Kavanagh, Alberta
{{short description|Hamlet in Alberta, Canada}}
{{Use MDY dates|date=September 2021}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=September 2021}}
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|subdivision_name1 = Alberta
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|subdivision_name2 = Edmonton Metropolitan Region
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|subdivision_name4 = Leduc County
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|established_date = 1980
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Kavanagh is a hamlet in Alberta, Canada within Leduc County.{{AltaML}} It is located on Highway 2A between Millet and Leduc, approximately {{convert|30|km|mi}} south of Edmonton.
The hamlet was settled by workers of the Kavanagh block of the Canadian National Railway and was named for Charles Edmund Kavanagh, railway superintendent. The grain elevators have since closed and been relocated.
Kavanagh was declared a hamlet on January 5, 1980 by Marvin E. Moore, Minister of Municipal Affairs.{{Cite web|url=http://www.municipalaffairs.gov.ab.ca/cfml/pdf_search/pdf/RMUN/0201/Leduc_County_MO_10_80_1980_No41.pdf |title=Ministerial Order 10/80 |author=Alberta Municipal Affairs |author-link=Alberta Municipal Affairs |date=1980-01-05 |access-date=2010-04-01}}
Demographics
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Kavanagh had a population of 39 living in 19 of its 21 total private dwellings, a change of {{percentage|{{#expr:39-47}}|47|1}} from its 2016 population of 47. With a land area of {{cvt|0.33|km2}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|39|0.33|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}}
As a designated place in the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Kavanagh had a population of 47 living in 20 of its 21 total private dwellings, a change of {{percentage|{{#expr:47-52}}|52|1}} from its 2011 population of 52. With a land area of {{convert|0.33|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|47|0.33|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=1301&SR=1&S=45&O=A&RPP=9999&PR=48&CMA=0#tPopDwell | title=Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and designated places, 2016 and 2011 censuses – 100% data (Alberta) | publisher=Statistics Canada | date=February 8, 2017 | access-date=February 13, 2017}}