Municipal District of Bonnyville No. 87


The Municipal District of Bonnyville No. 87 is a municipal district in northeastern Alberta, Canada in Division No. 12. It is located adjacent to the province of Saskatchewan on the east.
The district was incorporated on January 1, 1955, through the merger of the Municipal District of Bonnyville No. 87, the Municipal District of Glendon No. 88 and part of Improvement District No. 101.

Communities and localities


The following urban municipalities are surrounded by the Municipal District of Bonnyville No. 87:
;Cities
  • Cold Lake
;Towns
  • Bonnyville
;Villages
  • Glendon
;Summer villages
  • Bonnyville Beach
  • Pelican Narrows
The following hamlets are located within the Municipal District of Bonnyville No. 87:
;Hamlets
  • Ardmore
  • Beaver Crossing
  • Beaverdam
  • Cherry Grove
  • Fort Kent
  • Iron River
  • La Corey
  • Therien
;Métis settlements
The following Indian reserves are located within the Municipal District of Bonnyville No. 87:
;Indian reserves
The following localities are located within the Municipal District of Bonnyville No. 87:
;Localities
  • Anshaw
  • Bank Bay
  • Beacon Corner
  • Beaver River
  • Big Meadow
  • Birch Grove Estates
  • Bordenave
  • Cherry Ridge Estates
  • Columbine
  • Dirleton
  • Durlingville
  • Elizabeth
  • Ethel Lake
  • Flat Lake
  • Fontaine Subdivision
  • Franchere
  • Fresnoy
  • Goodridge
  • Gurneyville
  • Happy Hollow
  • Holyoke
  • Hoselaw
  • Lessard
  • Model Development
  • Moose Lake Estates
;Localities continued
  • Muriel Lake
  • Nicholson Subdivision
  • Northshore Heights
  • Rat Lake
  • Rife
  • Smith Lake
  • Sputinow
  • Sunset Beach
  • Sunset View Beach
  • Truman
  • Turcotte Division
  • Vezeau Beach

Demographics

As a census subdivision in the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Bonnyville No. 87 originally recorded a population of 13,575 living in 4,820 of its 5,667 total private dwellings, a change from its 2011 population of 11,191. This included the population of two Metis settlements, Elizabeth and Fishing Lake, located within the census subdivision that are municipalities independent of the Municipal District of Bonnyville No. 87. Statistics Canada subsequently amended the 2016 census results for Bonnyville No. 87 to a population of 12,760 living in 4,589 of its 5,405 total dwellings, a change from its 2011 population of 11,191. With a land area of, it had a population density of in 2016. Excluding the two Metis settlements, the MD of Bonnyville No. 87 had a population of in 2016, a change of from its 2011 population of 10,101.
The population of the MD of Bonnyville No. 87 according to its 2014 municipal census is 11,836, a change from its 2011 population of 10,101.
As a census subdivision in the 2011 Census of Population, Bonnyville No. 87 had a population of 11,191 living in 3,951 of its 4,349 total dwellings, a 9.8% change from its 2006 population of 10,194. This includes the population of two Métis settlements, Elizabeth and Fishing Lake, located within the census subdivision that are municipalities independent of the MD of Bonnyville No. 87. With a land area of, the census subdivision had a population density of in 2011. Excluding the two Metis settlements, the MD of Bonnyville No. 87 had a population of 10,101 in 2011.

Visible minorities and Aboriginals

The following is a breakdown of the visible minority and Aboriginal populations of the Bonnyville No. 87 census subdivision that includes the Elizabeth and Fishing Lake Metis settlements.