Irricana

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| name = Irricana

| official_name = Town of Irricana

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| settlement_type = Town

| motto = Open the Gateway to the Country

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| pushpin_map = Canada Alberta

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| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = Canada

| subdivision_type1 = Province

| subdivision_name1 = Alberta

| subdivision_type2 = Region

| subdivision_name2 = Calgary Region

| subdivision_type3 = Census division

| subdivision_name3 = 6

| subdivision_type4 = Municipal district

| subdivision_name4 = Rocky View County

| government_footnotes = {{AMOS}}

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| leader_title = Mayor

| leader_name = Jim Bryson

| leader_title1 = Governing body

| leader_name1 = Irricana Town Council

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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/TOWN.PDF | publisher=Alberta Municipal Affairs | title=Location and History Profile: Town of Irricana | page=344 | date=October 7, 2016 | access-date=October 16, 2016}}

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| established_title2 = • Village

| established_date2 = June 9, 1911

| established_title3 = • Town

| established_date3 = June 9, 2005

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| area_land_km2 = 3.23

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| population_as_of = 2021

| population_footnotes = {{cite web | url=https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=9810001101 | title=Population and dwelling counts: Canada and population centres | publisher=Statistics Canada | date=February 9, 2022 | accessdate=February 13, 2022}}

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| population_total = 1179

| population_density_km2 = 364.6

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| timezone = MST

| utc_offset = −7

| timezone_DST = MDT

| utc_offset_DST = −6

| coordinates = {{coord|51|19|08|N|113|36|38|W|region:CA-AB|display=inline,title}}

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| elevation_m = 935

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| postal_code_type = Postal code span

| postal_code = T0M 1B0

| area_code = 403, 587, 825, 368

| blank_name = Highway

| blank_info = Highway 9

| blank1_name = Waterway

| blank1_info = Crossfield Creek

| website = {{official website|https://townofirricana.ca/}}

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Irricana {{IPAc-en|ˌ|ɪr|ᵻ|ˈ|k|æ|n|ə}} is a town in the Calgary Metropolitan Region of Alberta, Canada. Surrounded by Rocky View County, it is adjacent to Highway 9, approximately {{convert|53|km|mi}} northeast of Calgary.

The name of the town is a portmanteau of the words "irrigation canals", which are found around the Irricana area.{{cite book|title=Place-names of Alberta|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015070267029;view=1up;seq=72|year=1928|publisher=Geographic Board of Canada.|location=Ottawa|page=68}}

History

The name dates the town back to the irrigation projects in the area. By 1909, the town had a post office, hotel and store operated by the Irricana Trading Company.{{cite book|last=Read|first=Tracy|title=Acres and Empires : a history of the Municipal District of Rocky View no. 44|year=1983|page=79|url=http://www.ourfutureourpast.ca/loc_hist/page.aspx?id=880666|access-date=2013-05-26|archive-date=2017-03-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170303121436/http://www.ourfutureourpast.ca/loc_hist/page.aspx?id=880666|url-status=dead}} Originally incorporated as a village on June 9, 1911, Irricana changed its status to a town 94 years later on June 9, 2005.{{cite web | url=http://www.municipalaffairs.gov.ab.ca/cfml/MunicipalProfiles/index.cfm?fuseaction=BasicReport&MunicipalityType=TOWN&stakeholder=183&profileType=HIST | title=Town of Irricana Location and History Profile | publisher=Alberta Municipal Affairs | date=2012-07-13 | access-date=2012-07-17}} Irricana celebrated its centennial in 2011.

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Town of Irricana had a population of 1,179 living in 467 of its 483 total private dwellings, a change of {{percentage|{{#expr:1179-1216}}|1216|1}} from its 2016 population of 1,216. With a land area of {{cvt|3.23|km2}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|1179|3.23|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}}

In the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Town of Irricana recorded a population of 1,216 living in 473 of its 479 total private dwellings, a {{percentage|{{#expr:1216-1162}}|1162|1}} change from its 2011 population of 1,162. With a land area of {{convert|3.23|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|1216|3.23|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}}