Carmangay

{{Short description|Municipality in Alberta, Canada (est. 1910)}}

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| name = Carmangay

| official_name = Village of Carmangay

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| settlement_type = Village

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| pushpin_map = Alberta#Canada

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| pushpin_map_caption = Location of Carmangay in Alberta

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| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = Canada

| subdivision_type1 = Province

| subdivision_name1 = Alberta

| subdivision_type2 = Region

| subdivision_name2 = Southern Alberta

| subdivision_type3 = Census division

| subdivision_name3 = 5

| subdivision_type4 = Municipal district

| subdivision_name4 = Vulcan County

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| leader_title = Mayor

| leader_name = Stacy Hovde

| leader_title1 = Governing body

| leader_name1 = Carmangay Village Council

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| leader_title3 = MLA Barry Macfarland

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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/VILG.PDF | publisher=Alberta Municipal Affairs | title=Location and History Profile: Village of Carmangay | page=127 | date=October 14, 2016 | access-date=October 17, 2016}}

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| established_title2 = • Village

| established_date2 = January 20, 1910

| established_title3 = • Town

| established_date3 = March 17, 1911

| established_title4 = • Village

| established_date4 = March 4, 1936

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| area_land_km2 = 1.8

| population_as_of = 2021

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| population_total = 269

| population_density_km2 = 149.6

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| timezone = MST

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| coordinates = {{coord|50|07|46|N|113|06|41|W|region:CA-AB|display=inline,title}}

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| elevation_m = 935

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| postal_code_type = Forward sortation area

| postal_code = T0L 0N0

| area_code = 403, 587, 825

| blank_name = Highway

| blank_info = Highway 23

| blank1_name = Waterway

| blank1_info = Little Bow River

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

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Carmangay ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|k|ɑːr|m|ə|n|g|eɪ}} {{respell|KAR|mən|gay}}){{Citation| author = The Canadian Press| author-link = The Canadian Press| title = The Canadian Press Stylebook| place = Toronto| publisher = The Canadian Press| edition = 18th| year = 2017}} is a village in southern Alberta, Canada. It is located {{convert|62|km|mi}} north of Lethbridge and {{convert|150|km|mi}} south of Calgary, along the Canadian Pacific Kansas City railway, east of Highway 23. It takes its name from C.W. Carman, who bought {{convert|1500|acre|km2}} at $3.50 per acre to grow wheat in 1904, and his wife, Gertrude Gay.{{cite book|last=Carmangay and District History Book Committee|title=Bridging the Years : Carmangay and district|year=1968|publisher=Southern Printing Company Limited|location=Lethbridge, Alberta|page=4|url=http://www.ourfutureourpast.ca/loc_hist/page.aspx?id=250938|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130628084209/http://www.ourfutureourpast.ca/loc_hist/page.aspx?id=250938|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 28, 2013}}

History

Carmangay is the site of the Carmangay Tipi Rings, an archeological tipi ring site. The site does not have much archaeological material, though there has been enough to date it to 200–1700 AD.{{Cite book|last=Bryan|first=Liz|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YYEmBgAAQBAJ&pg=PA85|title=Stone by stone: exploring ancient sites on the Canadian plains|isbn=978-1-77203-051-8|edition=Second|location=Surrey, British Columbia|pages=85|oclc=909085486}}

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Village of Carmangay had a population of 269 living in 127 of its 147 total private dwellings, a change of {{percentage|{{#expr:269-242}}|242|1}} from its 2016 population of 242. With a land area of {{cvt|1.8|km2}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|269|1.8|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}}

The population of the Village Carmangay of according to its 2017 municipal census is 250,{{cite web | url=http://www.municipalaffairs.alberta.ca/documents/2017%20MAPL%20Final.pdf | title=2017 Municipal Affairs Population List | publisher=Alberta Municipal Affairs | isbn=978-1-4601-3652-2 | access-date=January 13, 2018}} a change of {{percentage|{{#expr:250-262}}|262|1}} from its 2013 municipal census population of 262.{{cite web | url=http://www.municipalaffairs.alberta.ca/documents/2016_Municipal_Affairs_Population_List.pdf | title=2016 Municipal Affairs Population List | publisher=Alberta Municipal Affairs | isbn=978-1-4601-3127-5 | access-date=January 13, 2018}}

In the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Village of Carmangay recorded a population of 242 living in 121 of its 135 total private dwellings, a {{percentage|{{#expr:242-367}}|367|1}} change from its 2011 population of 367. With a land area of {{convert|1.86|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|242|1.86|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}}

Wind farm

In 2013, Enbridge and EDF began construction on a 300 MW wind farm east of the Village of Carmangay. 166 wind turbines were constructed at the site, with over 300 workers on the project. The Blackspring Ridge Wind Project was completed in May 2014.{{Cite web| url= http://www.edf-en.ca/project/blackspring-ridge-wind/ | title= Blackspring Ridge |access-date=2017-04-22}}