Erskine, Alberta
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Erskine (Template:IPAc-en) is a hamlet in Alberta, Canada, within County of Stettler No. 6.[1] Previously an incorporated municipality, Erskine dissolved from village status on May 10, 1946, to become part of the Municipal District of Waverly No. 367.[2]
Erskine is located approximately Script error: No such module "convert". west of Stettler, Script error: No such module "convert". south of Rochon Sands and Script error: No such module "convert". east of Red Deer. It was established in 1905 and named after British jurist Thomas Erskine, 1st Baron Erskine (1750–1823).
History
Erskine was home to one of the worst mass slayings in Alberta when Social Credit Stettler representative John Clark murdered seven people before committing suicide on June 3, 1956.[3]
Demographics
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Erskine had a population of 319 living in 136 of its 140 total private dwellings, a change of Script error: No such module "Percentage". from its 2016 population of 282. With a land area of Template:Cvt, it had a population density of Template:Pop density in 2021.[4]
As a designated place in the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Erskine had a population of 282 living in 122 of its 134 total private dwellings, a change of Script error: No such module "Percentage". from its 2011 population of 290. With a land area of Script error: No such module "convert"., it had a population density of Template:Pop density in 2016.[5]
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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