Harmony, Alberta
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Harmony is a hamlet within Rocky View County in the Canadian province of Alberta. It is adjacent to the Springbank Airport, approximately {{convert|23|km|mi|abbr=on}} west of downtown Calgary and {{convert|10|km|mi|abbr=on}} southeast of the Town of Cochrane. At a planned size of {{convert|707|ha|acres|abbr=on}}, Harmony is estimated to have a population of 10,000 residents living in 3,500 dwelling units at full build-out.
History
Harmony received planning approval through the adoption of a conceptual scheme by Rocky View County in February 2007, with a neighbourhood plan for the first stage of Harmony subsequently approved in October 2008.{{cite web | url=http://www.rockyview.ca/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=r3eh14oWsdM%3d&tabid=447&mid=863 | title=Harmony Conceptual Scheme (Bylaw C-6411-2007) | publisher=Municipal District of Rocky View No. 44 | date=January 2007 | access-date=2012-11-14 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110827024310/http://www.rockyview.ca/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=r3eh14oWsdM%3d&tabid=447&mid=863 | archive-date=2011-08-27 | url-status=dead }} In mid-2012, it was anticipated that it would take 15 years to build out the community.{{cite news | author=Jenna McMurray | title=Proposed residential development near Springbank airport draws flak | url=http://www.calgarysun.com/2012/07/02/proposed-residential-development-near-springbank-airport-draws-flak | newspaper=Calgary Sun | publisher=Canoe Sun Media | date=2012-07-02 | access-date=2012-11-14 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150620114349/http://www.calgarysun.com/2012/07/02/proposed-residential-development-near-springbank-airport-draws-flak | archive-date=2015-06-20 | url-status=dead }} Despite its prior planning approvals, the application for the first stage of subdivision in 2012 was met with local resistance. Concerns were expressed by the Springbank Airport Business and Pilots Association over the long-term incompatibility of the community with the pre-existing airport. Specific concerns included safety as well as speculation that future residents would complain about the noise associated with the airport's operations. Other local stakeholders expressed concerns about the impacts Harmony would have on the existing rural community{{cite news | author=Kimberley Massey | title=Rocky View council gives controversial community green light | url=http://www.rockyviewweekly.com/article/20120709/RVW0801/307099989/0/rvw | newspaper=Rocky View Weekly | publisher=Great West Newspapers Limited Partnership | date=2012-07-09 | access-date=2012-11-14}} and the loss of farmland.{{cite news | author=Kimberley Massey | title=Residents start petition opposing Springbank development | url=http://www.rockyviewweekly.com/article/20120820/RVW0801/308209992/0/rvw | newspaper=Rocky View Weekly | publisher=Great West Newspapers Limited Partnership | date=2012-08-20 | access-date=2012-11-14}} Rocky View County Council approved the subdivision application for the first stage of the community in early July 2012. The community welcomed its first family in 2016.{{cite news | url=https://calgaryherald.com/life/homes/new-homes/the-first-family-of-harmony/ | title=The first family of Harmony | author=Josh Skapin | newspaper=Calgary Herald | publisher=Postmedia | date=June 24, 2016 | access-date=May 12, 2020}} Within two years, it grew to a population of 249. It was officially designated as a hamlet on June 11, 2024 when it had an estimated population of 1,500.{{cite news | url=https://www.airdriecityview.com/rocky-view-news/rvc-designates-harmony-as-countys-newest-hamlet-9079336 | title=RVC designates Harmony as County's newest hamlet | newspaper=Airdrie City View/Rocky View Weekly | author=Riley Stovka | publisher=Great West Media | date=June 17, 2024 | accessdate=June 17, 2024}}
Demographics
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Harmony had a population of 757 living in 230 of its 256 total private dwellings. With a land area of {{cvt|6.92|km2}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|757|6.92|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}}
Harmony recorded a population of 249 in Rocky View County's 2018 municipal census.{{cite web | url=https://www.rockyview.ca/Portals/0/Files/Government/Census/2018-RVC-Census-Population-Hamlet.pdf | title=Rocky View County Population by Hamlet | publisher=Rocky View County | access-date=May 12, 2020}}