Legal, Alberta

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| name = Legal

| official_name = Town of Legal
Ville de Legal

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| settlement_type = Town

| image_skyline = Legal fire hall with a bilingual sign in the foreground.jpg

| image_caption = Bilingual French/English stop sign and street signs at 50th Street and 50th Avenue

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| pushpin_map = CAN AB Sturgeon # Canada Alberta

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|subdivision_type = Country

|subdivision_name = Canada

|subdivision_type1 = Province

|subdivision_name1 = Alberta

|subdivision_type2 = Region

|subdivision_name2 = Edmonton Metropolitan Region

| subdivision_type3 = Census division

| subdivision_name3 = 11

| subdivision_type4 = Municipal district

| subdivision_name4 = Sturgeon 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 Legal | page=365 | date=October 7, 2016 | accessdate=October 16, 2016}}

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| established_title2 = • Village

| established_date2 = February 20, 1914

| established_title3 = • Town

| established_date3 = January 1, 1998

| government_footnotes = {{AMOS}}

| leader_title = Mayor

| leader_name = Trina Jones

| leader_title1 = Governing body

| leader_name1 = {{Collapsible list|title=Legal Town Council|Patrick Hills |Fred Malott |Carol Tremblay |Mark Veenstra}}

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| elevation_m = 705

| area_footnotes = (2021)

| area_land_km2 = 3.18

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| population_as_of = 2021

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| population_total = 1232

| population_density_km2 = 387.9

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| timezone = MST

| utc_offset = −7

| timezone_DST = MDT

| utc_offset_DST = −6

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| area_code = 780

| blank_name = Highway

| blank_info = Highway 651

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Legal {{IPAc-en|l|ᵻ|ˈ|ɡ|æ|l}} is a town in the Edmonton Metropolitan Region of Alberta, Canada within Sturgeon County. It is {{convert|2.4|km|mi|abbr=on}} east of Highway 2 on Highway 651, approximately {{convert|42|km|mi|abbr=on}} north of Edmonton.

Legal was established in 1894 as a Francophone community, and is named in honour of Bishop Émile-Joseph Legal.{{cite book|last=Normandeau|first=J.A.|title=Cinquante anniversaire : Paroisse St. Emile de Legal|year=1953|page=87|url=http://www.ourfutureourpast.ca/loc_hist/page.aspx?id=327483}} The town, the French Mural Capital of Canada, is known for its 28 murals.{{cite news | url=http://www.stalbertgazette.com/Legal-named-Alberta's-best-small-town-20140514 | title=Legal named Alberta's best small town | author=Stu Salkeld | newspaper=St. Albert Gazette | publisher=Great West Newspapers LP | date=May 14, 2014 | accessdate=April 17, 2016}}

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Town of Legal had a population of 1,232 living in 455 of its 489 total private dwellings, a change of {{percentage|{{#expr:1232-1345}}|1345|1}} from its 2016 population of 1,345. With a land area of {{cvt|3.18|km2}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|1232|3.18|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 Legal recorded a population of 1,345 living in 448 of its 465 total private dwellings, a {{percentage|{{#expr:1345-1225}}|1225|1}} change from its 2011 population of 1,225. With a land area of {{convert|3.18|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|1345|3.18|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 | accessdate=February 8, 2017}}

Education

The Greater North Central Francophone Education Region No. 2 operates a francophone elementary/junior school in Legal named Citadelle School (École Citadelle), while Greater St. Albert Catholic Schools operates an English elementary/junior school.