Английская Википедия:Irma, Alberta

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Irma is a village in central Alberta, Canada. It is located Шаблон:Convert northwest of Wainwright and 178 km southeast of Edmonton along Highway 14 and Highway 881.

History

The Village of Irma came into being in 1908 when the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway came through. Irma was later incorporated as a Village on May 30, 1912. The village was supposedly named after the daughter of the GTPR second vice-president General William Wainwright.[1] Records show three major fires in the downtown area. These broke out in 1911, 1931 and 1963. Most of the buildings on the main street (now 50 Street) were reconstructed after the 1931 fire. Alberta's first rural high school was located in Irma; it was eventually replaced and the new school opened on November 4, 2019.[2]

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Village of Irma had a population of 477 living in 207 of its 240 total private dwellings, a change of Шаблон:Percentage from its 2016 population of 521. With a land area of Шаблон:Cvt, it had a population density of Шаблон:Pop density in 2021.[3]

In the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Village of Irma recorded a population of 521 living in 221 of its 242 total private dwellings, a Шаблон:Percentage change from its 2011 population of 457. With a land area of Шаблон:Convert, it had a population density of Шаблон:Pop density in 2016.[4]

Notable people

See also

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Шаблон:Subdivisions of Alberta