Calahoo
{{Use mdy dates|date=September 2023}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}
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|subdivision_name2 = No. 11
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|subdivision_name3 = Sturgeon County
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| area_land_km2 = 0.66
| population_as_of = 2021
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| population_total = 143
| population_density_km2 = 215.4
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|timezone = MST
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|elevation_m = 680
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Calahoo is a hamlet in Alberta, Canada within Sturgeon County.{{AltaML}} It is located on Highway 37 near the Sturgeon River, approximately {{convert|21|km|mi}} northwest of Edmonton's city limits. It has an elevation of {{convert|680|m|ft}}.
The hamlet is located in Census Division No. 11 and in the federal riding of Westlock-St. Paul.
It is named after the nearby Michel Calihoo Reserve established in 1878 on 25,600 acres under Treaty 6.{{cite book|last=Dalheim|first=K|title=Calahoo Trails|year=1955|publisher=Calahoo Women's Institute|page=14|url=http://www.ourfutureourpast.ca/loc_hist/page.aspx?id=3516181|access-date=2013-06-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924062812/http://www.ourfutureourpast.ca/loc_hist/page.aspx?id=3516181#|archive-date=2015-09-24|url-status=dead}}
Demographics
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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|50
|1951|106
|1956|111
|1961|127
|1966|125
|1971|62
|1976|143
|1981|163
|1986|164
|1991|144
|1996|126
|2001|131
|2006|197
|2011|187
|2016|85
|2016{{abbr|R|revised}}|123
|2021|143
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In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Calahoo had a population of 143 living in 59 of its 65 total private dwellings, a change of {{percentage|{{#expr:143-123}}|123|1}} from its 2016 population of 123. With a land area of {{cvt|0.66|km2}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|143|0.66|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, Calahoo had a population of 85 living in 31 of its 32 total private dwellings, a change of {{percentage|{{#expr:85-187}}|187|1}} from its 2011 population of 187. With a land area of {{convert|0.4|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|85|0.4|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}}
Notable residents
- NHL hockey player and Stanley Cup winning coach Craig BerubeBenjamin Hochman, "Proud of his First Nations roots, Blues' Berube could make Stanley Cup history", St. Louis Post-Dispatch (May 24, 2019), https://www.stltoday.com/sports/columns/benjamin-hochman/hochman-proud-of-his-first-nations-roots-blues-berube-could/article_bcfbe9a3-a692-5420-bc08-20847d7e56fd.html
- NHL hockey prospect Ian Mitchell
- U Sports Player and 2022 Canada West Universities Athletic Association Champion, Ireland Perrott Power forward for the UBC Thunderbirds women's ice hockey,{{cite web |last1=Perrott |first1=Ireland |title=Ireland Perrott Information |url=https://gothunderbirds.ca/sports/womens-ice-hockey/roster/ireland-perrott/10222 |website=Gothunderbirds.com |access-date=15 November 2022}}{{cite web |last1=Perrott |first1=Ireland |title=Ireland Perrott Canada West Champion |url=https://ubyssey.ca/sports/ubc-womens-hockey-team-named-2022-canada-west-champions/ |website=Ubyssey.ca |access-date=15 November 2022}}
See also
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20110725123458/http://www.calahoo.org/index.html Calahoo] - community website
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