Lloydminster#History

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Intended to be an exclusively British utopian settlement centred on the idea of sobriety, Lloydminster was founded in 1903 by the Barr Colonists, who came directly from the United Kingdom.{{cite web|url=http://library2.usask.ca/sni/stories/beg9.html|title=Saskatchewan's Top News Stories: Beginnings And Landmarks|publisher=Library2.usask.ca|date=1903-04-10|access-date=2017-04-30}} At a time when the area was still part of the North-West Territories, the town was located astride the Fourth Meridian of the Dominion Land Survey. This meridian was intended to coincide with the 110° west longitude, although the imperfect surveying methods of the time led to the surveyed meridian being placed a few hundred metres (yards) west of this longitude.{{Cite web|url=https://nowiknow.com/the-town-in-saskatchewan-thats-also-in-alberta/|title = The Town in Saskatchewan That's Also in Alberta – Now I Know}}

The town was named for George Lloyd, an Anglican priest who would become Bishop of Saskatchewan in 1922. Lloyd was a strong opponent of non-British immigration to Canada. During a nearly disastrous immigration journey, which was badly planned and conducted,Shara Buchan. [http://members.virtualtourist.com/m/2ffa3/dd7cc/ History of Lloydminster] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120304173624/http://members.virtualtourist.com/m/2ffa3/dd7cc/|date=2012-03-04}} he distinguished himself with the colonists and replaced the Barr Colony's leader and namesake Isaac Montgomery Barr during the colonists' journey to the eventual townsite.{{Cite web |title=Barr colony |url=http://biographi.ca/en/topics/topic-match-list.php?id=1609 |access-date=2024-07-28 |website=Dictionary of Canadian Biography}}

The town developed rapidly: by 1904, there was a telegraph office as well as a log church; in 1905, the Lloydminster Daily Times started publication and the first train arrived on July 28.{{cite book|last=Lloydminster History of Recreation and Cultural Activities Committee|title=75 years of sport and culture in Lloydminster : 1903-1978|year=1979|page=i|url=http://www.ourfutureourpast.ca/loc_hist/page.aspx?id=3572956}} Its main north–south street, today named Meridian Avenue (or 50th Avenue), along which stores, businesses and the post office began locating, was situated right on the Fourth Meridian, although the actual road right-of-way was located in Saskatchewan.{{cn|date=December 2023}} To comply with temperance principles, alcohol was not available in Lloydminster for the first few years after its founding.{{Citation needed|date = August 2015}}

While provincehood of some sort for the prairie territories was seen as inevitable by 1903, it had been widely expected by some, including North-West Territories premier Frederick W. A. G. Haultain, that only one province would eventually be created instead of two. The colonists were not aware of the federal government's deep-rooted opposition to the creation of a single province, largely due to the power such a province would hold rivalling the east,{{cite web |title=The Problems |url=https://buffalodeclaration.com/the-problems |website=Buffalo Declaration |access-date=9 July 2024}} nor plans for a provincial boundary along the Fourth Meridian (110° W).{{Citation needed|date = August 2015}}

When the provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan were created in 1905, the Fourth Meridian was selected as the border, bisecting the town right along its main street.{{cite encyclopedia |last=Herperger |first=Don |date=September 20, 2012 |title=Lloydminster |url=https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/lloydminster |encyclopedia=The Canadian Encyclopedia |accessdate=November 30, 2023}} Lloydminster residents petitioned for the new border to be revised so as to encompass the entire town within Saskatchewan, without success.{{Citation needed|date = August 2015}} Lloydminster functioned as two towns with separate municipal administrations until the provincial governments agreed in 1930 to amalgamate the towns into a single town under shared jurisdiction. The provinces, again jointly, reincorporated Lloydminster as a city in 1958.

Commemorating Lloydminster's distinctive bi-provincial status, a monument consisting of four {{convert|100|ft|adj=on|order=flip}} survey markers was erected in 1994 near the city's downtown core.{{cite web|url=http://www.bigthings.ca/alberta/lloyd.html|title=City of Lloydminster|publisher=Bigthings.ca|access-date=2017-04-30}}

The majority of Lloydminster's population lived on the Saskatchewan side until recent{{when|date=February 2024}} decades; in the 2011 Canadian Census, nearly two-thirds of the city's population lived on the Alberta side. In 2000, the city hall and municipal offices were moved from Saskatchewan to an Alberta location on Meridian Avenue, also known as 50th Avenue, which runs along the Fourth Meridian.{{Citation needed|date = August 2015}}

Despite its bi-provincial status, Lloydminster was not exempted from anti-smoking legislation passed by the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan. Citizens responded by initiating a referendum against the wishes of the mayor, as permitted in the charter, which resulted in the enactment of a citywide anti-smoking bylaw. The matter became moot when Alberta enacted its own anti-smoking legislation, which was the solution that the mayor and council preferred.{{Citation needed|date = April 2017}}

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The provincial border runs north to south, falling directly on 50th Avenue (Meridian Avenue) in the centre of Lloydminster. Meridian Avenue north of the Yellowhead Highway (also named 44th Street) remains the main downtown street for stores, offices and businesses, with some also located on the intersecting east–west streets. Addresses east of 50th Avenue are considered to be in Lloydminster, Saskatchewan and addresses west of 50th Avenue are considered to be in Lloydminster, Alberta. The city is bordered by the County of Vermilion River, Alberta, on the west, the Rural Municipality (R.M.) of Britannia No. 502, Saskatchewan, on the northeast and the R.M. of Wilton No. 472, Saskatchewan, on the southeast. The majority of the large retail properties serving the city, including larger stores, gas stations and hotels, are located in its Alberta portion, in particular along the Yellowhead Highway west of Meridian Avenue and along the Alberta side of 50th Avenue south of the Yellowhead Highway.

Lloydminster's distinctive situation is reflected in other legal matters, including its time zone. Most of Saskatchewan does not observe daylight saving time, instead staying on Central Standard Time year-round. However, Alberta mandates daylight saving time. Lloydminster's charter allows the city to follow Alberta's use of daylight saving time on both sides of the provincial border in order to keep all clocks within the city in synchronization. This has the effect of placing Lloydminster and the surrounding area in the Mountain Time Zone along with Alberta. During the summer therefore, the entire city is on UTC−06:00—Mountain Daylight Time, which is the same as the rest of Saskatchewan where the time is defined as Central Standard Time.{{cite web|url=http://www.canlii.org/en/sk/laws/stat/rss-1978-c-t-14/latest/part-1/rss-1978-c-t-14-part-1.pdf|last=The Queen's Printer|title=The Time Act 1978|date=26 February 1978|access-date=4 October 2020}} During the winter, Lloydminster is on Mountain Standard Time with the rest of Alberta, which is UTC−07:00,{{cite web|url=http://www.canlii.org/en/ab/laws/stat/rsa-2000-c-d-5|last=Alberta Queen's Printer|title=Daylight Saving Time Act, RSA 2000|date=1 January 2007|access-date=4 October 2020}} and is therefore one hour behind the time in the rest of Saskatchewan.

The provincial line divides the city in two aspects related to communications. Telephones on the Saskatchewan side are assigned to area codes 306 and 639, the two area codes assigned to that province, while land lines on the Alberta side have numbers in the 780 and 587 area codes, the two area codes assigned to northern Alberta. Similarly, Saskatchewan addresses have a postal code with a forward sortation area designation (first three characters) of "S9V", and addresses in Alberta have postal codes beginning with "T9V". All postal codes in Canada beginning with the letter "S" are assigned to Saskatchewan, and those beginning with "T" belong to Alberta.

Lloydminster experiences a humid continental climate (Köppen climate classification Dfb), which approaches a subarctic climate (Köppen Dfc) due to May and September being only marginally above {{convert|10|C}}. Winters are long, cold and dry, while summers are short, warm and moderately wet. Year-round precipitation is fairly low, with an average of {{convert|408|mm|2|abbr=on}}, whilst the dry winters restrict snowfall to {{convert|98|cm|1|abbr=on}}.

The highest temperature ever recorded in Lloydminster was {{convert|38.1|C|1}} on 12 July 2002. The coldest temperature ever recorded was {{convert|-50.0|C|1}} on 13 January 1911.{{cite web

|url= http://climate.weather.gc.ca/climate_data/daily_data_e.html?hlyRange=%7C&dlyRange=1904-06-01%7C1918-09-30&mlyRange=1904-01-01%7C1918-12-01&StationID=3235&Prov=SK&urlExtension=_e.html&searchType=stnName&optLimit=yearRange&StartYear=1840&EndYear=2016&selRowPerPage=25&Line=0&searchMethod=contains&Month=1&Day=9&txtStationName=lloydminster&timeframe=2&Year=1911

|title= Daily Data Report for January 1911

|date= 31 October 2011

|publisher= Environment and Climate Change Canada

|access-date= 10 July 2016 }}

{{Weather box

|location = Lloydminster Airport, 1981–2010 normals, extremes 1904–present{{efn|Extreme high and low temperatures in the table are from Lloydminster (June 1904 to December 1970), Lloydminster North (January 1971 to June 1976), Lloydminster 12E (July 1976 to March 1982), and Lloydminster Airport (April 1982 to present).}}

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|Jan maximum humidex = 10.4

|Feb maximum humidex = 8.2

|Mar maximum humidex = 18.6

|Apr maximum humidex = 27.1

|May maximum humidex = 34.7

|Jun maximum humidex = 39.0

|Jul maximum humidex = 42.5

|Aug maximum humidex = 38.4

|Sep maximum humidex = 32.8

|Oct maximum humidex = 26.5

|Nov maximum humidex = 16.3

|Dec maximum humidex = 9.5

|year maximum humidex = 42.5

|Jan record high C = 10.6

|Feb record high C = 12.8

|Mar record high C = 18.6

|Apr record high C = 32.8

|May record high C = 36.7

|Jun record high C = 37.8

|Jul record high C = 38.1

|Aug record high C = 37.4

|Sep record high C = 35.0

|Oct record high C = 28.9

|Nov record high C = 19.5

|Dec record high C = 10.0

|year record high C = 38.1

|Jan high C = −9.6

|Feb high C = −6.9

|Mar high C = −1.0

|Apr high C = 9.9

|May high C = 16.7

|Jun high C = 20.7

|Jul high C = 23.1

|Aug high C = 22.4

|Sep high C = 16.5

|Oct high C = 9.1

|Nov high C = −2.6

|Dec high C = −7.9

|year high C = 7.5

|Jan mean C = −14.3

|Feb mean C = −11.7

|Mar mean C = −5.6

|Apr mean C = 4.0

|May mean C = 10.1

|Jun mean C = 14.6

|Jul mean C = 17.0

|Aug mean C = 15.9

|Sep mean C = 10.3

|Oct mean C = 3.4

|Nov mean C = −6.8

|Dec mean C = −12.5

|year mean C = 2.0

|Jan low C = −18.9

|Feb low C = −16.6

|Mar low C = −10.3

|Apr low C = −2.0

|May low C = 3.5

|Jun low C = 8.5

|Jul low C = 10.8

|Aug low C = 9.3

|Sep low C = 4.0

|Oct low C = −2.3

|Nov low C = −11.0

|Dec low C = −17.0

|year low C = −3.5

|Jan record low C = −50.0

|Feb record low C = −48.3

|Mar record low C = −36.7

|Apr record low C = −28.9

|May record low C = −16.7

|Jun record low C = −6.7

|Jul record low C = −3.3

|Aug record low C = −5.0

|Sep record low C = −13.9

|Oct record low C = −24.0

|Nov record low C = −34.4

|Dec record low C = −46.7

|year record low C = −50.0

|Jan chill = −54.6

|Feb chill = −54.5

|Mar chill = −49.8

|Apr chill = −30.3

|May chill = −15.7

|Jun chill = −4.9

|Jul chill = 0.0

|Aug chill = −6.1

|Sep chill = −14.7

|Oct chill = −35.8

|Nov chill = −50.9

|Dec chill = −54.0

|year chill = −54.6

|precipitation colour = green

|Jan precipitation mm = 15.8

|Feb precipitation mm = 9.8

|Mar precipitation mm = 14.4

|Apr precipitation mm = 26.3

|May precipitation mm = 44.6

|Jun precipitation mm = 70.6

|Jul precipitation mm = 75.3

|Aug precipitation mm = 59.9

|Sep precipitation mm = 42.3

|Oct precipitation mm = 17.8

|Nov precipitation mm = 17.6

|Dec precipitation mm = 14.4

|year precipitation mm = 408.8

|rain colour = green

|Jan rain mm = 0.4

|Feb rain mm = 0.2

|Mar rain mm = 1.6

|Apr rain mm = 13.2

|May rain mm = 40.8

|Jun rain mm = 70.6

|Jul rain mm = 75.3

|Aug rain mm = 59.7

|Sep rain mm = 40.5

|Oct rain mm = 11.6

|Nov rain mm = 2.3

|Dec rain mm = 0.5

|year rain mm = 316.7

|snow colour = green

|Jan snow cm = 17.0

|Feb snow cm = 9.8

|Mar snow cm = 13.4

|Apr snow cm = 13.4

|May snow cm = 4.2

|Jun snow cm = 0.0

|Jul snow cm = 0.0

|Aug snow cm = 0.1

|Sep snow cm = 1.8

|Oct snow cm = 6.4

|Nov snow cm = 16.7

|Dec snow cm = 15.3

| humidity colour = green

|Jan humidity = 74.2

|Feb humidity = 73.0

|Mar humidity = 67.4

|Apr humidity = 48.2

|May humidity = 42.4

|Jun humidity = 49.6

|Jul humidity = 53.9

|Aug humidity = 50.2

|Sep humidity = 50.0

|Oct humidity = 54.0

|Nov humidity = 73.3

|Dec humidity = 75.9

|year humidity = 59.3

|unit precipitation days = 0.2 mm

|Jan precipitation days = 9.7

|Feb precipitation days = 7.3

|Mar precipitation days = 8.0

|Apr precipitation days = 7.6

|May precipitation days = 10.5

|Jun precipitation days = 13.2

|Jul precipitation days = 12.2

|Aug precipitation days = 10.5

|Sep precipitation days = 9.0

|Oct precipitation days = 7.1

|Nov precipitation days = 9.4

|Dec precipitation days = 9.8

|year precipitation days = 114.2

|unit rain days = 0.2 mm

|Jan rain days = 0.7

|Feb rain days = 0.1

|Mar rain days = 1.1

|Apr rain days = 4.8

|May rain days = 9.9

|Jun rain days = 13.2

|Jul rain days = 12.2

|Aug rain days = 10.5

|Sep rain days = 8.7

|Oct rain days = 4.9

|Nov rain days = 1.3

|Dec rain days = 0.6

|year rain days= 68.0

|unit snow days = 0.2 cm

|Jan snow days = 9.4

|Feb snow days = 7.4

|Mar snow days = 7.4

|Apr snow days = 3.9

|May snow days = 1.5

|Jun snow days = 0.0

|Jul snow days = 0.0

|Aug snow days = 0.0

|Sep snow days = 0.7

|Oct snow days = 3.0

|Nov snow days = 8.7

|Dec snow days = 9.7

|year snow days = 51.7

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{{cite book | title=Census of the Northwest Provinces, 1906 | volume=Sessional Paper No. 17a | year=1907 | publisher=Government of Canada | location=Ottawa | page=100 | chapter=Table IX: Population of cities, towns and incorporated villages in 1906 and 1901 as classed in 1906}}{{cite book | title=Census of Canada, 1911 | volume=I | year=1912 | publisher=Government of Canada | location=Ottawa | pages=2–39 | chapter=Table I: Area and Population of Canada by Provinces, Districts and Subdistricts in 1911 and Population in 1901}}{{cite book | title=Census of Prairie Provinces, 1916 | volume=Population and Agriculture | year=1918 | publisher=Government of Canada | location=Ottawa | pages=77–140 | chapter=Table I: Population of Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta by Districts, Townships, Cities, Towns, and Incorporated Villages in 1916, 1911, 1906, and 1901}}{{cite book | title=Census of Canada, 1921 | year=1922 | publisher=Government of Canada | location=Ottawa | pages=169–215 | chapter=Table 8: Population by districts and sub-districts according to the Redistribution Act of 1914 and the amending act of 1915, compared for the census years 1921, 1911 and 1901}}{{cite book | title=Census of Prairie Provinces, 1926 | volume=Census of Alberta, 1926 | year=1927 | publisher=Government of Canada | location=Ottawa | pages=565–567 | chapter=Table 7: Population of cities, towns and villages for the province of Alberta in census years 1901-26, as classed in 1926}}{{cite book | title=Census of Canada, 1931 | year=1932 | publisher=Government of Canada | location=Ottawa | pages=98–102 | chapter=Table 12: Population of Canada by provinces, counties or census divisions and subdivisions, 1871-1931}}{{cite book | title=Census of the Prairie Provinces, 1936 | volume=I: Population and Agriculture | year=1938 | publisher=Dominion Bureau of Statistics | location=Ottawa | pages=833–836 | chapter=Table 4: Population in incorporated cities, towns and villages, 1901-1936}}{{cite book | title=Eighth Census of Canada, 1941 | volume=II: Population by Local Subdivisions | year=1944 | publisher=Dominion Bureau of Statistics | location=Ottawa | pages=134–141 | chapter=Table 10: Population by census subdivisions, 1871–1941}}{{cite book | title=Census of the Prairie Provinces, 1946 | volume=I: Population | year=1949 | publisher=Dominion Bureau of Statistics | location=Ottawa | pages=401–414 | chapter=Table 6: Population by census subdivisions, 1926-1946}}{{cite book | title=Ninth Census of Canada, 1951 | volume=I: Population, General Characteristics | year=1953 | publisher=Dominion Bureau of Statistics | location=Ottawa | page=6.73–6.83 | chapter=Table 6: Population by census subdivisions, 1871–1951}}{{cite book | title=Census of Canada, 1956 | volume=Population, Counties and Subdivisions | year=1957 | publisher=Dominion Bureau of Statistics | location=Ottawa | page=6.50–6.53 | chapter=Table 6: Population by sex, for census subdivisions, 1956 and 1951}}

{{cite book | title=1961 Census of Canada | series=Series 1.1: Historical, 1901–1961 | volume=I: Population | year=1963 | publisher=Dominion Bureau of Statistics | location=Ottawa | page=6.77–6.83 | chapter=Table 6: Population by census subdivisions, 1901–1961}}{{cite book | title=Census of Canada, 1966 | volume=Population, Specified Age Groups and Sex for Counties and Census Subdivisions, 1966 | year=1968 | publisher=Dominion Bureau of Statistics | location=Ottawa | page=6.50–6.53 | chapter=Population by specified age groups and sex, for census subdivisions, 1966}}{{cite book | title=1971 Census of Canada | volume=I: Population, Census Subdivisions (Historical) | year=1973 | publisher=Statistics Canada | location=Ottawa | page=2.102–2.111 | chapter=Table 2: Population of Census Subdivisions, 1921–1971}}{{cite book | title=1976 Census of Canada | series=Census Divisions and Subdivisions, Western Provinces and the Territories | volume=I: Population, Geographic Distributions | year=1977 | publisher=Statistics Canada | location=Ottawa | page=3.40–3.43| chapter=Table 3: Population for census divisions and subdivisions, 1971 and 1976}}{{cite book | title=1981 Census of Canada | volume=II: Provincial series, Population, Geographic distributions (Alberta) | year=1982 | publisher=Statistics Canada | location=Ottawa | page=4.1–4.10| chapter=Table 4: Population and Total Occupied Dwellings, for Census Divisions and Subdivisions, 1976 and 1981 | isbn=0-660-51095-2}}{{cite book | title=Census Canada 1986 | volume=Population and Dwelling Counts – Provinces and Territories (Alberta) | year=1987 | publisher=Statistics Canada | location=Ottawa | page=2.1–2.10 | chapter=Table 2: Census Divisions and Subdivisions – Population and Occupied Private Dwellings, 1981 and 1986 | isbn=0-660-53463-0}}{{cite book | title=91 Census | volume=Population and Dwelling Counts – Census Divisions and Census Subdivisions | year=1992 | publisher=Statistics Canada | location=Ottawa | pages=100–108 | chapter=Table 2: Population and Dwelling Counts, for Census Divisions and Census Subdivisions, 1986 and 1991 – 100% Data | isbn=0-660-57115-3}}{{cite book | title=96 Census | volume=A National Overview – Population and Dwelling Counts | year=1997 | publisher=Statistics Canada | location=Ottawa | pages=136–146 | chapter=Table 10: Population and Dwelling Counts, for Census Divisions, Census Subdivisions (Municipalities) and Designated Places, 1991 and 1996 Censuses – 100% Data | isbn=0-660-59283-5}}{{cite web | title=Population and Dwelling Counts, for Canada, Provinces and Territories, and Census Divisions, 2001 and 1996 Censuses – 100% Data (Alberta) | url=http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/english/census01/products/standard/popdwell/Table-CSD-D.cfm?PR=48 | publisher=Statistics Canada | access-date=2012-04-01}}{{cite web | title=Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), 2006 and 2001 censuses – 100% data (Alberta) | url=http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2006/dp-pd/hlt/97-550/Index.cfm?TPL=P1C&Page=RETR&LANG=Eng&T=302&SR=1&S=1&O=A&RPP=9999&PR=48&CMA=0 | publisher=Statistics Canada | date=2010-01-06 | access-date=2012-04-01}}{{cite web | url=http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2011/dp-pd/hlt-fst/pd-pl/Table-Tableau.cfm?LANG=Eng&T=302&SR=1&S=51&O=A&RPP=9999&PR=48&CMA=0 | title=Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), 2011 and 2006 censuses (Alberta) | publisher=Statistics Canada | date=2012-02-08 | access-date=2012-02-08}}

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|1911|663

|1916|788

|1921|755

|1926|1247

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|1941|1624

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In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Alberta portion of the City of Lloydminster had a population of 19,739 living in 7,636 of its 8,530 total private dwellings, a change of {{percentage|{{#expr:19739-19645}}|19645|1}} from its 2016 population of 19,645. With a land area of {{cvt|23.98|km2}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|19739|23.98|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}} The Saskatchewan portion of Lloydminster had a population of 11,843 living in 4,443 of its 5,002 total private dwellings, a change of {{percentage|{{#expr:11843-11765}}|11765|1}} from its 2016 population of 11,765. With a land area of {{cvt|18.06|km2}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|11843|18.06|km2|sqmi|prec=1}} in 2016.{{cite web | url=https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=9810000202&geocode=A000247 | title=Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities) (Saskatchewan) | publisher=Statistics Canada | date=February 9, 2022 | accessdate=February 13, 2022}} Overall, the entire City of Lloydminster had a population of {{val|{{#expr:19739+11843}}|fmt=commas}} living in {{val|{{#expr:7636+4443}}|fmt=commas}} of its {{val|{{#expr:8530+5002}}}} total private dwellings, a change of {{percentage|{{#expr:19739-19645+11843-11765}}|{{#expr:19645+11765}}|1}} from its 2016 population of {{val|{{#expr:19645+11765}}|fmt=commas}}. With a land area of {{convert|{{#expr:23.98+18.06}}|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|{{#expr:19739+11843}}|{{#expr:23.98+18.06}}|km2|sqmi|prec=1}} in 2016.

In the 2016 Census of Population, the Alberta portion of the City of Lloydminster had a population of 19,645 living in 7,444 of its 8,444 total private dwellings, a change of {{percentage|{{#expr:19645-18032}}|18032|1}} from its 2011 population of 18,032. With a land area of {{convert|24.04|km2|abbr=on}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|19645|24.04|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}} Meanwhile, the Saskatchewan portion of Lloydminster had a population of 11,765 living in 4,392 of its 4,909 total private dwellings, a change of {{percentage|{{#expr:11765-9772}}|9772|1}} from its 2011 population of 9,772. With a land area of {{convert|18.28|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|11765|18.28|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=47 | title=Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), 2016 and 2011 censuses – 100% data (Saskatchewan) | publisher=Statistics Canada | date=February 8, 2017 | access-date=February 8, 2017}} Overall, the entire City of Lloydminster had a population of 31,410 living in 11,836 of its 13,353 total private dwellings in the 2016 Census of Population, a change of {{percentage|{{#expr:{{#expr:19645+11765}}-{{#expr:18032+9772}}}}|{{#expr:18032+9772}}|1}} from its 2011 population of 27,804. With a land area of {{convert|{{#expr:24.04+18.28}}|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|{{#expr:19645+11765}}|{{#expr:24.04+18.28}}|km2|sqmi|prec=1}} in 2016.

The City of Lloydminster's 2015 municipal census counted a population of 31,377,{{cite book | url=http://municipalaffairs.alberta.ca/documents/msb/2015_Municipal_Affairs_Population_List.pdf | title=2015 Municipal Affairs Population List | publisher=Alberta Municipal Affairs | isbn=978-1-4601-2630-1 | access-date=February 27, 2016}} a change of −0.3% from its 2013 municipal census population of 31,483.{{cite web | url=http://lloydminster.ca/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=554 | title=2013 Municipal Census: City of Lloydminster population increased | publisher=City of Lloydminster | date=September 9, 2013 | access-date=September 9, 2013 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150409102142/http://www.lloydminster.ca/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=554 | archive-date=April 9, 2015 | url-status=dead }} Of the 31,377 residents, 19,740 ({{percentage|19740|31377}}) lived on the Alberta side and 11,637 ({{percentage|11637|31377}}) lived on the Saskatchewan side.

There are substantial demographic differences between the populations on each side of the border, with the population on the Saskatchewan side being substantially younger; the median age on the Saskatchewan side is 26.6,{{cite web|url=http://www12.statcan.ca/english/census06/data/profiles/community/Details/Page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=4717029&Geo2=PR&Code2=47&Data=Count&SearchText=Lloydminster%20(Part)&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&GeoLevel=&GeoCode=4717029 |title=2006 Community Profiles: Lloydminster (Part), Saskatchewan |publisher=Statistics Canada |date=March 13, 2007}} nearly seven years less than the median age of 33.2 on the Alberta side. Even when combining the median ages for both sides of the city, Lloydminster has the youngest median age in all of Canada.{{cite web|url=http://www12.statcan.ca/english/census06/data/profiles/community/Details/Page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=4810039&Geo2=PR&Code2=48&Data=Count&SearchText=Lloydminster%20(Part)&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&GeoLevel=&GeoCode=4810039 |title=2006 Community Profiles: Lloydminster (Part), Alberta |publisher=Statistics Canada |date=March 13, 2007}}[https://web.archive.org/web/20090211104617/http://www12.statcan.ca/english/census06/data/highlights/agesex/pages/Page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo=CMA&Code=01&Table=2&Data=Count&Sex=1&StartRec=1&Sort=22&Display=All Age and Sex Highlight Tables, 2006 Census] Also, the specific age group of 20–24 is much more concentrated on the Saskatchewan side. The two sides of the city have virtually identical numbers of people in that age group (1,220 in Saskatchewan, 1,230 in Alberta) even though the total population on the Alberta side is nearly twice that of the Saskatchewan side. This situation has been attributed in part to differential car insurance rates for drivers; because Saskatchewan has a public auto insurance system while Alberta relies on conventional private insurance, young drivers with the highest insurance rates can save thousands of dollars by living in Saskatchewan rather than Alberta.[http://www.meridianbooster.com/2003/10/27/ndp-proposes-plan-to-revamp-alberta-insurance "NDP proposes plan to revamp Alberta insurance"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160818071308/http://www.meridianbooster.com/2003/10/27/ndp-proposes-plan-to-revamp-alberta-insurance |date=2016-08-18 }}. Lloydminster Meridian Booster, October 27, 2003.

The census agglomeration of Lloydminster includes both parts of the city, as well as the rural municipality of Wilton No. 472, the town of Lashburn, and the village of Marshall, Saskatchewan.

About 94% of residents identified English as their first language. More than 1.4% of the population identified French as their first language, while 0.8% identified German, 0.7% identified Ukrainian, and 0.5% identified Cree as their first language learned. The next most common languages were Chinese and Spanish at about 0.3% each.{{cite web | title = Lloydminster | work = Detailed Mother Tongue (186), Knowledge of Official Languages (5), Age Groups (17A) and Sex (3) for the Population of Canada, Provinces, Territories, Census Metropolitan Areas and Census Agglomerations, 2001 and 2006 Censuses – 20% Sample Data | publisher = Statistics Canada | date = 2007-11-20 | url = http://www12.statcan.ca/english/census06/data/topics/RetrieveProductTable.cfm?ALEVEL=3&APATH=3&CATNO=&DETAIL=0&DIM=&DS=99&FL=0&FREE=0&GAL=0&GC=99&GK=NA&GRP=1&IPS=&METH=0&ORDER=1&PID=89201&PTYPE=88971&RL=0&S=1&ShowAll=No&StartRow=1&SUB=701&Temporal=2006&Theme=70&VID=0&VNAMEE=&VNAMEF=&GID=838055 | access-date = 2008-02-06}}

More than 8% of residents identified themselves as aboriginal at the time of the 2006 census.{{cite web | title = Lloydminster | work = Aboriginal Identity (8), Sex (3) and Age Groups (12) for the Population of Canada, Provinces, Territories, Census Metropolitan Areas and Census Agglomerations, 2006 Census – 20% Sample Data | publisher = Statistics Canada | date = 2008-01-15 | url = http://www12.statcan.ca/english/census06/data/topics/RetrieveProductTable.cfm?ALEVEL=3&APATH=3&CATNO=&DETAIL=0&DIM=&DS=99&FL=0&FREE=0&GAL=0&GC=99&GK=NA&GRP=1&IPS=&METH=0&ORDER=1&PID=89122&PTYPE=88971&RL=0&S=1&ShowAll=No&StartRow=1&SUB=0&Temporal=2006&Theme=73&VID=0&VNAMEE=&VNAMEF=&GID=838055 | access-date = 2008-02-06}}

More than 78% of residents identified as Christian at the time of the 2001 census, while over 18% indicated that they had no religious affiliation. For specific denominations Statistics Canada found that 31% of residents identified as Roman Catholic, and 44% Protestants of which, 18% identified with the United Church of Canada, more than 7% identified as Anglican, about 5% identified as Lutheran, almost 3% identified as Pentecostal, about 2% identified as Baptists, and just over 1% of the population identified as Eastern Orthodox.{{cite web | title = Lloydminster | work = Religion (95A), Age Groups (7A) and Sex (3) for Population, for Canada, Provinces, Territories, Census Metropolitan Areas and Census Agglomerations, 1991 and 2001 Censuses – 20% Sample Data | publisher = Statistics Canada | date = 2007-03-01 | url = http://www12.statcan.ca/english/census01/products/standard/themes/RetrieveProductTable.cfm?Temporal=2001&PID=55822&APATH=3&METH=1&PTYPE=55440&THEME=56&FOCUS=0&AID=0&PLACENAME=0&PROVINCE=0&SEARCH=0&GC=99&GK=NA&VID=0&VNAMEE=&VNAMEF=&FL=0&RL=0&FREE=0&GID=431641 | access-date = 2008-02-06}}

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The local economy is driven primarily by the petroleum industry. Agriculture remains an important economic activity. The Husky Lloydminster Refinery is also located in the community. An issue in business is the sales tax. The only sales tax applicable in Alberta is the federal Goods and Services Tax (GST). Saskatchewan has, in addition to GST, a provincial sales tax (PST). To ensure that business will not float away from the Saskatchewan side in favour of lower prices in Alberta, PST does not apply in the Saskatchewan side of the city{{cite web |title=The Lloydminster Provincial Sales Tax Exemption Regulations |url=http://www.qp.gov.sk.ca/documents/english/Regulations/Regulations/F13-4R23.PDF |website=www.qp.gov.sk.ca}} with the exception of hotels, vehicle registration and utility services.

Lloydminster is governed by a seven-member city council, consisting of a mayor and six city councillors. The city follows the Saskatchewan schedule when voting in municipal elections.[http://globalnews.ca/news/735387/lloydminster-sask-mayor-stepping-down/ "Lloydminster, Sask. mayor stepping down"]. Global News, July 23, 2013.

Residents on the Alberta side are in the electoral district of Lakeland for elections to the federal House of Commons, and Vermilion-Lloydminster-Wainwright for elections to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta. Residents in Saskatchewan are in Battlefords—Lloydminster federally, and Lloydminster for the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan.{{Cite web |title=Maps |url=https://www.elections.sk.ca/candidates-political-parties/maps/ |access-date=2022-06-15 |website=Elections Saskatchewan |language=en-US}}

Lloydminster's bi-provincial status has resulted in special provisions regarding provincial taxation within the city limits. The Saskatchewan side of the city is exempt from that province's sales tax, preventing businesses located there from being placed at a disadvantage relative to businesses in Alberta, which has no provincial sales tax. There is no exemption for provincial income tax, which is based solely on the taxpayer's province of residence. Other differences surrounding interprovincial costs are reflected within the treatment of automobile insurance, and housing taxes. For example, a driver under age 25 who lives on the Alberta side will pay approximately 2-3 times the average amount required of a Saskatchewan driver of the same age.{{cite news|url=http://www.financialpost.com/story.html?id=3ca0b10e-bbce-44d6-960a-e3189a0ad5f6&p=1 | title=A tale of two provinces|access-date=2017-04-30 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307000638/http://www.financialpost.com/story.html?id=3ca0b10e-bbce-44d6-960a-e3189a0ad5f6&p=1 |archive-date=2016-03-07 }}

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Lloydminster relies on health care resources from both Alberta Health Services and the Saskatchewan Health Authority. The Lloydminster Hospital was constructed in 1987 on the Saskatchewan side of the border.{{Cite web |title=Borderline: How the city of Lloydminster is torn between two health systems |url=https://thestarphoenix.com/news/saskatchewan/borderline-how-the-city-of-lloydminster-is-torn-between-two-health-systems |access-date=2022-08-21 |website=thestarphoenix |language=en-CA}}

In 2013, an independent report found that Lloydminster was underserved by health care services in comparison to similar catchment areas in Alberta. In 2007, Lloydminster was deemed to have outgrown the capacity of its hospital; calls for more operating rooms, acute care beds, and a dedicated MRI unit did not come to fruition, resulting in patients sometimes having to travel to larger cities such as Saskatoon for operations. Due to health data privacy laws in both provinces, the Lloydminster Hospital does not have direct access to AHS patient records, which have led to Alberta-based patients sometimes bringing their own paper records or receiving diagnostic tests a second time.{{Cite web |title=Borderline: Why health record privacy hinders patient care in Lloydminster (part 2) |url=https://thestarphoenix.com/news/saskatchewan/borderline-why-health-record-privacy-hinders-patient-care-in-lloydminster-part-2 |access-date=2022-08-21 |website=thestarphoenix |language=en-CA}}

The city's contracts with WPD to provide ambulance service in Lloydminster have faced criticism over unsatisfactory performance, with some patients having had to wait up to 40 minutes for help to arrive;{{cite news |last=Vescera |first=Zak |date=20 October 2021 |title=Saskatchewan moves to terminate Lloydminster ambulance contract |work=Regina Leader-Post |url=https://leaderpost.com/news/local-news/saskatchewan-moves-to-terminate-lloydminster-ambulance-contract/wcm/fa7ec2f6-3b8b-4676-a6e3-87e6ebae81fe |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211020221926/https://leaderpost.com/news/local-news/saskatchewan-moves-to-terminate-lloydminster-ambulance-contract/wcm/fa7ec2f6-3b8b-4676-a6e3-87e6ebae81fe |archive-date=20 October 2021}} in August 2021, AHS pulled out of the contract and signed with a different provider, but WPD invoked an arbitration clause in Saskatchewan law that has prevented the SHA from immediately exiting the contract.{{Cite web |date=2022-04-06 |title=Sask. Health Authority board votes to end contract with ambulance company — again |url=https://saskatoon.ctvnews.ca/sask-health-authority-board-votes-to-end-contract-with-ambulance-company-again-1.5851434 |access-date=2022-08-21 |website=CTV News Saskatoon |language=en}}

The city is served by Lloydminster Airport. The Yellowhead Highway, (Alberta Highway 16 and Saskatchewan Highway 16) passes through the city from west to east, and Highway 17 (which is considered part of both Alberta's and Saskatchewan's highway system and is maintained by both provinces) travels along the provincial border from south to north. There is no local public transport serving the city.{{Cite web |title=Lloydminster transportation |url= https://www.lloydminster.ca/en/living-in-lloydminster/transportation.aspx|access-date=2022-11-20 |website=lloydminster.ca |language=en}}

Elementary and secondary schools on both sides of the border all use Saskatchewan's curriculum.{{Cite web|url=https://www.lpsd.ca/about-us|title=About Us|website=www.lpsd.ca|access-date=2019-06-20}} Lloydminster provides public and catholic education up to grade 12 as well as post-secondary education through Lakeland College, offering one and two year certificate and diploma programs.{{Cite web|url=https://www.lakelandcollege.ca/|title=Post-secondary Education in Alberta/Saskatchewan {{!}} Lakeland College|website=www.lakelandcollege.ca|access-date=2019-06-20}}

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;Newspapers

• Lloydminster Meridian Booster, serves Lloydminster and area, circulating to 15,000 homes. Published Monday, Wednesday and Friday each week.
• Lloydminster Source is a free weekly newspaper, distributed each Tuesday and Thursday.

;Radio

;Television

Lloydminster was served by two broadcast television stations, operated as part of a twinstick operation owned by Stingray Radio. Both stations ceased broadcasting on May 13, 2025.{{cite news |last1=Thiessen |first1=Connie |title=Stingray shutters Lloydminster TV stations |url=https://broadcastdialogue.com/stingray-shutters-lloydminster-tv-stations/ |access-date=15 May 2025 |work=Broadcast Dialogue |date=13 May 2025}}.:

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• Ron Adam – Canadian Football League (CFL) defensive back
• Colby Armstrong – National Hockey League (NHL) forward
• Calvin Ayre – founder of the online gambling company Bodog
• Garnet "Ace" Bailey – NHL forward and scout, died on United Airlines Flight 175
• Leon Benoit – Canadian politician
• Samuel Delbert Clark – sociologist
• Joan Crockatt – Canadian politician, journalist
• Cory Cross – NHL defenceman
• David Dziurzynski – NHL forward
• Rosemarie Falk – Canadian politician
• Scott Hartnell – NHL forward
• Braden Holtby – NHL goaltender
• Skip Krake – NHL forward who now lives in Lloydminster{{cite news|url=http://www.meridianbooster.com/2003/07/23/lloydminster-a-hockey-hot-bed-for-nhl-players |title=Lloydminster a Hockey Hot Bed for NHL players |access-date=2017-04-30 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160917084807/http://www.meridianbooster.com/2003/07/23/lloydminster-a-hockey-hot-bed-for-nhl-players |archive-date=2016-09-17 }}
• Clarke MacArthur – NHL forward
• Lucella MacLean – AAGPBL utility
• James Hanna McCormick – Northern Irish politician
• Keith Morrison – journalist, newscaster{{cite web|url=http://www.friends.ca/news-item/3972 |title=Anchor away: Journalist Keith Morrison has found success south of the border by Ned Powers | Friends of Canadian Broadcasting |publisher=Friends.ca |date=2003-07-02 |access-date=2017-04-30}}
• Wade Redden – NHL defenceman
• Richard Starke – Canadian politician
• James Till – biophysicist who helped demonstrate the existence of stem cells{{Cite journal|last1=Till|first1=J. E.|last2=McCULLOCH|first2=E. A.|last3=Becker|first3=A. J.|date=February 1963|title=Cytological Demonstration of the Clonal Nature of Spleen Colonies Derived from Transplanted Mouse Marrow Cells|journal=Nature|volume=197|issue=4866|pages=452–454|doi=10.1038/197452a0|pmid=13970094|issn=1476-4687|bibcode=1963Natur.197..452B|hdl=1807/2779|s2cid=11106827|hdl-access=free}}
• Lance Ward – NHL defenceman
• Tyler Weiman – NHL goaltender
• Colleen Young – Saskatchewan politician
• Tanner Novlan – actor{{cite web | url=https://www.soapcentral.com/bold-and-beautiful/news/2020/0805-tanner_novlan_finn_interview.php | title=INTERVIEW: Tanner Novlan chats joining the Bold and the Beautiful and what fans can expect from Dr. Finnegan | date=13 April 2020 }}

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