Cardiff, Alberta
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|other_name = Cardiff Estates
Cardiff-Echoes and Cardiff-Pittsburgh
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|subdivision_name2 = Edmonton Metropolitan Region
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|subdivision_name4 = Sturgeon County
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| population_total = 1033
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Cardiff is a hamlet in central Alberta, Canada within Sturgeon County.{{AltaML}} It is located {{convert|3|km}} east of Highway 2, approximately {{convert|15|km}} north of Edmonton's city limits. The Town of Morinville is {{convert|1.6|km|mi}} to the west of Cardiff.
History
It was named after the prominent coal-mining centre of Cardiff, Wales, due to the large number of coal mines in the area.{{cite book|title=Place-names of Alberta|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015070267029;view=1up;seq=34|year=1928|publisher=Geographic Board of Canada|location=Ottawa|page=30}}
Cardiff's coal mines were the scene of violent strikes in 1922.Edmonton Bulletin, December 19, 1922, p. 5
Cardiff's shipping trade in 1912 was the largest on record for the community, with approximately 12,500,000 tons in trade. Imports exceeded 2,000,000 tons while exports were 10,400,000.Bassano News, March 20, 1913, p. 2
Demographics
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| footnote = Population counts for 1981 through 1991 are the sum of the counts for Cardiff-Echoes and Cardiff-Pittsburgh. The two were combined and reported as Cardiff Estates in 1996 and 2001. Population count for 2006 is the sum of the 20 census dissemination blocks that comprise the 2001 designated place boundary of Cardiff Estates.
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{{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}}{{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/2016/geo/geosearch-georecherche/index-eng.cfm?client=census&language=EN&DGUID=2006A000011124 | title=GeoSearch (2006) | publisher=Statistics Canada | date=December 16, 2020 | accessdate=November 30, 2021}}
|1911|246
|1951|47
|1956|71
|1961|67
|1966|40
|1971|57
|1976|53
|1981|{{#expr:364+77}}
|1986|{{#expr:425+65}}
|1991|{{#expr:574+89}}
|1996|995
|2001|1123
|2006|1160
|2016|1167
|2021|1033
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In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Cardiff had a population of 1,033 living in 379 of its 395 total private dwellings, a change of {{percentage|{{#expr:1033-1167}}|1167|1}} from its 2016 population of 1,167. With a land area of {{cvt|0.98|km2}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|1033|0.98|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}}
See also
References
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Category:Designated places in Alberta
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