Chinook, Alberta

Hamlet in Alberta, Canada

51°26′58″N 110°55′31″W / 51.44944°N 110.92528°W / 51.44944; -110.92528CountryCanadaProvinceAlbertaRegionSouthern AlbertaCensus division4Special areaSpecial Area No. 3Government

• TypeUnincorporated • Governing bodySpecial Areas BoardPopulation

(1991)^[1]

• Total38Time zoneUTC−07:00 (MST) • Summer (DST)UTC−06:00 (MDT)Area code(s)403, 587, 825

Chinook is a hamlet in southern Alberta, Canada within Special Area No. 3.^[2]^[3] It is located on Highway 9 approximately 119 kilometres (74 mi) northeast of Brooks.

Chinook was named after the Chinook wind, a "warm dry westerly wind from the Rocky Mountains.^[4]

Demographics

Population history
of Chinook
Year	Pop.	±%
1901		—
1906		—
1911		—
1916	189	—
1921	241	+27.5%
1926	198	−17.8%
1931	176	−11.1%
1936	134	−23.9%
1941	142	+6.0%
1946	130	−8.5%
1951	116	−10.8%
1956	154	+32.8%
1961	114	−26.0%
1966		—
1971		—
1976		—
1981		—
1986		—
1991	38	—
Source: Statistics Canada^[5]^[6]^[1]

Chinook recorded a population of 38 in the 1991 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "91 Census: Unincorporated Places — Population and Dwelling Counts" (PDF). Statistics Canada. June 1993. Retrieved September 25, 2021.
^ "Specialized and Rural Municipalities and Their Communities" (PDF). Alberta Municipal Affairs. June 3, 2024. Retrieved June 14, 2024.
^ Statistics Canada (March 5, 2010). "Standard Geographical Classification 2006 – Special Area No. 3, geographical codes and localities, 2006". Archived from the original on July 6, 2011. Retrieved July 11, 2010.
^ babel.hathitrust.org https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015070267029;view=1up;seq=37
^ "Table 5: Population of urban centres, 1916-1946, with guide to locations". 1946 Census of Alberta (PDF). Vol. Population. Ottawa: Dominion Bureau of Statistics. August 22, 1949. Retrieved August 11, 2022.
^ "Table 6: Population by census subdivisions, 1901–1961". 1961 Census of Canada (PDF). Series 1.1: Historical, 1901–1961. Vol. I: Population. Ottawa: Dominion Bureau of Statistics. March 8, 1963. Retrieved August 11, 2022.