Springbrook, Alberta
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{{Use Canadian English|date=September 2021}}
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|subdivision_name1 = Alberta
|subdivision_type2 = Region
|subdivision_name2 = Central Alberta
|subdivision_type3 = Census division
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|subdivision_type4 = Municipal district
|subdivision_name4 = Red Deer County
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| area_land_km2 = 5.26
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| population_total = 1534
| population_density_km2 = 291.6
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|timezone = MST
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Springbrook is a hamlet in central Alberta, Canada within Red Deer County.{{AltaML}} It is located {{convert|1|km}} west of Highway 2A, approximately {{convert|11|km}} southwest of Red Deer, and approximately {{convert|6|km}} north of Penhold. Springbrook is also recognized by Statistics Canada as a designated place.
Springbrook was home of the Penhold Air Cadet Summer Training Centre (PACSTC).{{cite news |title=End of an era: the doors have closed on Penhold Air Cadet summer training centre |url=https://www.reddeeradvocate.com/uncategorized/end-of-an-era-the-doors-have-closed-on-penhold-air-cadet-summer-training-centre/ |access-date=June 6, 2020 |work=Red Deer Advocate |agency=Red Deer Advocate |publisher=Black Press Group Ltd. |date=August 18, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200606213110/https://www.reddeeradvocate.com/uncategorized/end-of-an-era-the-doors-have-closed-on-penhold-air-cadet-summer-training-centre/ |archive-date=June 6, 2020 |language=en}} The PACSTC was formerly RCAF Station Penhold.
Demographics
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| source = Statistics Canada
{{cite web | url=http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2011/dp-pd/hlt-fst/pd-pl/Table-Tableau.cfm?LANG=Eng&T=1302&PR=48&S=51&O=A&RPP=25 | title=Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and designated places, 2011 and 2006 censuses (Alberta) | publisher=Statistics Canada | date=February 8, 2012 | access-date=September 19, 2024}}
|2006|956
|2011|1079
|2016|1507
|2021|1534
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In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Springbrook had a population of 1,534 living in 579 of its 605 total private dwellings, a change of {{percentage|{{#expr:1534-1507}}|1507|1}} from its 2016 population of 1,507. With a land area of {{cvt|5.26|km2}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|1534|5.26|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, Springbrook had a population of 1,507 living in 532 of its 552 total private dwellings, a change of {{percentage|{{#expr:1507-1079}}|1079|1}} from its 2011 population of 1,079. With a land area of {{convert|5.26|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|1507|5.26|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}}
See also
References
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Category:Designated places in Alberta
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