Division No. 3 is a census division

Census division

Census division is an official term in Canada and the United States. The census divisions of Canada are second-level census geographic unit, below provinces and territories, and above "census subdivisions" and "dissemination areas". In provinces where they exist, the census division may correspond...

 in Alberta

Alberta

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, Canada

Canada

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. It is located in the southwest corner of southern Alberta

Southern Alberta

Southern Alberta is a region located in the Canadian province of Alberta. As of the year 2004, the region's population was approximately 272,017. The primary cities are Lethbridge and Medicine Hat...

 and its largest urban community is the Town of Claresholm

Claresholm, Alberta

Claresholm is a town located within southern Alberta, Canada. It is located on Highway 2, approximately northwest of the City of Lethbridge and south of the City of Calgary. The town is the seat of the Municipal District of Willow Creek No...

.

Census subdivisions

The following census subdivisions (municipalities or municipal equivalents) are located within Alberta's Division No. 3.

• Towns
  • Cardston
    Cardston, Alberta
    -Demographics:The population of the Town of Cardston according to its 2007 municipal census is 3,578.In 2006, it had a population of 3,452 living in 1,234 dwellings, a 0.7% decrease from 2001...
    
    
  • Claresholm
    Claresholm, Alberta
    Claresholm is a town located within southern Alberta, Canada. It is located on Highway 2, approximately northwest of the City of Lethbridge and south of the City of Calgary. The town is the seat of the Municipal District of Willow Creek No...
    
    
  • Fort Macleod
    Fort Macleod, Alberta
    Fort Macleod is a town in the southwest corner of the province of Alberta, Canada. It was founded as a North-West Mounted Police barracks, and is named in honour of the North-West Mounted Police Colonel James Macleod. The town's current mayor is Shawn Patience.- History and heritage preservation...
    
    
  • Granum
  • Magrath
    Magrath, Alberta
    Magrath is a town in Cardston County, Alberta, Canada. Its 2006 population was 2,081. Magrath is located near the Canadian Rockies and is south of Lethbridge and south of Calgary.- History :...
    
    
  • Nanton
    Nanton, Alberta
    Nanton is a town in southern Alberta, Canada. Nanton was named after Sir Augustus Meredith Nanton, of Winnipeg who directed firms that offered financing for farms and ranches throughout the west...
    
    
  • Pincher Creek
    Pincher Creek, Alberta
    Pincher Creek is a town in the southwest of Alberta, Canada. It is located immediately east of the Canadian Rockies in the centre of ranching country, north of Waterton Lakes National Park.The town's mayor is Ernie Olsen.- History :...
    
    
  • Stavely
    Stavely, Alberta
    Stavely is a farming community in southern Alberta, Canada. It is located south of Calgary on Highway 2 and east of Willow Creek Provincial Park....
    
    

• Villages
  • Cowley
    Cowley, Alberta
    Cowley is a village in the Municipal District of Pincher Creek, Alberta. It is located west of Lethbridge in Southern Alberta.It was settled in the 1880s and was named by a rancher...
    
    
  • Glenwood
    Glenwood, Alberta
    Glenwood is a village in southern Alberta, Canada. It is located north of the town of Cardston, in Cardston County.Glenwood is located in the Cardston County. The village was named for a man named Glen Edward Wood. The founder of the village was Edward J. Wood, successor to Mormon leader Charles...
    
    
  • Hill Spring
    Hill Spring, Alberta
    Hill Spring is a village in southern Alberta, Canada. It is located 32 km west of Cardston and 43 km south-east of Pincher Creek, in the Canadian Rockies foothills. It has often been misspelled Hillspring, including the Canada 2006 Census....
    
    

• Municipal districts
  • Cardston County
    Cardston County, Alberta
    Cardston County is a municipal district in southern Alberta, Canada. It is located in Census Division 3 around the Town of Cardston.The municipal district was established on January 1, 1954, through the amalgamation of the Municipal District of Sugar City No. 5 and part of the Municipal District of...
    
    
  • Pincher Creek No. 9, M.D. of
    Pincher Creek No. 9, Alberta
    The Municipal District of Pincher Creek No. 9 is a municipal district in south western Alberta, Canada.It is located in Census Division 3. It was established in the current boundaries in 1944, when the name was changed from Municipal District of Crowsnest No. 39 to Municipal District of Pincher...
    
    
  • Willow Creek No. 26, M.D. of
    Willow Creek No. 26, Alberta
    The Municipal District of Willow Creek No. 26 is a municipal district in southern Alberta, Canada.It is located in Census Division 3. The district was incorporated on Jan 01, 1954 and has the municipal seat in the Town of Claresholm.-Demographics:...
    
    

• Improvement districts
  • Improvement District No. 4
    Waterton Lakes National Park
    Waterton Lakes National Park is a national park located in the southwest corner of Alberta, Canada, and borders Glacier National Park in Montana, USA. Waterton was Canada's fourth national park, formed in 1895 and named after Waterton Lake, in turn after the Victorian naturalist and conservationist...
    
     (Waterton Lakes National Park)

• Indian reserves
  • Blood 148
  • Blood 148A
  • Piikani 147

Demographics

In 2006, Division No. 3 had a population of 37,846 living in 14,120 dwellings

House

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, a 0.7% increase from 2001. The census division has a land area of 13866.22 km² (5,353.8 sq mi) and a population density

Population density

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of 2.7 inhabitants per square kilometre.