Birchcliff, Alberta
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Birchcliff is a summer village
Summer village
Summer villages in Alberta are incorporated communities that have permanent populations generally less than 300 permanent inhabitants, as well as seasonal inhabitants....
in Alberta
Alberta
Alberta is a province of Canada. It had an estimated population of 3.7 million in 2010 making it the most populous of Canada's three prairie provinces...
, Canada
Canada
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. It is located on the eastern shore of Sylvan Lake
Sylvan Lake
Sylvan Lake can refer to:Communities* Sylvan Lake, Alberta, Canada* Sylvan Lake, Michigan, United States* Sylvan Lake, New York, United StatesLakes* Sylvan Lake , Canada* Sylvan Lake , United States...
, south of Jarvis Bay Provincial Park
Jarvis Bay Provincial Park
Jarvis Bay Provincial Park is a provincial park in Alberta, Canada, located north from Sylvan Lake and west from Red Deer, along Highway 20.The park is situated on the eastern shores of Sylvan Lake, at an elevation of and has a surface of...
and is administered by Lacombe County
Lacombe County, Alberta
Lacombe County is a municipal district in central Alberta, Canada.It is located in Census Division 8, north of the city of Red Deer. The municipal seat of the county lies in Lacombe.Highway 2 bisects the county.-Demographics:...
.
Demographics
In 2006, Birchcliff had a population of 125 living in 208 dwellingsHouse
A house is a building or structure that has the ability to be occupied for dwelling by human beings or other creatures. The term house includes many kinds of different dwellings ranging from rudimentary huts of nomadic tribes to free standing individual structures...
, a 19.0% increase from 2001. The summer village has a land area of 0.98 km² (0.378380115420684 sq mi) and a population density
Population density
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of 127.2 /km2.