Munson | |
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Village of Munson | |
Coordinates: 51°33′47″N 112°44′30″W / 51.56306°N 112.74167°W | |
Country | Canada |
Province | Alberta |
Region | Central Alberta |
Census Division | No. 5 |
Municipal district | Starland County |
Incorporated[1] | |
• Village | May 5, 1911 |
Government | |
• Mayor | Mary Taylor |
• Governing body | Munson Village Council |
Area (2021)[3] | |
• Land | 2.56 km2 (0.99 sq mi) |
Elevation | 825 m (2,707 ft) |
Population (2021)[3] | |
• Total | 170 |
• Density | 66.3/km2 (172/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC−7 (MST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−6 (MDT) |
Highways | 9 |
Munson is a village in central Alberta, Canada. It is located 13 km north of the Town of Drumheller along Highway 9 and the Canadian National Railway tracks.
Prior to the end of World War I, Munson was the site of a Ukrainian Canadian internment camp where non-citizen immigrant prisoners laboured on the railway. The camp, which remained open until March 21, 1919, consisted of shelters made of railway cars.[4]
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Village of Munson had a population of 170 living in 74 of its 82 total private dwellings, a change of -11.5% from its 2016 population of 192. With a land area of 2.56 km2 (0.99 sq mi), it had a population density of 66.4/km2 (172.0/sq mi) in 2021.[3]
In the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Village of Munson recorded a population of 192 living in 82 of its 89 total private dwellings, a -5.9% change from its 2011 population of 204. With a land area of 2.53 km2 (0.98 sq mi), it had a population density of 75.9/km2 (196.6/sq mi) in 2016.[5]