Division No. 3, Alberta facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Division No. 3
Census division in Alberta
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Country	Canada
Province	Alberta
Area
• Total	13,866 km2 (5,354 sq mi)
	As of 2011
Population  (2011)
• Total	38,566
• Density	2.78134/km2 (7.2036/sq mi)

Division No. 3 is a census division in Alberta, Canada. It is located in the southwest corner of southern Alberta and its largest urban community is the Town of Claresholm.

Census subdivisions

The following census subdivisions (municipalities or municipal equivalents) are located within Alberta's Division No. 3.

• Towns
  • Cardston
  • Claresholm
  • Fort Macleod
  • Granum
  • Magrath
  • Nanton
  • Pincher Creek
  • Stavely
• Villages
  • Cowley
  • Glenwood
  • Hill Spring
• Municipal districts
  • Cardston County
  • Pincher Creek No. 9, M.D. of
  • Willow Creek No. 26, M.D. of
• Improvement districts
  • Improvement District No. 4 (Waterton Lakes National Park)
• Indian reserves
  • Blood 148
  • Blood 148A
  • Piikani 147

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Division No. 3 had a population of 40,768 living in 14,163 of its 16,229 total private dwellings, a change of 4.7% from its 2016 population of 38,956. With a land area of 13,725.07 km² (5,299.28 sq mi), it had a population density of 3.0/km² (7.8/sq mi) in 2021.

See also

In Spanish: División n.º 3 (Alberta) para niños