The Municipal District of Foothills No. 31 is a municipal district in southern 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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 adjacent to the south side of Calgary

Calgary

Calgary is a city in the Province of Alberta, Canada. It is located in the south of the province, in an area of foothills and prairie, approximately east of the front ranges of the Canadian Rockies...

 in Census Division No. 6

Division No. 6, Alberta

Division No. 6 is a census division in Alberta, Canada. Surrounding the City of Calgary, the majority of the division comprises Alberta's Calgary Region, while the northern portion of the division is located within central Alberta. The division also forms the southern segment of the...

. Despite sharing a common border with the City of Calgary of more than 15 kilometers and enveloping an agglomerate population of more than 60,000 people it has never been considered a part of the Calgary Census Metropolitan Area (CMA)

Calgary Region

The Calgary Region is an area centred around Calgary, Alberta, Canada. It consists of the City of Calgary, Rocky View County and the municipalities it encloses, and the Municipal District of Foothills No. 31 and the municipalities it encloses. The Calgary Census Metropolitan Area and Calgary...

 by Statistics Canada. However, with membership in a regional metropolitan economic association, this Municipal District and its enclosed towns are generally accepted as constituent population, social and economic components of the Greater Calgary

Calgary Region

The Calgary Region is an area centred around Calgary, Alberta, Canada. It consists of the City of Calgary, Rocky View County and the municipalities it encloses, and the Municipal District of Foothills No. 31 and the municipalities it encloses. The Calgary Census Metropolitan Area and Calgary...

 area.

Demographics

According to the Canada 2006 Census

Canada 2006 Census

The Canada 2006 Census was a detailed enumeration of the Canadian population. Census day was May 16, 2006. The next census following will be the 2011 Census. Canada's total population enumerated by the 2006 census was 31,612,897...

:

• Population: 16,602 (2001); 19,736 (2006)
• % Change (2001-2006): 18.9

Communities

According to Alberta Municipal Affairs

Alberta Municipal Affairs

Alberta Municipal Affairs is a ministry of the Executive Council of Alberta. Its major responsibilities include assisting municipalities in the provision of local government, administering a safety system for the construction and maintenance of buildings and equipment, and managing Alberta's...

, the following communities are located in the Municipal District of Foothills No. 31:

Towns:

• Black Diamond
  Black Diamond, Alberta
  Black Diamond is a sister town to Turner Valley. There exists a three-kilometer trail next to the roadway between Black Diamond and Turner Valley named the Friendship Trail. It has a hospital, shops, hotels and residences, an elementary school [K-6] and highschool [7-12] as well a hockey rink and...
  
  
• High River
  High River, Alberta
  High River is a town in southwestern Alberta, Canada with a population of 10,716. It is south of the city of Calgary, at the junction of Alberta Highways 2 and 23...
  
  
• Okotoks
  Okotoks, Alberta
  Okotoks is a town situated on the Sheep River, south of Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The town is a member of the Calgary Regional Partnership, a cooperative of communities within the Calgary Region. Okotoks has become a popular bedroom community for the City of Calgary...
  
  
• Turner Valley
  Turner Valley, Alberta
  Turner Valley is a town in Alberta, Canada. It is located southwest of Calgary.Situated on Highway 22 , the town was once the centre of an oil and natural gas boom. For 30 years, the Turner Valley Oilfields was a major supplier of oil and gas and the largest producer in the British Empire, but is...
  
  

Villages:

• Longview
  Longview, Alberta
  Longview is a village in southern Alberta, Canada. It is located in the Canadian Rockies foothills, on Cowboy Trail, 32 km west of High River and 64 km south of Calgary...
  
  

Hamlets:

• Aldersyde
  Aldersyde, Alberta
  Aldersyde is a hamlet in Alberta, Canada within the Municipal District of Foothills No. 31. Located between Highway 2 and Highway 2A south of Highway 7, the hamlet is approximately southeast of Okotoks, north of High River and south of Calgary. A Canadian Pacific Railway line runs through the...
  
  
• Blackie
  Blackie, Alberta
  Blackie is a hamlet in Alberta, Canada within the Municipal District of Foothills No. 31. It is located approximately southeast of Calgary on Highway 799.- History :...
  
  
• Cayley
  Cayley, Alberta
  Cayley is a hamlet in southern Alberta, Canada within the Municipal District of Foothills No. 31. It is also recognized as a designated place by Statistics Canada....
  
  
• De Winton
• Heritage Pointe
  Heritage Pointe, Alberta
  Heritage Pointe is a hamlet located in Alberta, Canada within the Municipal District of Foothills No. 31. It is located north of Dunbow Road, between Highway 2 and Highway 2A , adjacent to the southern boundary of Calgary....
  
  
• Millarville
• Priddis
• Priddis Greens
  Priddis Greens, Alberta
  Priddis Greens is a hamlet in Alberta, Canada within the Municipal District of Foothills No. 31. It is located approximately west of the Hamlet of Priddis, southeast of the Hamlet of Bragg Creek and southwest of the City of Calgary...
  
  

Other unincorporated communities:

• Academy
  Academy, Alberta
  Academy is an unincorporated community in the province of Alberta, Canada within the Municipal District of Foothills No. 31. It is located along the Macleod Trail to the south of Calgary....
  
  
• Hartell
  Hartell, Alberta
  Hartell is an unincorporated community in Alberta, Canada within the Municipal District of Foothills No. 31. It is located at the intersection of Highway 22 and Highway 543, approximately south of Black Diamond.- External links :*...
  
  
• Pekisko
  Pekisko, Alberta
  Pekisko is an unincorporated community in southern Alberta, Canada. It is located in the municipal district of Foothills, west of the junction of Cowboy Trail and Highway 540, south of High River and south of Longview....
  
  

Attractions

• Big Rock
• High River Airport
  High River Airport
  High River Regional Airport, , is a registered aerodrome located south southeast of High River, Alberta, Canada.-External links:* * * on COPA's Places to Fly airport directory...
  
  
• Millarville Casino
• Millarville Christ Log Church
• Millarville Fairgrounds
• Old Woman’s Buffalo Jump
• De Winton/South Calgary Airport
  De Winton/South Calgary Airport
  De Winton/South Calgary Airport, , is located east of De Winton, Alberta, Canada.During World War II the aerodrome was known as RCAF Station De Winton, and hosted a Royal Air Force elementary flying training school which eventually became part of the British Commonwealth Air Training...
  
  

External links

• Municipal District of Foothills No. 31