Cayley, Alberta
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Cayley is a hamlet in southern Alberta, Canada within the Foothills County.[1] It is also recognized as a designated place by Statistics Canada.[2]
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History
The community was named for the Hon. Hugh St. Quentin Cayley, a barrister and the publisher of the Calgary Herald in 1884, who also represented Calgary in the Northwest Territories legislature from 1886 to 1894.[3] The hamlet originally contained at least seven grain elevators; all have been demolished. Cayley is also home to a Hutterite colony and a colony school; in 2001, two Cayley Colony girls were the first students from an Alberta colony school to write provincial diploma exams and graduate from high school.[4]
Incorporation history
Previously incorporated as a village on August 4, 1904, Cayley dissolved to hamlet status on June 1, 1996.[5]
Demographics
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In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Cayley had a population of 414 living in 166 of its 170 total private dwellings, a change of Script error: No such module "Percentage". from its 2016 population of 377. With a land area of Template:Cvt, it had a population density of Template:Pop density in 2021.[6]
As a designated place in the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Cayley had a population of 340 living in 143 of its 143 total private dwellings, a change of Script error: No such module "Percentage". from its 2011 population of 265. With a land area of Script error: No such module "convert"., it had a population density of Template:Pop density in 2016.[7]
See also
- List of communities in Alberta
- List of designated places in Alberta
- List of former urban municipalities in Alberta
- List of hamlets in Alberta
References
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