Rycroft, Alberta

{{Infobox settlement

| name = Rycroft

| official_name = Village of Rycroft

| other_name =

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| nickname =

| settlement_type = Village

| motto = Hub of the Peace

| image_skyline = Rycroft Tipi.JPG

| image_caption = Strip mall and tipi in Rycroft

| image_seal = Seal of Rycroft, Alberta.gif

| image_map = 0275 Village Rycroft, Alberta Locator.svg

| map_caption = Location in the MD of Spirit River No. 133

| pushpin_map = Canada Alberta

| pushpin_label_position =

| pushpin_map_caption = Location of Rycroft in Alberta

| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = Canada

| subdivision_type1 = Province

| subdivision_name1 = Alberta

| subdivision_type2 = Region

| subdivision_name2 = Northern Alberta

| subdivision_type3 = Planning region

| subdivision_name3 = Upper Peace

| subdivision_type4 = Municipal district

| subdivision_name4 = Municipal District of Spirit River No. 133

| government_footnotes = {{AMOS}}

| government_type =

| leader_title = Mayor

| leader_name = Diahann Potrebenko

| leader_title1 = Governing body

| leader_name1 = Rycroft Village Council

| established_title = Founded

| established_date =

| established_title1 = Incorporated{{cite web | url=http://www.municipalaffairs.alberta.ca/cfml/MunicipalProfiles/basicReport/VILG.PDF | publisher=Alberta Municipal Affairs | title=Location and History Profile: Village of Rycroft | page=534 | date=October 21, 2016 | access-date=October 23, 2016}}

| established_date1 =

| established_title2 = • Village

| established_date2 = March 15, 1944

| area_footnotes = (2021)

| area_land_km2 = 1.85

| population_as_of = 2021

| population_footnotes =

| population_note =

| population_total = 550

| population_density_km2 = 297.1

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| timezone = MST

| utc_offset = −7

| timezone_DST = MDT

| utc_offset_DST = −6

|coordinates = {{coord|55|45|28|N|118|41|48|W|region:CA-AB|display=inline,title}}

| elevation_footnotes =

| elevation_m = 600

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| blank_name = Highways

| blank_info = 2
49

| blank1_name = Waterways

| blank1_info = Spirit River

| website = {{official website|www.rycroft.ca}}

| footnotes =

}}

Rycroft is a village in northern Alberta, Canada. It is approximately {{convert|68|km|mi|abbr=on}} north of Grande Prairie and {{convert|7|km|mi|abbr=on}} east of Spirit River. Dunvegan Provincial Park is located 20 km north of the community.

The post office was originally known as Spirit River. The name was changed to Roycroft in 1920 to honour R.H. Roycroft, a prominent local citizen, and was altered to Rycroft in 1933.{{Cite book|last=Hamilton|first=William|title=The Macmillan Book of Canadian Place Names|publisher=Macmillan|year=1978|isbn=0-7715-9754-1|location=Toronto|pages=31}}

Demographics

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|footnote = Source: Statistics Canada
{{cite book | title=Census of the Prairie Provinces, 1946 | volume=I: Population | year=1949 | publisher=Dominion Bureau of Statistics | location=Ottawa | pages=397–400 | chapter=Table 5: Population of urban centres, 1916-1946, with guide to locations}}{{cite book | title=Census of Canada, 1956 | volume=I: Population | year=1958 | publisher=Dominion Bureau of Statistics | location=Ottawa | chapter=Table 6: Population by sex, for census subdivisions, 1956 and 1951}}{{cite book | title=1966 Census of Canada | volume=Population: Divisions and Subdivisions | series=Western Provinces | year=1967 | publisher=Dominion Bureau of Statistics | location=Ottawa | chapter=Table 9: Population by census subdivisions, 1966 by sex, and 1961}}{{cite book | title=1976 Census of Canada | volume=Population: Geographic Distributions | series=Census Divisions and Subdivisions, Western Provinces and the Territories | year=1977 | publisher=Statistics Canada | location=Ottawa | chapter=Table 3: Population for census divisions and subdivisions, 1971 and 1976}}{{cite book | title=1981 Census of Canada | volume=Census subdivisions in decreasing population order | year=1982 | publisher=Statistics Canada | location=Ottawa | chapter=Table 2: Census Subdivisions in Alphabetical Order, Showing Population Rank, Canada, 1981 | isbn=0-660-51563-6}}{{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 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=2019-05-25}}{{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=January 6, 2010 | access-date=2019-05-25}}

|1946|272

|1951|372

|1956|424

|1961|500

|1966|539

|1971|461

|1976|533

|1981|649

|1986|672

|1991|634

|1996|667

|2001|609

|2006|638

|2011|628

|2016|612

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In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Village of Rycroft had a population of 550 living in 243 of its 299 total private dwellings, a change of {{percentage|{{#expr:550-612}}|612|1}} from its 2016 population of 612. With a land area of {{cvt|1.85|km2}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|550|1.85|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 Village of Rycroft recorded a population of 612 living in 274 of its 316 total private dwellings, a {{percentage|{{#expr:612-628}}|628|1}} change from its 2011 population of 628. With a land area of {{convert|1.92|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|612|1.92|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}}