Special Area No. 2#Communities and localities

{{Infobox settlement

| official_name = Special Area No. 2

| settlement_type = Special area

| image_skyline = Little fish lake provincial park campsite.jpg

| image_caption = Little Fish Lake Provincial Park

| nickname =

| motto =

| image_map =

{{Location map+ |CAN AB Special Area 2

|caption =

|float = center

|places =

{{Location map~ |CAN AB Special Area 2

|label = Hanna

|mark = Western Canada Map Assets Town.svg

|marksize = 8

|label_size = 110

|position = top

|lat_deg = 51.638333

|lon_deg = -111.941944}}

{{Location map~ |CAN AB Special Area 2

|label = Empress

|mark = Western Canada Map Assets Village.svg

|marksize = 5

|position = top

|lat_deg = 50.95

|lon_deg = -110.006111}}

{{Location map~ |CAN AB Special Area 2

|label = Dorothy

|mark = Western Canada Map Assets Hamlet.svg

|marksize = 4

|position = right

|lat_deg = 51.279167

|lon_deg = -112.325}}

}}

| image_map1 = AB locator SPECIAL AREAS NO 2.svg

| mapsize1 = 200

| map_caption1 = Location within Alberta

| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = Canada

| subdivision_type1 = Province

| subdivision_name1 = Alberta

| subdivision_type2 = Region

| subdivision_name2 =

|subdivision_type3 = Planning region

|subdivision_name3 = Red Deer

| established_title = Incorporated

| established_date = April 7, 1959{{cite web | url=http://www.municipalaffairs.alberta.ca/cfml/MunicipalProfiles/basicReport/SARE.PDF | title=Municipal Profile: Special Areas Board | type=PDF | publisher=Alberta Municipal Affairs | page=1 | date=October 24, 2014 | access-date=November 3, 2014}}

| government_footnotes =

| leader_title = Governing body

| leader_name = Special Areas Board

| leader_title1 = Municipal office

| leader_name1 = Hanna

| leader_title2 = District office

| leader_name2 = Hanna

| area_footnotes = (2021)

| area_land_km2 = 9195.06

| population_as_of = 2021

| population_footnotes =

| population_note =

| population_total = 1860

| population_density_km2 = 0.2

| population_blank1_title =

| population_blank1 =

| population_blank2_title =

| population_blank2 =

| timezone = MST

| utc_offset = -7

| timezone_DST = MDT

| utc_offset_DST = -6

| coordinates = {{coord|51.4|N|111.7|W|region:CA-AB|display=inline,title}}

| postal_code_type = Forward sortation area

| postal_code = T0J

| area_code_type = Area code

| area_code = 403, 587, 825

| website = {{URL|specialareas.ab.ca}}

| footnotes =

}}

Special Area No. 2 is a special area in southern Alberta, Canada. It is a rural municipality similar to a municipal district; however, the elected council is overseen by four representatives appointed by the province, the Special Areas Board.

Special Area 2 has two provincial parks, Little Fish Lake Provincial Park, and the portion of Dinosaur Provincial Park north of the Red Deer River. Lakes include Little Fish Lake, Dowling Lake, and the south portion of Sullivan Lake.

Geography

= Communities and localities =

The following urban municipalities are surrounded by Special Area No. 2.{{cite web | url=http://www.municipalaffairs.alberta.ca/documents/msb/2012-RuralMuni.pdf | title=Specialized and Rural Municipalities and Their Communities | publisher=Alberta Municipal Affairs | date=2012-03-01 | access-date=2012-08-12}}

;Cities

none

;Towns

Hanna

;Villages

Empress

;Summer villages

none

The following hamlets are located within Special Area No. 2.

The following localities are located within Special Area No. 2.{{cite web | url=http://stds.statcan.gc.ca/sgc-cgt/2006/ersl-rerl-fin-eng.asp?criteria=4804004 | title=Standard Geographical Classification (SGC) 2006, Economic Regions: 4804004 - Special Area No. 2, geographical codes and localities, 2006 | publisher=Statistics Canada | date=2010-03-05 | access-date=2012-08-12 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130701023535/http://stds.statcan.gc.ca/sgc-cgt/2006/ersl-rerl-fin-eng.asp?criteria=4804004 | archive-date=2013-07-01 }}

Alness
Atlee
Batter Junction
Berry Creek
Bonar
Bullpound
Burfield
Clivale
Comet
Dowling
Finnegan
Galarneauville
Garden Plain
Halliday
Halsbury
Howie
Hutton

Lawsonburg
Lonebutte
Lorne Crossing{{cite map | url=https://www.altalis.com/map;id=117 | title=Geo-Administrative Areas (Hamlet, Locality and Townsite Culture Points) | date=October 26, 2020 | publisher=AltaLIS | format=Geodatabase layer | access-date=October 2, 2021}}
Majestic
Medicine Hat Junction
Millerfield
Pollockville
Sharrow
Spondin
Stoppington
Taplow
Trefoil
West Wingham

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Special Area No. 2 had a population of 1,860 living in 644 of its 783 total private dwellings, a change of {{percentage|{{#expr:1860-1905}}|1905|1}} from its 2016 population of 1,905. With a land area of {{cvt|9195.06|km2}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|1860|9195.06|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, Special Area No. 2 had a population of 1,905 living in 648 of its 750 total private dwellings, a change of {{percentage|{{#expr:1905-2025}}|2025|1}} from its 2011 population of 2,025. With a land area of {{convert|9347.57|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|1905|9347.57|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}}