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A founding member of Alberta's Industrial Heartland, Strathcona County is home to Canada's largest hydrocarbon refining cluster. [34] In 2002, when reporting on the industrial growth of Strathcona County, Alberta, the National Post focused specifically on the companies Lockerbie & Hole Contracting and Jireh Industries. [35]
Alberta has six specialized municipalities that had a cumulative population of 178,598 and an average population of 35,720 in the 2011 Census. [4] Alberta's largest and smallest specialized municipalities are the Strathcona County and the Municipality of Jasper with populations of 92,490 and 4,051 respectively. [4]
Strathcona County council also approved the Agriculture and Food Sector Development Strategy [18] and supported industrial development, particularly in the energy and petrochemical sectors, with $45 billion in investments. [19] Notably, in 2023, Strathcona County secured a $720 million renewable diesel fuel investment from Imperial Oil. [20]
In 2015, the Alberta government approved funding for a region-wide smart fare program which was projected to cost approximately $51.6 million. [9] Edmonton, St. Albert, and Strathcona County also contributed funds towards the program. [9] Vix Technology was selected to install the smart fare equipment. [10]
Alberta's Industrial Heartland Association (AIHA) was founded in 1998 by the City of Fort Saskatchewan, Lamont County, Strathcona County, and Sturgeon County. [6] The City of Edmonton became a member of AIHA in 2010. [6] The nearby towns of Bruderheim, Gibbons and Redwater are associate members of AIHA. [1] [7]
A municipal district (MD) is the most common form of all rural municipality statuses used in the Canadian province of Alberta.Alberta's municipal districts, most of which are branded as a county (e.g. Yellowhead County, County of Newell, etc.), are predominantly rural areas that may include either farmland, Crown land or a combination of both depending on their geographic location.
The population of Josephburg according to the 2024 municipal census conducted by Strathcona County is 122, [17] a 4.3% change from its 2022 municipal census population count of 117. [ 18 ] In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada , Josephburg had a population of 127 living in 60 of its 67 total private dwellings, a change ...
Strathcona was a city in Alberta, Canada on the south side of the North Saskatchewan River. Originally founded in 1891 as a railway centre, it became a town in 1899, then a city in 1907. Originally founded in 1891 as a railway centre, it became a town in 1899, then a city in 1907.