Crossfield is a town in southern Alberta

Alberta

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, Canada

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 within Rocky View County.

Crossfield is located 43 kilometers or 27 miles (43.5 km) north of the City of Calgary

Calgary

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, on Highway 2.

As a rail station on the Calgary to Edmonton (C&E) line of the Canadian Pacific Railway

Canadian Pacific Railway

The Canadian Pacific Railway , formerly also known as CP Rail between 1968 and 1996, is a historic Canadian Class I railway founded in 1881 and now operated by Canadian Pacific Railway Limited, which began operations as legal owner in a corporate restructuring in 2001...

, Crossfield was founded in 1892. Crossfield was named after an engineer with the Canadian Pacific Railway survey crew. In 1980, the Town of Crossfield was incorporated.

The Town of Crossfield is a member of the Calgary Regional Partnership. Crossfield is within the Calgary-Edmonton Corridor

Calgary-Edmonton Corridor

The Calgary–Edmonton Corridor is a geographical region of the Canadian province of Alberta. It is the most urbanized area in Alberta and is one of Canada's four most urban regions. It consists of Statistics Canada census divisions No. 11, No. 8, and No. 6. Measured from north to south, the region...

 and is growing as a result. Crossfield is north of the City of Airdrie

Airdrie, Alberta

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 and south of the Town of Olds. Crossfield is surrounded by the rural Rocky View County.

Demographics

The population of the Town of Crossfield according to its 2010 municipal census is 2,861.

In 2006, Crossfield had a population of 2,648 living in 960 dwellings

House

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, a 10.4% increase from 2001. The town has a land area of 4.8 km² (1.9 sq mi) and a population density

Population density

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 of 551.4 /km2.

Education

Crossfield has two schools – Crossfield Elementary School (Kindergarten to Grade 5) and W.G. Murdoch School (Grades 6-12).

Industry

The primary economic base of the Crossfield area is agriculture, agricultural services and natural gas processing. The Crossfield Gas Plant located south of the town, currently owned by TAQA North, has been operation since 1965.

External links

• Town of Crossfield - official website