County of Warner No. 5

The County of Warner No. 5 is a municipal district in southern Alberta, Canada. Located in Census Division No. 2 just north of the United States border, its municipal office is located in the Village of Warner.

Warner No. 5
Municipal district
County of Warner No. 5
Last surviving elevator row in Alberta, located in Warner
Logo
Milk River Raymond Coutts Stirling Warner New Dayton Wrentham
Location within Alberta
Country	Canada
Province	Alberta
Region	Southern Alberta
Planning region	South Saskatchewan
Established	1912
Incorporated	1950
Government [1]
• Reeve	Randy Taylor
• Governing body	County of Warner Council
• Administrative office	Warner
Area  (2021)[2]
• Land	4,462.2 km2 (1,722.9 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]
• Total	4,290
• Density	1/km2 (3/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC−7 (MST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−6 (MDT)
Website	warnercounty.ca

History

• 1912 – Warner was originally organised as a rural municipality.
• January, 1913 – Municipal District of Warner No. 36 incorporated.
• January 23, 1923 – Municipal District of Sugar City No. 37 incorporated.
• 1942 – Sugar City Municipality enlarged to include Local Improvement District No. 7 and portions of Local Improvement Districts 8, 38 and 67.
• January 6, 1950 – Warner Municipality enlarged to include Milk River, Coutts and Masinasin districts.
• December 31, 1953 – Sugar City dissolved and portion added to the Municipal District of Warner.
• January 1, 1954 – County of Warner No. 5 incorporated.

Geography

The County of Warner No. 5 comprises approximately 50 townships and is bordered on the south by the Canada-United States border. It is composed of the former Municipal District of Warner No. 36 and a portion of the former Municipal District of Sugar City No. 37.

Communities and localities

The following urban municipalities are surrounded by the County of Warner No. 5.[3] Cities none Towns Milk River Raymond Villages Coutts Stirling Warner Summer villages none The following hamlets are located within the County of Warner No. 5.[3] Hamlets New Dayton Wrentham

The following localities are located within the County of Warner No. 5.[4] Localities Clarinda Conrad Craddock Elmspring Judson Knappen Lucky Strike Masinasin Maybutt McNab Miami[5] New Rockport[5] St. Kilda Other places Allerston (Doran) Mammoth One-Seventeen Two-Fifteen[6]

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the County of Warner No. 5 had a population of 4,290 living in 907 of its 1,032 total private dwellings, a change of 8.8% from its 2016 population of 3,942. With a land area of 4,462.2 km² (1,722.9 sq mi), it had a population density of 1.0/km² (2.5/sq mi) in 2021.^[2]

In the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the County of Warner No. 5 had a population of 3,847 living in 816 of its 941 total private dwellings, a 0.2% change from its 2011 population of 3,841. With a land area of 4,531.55 km² (1,749.64 sq mi), it had a population density of 0.8/km² (2.2/sq mi) in 2016.^[7]

Attractions

See also: List of attractions and landmarks in Stirling

Stirling tourist information replica pioneer house and Bishop's storehouse

Writing-on-stone Provincial Park

Galt Historic Railway Park

• Stirling Agricultural Village, National Historic Site of Canada
• Warner elevator row, last surviving "Grain Elevator Row" in Alberta.
• Galt Historic Railway Park
• Michelsen Farmstead
• William T. Ogden House
• Lost Frontier Mini-Railway
• Writing-on-Stone Provincial Park
• Devil's Coulee Dinosaur Heritage Museum
• Centennial Park
• Stirling Elevator
• Neils Hogenson House
• Andrew Larson House
• Temple Hill
• Raymond Golf Club
• Milk River Golf Club

Events

• Stirling Settler Days
• Victorian Prairie Christmas – Galt Railway Park
• Raymond Stampede
• Milk River Bonanza Days
• Coutts Days
• Warner Dino Days

Education

Westwind School Division No. 74 and Horizon School Division No. 67 provide education within the boundaries of the County of Warner No. 5.

Early school districts

Listed below are the former school districts that once provided education within the County of Warner No. 5.^[8]

Name & SD No.	Image	Location	Date Established	Date Closed/ Disbanded	Notes
Galt/Stirling No. 647		29 – 6 – 19 – W4	19 November 1901		Originally named Galt, the name was changed to Stirling in 1957.[9]
Raymond No. 700		8 – 6 – 20 – W4	1 May 1902[10]
Mammoth No. 1379		24 – 5 – 20 – W4	9 August 1905[11]
Warner No. 1675		10 – 4 – 17 – W4	31 July 1907[12]
Tyrells Lake No. 2007		20-5-17-W4	8 July 1909	1939	Demolished 1940s[13]
Milk River Valley/Masinasin No. 2024		15 – 2 – 13 – W4	24 August 1909		Originally named Milk River Valley, the name was changed to Masinasin in 1941.[14]
Milk River No. 2056		15 – 2 – 13 – W4	8 October 1909[14]
Grain No. 2597		15-1-11-W4	25 November 1911[15]
West Butte/St. Kilda No. 2747		11-1-12-W4	25 May 1912		Originally named West Butte, the name was changed to St. Kilda in 1920.[16]
Indian Rock No. 2540		18-1-12 -W4 moved? to 11 – 1 – 12 – W4	25 August 1911[17]
Locke No. 2730		31-1-13 -W4 Moved? to 28 – 2 – 13 – W4	10 May 1912[18]
Clarinda No. 2459		8-1-13 -W4	10 June 1911[19]
Verburg No. 2439		33-1-14 -W4	10 May 1911[20]
Sexton Creek No. 2510		9-1-14 -W4 moved? to 33 – 1 – 14 – W4	24 July 1911[21]
Lind No. 2170		34-1-16 -W4	25 April 1910[22]
John Joes No. 2198		24-1-17-W4	26 May 1910		Also spelled John Jo[23]
Two Fifteen No. 2153		20-2-15-W4	26 March 1910 March 26		Moved to Milk River for a class room when the district was joined with Milk River Consolidated District 12, December 1945[24]
Sleepy Hollow No. 2634		24-2-15-W4	25 January 1912[25]
Lucky Strike No. 2589		17-3-11-W4	9 November 1911[26]
Prairie Round No. 2152		21-3-12-W4	26 March 1910 March 26[27]
Patience No. 2156		23-6-17-W4	26 March 1910[28]
Maybutt		32-6-19-W4	1910	1924	Classes were first held at the Presbyterian Church, a vacant Chinese restaurant and later the Prairie Queen Hotel at the corner of First Avenue and Front Street, Maybutt. Plans to build a school house never got past the planning stages and children from Maybutt were bused to the neighbouring town of Stirling in 1924.[29]
Kippen No. 2080		34-2-12-W4	9 December 1909	1933	Kippenville Consolidated 7 created in 1915 by Kippen & Green Villa disorganized in 1933[30]
Bankview No. 3042		16-1-17-W4	1913	1953
Craddock/Bluesky No. 3456		33 – 81 – 2 – W6	15 February 1917		Originally named Craddock, the name was changed to Bluesky in 1947.[31]
Coutts No. 3560		4 – 1 – 15 – W4	30 October 1917[32]
North Wrentham No. 3618		7 – 16 – W4	18 February 1918[33]
Wrentham No. 3617		36 – 6 – 17 – W4	18 February 1918[34]
Conrad No. 4077		11 – 61 – 12 – W4	3 November 1921[35]

See also

• List of communities in Alberta
• List of municipal districts in Alberta