Division No. 6, Alberta
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| Area: | 12,642.14 sq. km. |
| Population - Total (2004) - Density | 1,085,877 [1] (http://www.albertafirst.com/profiles/statspack/21292.html) 80.8/km² |
| MPs | |
| Diane Ablonczy, Rob Anders, Art Hanger, Stephen Harper, Jason Kenney, Ted Menzies, Deepak Obhrai, Jim Prentice, Lee Richardson, Kevin Sorenson, Myron Thompson | |
| MLAs | |
| Cindy Ady, Moe Amery, Wayne Cao, Harvey Cenaiko, Alana DeLong, Heather Forsyth, Yvonne Fritz, Marlene Graham, Carol Haley, Denis Herard, Mark Hlady, Ralph Klein, Karen Kryczka, Jon Lord, Ty Lund, Richard Magnus, Gary Mar, Richard Marz, Greg Melchin, Pat Nelson, Hung Pham, Shiraz Shariff, Murray Smith, Ron Stevens, Don Tannas, Janis Tarchuk | |
Division No. 6 is a census division in southern Alberta, centred around Calgary. The division largely includes the cooperative of communities known as the Calgary Regional Partnership.
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Communities
- Towns
- Municipal Districts
- County Municipalities
- Reserves
Attractions
- 1910 CPR Station Complex (Beiseker)
- Aero Space Museum (Calgary)
- Airdrie Airport (Rocky View)
- Beiseker Airport (Rocky View)
- Calaway Park (Rocky View)
- Calgary City Hall
- Calgary International Airport (Calgary)
- Calgary Tower (Calgary)
- Calgary Zoo (Calgary)
- Canada Olympic Park (Calgary)
- Didsbury & District Museum (Didsbury)
- Glenbow Museum (Calgary)
- Heritage Park Historical Village (Calgary)
- High River Airport (Foothills)
- McMahon Stadium (Calgary)
- Millarville Casino (Foothills)
- Millarville Christ Log Church, 1897 (Foothills)
- Millarville Fairgrounds (Foothills)
- Mount Royal College (Calgary)
- Mountain View Museum (Olds)
- Museum of the Highwood (High River)
- Nose Creek Valley Museum (Airdrie)
- Olds Agricultural College (Olds)
- Olds-Didsbury Airport (Mountain View)
- Old Woman’s Buffalo Jump (Foothills)
- Okotoks Erratic (Foothills)
- Pioneer Acres Museum (Rocky View)
- Race City Speedway (Calgary)
- Roulston Museum (Carstairs)
- Sacree Peoples Tsuu T’ina Museum (Tsuu T’ina First Nation)
- Pengrowth Saddledome (Calgary)
- South Calgary Airport (Foothills)
- Southern Alberta Institute of Technology (Calgary)
- Springbank Airport (Rocky View)
- Spruce Meadows (Calgary)
- Calgary Stampede (Calgary)
- Stockmen’s Museum (Cochrane)
- Sundre Pioneer Village Museum (Sungre)
- University of Calgary (Calgary)
- Western Heritage Centre (Rocky View)
Protected Areas
- Bar U Ranch National Historic Site
- Bearberry Prairie Provincial Natural Area
- Bentz Lake Provincial Natural Area
- Big Hill Springs Provincial Park
- Bragg Creek Provincial Park
- Brown-Lowery Provincial Park
- Cochrane Ranche Provincial Historic Site
- Elbow Valley Centre
- Emerson Creek Provincial Natural Area
- Fish Creek Provincial Park
- Glenmore Park
- Greenford Provincial Recreation Area
- Highwood River Provincial Natural Area
- Nose Hill Natural Environment Park
- Sheep Creek Provincial Natural Area
- Snake’s Head Provincial Natural Area
- Sundre North Provincial Natural Area
- Sundre Provincial Natural Area
- Sundre Red Deer Provincial Natural Area
- Threepoint Creek Provincial Natural Area
- Turner Valley Gas Plant Provincial Historic Site
Highways
Highways in Division No. 6 include:
- Principal Highways: #1, #1A, #2, #2A, #7, #8, #9, #22, #22X, #23, #27, #40, #66, #68, #72
- Secondary Highways: #540, #541, #543, #546, #547, #549, #552, #560, #563, #564, #566, #567, #574, #575, #579, #580, #581, #582, #584, #587, #758, #760, #762, #766, #772, #773, #782, #783, #791, #797, #799
Demographics
- Dwellings: 394,884