Division No. 3, Alberta

{{Infobox settlement

| name = Division No. 3

| type = Census division in Alberta

| image_map = {{Alberta census divisions map}}

| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = Canada

| subdivision_type1 = Province

| subdivision_name1 = Alberta

| area_total_km2 = 13866

| area_note =

| area_footnotes = {{cite web|url=http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2011/dp-pd/hlt-fst/pd-pl/Table-Tableau.cfm?LANG=Eng&T=702&PR=48&SR=1&S=51&O=A|title=Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and census divisions, 2011 and 2006 censuses (Alberta)|publisher=Statistics Canada|date=2012-02-08|accessdate=2012-02-16}}

| population_total = 40,768

| population_as_of = 2021

| population_footnotes =

| population_density_km2 = auto

}}

Division No. 3 is a census division in Alberta, Canada. It is located in the southwest corner of southern Alberta and its largest urban community is the Town of Claresholm.

Census subdivisions

The following census subdivisions (municipalities or municipal equivalents) are located within Alberta's Division No. 3.{{cite web|url=http://www12.statcan.ca/census-recensement/2006/dp-pd/prof/92-591/details/page_Hierarchy-Hierarchie.cfm?Lang=E&Tab=4&Geo1=CD&Code1=4803&Geo2=PR&Code2=48&Data=Count&SearchText=Division_No.__3&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&Custom=|title=2006 Community Profiles, Geographic hierarchy – Division No. 3 (Census division)|publisher=Statistics Canada|date=2010-12-07|accessdate=2011-08-30}}{{AltaMC}}

Towns
Cardston
Claresholm
Fort Macleod
Granum
Magrath
Nanton
Pincher Creek
Stavely
Villages
Cowley
Glenwood
Hill Spring
Hamlets
Aetna
Beaver Mines
Beazer
Carway
Del Bonita
Granum
Kimball
Leavitt
Lundbreck
Mountain View
Orton
Parkland
Pincher Station
Spring Coulee
Twin Butte
Waterton Park
Welling
Municipal districts
Cardston County
Pincher Creek No. 9, M.D. of
Willow Creek No. 26, M.D. of
Improvement districts
Improvement District No. 4 (Waterton Lakes National Park)
First Nation reserves
Blood 148
Blood 148A
Piikani 147

Demographics

{{Historical populations

| title = Historical population

| type = CA

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| footnote = {{cite web | url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2006/dp-pd/prof/92-591/index.cfm?Lang=E | title=Division No. 2, Alberta (Code4801) (table). 2006 Community Profiles. 2006 Census. | publisher=Statistics Canada | date=March 13, 2007 | accessdate=January 23, 2024}}{{cite web |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/english/census96/data/profiles/ | title=1996 Census of Population, Statistics Canada | publisher=Statistics Canada | date=June 4, 2019 | accessdate=January 23, 2024}}

| source =

|1991 |36329

|1996 |37764

|2001 |37580

|2006 |37846

|2011 |38566

|2016 |38956

|2021 |40768

|}}

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Division No. 3 had a population of {{val|40768|fmt=commas}} living in {{val|14163|fmt=commas}} of its {{val|16229|fmt=commas}} total private dwellings, a change of {{percentage|{{#expr:40768-38956}}|38956|1}} from its 2016 population of {{val|38956|fmt=commas}}. With a land area of {{convert|13725.07|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|40768|13725.07|km2|sqmi|prec=1}} in 2021.{{cite web | url=https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=9810000701 | title=Population and dwelling counts: Canada and census divisions | publisher=Statistics Canada | date=February 9, 2022 | accessdate=April 2, 2022}}