Tangent, Alberta
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| Coordinates: 55°47′55″N 117°40′44″W / 55.79861°N 117.67889°W | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Alberta |
| Region | Northern Alberta |
| Census division | 19 |
| Municipal district | Birch Hills County |
| Government | |
| • Type | Unincorporated |
| • Governing body | Birch Hills County Council |
| Population (1991)[1] | |
• Total | 39 |
| Time zone | UTC−07:00 (MST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−06:00 (MDT) |
| Area codes | 780, 587, 825 |
Tangent is a hamlet in northern Alberta, Canada within Birch Hills County,[2] located along Alberta Highway 740, approximately 98 kilometres (61 mi) northeast of Grande Prairie. It was named by surveyors due to the formation of a tangent (straight-section) in the rail track that ran from Edmonton to Dawson Creek.
History
On June 18, 1928, John Yaremko chose to settle at the current location of the hamlet, later joined by Albert Purcha and his family. The spring of 1929 brought a large group of settlers under the recruitment of Father Josephat Hamelin. In May, a general store was built, and a post office erected in the winter of that same year. Natural gas was discovered in the 1950s, opening up a new industry alongside agriculture and animal husbandry.
Today, Tangent is an agricultural community made up of mostly Franco-Albertans descended from the settlers that followed Father Hamelin, Eastern European Canadians, and Anglo-Canadians.
Demographics
Tangent recorded a population of 39 in the 1991 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada.[1]
See also
References
- ^ a b c 91 Census (PDF). Population and Dwelling Counts. Vol. Unincorporated Places (1991 ed.). Ottawa: Statistics Canada. 1993.
- ^ "Specialized and Rural Municipalities and Their Communities" (PDF). Alberta Municipal Affairs. June 3, 2024. Retrieved June 14, 2024.
- ^ Ninth Census of Canada, 1951 (PDF). Vol. SP-7 (Population: Unincorporated villages and hamlets) (1951 ed.). Dominion Bureau of Statistics. 1951.
- ^ Census of Canada, 1956 (PDF). Vol. Population of unincorporated villages and settlements (1956 ed.). Dominion Bureau of Statistics. 1956.
- ^ 1961 Census of Canada: Population (PDF). Series SP: Unincorporated Villages. Vol. Bulletin SP—4 (1961 ed.). Ottawa: Dominion Bureau of Statistics. 1961.
- ^ Census of Canada 1966: Population (PDF). Special Bulletin: Unincorporated Places. Vol. Bulletin S–3 (1966 ed.). Ottawa: Dominion Bureau of Statistics. 1968.
- ^ 1971 Census of Canada: Population (PDF). Special Bulletin: Unincorporated Settlements. Vol. Bulletin SP—1 (1971 ed.). Ottawa: Statistics Canada. 1973.
- ^ "Geographical Identification and Population for Unincorporated Places of 25 persons and over, 1971 and 1976". 1976 Census of Canada (PDF). Supplementary Bulletins: Geographic and Demographic (Population of Unincorporated Places—Canada). Vol. Bulletin 8SG.1 (1976 ed.). Ottawa: Statistics Canada. 1978.
- ^ 1981 Census of Canada (PDF). Place name reference list. Vol. Western provinces and the Territories (1981 ed.). Ottawa: Statistics Canada. 1983.
- ^ 1986 Census of Canada (PDF). Population. Vol. Unincorporated Places (1986 ed.). Ottawa: Statistics Canada. 1988.