Coutts, Alberta

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Coutts (Script error: No such module "IPAc-en". Script error: No such module "Respell".) is a village in southern Alberta, Canada that is a port of entry into the U.S. state of Montana.[1] It is one of the busiest ports of entry on the Canada–United States border in western Canada. It connects Highway 4 to Interstate 15, an important trade route (CANAMEX Corridor) between Alberta, American states along I-15, and Mexico. It is 99km to Lethbridge and 146km to Medicine Hat.

The community has the name of William Burdett-Coutts, a railroad official.[2]

In 2004, a joint border facility opened in Coutts–Sweet Grass, Montana, housing both Canadian and American federal authorities.[3]

History

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Demographics

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In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Village of Coutts had a population of 224 living in 112 of its 152 total private dwellings, a change of Script error: No such module "Percentage". from its 2016 population of 245. With a land area of Template:Cvt, it had a population density of Script error: No such module "Pop density". in 2021.[6]

In the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Village of Coutts recorded a population of 245 living in 122 of its 159 total private dwellings; this represents a change of Script error: No such module "Percentage". from its 2011 population of 277. With a land area of Script error: No such module "convert"., it had a population density of Script error: No such module "Pop density". in 2016.[7]

See also

References

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External links

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