Data & Statistics
Location:
-approximately 50 kilometres west of Calgary
-immediately adjacent to Banff National Park
-directly north of Kananaskis Country
(Improvement District #5)
Latitude:
51° N
Longitude: 115° W
Size:
2,664 square kilometres (1029 square miles)
Elevation:
varies
Time Zone: Mountain Standard Time (MST)
Adjacent (bordering) Municipalities/districts:
-Mountain View County
-Improvement District #5 (Kananaskis Country)
-Improvement District #9 (Banff National Park)
-Municipal District of Clearwater #99
-Municipal District of Rockyview #44
-Summer Village of Waiparous
-Summer Village of Ghost Lake
-Town of Canmore
-Stoney Indian Reserve 142 / 142B /143 / 144
Population (2001 Federal Cencus):
1,298
Assessment and Taxation Information:
Assessment Base:
$486,500,000
Annual Operating Budget:
$2.2 - $2.4 Million
- Annual Tax requirement: $1.9 Million (average of previous six years figures)
Industries:
-Burnco Rock Products (gravel and concrete)
-Graymont Western (lime and calcium carbonate production)
-Lafarge Canada (cement production)
-Baymag (magnesium oxide production)
-PetroCanada (oil and gas exploration/wells)
-Shell Canada (oil and gas exploration/wells)
-Canadian 88