Strathcona County

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Strathcona County is a specialized municipality in the Edmonton Metropolitan Region within Alberta, Canada between Edmonton and Elk Island National Park. It forms part of Census Division No. 11.

Strathcona County is both urban and rural in nature. Approximately Template:Percentage of its population lives in Sherwood Park, which is an urban service area east of Edmonton, remains an unincorporated hamlet. The balance lives beyond Sherwood Park within a rural service area.

HistoryEdit

In Treaty 6, the First Nations ceded their title to the land that would become Strathcona County. Local governance began in 1893 when the North-West Territorial Legislature established an area east of Edmonton as Statute Labour District No. 2.<ref name=SCLGtimeline>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> It then grew in size over the following decade and was renamed Local Improvement District (LID) No. 517 in 1913.<ref name=SCLGtimeline/> In 1918, LID No. 517 became a municipal district under the name of the Municipal District (MD) of Clover Bar No. 517.<ref name=SCLGtimeline/> At the same time, the neighbouring LID No. 518 to the south became the MD of Strathcona No. 518.<ref name=SCLGtimeline/>

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The MD of Clover Bar No. 517 and the MD of Strathcona No. 518 amalgamated on March 1, 1943, into a larger municipal district under the name of the MD of Strathcona No. 517.<ref name=AMAProfile1>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> It was subsequently renumbered as the MD of Strathcona No. 83 in 1945.<ref name=SCLGtimeline/> Upon further amalgamating with the Clover Bar School Division No. 13,<ref name=SCLGtimeline/> the MD of Strathcona No. 83 incorporated as a county under the name of the County of Strathcona No. 20 on January 1, 1962.<ref name=AMAProfile1/> Its county status reverted to municipal district status in 1995 when the County Act was repealed by the provincial legislature though its name remained County of Strathcona No. 20.<ref name=SCLGtimeline/> Its name was officially changed to Strathcona County on April 26, 1995.<ref name=AMAProfile1/> Shortly thereafter, Strathcona County's status was changed from municipal district to specialized municipality on January 1, 1996.<ref name=AMAProfile1/>

The purpose of Strathcona County's change to specialized municipality status was to provide "for the unique needs of a municipality that includes both a large urban centre and a significant rural territory and population."<ref name=AMAProfile1/> The status change specifically designated Strathcona County's large urban centre, Sherwood Park, as an urban service area deemed equivalent to a city.<ref name=strathcona>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Its remaining rural territory was specifically designated a rural service area deemed equivalent to a municipal district.<ref name=strathcona/>

GeographyEdit

Strathcona County is in the central portion of the province of Alberta<ref name=basemap>Template:Cite map</ref> and forms the eastern portion of the Edmonton Metropolitan Region.<ref name=EMRBmap>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> It borders Lamont County to the northeast, Improvement District No. 13 (Elk Island National Park) to the east, Beaver County to the southeast, Leduc County to the south, the City of Edmonton to the west, the City of Fort Saskatchewan to the northeast, and Sturgeon County to the north.<ref name=basemap/> The North Saskatchewan River forms its municipal boundary with Sturgeon County.<ref name=basemap/> Some of its water bodies include Cooking Lake, Half Moon, and Hastings Lake.<ref name=basemap/>

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The following urban municipalities are surrounded by Strathcona County.

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The following localities are located within Strathcona County.<ref name=localities>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Localities

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  • Adam Lily Acres
  • Akenside
  • Akenside Estates
  • Arddmoor-Rosswood
  • Ardmoor
  • Artesian Estates
  • Aspen Heights
  • Aspen View
  • Aurora Place
  • Avery Park
  • Ball Meadows
  • Baronwood
  • Beaver Brook Estates
  • Beaver Valley Estates
  • Beck Estates
  • Belvedere Heights
  • Belvedere Heights East
  • Belvedere Heights West
  • Berry Hill
  • Best Estates
  • Beverly Hills
  • Birch Park
  • Birchwood Village
  • Brecken Woods
  • Bremner
  • Bretona
  • Bretville Junction
  • Bristol Estates
  • Brookville Estates
  • Busenius Estates
  • Calebo Estates
  • Camelot Square
  • Campbelltown
  • Campbelltown Heights
  • Carriage Lane
  • Caswellem
  • Century Estates
  • Century Meadows
  • Chrenek Acres
  • Chrenek Estates
  • Claireridge Estates
  • Clarkdale Meadows
  • Clover Bar
  • Cloverlea
  • Colonel Younger Estates
  • Colonial Estates
  • Cooking Lake
  • Country Club Estates
  • Craigavon
  • Cranston Place
  • Croftland
  • Dasmarinas Estates
  • Deer Horn Estates
  • Deville
  • Dixon Crescent
  • Dixon Place
  • Donaldson Park
  • Dowling Estates
  • Dunbar
  • East Edmonton
  • East Whitecroft
  • Easton Acres
  • Eastwood Estates
  • Elk Island
  • Elkland Estates
  • Executive Estates
  • Farrell Estates
  • Farrell Properties
  • Forest Hills Country Estates
  • Fulham Park
  • Galloway Park Subdivision
  • Garden Estates
  • Garden Heights
  • Glenwood Park Estates
  • Good Hope
  • Graham Heights
  • Gray Drive Estates
  • Greenbrae
  • Greenhaven
  • Greenhaven Estates
  • Greenwood Estates
  • Griesbach
  • Gunnmanor
  • Half Moon Estates
  • Hanson Estates
  • Hercules
  • Heritage Hills
  • High Ridge Place
  • Highroad Estates
  • Hillsdale
  • Hillside Park
  • Holland Subdivision
  • Horton Place
  • Hulbert Crescent
  • Hunter Heights
  • Hunter Hill Estates
  • Hyland Hills
  • Ireland Subdivision
  • Ithacan Drive
  • Jidaro Valley Subdivision
  • Keding Estates
  • Lakeland Village
  • Lakeland Village Trailer Park
  • Lakeview
  • Lakeview Estates
  • Lakewood Acres
  • Lark Hill Farms
  • Las Villas
  • Laurina Estates
  • Levder's Ridge Subdivision
  • Lina Country Estates
  • Lincoln Green
  • Lindale<ref name=AltaGNS>Template:Cite map</ref>
  • Lindale Park
  • Lindberg
  • Lueder Ridge
  • Lynley Ridge
  • Mark Iv Estates
  • Marler Subdivision
  • Marvin Gardens
  • McConnell Estates
  • Meadow Court
  • Meadow Land Estates
  • Meadowbrook Heights
  • Meyers Lakeshore Estates
  • Midway Estates
  • Military Point
  • Miniskic Estates
  • Newton Estates
  • North Queensdale Place
  • Ordze Park and Wye Road Garden
  • Parker Ridge
  • Parklane Estates
  • Parkside Estates
  • Parkview Ridge
  • Parkwood Place
  • Partridge Hill
  • Paso Valley Subdivision
  • Patricia Estates
  • Pebble Court
  • Penridge Estates
  • Pine Grove Acres
  • Pleasant View
  • Pleasantview Acreages
  • Pointe Aux Pins Estates
  • Poplar Lake Estates
  • Portas Gardens
  • Queensdale Place<ref name=AltaGNS/>
  • Quesnel Country Estates
  • Regency Park Estates
  • Reno-Ville
  • Richlyn Estates
  • Rolling Forest Estates
  • Roman Estates
  • Rose Burn Estate
  • Rossbrooke Estates
  • Royal Estates
  • Royal Gardens
  • Ryedale Estates
  • Sconadale
  • Sconaglen Estates
  • Scot Haven
  • Scotford
  • Shady Lanes
  • Sherwood Place
  • Sierra Grand Estates
  • Silver Birch Hills
  • Simmons
  • Simpson Grange
  • Smithson Acres
  • South Bailey
  • South Queensdale Place
  • Springhill Estate
  • Spruce Bend Estate
  • Summerwood
  • Sun Hill Estates
  • Tanglewood Estates
  • Tidan Heights
  • Trans Oak Estates
  • Trevithick<ref name=AltaGNS/>
  • Trevithick Subdivision
  • Twin Island Air Park
  • Uncas
  • Valley Point
  • Verden Place
  • Voyageur Estates
  • Wellington Estates
  • West Whitecroft
  • Westpark Estates
  • Whitecroft
  • Wildwood Village
  • Williams Park
  • Willow Lake Estates
  • Willowdale Estates
  • Winfield Heights
  • Woodland Downs
  • Woodland Park
  • Woodville Estates
  • Wye Haven
  • Wye Knott Village
  • Wyeclif
  • Wyeknot Village

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DemographicsEdit

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The population of Strathcona County according to its 2024 municipal census is 103,829, a change of Template:Percentage from its 2022 municipal census population of 100,362.<ref name=2024census>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Its 2024 population includes 75,575 or Template:Percentage living in the Sherwood Park urban service area and 28,253 or Template:Percentage in the rural service area.<ref name=2024census/>

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Strathcona County had a population of 99,225 living in 37,128 of its 38,203 total private dwellings, a change of Template:Percentage from its 2016 population of 98,024. With a land area of Template:Cvt, it had a population density of Template:Pop density in 2021.<ref name=2021census>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

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In the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Strathcona County had a population of 98,044 living in 35,567 of its 36,354 total private dwellings, a change of Template:Percentage from its 2011 population of 92,490. With a land area of Template:Convert, it had a population density of Template:Pop density in 2016.<ref name=2016censusABmunis>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

EthnicityEdit

Panethnic groups in the Municipality of Strathcona County (2001−2021)
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EuropeanTemplate:Efn 83,940 Template:Percentage 85,990 Template:Percentage 82,960 Template:Percentage 75,970 Template:Percentage 67,930 Template:Percentage
Indigenous 4,600 Template:Percentage 3,880 Template:Percentage 3,480 Template:Percentage 2,270 Template:Percentage 1,510 Template:Percentage
Southeast AsianTemplate:Efn 2,820 Template:Percentage 2,110 Template:Percentage 1,150 Template:Percentage 860 Template:Percentage 365 Template:Percentage
South Asian 2,650 Template:Percentage 1,820 Template:Percentage 1,425 Template:Percentage 805 Template:Percentage 485 Template:Percentage
East AsianTemplate:Efn 1,315 Template:Percentage 1,280 Template:Percentage 1,015 Template:Percentage 980 Template:Percentage 545 Template:Percentage
African 985 Template:Percentage 775 Template:Percentage 455 Template:Percentage 450 Template:Percentage 360 Template:Percentage
Latin American 570 Template:Percentage 455 Template:Percentage 525 Template:Percentage 160 Template:Percentage 85 Template:Percentage
Middle EasternTemplate:Efn 370 Template:Percentage 325 Template:Percentage 175 Template:Percentage 160 Template:Percentage 50 Template:Percentage
Other/multiracialTemplate:Efn 480 Template:Percentage 380 Template:Percentage 315 Template:Percentage 180 Template:Percentage 95 Template:Percentage
Total responses 97,730 Template:Percentage 97,020 Template:Percentage 91,495 Template:Percentage 81,845 Template:Percentage 71,420 Template:Percentage
Total population 99,225 Template:Percentage 98,044 Template:Percentage 92,490 Template:Percentage 82,511 Template:Percentage 71,986 Template:Percentage
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EconomyEdit

Industrial

Strathcona County has over $12.0 billion worth of industrial projects completed, announced, or under construction.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> This is aided in part by the concentration of oil refineries on the west side of Sherwood Park. This district, known as Refinery Row, includes some of the largest industrial facilities in Western Canada, such as Imperial's Strathcona Refinery. Originally built in the 1940s, a new refinery was constructed in 1976 and is one of the largest refining facilities in Canada.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> As well, the Suncor's Edmonton Refinery produces Template:Convert of gasoline, diesel, jet fuel, and aviation gasoline. This refinery sits on 247 hectares of land and has been operating for over 65 years.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> A founding member of Alberta's Industrial Heartland, Strathcona County is home to Canada's largest hydrocarbon refining cluster.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

In 2002, when reporting on the industrial growth of Strathcona County, Alberta, the National Post focused specifically on the companies Lockerbie & Hole Contracting and Jireh Industries.<ref name=":0">Template:Cite news</ref> Regarding Jireh Industries, the National Post stated that the company "does aerospace quality machining and makes robots that inspect on-surface and underwater pipelines for cracks and corrosion."<ref name=":0" /> As of 2020, the leading industries in Strathcona County are extraction, manufacturing, scientific, construction, trucking and engineering.

Commercial

Strathcona County is home to more than 11,000 businesses, with 3,500 of those businesses comprising employees. A market area population of 1.4 million has resulted in household spending power of $5.6 billion. Strathcona County has over 15,800 highly-skilled graduates available with 94% of residents holding a diploma, certificate, or degree. Within the active business community, there are several resources available to local entrepreneurs to help support their businesses:<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

  • Small Business Week and Conference
  • Business Visitation Program
  • Business Startup Seminars and Support
  • Business Planning and Site Selection Resources

Arts and cultureEdit

{{ safesubst:#invoke:Unsubst||date=__DATE__ |$B= {{ safesubst:#invoke:Unsubst||date=__DATE__ |$B= Template:Ambox }} }} Strathcona County Library is a publicly funded library with its main branch in Sherwood Park. Its bookmobile provides service to rural residents through 14 regular weekly stops.

AttractionsEdit

Elk Island National Park is adjacent to Strathcona County to the east.<ref name=basemap/>

GovernmentEdit

Unlike most Albertan municipal districts, where council appoints a reeve, Strathcona County elects a mayor. Rod Frank was elected in 2017,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> replacing Roxanne Carr who was elected in 2013.

InfrastructureEdit

Airports

Strathcona County is home to two public airports. Cooking Lake Airport, which operates as a condo board, accommodates 87 per cent of Strathcona County's public aeronautical transportation needs.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> It is also the oldest operating public airport in Canada and approved for international flights under the Canada Border Services Agency CANPASS program.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

The Warren Thomas Aerodrome, better known as the Josephburg Airport, serves the remaining 13 per cent of Strathcona County's public aeronautical transportation needs.

Roads

The following provincial highways service Strathcona County.<ref name=basemap/> Template:Div col

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Sports

Strathcona Druids RFC

See alsoEdit

NotesEdit

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