Municipal District of Bonnyville No. 87

The Municipal District of Bonnyville No. 87 is a municipal district (MD) in northeastern Alberta, Canada in Division No. 12. On the east, it is adjacent to the province of Saskatchewan.

Municipal District of Bonnyville No. 87
Municipal district
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Cold Lake Bonnyville Glendon Ardmore Cherry Grove Ft. Kent Iron River La Corey Therien Elizabeth Fishing Lake
Location within Alberta
Country	Canada
Province	Alberta
Region	Northern Alberta
Planning region	Lower Athabasca
Established	1914
Incorporated	1955
Government [1]
• Reeve	Barry Kalinski
• Governing body	M.D. of Bonnyville Council Ed Duchesne Ben Fadeyiw Marc Jubinville Mike Krywiak Greg Sawchuck Darcy Skarsen Dana Swigart
• CAO	Al Hoggan
• Administrative office	Bonnyville
Area  (2021)[2]
• Land	6,005.3 km2 (2,318.7 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[3]
• Total	12,847
• CSD	12,760
Time zone	UTC−7 (MST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−6 (MDT)
Postal code	T0A 1S1
Website	md.bonnyville.ab.ca

The district was incorporated on January 1, 1955, through the merger of the Municipal District of Bonnyville No. 87, the Municipal District of Glendon No. 88 and part of Improvement District No. 101.^[4]

On May 1, 2021, the municipal district annexed the adjacent Improvement District No. 349.^[5]

Geography

Communities and localities

The following urban municipalities are surrounded by the MD of Bonnyville No. 87.[6][7] Cities Cold Lake Towns Bonnyville Villages Glendon Summer villages Bonnyville Beach Pelican Narrows

The following hamlets are within the MD of Bonnyville No. 87. Hamlets Ardmore Beaver Crossing Beaverdam Cherry Grove Fort Kent Iron River La Corey Therien

The following Métis settlements and Indian reserves are within the MD of Bonnyville No. 87.

Métis settlements Elizabeth Metis Settlement Fishing Lake Metis Settlement

Indian reserves Cold Lake 149

The following localities are within the MD of Bonnyville No. 87.^[7][8]

Localities

Anshaw Bank Bay Beacon Corner Beaver River Big Meadow Birch Grove Estates Bordenave Cherry Ridge Estates Columbine Dirleton Durlingville Elizabeth Ethel Lake Flat Lake Fontaine Subdivision Franchere Fresnoy Goodridge Gurneyville

Happy Hollow Holyoke Hoselaw Lessard Marie Lake Model Development Moose Lake Estates Muriel Lake Nicholson Subdivision Northshore Heights Rat Lake Rife Smith Lake Sputinow Sunset Beach Sunset View Beach Truman Turcotte Division Vezeau Beach

Demographics

As a census subdivision n the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the MD of Bonnyville No. 87 had a population of 12,847 living in 4,742 of its 5,467 total private dwellings, a change of 0.8% from its 2016 population of 12,745. With a land area of 6,005.3 km² (2,318.7 sq mi), it had a population density of 2.1/km² (5.5/sq mi) in 2021.^[3][2]

As a census subdivision in the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the MD of Bonnyville No. 87 originally had a population of 13,575 living in 4,820 of its 5,667 total private dwellings, a 21.3% change from its 2011 population of 11,191.^[9] This included the population of two Metis settlements, Elizabeth (653) and Fishing Lake (446),^[10] located within the census subdivision that are municipalities independent of the MD of Bonnyville No. 87.^[7] Statistics Canada subsequently amended the 2016 census results for Bonnyville No. 87 to a population of 12,760 living in 4,589 of its 5,405 total dwellings, a 14% change from its 2011 population of 11,191.^[11] With a land area of 6,064.73 km² (2,341.61 sq mi), it had a population density of 2.1/km² (5.4/sq mi) in 2016.^[9][11] Excluding the two Metis settlements, the MD of Bonnyville No. 87 had a population of 11,661 in 2016,^[12] a change of 15.4% from its 2011 population of 10,101.^[13]

The population of the MD of Bonnyville No. 87 according to its 2014 municipal census is 11,836,^[14] a 17.2% change from its 2011 population of 10,101.^[13]

Visible minorities and Aboriginals

The following is a breakdown of the visible minority and Aboriginal populations of the Bonnyville No. 87 census subdivision that includes the Elizabeth and Fishing Lake Metis settlements.

Visible minority and Aboriginal population (Canada 2006 Census)
Population group		Population	% of total population
White		8,300	81.6%
Visible minority group Source:[15]	South Asian	0	0%
	Chinese	0	0%
	Black	20	0.2%
	Filipino	15	0.1%
	Latin American	20	0.2%
	Arab	0	0%
	Southeast Asian	0	0%
	West Asian	0	0%
	Korean	0	0%
	Japanese	0	0%
	Visible minority, n.i.e.	0	0%
	Multiple visible minority	0	0%
Total visible minority population		55	0.5%
Aboriginal group Source:[16]	First Nations	375	3.7%
	Métis	1,420	14%
	Inuit	0	0%
	Aboriginal, n.i.e.	0	0%
	Multiple Aboriginal identity	10	0.1%
Total Aboriginal population		1,815	17.8%
Total population		10,170	100%

Notable people

Peter Hochachka (1937–2002), zoologist and biochemist, was born in Bordenave

See also

• CFB Cold Lake
• List of communities in Alberta
• List of francophone communities in Alberta
• List of municipal districts in Alberta