Municipal District of Ranchland No. 66

For the Calgary neighbourhood, see Ranchlands, Calgary.

The Municipal District of Ranchland No. 66 is a municipal district (MD) in southwest Alberta, Canada. Containing no urban communities of any kind, its municipal office is in Chain Lakes Provincial Park,^[3] approximately 38 km (24 mi) southwest of the Town of Nanton. Ranchland's rugged foothill terrain is unsuited for the crop agriculture practised elsewhere in Alberta, and ranching remains the single livelihood of its inhabitants. With a 2016 population of 92, it is the least populated municipal district in Alberta, and its population density of 29 square kilometres for every resident is almost exactly equal to that of the Northwest Territories.

MD of Ranchland Administration building

Municipal District of Ranchland No. 66
Municipal district
Ranchland landscape with welcome sign
Logo Ranchland resident moving cattle.
Motto:  "Preserving our ranching heritage."
Chain Lakes PP
Location within Alberta
Country	Canada
Province	Alberta
Region	Southern Alberta
Planning region	South Saskatchewan
Established	1995
Incorporated	1995
Government [1]
• Reeve	Ron Davis
• Governing body	MD of Ranchland Council
• Administrative office	Chain Lakes Provincial Park
Area  (2021)[2]
• Land	2,636.75 km2 (1,018.05 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]
• Total	110
• Density	0/km2 (0/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC−7 (MST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−6 (MDT)
Website	mdranchland.ca

History

The MD was incorporated in 1995 from the Improvement District No. 6.^[4]

Geography

Administration Building

The MD of Ranchland administration building is located at the junction of Highway 22 and Highway 533.

Communities

There are no communities located within the MD of Ranchland No. 66.^[5]

Demographics

Federal census
population history

Year	Pop.	±%
1971	133	—
1976	110	−17.3%
1981	119	+8.2%
1986	128	+7.6%
1991	130	+1.6%
1996	108	−16.9%
2001	96	−11.1%
2006	86	−10.4%
2011	79	−8.1%
2016	92	+16.5%
Source: Statistics Canada [6][7][8][9][10][11]

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the MD of Ranchland No. 66 had a population of 110 living in 41 of its 55 total private dwellings, a change of 19.6% from its 2016 population of 92. With a land area of 2,636.75 km² (1,018.05 sq mi), it had a population density of 0.0/km² (0.1/sq mi) in 2021.^[2]

In the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the MD of Ranchland No. 66 had a population of 92 living in 38 of its 57 total private dwellings, a 16.5% change from its 2011 population of 79. With a land area of 2,638.7 km² (1,018.8 sq mi), it had a population density of 0.0/km² (0.1/sq mi) in 2016.^[12]

The MD of Ranchland No. 66's 2013 municipal census counted a population of 104.^[13]

See also

• List of communities in Alberta
• List of municipal districts in Alberta
• Rural Municipality of Glen McPherson No. 46 - the least-populated rural-equivalent municipality in Canada, with 72 residents in 2016