Red Deer, Alberta
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| City of Red Deer | |
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| Motto(s): Education, Industry and Progress | |
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Red Deer Location in Alberta Red Deer Location in Canada Red Deer Location in Red Deer County | |
| Coordinates: 52°16′05″N 113°48′40″W / 52.26806°N 113.81111°W | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Alberta |
| Planning region | Red Deer |
| Municipal district | Red Deer County |
| Founded | 1882 |
| • Village | May 31, 1894 |
| • Town | June 11–12, 1901 |
| • City | March 25, 1913 |
| Named after | Red Deer River |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Ken Johnston |
| • Governing body | Red Deer City Council
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| • City Manager | Tara Lodewyk |
| • MPs | Burton Bailey (CPC) |
| • MLAs | Jason Stephan (UCP), Adriana LaGrange (UCP) |
| Area (2021)[3] | |
| • Land | 104.34 km2 (40.29 sq mi) |
| • Urban | 65.93 km2 (25.46 sq mi) |
| • Metro | 104.34 km2 (40.29 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 855 m (2,805 ft) |
| Population | |
• City | 100,844 |
| • Density | 966.5/km2 (2,503/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 99,846 |
| • Urban density | 1,514.4/km2 (3,922/sq mi) |
| • Metro | 100,844 |
| • Metro density | 966.5/km2 (2,503/sq mi) |
| • Municipal census (2019) | 101,002[5] |
| • Estimate (2020) | 106,736[6] |
| Demonym | Red Deerian[9] |
| Time zone | UTC−7 (MST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−6 (MDT) |
| Forward sortation areas | T4N – T4R |
| Area codes | 403, 587, 825, 368 |
| Highways | 2, 2A, 11, 11A, 595 |
| Waterways | Red Deer River, Waskasoo Creek, Piper Creek |
| Website | reddeer |
Red Deer is a city in Alberta, Canada, located midway on the Calgary–Edmonton Corridor. Red Deer serves central Alberta,[10] and its key industries include health care, retail trade, construction, oil and gas, hospitality, manufacturing and education.[11] It is surrounded by Red Deer County and borders on Lacombe County. The city is in aspen parkland, a region of rolling hills, alongside the Red Deer River.
- ^ "Location and History Profile: City of Red Deer" (PDF). Alberta Municipal Affairs. June 17, 2016. p. 99. Retrieved June 18, 2016.
- ^ "Municipal Officials Search". Alberta Municipal Affairs. May 9, 2019. Retrieved October 1, 2021.
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2021censuswas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Alberta Private Sewage Systems 2009 Standard of Practice Handbook: Appendix A.3 Alberta Design Data (A.3.A. Alberta Climate Design Data by Town)" (PDF) (PDF). Safety Codes Council. January 2012. pp. 212–215 (PDF pages 226–229). Archived from the original (PDF) on October 16, 2013. Retrieved October 9, 2013.
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2019censuswas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Census Subdivision (Municipal) Population Estimates, July 1, 2016 to 2020, Alberta". Alberta Municipal Affairs. March 23, 2021. Retrieved October 7, 2021.
- ^ "Population and dwelling counts: Canada and population centres". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved February 13, 2022.
- ^ "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, census metropolitan areas and census agglomerations". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved February 13, 2022.
- ^ "Red Deerian Comes Out on Top". City of Red Deer. 2009-07-08. Archived from the original on 2012-07-18. Retrieved 2011-06-07.
- ^ "Red Deer boasts an immediate trade area of over 312,700 people...""Why Red Deer," City of Red Deer. Retrieved May 8, 2022.
- ^ City of Red Deer, "Key Industries," Retrieved May 8, 2022.