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Village in Alberta, Canada
Girouxville
(
ji-
ROO
-vil
,
Quebec French:
[?i?uv?l]
) is a village in
northern Alberta
, Canada. It is located 58 kilometres (36 mi) south of the
Town of Peace River
.
History
[
edit
]
The community has the name of the local Giroux family, being named after Father Henri Giroux, a
Roman Catholic
missionary
appointed by
Emile Grouard
.
[3]
In 1951, Girouxville was incorporated as a village.
[4]
Demographics
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]
In the
2021 Census of Population
conducted by
Statistics Canada
, the Village of Girouxville had a population of 278 living in 127 of its 150 total private dwellings, a change of
26.9% from its 2016 population of 219. With a land area of 0.66 km
2
(0.25 sq mi), it had a population density of
421.2/km
2
(1,090.9/sq mi) in 2021.
[2]
The population of the Village of Girouxville according to its
2017 municipal census
is 289.
[13]
In the
2016 Census of Population
conducted by Statistics Canada, the Village of Girouxville recorded a population of 219 living in 107 of its 130 total private dwellings, a
-17.7% change from its 2011 population of 266. With a land area of 0.67 km
2
(0.26 sq mi), it had a population density of
326.9/km
2
(846.6/sq mi) in 2016.
[12]
Notable people
[
edit
]
Singer and actor
Robert Goulet
lived in Girouxville for a portion of his teenage years.
[14]
See also
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References
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- ^
"Location and History Profile: Village of Girouxville"
(PDF)
.
Alberta Municipal Affairs
. October 21, 2016. p. 316
. Retrieved
October 23,
2016
.
- ^
a
b
c
"Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities)"
.
Statistics Canada
. February 9, 2022
. Retrieved
February 9,
2022
.
- ^
Place-names of Alberta
. Ottawa: Geographic Board of Canada. 1928. p. 57.
- ^
Discover The Peace Country.
"Girouxville - Community Profile"
.
- ^
"Table 6: Population by sex, for census subdivisions, 1956 and 1951".
Census of Canada, 1956
. Vol. I: Population. Ottawa:
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
. 1958.
- ^
"Table 9: Population by census subdivisions, 1966 by sex, and 1961".
1966 Census of Canada
. Western Provinces. Vol. Population: Divisions and Subdivisions. Ottawa:
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
. 1967.
- ^
"Table 3: Population for census divisions and subdivisions, 1971 and 1976".
1976 Census of Canada
. Census Divisions and Subdivisions, Western Provinces and the Territories. Vol. Population: Geographic Distributions. Ottawa:
Statistics Canada
. 1977.
- ^
"Table 2: Census Subdivisions in Alphabetical Order, Showing Population Rank, Canada, 1981".
1981 Census of Canada
. Vol. Census subdivisions in decreasing population order. Ottawa:
Statistics Canada
. 1982.
ISBN
0-660-51563-6
.
- ^
"Table 2: Population and Dwelling Counts, for Census Divisions and Census Subdivisions, 1986 and 1991 ? 100% Data".
91 Census
. Vol. Population and Dwelling Counts ? Census Divisions and Census Subdivisions. Ottawa:
Statistics Canada
. 1992. pp. 100?108.
ISBN
0-660-57115-3
.
- ^
"Population and Dwelling Counts, for Canada, Provinces and Territories, and Census Divisions, 2001 and 1996 Censuses ? 100% Data (Alberta)"
.
Statistics Canada
. Retrieved
2019-05-25
.
- ^
"Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), 2006 and 2001 censuses ? 100% data (Alberta)"
.
Statistics Canada
. January 6, 2010
. Retrieved
2019-05-25
.
- ^
a
b
"Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), 2016 and 2011 censuses ? 100% data (Alberta)"
.
Statistics Canada
. February 8, 2017
. Retrieved
February 8,
2017
.
- ^
"2017 Municipal Affairs Population List"
(PDF)
.
Alberta Municipal Affairs
.
ISBN
978-1-4601-3652-2
. Retrieved
January 13,
2018
.
- ^
"Singer, actor Robert Goulet dies at 73"
. CBC News. 2007-10-30
. Retrieved
2011-02-06
.
55°45′14″N
117°20′19″W
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55.75389°N 117.33861°W
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55.75389; -117.33861