Crossfield, Alberta
{{Short description|Town in Alberta, Canada}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=December 2023}}
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| official_name = Town of Crossfield
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| settlement_type = Town
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| motto = Progress through friendship
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| subdivision_name1 = Alberta
| subdivision_name2 = Calgary Region
| subdivision_name3 = 6
| subdivision_name4 = Rocky View County
| 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 Crossfield | page=176 | date=October 7, 2016 | access-date=October 13, 2016}}
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| established_title2 = • Village
| established_date2 = June 3, 1907
| established_title3 = • Town
| established_date3 = August 1, 1980
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| leader_title = Mayor
| leader_name = Kim Harris
| leader_title1 = Governing body
| leader_name1 = Crossfield Town Council
| elevation_m = 1113
| area_land_km2 = 11.89
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| population_as_of = 2021
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| postal_code = T0M 0S0
| area_code = 403, 587, 825, 368
| website = {{official website|www.crossfieldalberta.com}}
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| leader_name2 = Blake Richards, Wild Rose
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Crossfield is a town in the Calgary Metropolitan Region of Alberta, Canada, that is surrounded by Rocky View County. It is on Highway 2A {{convert|43|km|mi|abbr=on}} north of the City of Calgary.
As a station on the Calgary and Edmonton Railway (C&E) (leased and operated by the Canadian Pacific Railway), Crossfield was founded in 1892. Crossfield was named after an engineer with the C&E survey crew. By 1904, the community had a post office, a general store, a hotel and a school. In 1906, the first grain elevator opened and Crossfield was incorporated as a village the following year in 1907.{{cite book|last=Read|first=Tracy|title=Acres and Empires : a history of the Municipal District of Rocky View no. 44|year=1983|page=68|url=http://www.ourfutureourpast.ca/loc_hist/page.aspx?id=880655|access-date=2013-05-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170303121743/http://www.ourfutureourpast.ca/loc_hist/page.aspx?id=880655|archive-date=2017-03-03|url-status=dead}} In 1980, Crossfield was incorporated as a town.
Crossfield is a member of the Calgary Metropolitan Region Board. The town is within the Calgary-Edmonton Corridor and is growing as a result. Crossfield is north of the city of Airdrie and south of the town of Olds.
Demographics
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Crossfield had a population of 3,599 living in 1,326 of its 1,381 private dwellings, a change of {{percentage|{{#expr:3599-2983}}|2983|1}} from its 2016 population of 2,983. With a land area of {{cvt|11.89|km2}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|3599|11.89|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 |access-date=February 9, 2022}}
According to its 2019 municipal census, the population of Crossfield is 3,377,{{cite web |url=https://www.crossfieldalberta.com/en/inside-town-hall/resources/Resource_Folder/2019-Minutes/07-July-16-2019---DRAFT.pdf |title=2019 Census |publisher=Town of Cochrane |page=5 |date=July 16, 2019 |access-date=July 18, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190719040552/https://www.crossfieldalberta.com/en/inside-town-hall/resources/Resource_Folder/2019-Minutes/07-July-16-2019---DRAFT.pdf |archive-date=July 19, 2019 |url-status=dead}} a change of {{percentage|{{#expr:3377-3308}}|3308|1}} from its 2018 municipal census population of 3,308.{{cite book |url=http://municipalaffairs.gov.ab.ca/documents/2018_MAPL_web.pdf |title=2018 Municipal Affairs Population List |publisher=Alberta Municipal Affairs |isbn=978-1-4601-4254-7 |date=December 2018 |access-date=July 18, 2019}}
In the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Crossfield recorded a population of 2,983 living in 1,101 of its 1,168 private dwellings, a {{percentage|{{#expr:2983-2853}}|2853|1}} change from its 2011 population of 2,853. With a land area of {{convert|11.96|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|2983|11.96|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}}
Economy
The primary economic base of the Crossfield area is agriculture, agricultural services and natural gas processing. The Crossfield Gas Plant, south of the town and owned by TAQA North, has been in operation since 1965.{{citation needed|date=August 2011}}
Education
Crossfield has two schools: Crossfield Elementary School, which teaches children from kindergarten to grade five, and WG Murdoch School, which teaches children from grades six to 12.
The town also has a preschool that is situated on the property of Crossfield Elementary School.
See also
References
{{Reflist}}
:*Karamitsanis, Aphrodite (1992). Place Names of Alberta – Volume II, Southern Alberta, University of Calgary Press, Calgary, Alberta.
:*Read, Tracey (1983). Acres and Empires – A History of the Municipal District of Rocky View, Calgary, Alberta.
External links
- {{official website}}
{{Geographic location
| Centre = Crossfield
| North = Carstairs
| Northeast = Linden
| East = Beiseker
| Southeast = Irricana
| South = Airdrie
| Southwest = Cochrane
| West = Madden
| Northwest = Sundre
}}
{{Subdivisions of Alberta|towns=yes}}
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