021|135
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In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Busby had a population of 135 living in 67 of its 69 total private dwellings, a change of {{percentage|{{#expr:135-140}}|140|1}} from its 2016 population of 140. With a land area of {{cvt|0.67|km2}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|135|0.67|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, Busby had a population of 140 living in 64 of its 66 total private dwellings, a change of {{percentage|{{#expr:140-98}}|98|1}} from its 2011 population of 98. With a land area of {{convert|0.69|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|140|0.69|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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Category:Designated places in Alberta
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