Calmar, Alberta

{{Infobox settlement

| name = Calmar

| official_name = Town of Calmar

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| settlement_type = Town

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| pushpin_map = Alberta#Canada

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| pushpin_map_caption = Location of Calmar in Alberta

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| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = Canada

| subdivision_type1 = Province

| subdivision_name1 = Alberta

| subdivision_type2 = Region

| subdivision_name2 = Edmonton Metropolitan Region

| subdivision_type3 = Census division

| subdivision_name3 = 11

| subdivision_type4 = Municipal district

| subdivision_name4 = Leduc County

| government_footnotes = {{AMOS}}

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| leader_title = Mayor

| leader_name = Sean Carnahan

| leader_title1 = Governing body

| leader_name1 = Calmar Town Council

| leader_title2 = MP

| leader_name2 = Mike Lake (Edmonton - Wetaskiwin-Cons)

| leader_title3 = MLA

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| established_title = Founded

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| established_title1 = Incorporated{{cite web | url=http://www.municipalaffairs.alberta.ca/cfml/MunicipalProfiles/basicReport/TOWN.PDF | publisher=Alberta Municipal Affairs | title=Location and History Profile: Town of Calmar | page=106 | date=October 7, 2016 | access-date=October 13, 2016}}

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| established_title2 = • Village

| established_date2 = January 1, 1949

| established_title3 = • Town

| established_date3 = January 19, 1954

| area_footnotes = (2021)

| area_land_km2 = 4.67

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| population_as_of = 2021

| population_footnotes = {{cite web | url=https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=9810001101 | title=Population and dwelling counts: Canada and population centres | publisher=Statistics Canada | date=February 9, 2022 | accessdate=February 13, 2022}}

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| population_total = 2183

| population_density_km2 = 467.6

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| timezone = MST

| utc_offset = −07:00

| timezone_DST = MDT

| utc_offset_DST = −06:00

| coordinates = {{coord|53|15|54|N|113|48|19|W|region:CA-AB_type:city|display=inline,title}}

| elevation_footnotes = {{cite web | url=http://www.safetycodes.ab.ca/Public/Documents/PSSSOP_Handbook_Version_12_Online_Feb_21_2012b.pdf | title=Alberta Private Sewage Systems 2009 Standard of Practice Handbook: Appendix A.3 Alberta Design Data (A.3.A. Alberta Climate Design Data by Town) | publisher=Safety Codes Council | type=PDF | pages=212–215 (PDF pages 226–229) | date=January 2012 | access-date=October 8, 2013 | archive-date=October 16, 2013 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131016085027/http://www.safetycodes.ab.ca/Public/Documents/PSSSOP_Handbook_Version_12_Online_Feb_21_2012b.pdf | url-status=dead }}

| elevation_m = 730

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| postal_code_type = Postal code

| postal_code = T0C

| area_code = 780, 587, 825

| blank_name = Highways

| blank_info = Highway 39, Highway 795

| blank1_name = Waterways

| blank1_info = Conjuring Creek

| website = {{official website|www.calmar.ca}}

| footnotes =

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Calmar is a town in central Alberta, Canada. It is located in Leduc County, on Highway 39, {{convert|35|km|mi}} southwest from Edmonton. It was named in 1900 for Kalmar, Sweden, the home town of its first postmaster, C. J. Blomquist. {{cite book|last1=Marden|first1=Ernest G.|last2=Marden|first2=Austin|title=Community Place Names of Alberta|date=2010|publisher=Lulu.com|isbn=978-1897472170|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jbIYAwAAQBAJ|access-date=1 September 2017}}

Geography

=Climate=

Calmar experiences a humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb).{{cite web|title=Climatic Regions [Köppen]|url=http://ftp2.cits.rncan.gc.ca/pub/geott/atlas/archives/english/3rdedition/environment/climate/030.jpg|publisher=Natural Resources Canada|access-date=11 February 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150909022911/http://ftp2.cits.rncan.gc.ca/pub/geott/atlas/archives/english/3rdedition/environment/climate/030.jpg|archive-date=9 September 2015}}

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|location = Calmar, Alberta

|Jan record high C = 14.4

|Feb record high C = 17.2

|Mar record high C = 20.0

|Apr record high C = 31.1

|May record high C = 32.5

|Jun record high C = 36.7

|Jul record high C = 35.6

|Aug record high C = 35.5

|Sep record high C = 34.5

|Oct record high C = 29.5

|Nov record high C = 23.3

|Dec record high C = 17.8

|Jan high C = -5.5

|Feb high C = -2.2

|Mar high C = 2.5

|Apr high C = 11.8

|May high C = 18.3

|Jun high C = 21.1

|Jul high C = 23.3

|Aug high C = 22.6

|Sep high C = 17.7

|Oct high C = 11.1

|Nov high C = 0.3

|Dec high C = -4.0

|Jan mean C = -11.2

|Feb mean C = -8.6

|Mar mean C = -3.7

|Apr mean C = 4.9

|May mean C = 10.8

|Jun mean C = 14.4

|Jul mean C = 16.6

|Aug mean C = 15.5

|Sep mean C = 10.7

|Oct mean C = 4.5

|Nov mean C = -5.0

|Dec mean C = -9.6

|Jan low C = -17.0

|Feb low C = -15.0

|Mar low C = -9.6

|Apr low C = -2.0

|May low C = 3.3

|Jun low C = 7.7

|Jul low C = 9.7

|Aug low C = 8.4

|Sep low C = 3.7

|Oct low C = -2.1

|Nov low C = -10.2

|Dec low C = -15.2

|Jan record low C = -48.9

|Feb record low C = -49.4

|Mar record low C = -42.2

|Apr record low C = -31.7

|May record low C = -11.1

|Jun record low C = -5.0

|Jul record low C = -3.3

|Aug record low C = -4.0

|Sep record low C = -16.1

|Oct record low C = -30.6

|Nov record low C = -40.6

|Dec record low C = -48.9

|precipitation colour = green

|Jan precipitation mm = 27.4

|Feb precipitation mm = 16.8

|Mar precipitation mm = 23.0

|Apr precipitation mm = 26.6

|May precipitation mm = 54.3

|Jun precipitation mm = 79.7

|Jul precipitation mm = 109.6

|Aug precipitation mm = 63.0

|Sep precipitation mm = 46.9

|Oct precipitation mm = 30.5

|Nov precipitation mm = 22.9

|Dec precipitation mm = 15.0

|rain colour = green

|Jan rain mm = 1.2

|Feb rain mm = 0.8

|Mar rain mm = 1.1

|Apr rain mm = 14.4

|May rain mm = 50.4

|Jun rain mm = 79.7

|Jul rain mm = 109.6

|Aug rain mm = 63.0

|Sep rain mm = 46.4

|Oct rain mm = 16.2

|Nov rain mm = 2.0

|Dec rain mm = 0.6

|snow colour = green

|Jan snow cm = 26.3

|Feb snow cm = 16.0

|Mar snow cm = 21.9

|Apr snow cm = 12.2

|May snow cm = 3.9

|Jun snow cm = 0.0

|Jul snow cm = 0.0

|Aug snow cm = 0.0

|Sep snow cm = 0.6

|Oct snow cm = 14.4

|Nov snow cm = 20.9

|Dec snow cm = 14.4

|unit precipitation days = 0.2 mm

|Jan precipitation days = 8.1

|Feb precipitation days = 6.4

|Mar precipitation days = 6.7

|Apr precipitation days = 6.4

|May precipitation days = 8.8

|Jun precipitation days = 13.3

|Jul precipitation days = 13.5

|Aug precipitation days = 11.2

|Sep precipitation days = 9.8

|Oct precipitation days = 6.9

|Nov precipitation days = 7.5

|Dec precipitation days = 6.8

|unit rain days = 0.2 mm

|Jan rain days = 0.41

|Feb rain days = 0.15

|Mar rain days = 0.65

|Apr rain days = 4.3

|May rain days = 8.4

|Jun rain days = 137.3

|Jul rain days = 13.5

|Aug rain days = 11.2

|Sep rain days = 9.8

|Oct rain days = 4.8

|Nov rain days = 1.2

|Dec rain days = 0.50

|unit snow days = 0.2 cm

|Jan snow days = 7.7

|Feb snow days = 6.2

|Mar snow days = 6.1

|Apr snow days = 2.4

|May snow days = 0.56

|Jun snow days = 0.0

|Jul snow days = 0.0

|Aug snow days = 0.04

|Sep snow days = 0.19

|Oct snow days = 2.6

|Nov snow days = 6.4

|Dec snow days = 6.4

|source = Environment CanadaEnvironment Canada

[http://climate.weather.gc.ca/climate_normals/results_1981_2010_e.html?stnID=1835&lang=e&dCode=1&province=ALTA&provBut=Go&month1=0&month2=12 Canadian Climate Normals 1981–2010], accessed 07 March 2014

|date=August 2010

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Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Town of Calmar had a population of 2,183 living in 893 of its 937 total private dwellings, a change of {{percentage|{{#expr:2183-2228}}|2228|1}} from its 2016 population of 2,228. With a land area of {{cvt|4.67|km2}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|2183|4.67|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}}

In the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Town of Calmar recorded a population of 2,228 living in 842 of its 861 total private dwellings, a {{percentage|{{#expr:2228-1970}}|1970|1}} change from its 2011 population of 1,970. With a land area of {{convert|4.68|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|2228|4.68|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}}

The population of the Town of Calmar according to its 2014 municipal census is 2,101,{{cite web | url=http://www.calmar.ca/sites/default/files/August.pdf | title=Calmar Chronicle | publisher=Town of Calmar | type=PDF | page=2 |date=August 2014 | access-date=August 22, 2014}} a {{percentage|{{#expr:2101-2033}}|2033|1}} change from its 2009 municipal census population of 2,033.{{cite web | url=http://municipalaffairs.gov.ab.ca/documents/LGS/2009pop.pdf | publisher=Alberta Municipal Affairs | title=Alberta 2009 Official Population List | date=September 15, 2009 | access-date=September 14, 2010}}

Economy

The Town of Calmar is a member of the Leduc-Nisku Economic Development Association, an economic development partnership that markets Alberta's International Region{{cite web | url=http://internationalregion.com/about-us.aspx | title=About Us | publisher=Leduc-Nisku Economic Development Association | access-date=2012-06-23 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120217030953/http://www.internationalregion.com/about-us.aspx | archive-date=2012-02-17 }} in proximity to the Edmonton International Airport.{{cite web | url=http://internationalregion.com/explore-the-region.aspx | title=Explore the Region | publisher=Leduc-Nisku Economic Development Association | access-date=2012-06-23 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120416043811/http://internationalregion.com/explore-the-region.aspx | archive-date=2012-04-16 }}