Anzac
Anzac is a hamlet in northern Alberta, Canada within the Regional Municipality (RM) of Wood Buffalo. It is located on Highway 881 along the east shore of Gregoire Lake, approximately 36 km southeast of Fort McMurray.
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Key facts
• Name — Anzac • Type — Hamlet • Subdivision Type — Country • Subdivision Name — Canada • Subdivision Type1 — Province • Subdivision Name1 — Alberta • Subdivision Type2 — Region • Subdivision Name2 — Northern Alberta • Subdivision Type3 — Census division • Subdivision Name3 — 16 • Subdivision Type4 — Specialized municipality • Subdivision Name4 — RM of Wood Buffalo • Leader Title — Mayor • Leader Name — mayor • Leader Title1 — Governing body • Established Title — Established • Established Date — August 7, 1979 • Founder — Alberta and Great Waterways Railway • Named For — Australian and New Zealand Army Corps • Area Footnotes — (2021) • Area Land Km2 — 8.57 • Population As Of — 2021 • Population Total — 506 • Population Density Km2 — 59 • Utc Offset — −06:00 • Elevation M — 490 • Postal Code Type — Postal code • Postal Code — T0P 1J0 • Area Code — +1-780
History
History
• Illustration — Cafe in Anzac, 1960s Anzac was named for the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps during World War I, when the Alberta and Great Waterways Railway was being built from Carbondale to Waterways. Originally named after Willow Lake, the previous name of Gregoire Lake, the community were mostly non-status or non-treaty Cree whose ancestors had migrated to the Athabasca Basin area from what was to become northern Manitoba, mostly displacing the original Beaver and Chipewyan occupants of the area. During World War II a road was built from the rail siding to service and construct a US Army base on Stoney Mountain. The area has seen significant growth corresponding to that of Fort McMurray and the oil industry. The hamlet was ordered to be evacuated on May 5, 2016, due to the spread of the 2016 Fort McMurray wildfire.
Demographics
Demographics
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Anzac had a population of 506 living in 190 of its 256 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 548. With a land area of, it had a population density of sqmi in 2021. The population of Anzac according to the 2018 municipal census conducted by the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo is 659, an increase from its 2015 municipal census population count of 606. As a designated place in the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Anzac had a population of 548 living in 197 of its 286 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2011 population of 585. With a land area of 8.56 km2, it had a population density of sqmi in 2016.
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- 2.Alberta Municipal Affairs. Ministerial Order 756/79. August 7, 1979.
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- 4.Geographic Board of Canada. Place-names of Alberta. 12. 1928.
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- 14.Statistics Canada. Population and Dwelling Counts, for Canada, Provinces and Territories, and Census Divisions, 2001 and 1996 Censuses - 100% Data (Alberta). August 15, 2012.
- 15.Statistics Canada. Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and designated places, 2006 and 2001 censuses - 100% data (Alberta). July 20, 2021.
- 16.Statistics Canada. Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and designated places, 2011 and 2006 censuses (Alberta). February 8, 2012.
- 17.Statistics Canada. Population and dwelling counts: Canada and designated places. February 9, 2022.
- 18.Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo. census2018 Municipal Census Report.
- 19.Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo. The Municipal Census 2015 Report. 52.
- 20.Statistics Canada. Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and designated places, 2016 and 2011 censuses – 100% data (Alberta). February 8, 2017.
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