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Line 18: \|city_logo = \|citylogo_size = \|image_map = ~~<!--~~0042 Village Breton, Alberta ~~Location~~Locator.~~png -->~~svg \|mapsize = ~~180px~~ \|map_caption = Location ofin ~~Breton in~~Brazeau ~~[[Alberta]]~~County \|image_map1 = \|mapsize1 = Line 33: \|pushpin_mapsize = 200 \|subdivision_type = Country \|subdivision_name = ~~{{flag\|~~Canada}} \|subdivision_type1 = [[Provinces and territories of Canada\|Province]] \|subdivision_name1 = ~~{{flag\|~~[[Alberta}}]] \|subdivision_type2 = [[List of regions of Canada#Alberta\|Region]] \|subdivision_name2 = [[Central Alberta]] Line 56: \|established_title = Founded \|established_date = \|established_title1 = Incorporated<ref name=AMAVillageProfiles>{{cite web \| url=http://www.municipalaffairs.alberta.ca/cfml/MunicipalProfiles/basicReport/VILG.PDF \| publisher=[[Alberta Municipal Affairs]] \| title=Location and History Profile: Village of Breton \| page=113 \| date=October 14, 2016 \| ~~accessdate~~access-date=October 17, 2016}}</ref> \|established_date1 = \|established_title2 = • [[List of villages in Alberta\|Village]] \|established_date2 = January 1, 1957 \| area_footnotes =  (~~2016~~2021)<ref name=~~2016censusABmunis~~2021census/> \|~~area_total_km2~~ area_land_km2 = 1.72 \|~~area_land_km2~~ population_as_of = ~~1.72~~2021 \|~~area_water_km2~~ population_footnotes = <ref name=2021census/> \|~~area_total_sq_mi~~ population_note = \| population_total = ~~574~~567 <!-- ~~2016~~2021 StatCan census population only per [[WP:CANPOP]]; do not replace with latest municipal census population count; this municipal census population count can go in the population_blank1_title and population_blank1 parameters further below and can be noted in the article body (so long as it doesn't replace the ~~2016~~2021 StatCan census population in the body). -->▼ ~~\|area_land_sq_mi =~~ \|~~area_water_sq_mi~~ population_density_km2 = 329.9 \|~~area_water_percent~~population_blank1_title = = \|~~area_urban_km2~~population_blank1 = = \|population_density_blank1_km2 = ~~\|population_density_blank1_sq_mi~~ = ▼ ~~\|area_urban_sq_mi =~~ \|population_density_blank1_sq_mi = ~~\|area_metro_km2 =~~ ~~\|area_metro_sq_mi =~~ ~~\|population_as_of = 2016~~ ~~\|population_footnotes = <ref name=2016censusABmunis/>~~ ~~\|population_note =~~ ▲\|population_total = 574 <!-- 2016 StatCan population only per [[WP:CANPOP]]; do not replace with latest municipal census population count; this municipal census population count can go in the population_blank1_title and population_blank1 parameters further below and can be noted in the article body (so long as it doesn't replace the 2016 StatCan population in the body). --> ~~\|population_density_km2 = 333.5~~ ~~\|population_density_sq_mi =~~ ~~\|population_metro =~~ ~~\|population_density_metro_km2 =~~ ~~\|population_density_metro_sq_mi =~~ ~~\|population_urban =~~ ~~\|population_density_urban_km2 =~~ ~~\|population_density_urban_sq_mi =~~ ~~\|population_blank1_title =~~ ~~\|population_blank1 =~~ ▲\|population_density_blank1_km2 = \|population_density_blank1_sq_mi = \|timezone = [[Mountain Standard Time\|MST]] \|utc_offset = -7−7 \|timezone_DST = MDT \|utc_offset_DST = −6 \|coordinates = {{coord\|53\|06\|18.0\|N\|114\|28\|25.1\|W\|region:CA-AB\|display=inline,title}} \|elevation_footnotes = <!--for references: use <ref> </ref> tags--> Line 102 ⟶ 86: \|blank1_name = \|blank1_info = \|website = {{official ~~website\|www.village.breton.ab.ca~~URL}} \|footnotes = }} '''Breton''' {{IPAc-en\|ˈ\|b\|r\|ɛ\|t\|ən}} is a village in central [[Alberta]], [[Canada]]. It is located roughly {{convert\|95\|km}} southwest of [[Edmonton]]. ==History== Line 113 ⟶ 97: \| author2 = Black Pioneers Descendants' Society \| title = Alberta's Black Pioneer Heritage - Keystone ~~\| work =~~ \| publisher = Heritage Community Foundation and Black Pioneers Descendants' Society \| year = 2007 \| url = http://blackpioneers.albertasource.ca/communities/rural/keystone/index.html \| ~~doi~~access-date = 2008-07-09 \| ~~accessdate~~url-status = ~~2008-07-09~~dead \| ~~archiveurl~~archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20091109065401/http://blackpioneers.albertasource.ca/communities/rural/keystone/index.html▼ ~~\| deadurl = yes~~ \| ~~archivedate~~archive-date = 2009-11-09▼ ▲ \| archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20091109065401/http://blackpioneers.albertasource.ca/communities/rural/keystone/index.html ▲ \| archivedate = 2009-11-09 ~~\| df =~~ }} </ref> The new [[Black Canadians#Early 20th century\|Black Canadian]] homesteaders arrived from Oklahoma, Kansas, and Texas, just four years after Alberta became a province in 1905.<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://albertashistoricplaces.wordpress.com/2015/02/12/african-american-immigration-to-alberta/ \|title=African American Immigration to Alberta \|last=Rowe \|first=Allan \|work=Historic Resources Management Branch \|publisher=[[List of Alberta provincial ministers#Minister of Culture\|Alberta Ministry of Culture and Tourism]] \|date=2015-02-12 \|~~accessdate~~access-date=2017-02-06}}</ref> A Canadian Northern Railway line went through Breton. Breton had several grain elevators and a station.<ref>{{Cite book \|title=South Edmonton Saga, map on endpapers}}</ref> In 1927 the town was renamed after politician [[Douglas Breton]], in his second year as the region's [[Alberta general election, 1926\|Member of the Alberta Legislature]].<ref name="bretname">{{cite web\|url=http://www.albertasource.ca/aspenland/flash/eng/regions/popBreton_Settlement.html\|publisher=Alberta Heritage Community Foundation\|title=Breton\|accessdate=June 30, 2010\|deadurl=yes\|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110615094700/http://www.albertasource.ca/aspenland/flash/eng/regions/popBreton_Settlement.html\|archivedate=June 15, 2011\|df=}}</ref><ref name="bret2">{{cite hansard\|title=Legislative Assembly of Alberta\|date=24 August 2006\|house=Legislative Assembly of Alberta\|url=http://www.assembly.ab.ca/Documents/isysquery/065aefda-88e4-4897-9d70-7988c7ce195d/44/doc/20060824_1330_01_han.pdf\|page=1,690}}{{dead link\|date=July 2017 \|bot=InternetArchiveBot \|fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>▼ ▲In 1927 the town was renamed after politician [[Douglas Breton]], in his second year as the region's [[Alberta general election, 1926\|Member of the Alberta Legislature]].<ref name="bretname">{{cite web\|url=http://www.albertasource.ca/aspenland/flash/eng/regions/popBreton_Settlement.html\|publisher=Alberta Heritage Community Foundation\|title=Breton\|~~accessdate~~access-date=June 30, 2010\|~~deadurl~~url-status=~~yes~~dead\|~~archiveurl~~archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110615094700/http://www.albertasource.ca/aspenland/flash/eng/regions/popBreton_Settlement.html\|~~archivedate~~archive-date=June 15, 2011~~\|df=~~}}</ref><ref name="bret2">{{cite hansard\|title=Legislative Assembly of Alberta\|date=24 August 2006\|house=Legislative Assembly of Alberta\|url=http://www.assembly.ab.ca/Documents/isysquery/065aefda-88e4-4897-9d70-7988c7ce195d/44/doc/20060824_1330_01_han.pdf\|~~page~~archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210115174128/https://www.assembly.ab.ca/Documents/isysquery/065aefda-88e4-4897-9d70-7988c7ce195d/44/doc/20060824_1330_01_han.pdf\|url-status=~~1,690}}{{~~dead ~~link~~\|archive-date=~~July~~January ~~2017~~15, 2021\|~~bot~~page=~~InternetArchiveBot \|fix-attempted=yes~~ 1,690}}</ref> ==Infrastructure== It has one High School (grades ~~7-12~~7–12) and one elementary (K-6) school. It has a ~~volunteer~~Paid ~~fire~~on call Fire department operating with the Brazeau county fire services, two grocery stores, two golf courses, four restaurants, two hair parlors, a police station with three officers and one secretary. ==Demographics== In the [[~~Canada~~2021 ~~2016~~Canadian ~~Census~~census\|~~2016~~2021 Census of Population]] conducted by [[Statistics Canada]], the Village of Breton ~~recorded~~had a population of ~~574~~567 living in ~~252~~259 of its ~~292~~296 total private dwellings, a change of {{percentage\|{{#expr:~~574~~567-~~496~~574}}\|~~496~~574\|1}} ~~change~~ from its ~~2011~~2016 population of ~~496~~574. With a land area of {{~~convert~~cvt\|1.72\|km2~~\|sqmi\|abbr=on~~}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density\|~~574~~567\|1.72\|km2\|sqmi\|prec=1}} in ~~2016~~2021.<ref name=~~2016censusABmunis~~2021census>{{cite web \| url=~~http~~https://~~www12~~www150.statcan.gc.ca/~~census-recensement~~t1/~~2016~~tbl1/~~dp-pd~~en/~~hlt-fst/pd-pl/Table~~tv.~~cfm~~action?~~Lang=Eng&T=302&SR=1&S=86&O=A&RPP~~pid=~~9999~~9810000202&PRgeocode=48A000248 \| title=Population and dwelling counts~~, for~~: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities~~), 2016 and 2011 censuses – 100% data (Alberta~~) \| publisher=[[Statistics Canada]] \| date=February 89, ~~2017~~2022 \| accessdate=February 89, ~~2017~~2022}}</ref> The Village of Breton's 2012 municipal census counted a population of 581,<ref name=2012MAPL>{{cite web \| url=http://www.municipalaffairs.alberta.ca/documents/msb/2012_pop.pdf \| title=2012 Municipal Affairs Population List \| publisher=Alberta Municipal Affairs \| date=2012-11-22 \| accessdate=2012-12-13}}</ref> a 0.3% increase over its 2007 municipal census population of 579.<ref name=2009opl>{{cite web \| url=http://municipalaffairs.gov.ab.ca/documents/LGS/2009pop.pdf \| publisher=Alberta Municipal Affairs \| title=Alberta 2009 Official Population List \| date=2009-09-15 \| accessdate=2010-09-14}}</ref>▼ In the [[Canada ~~2011~~2016 Census\|~~2011~~2016 Census of Population]] conducted by Statistics Canada, the Village of Breton ~~had~~recorded a population of ~~496~~574 living in ~~208~~252 of its ~~218~~292 total private dwellings, a {{percentage\|{{#expr:574-~~9.8%~~496}}\|496\|1}} change from its ~~2006~~2011 population of ~~550~~496. With a land area of {{convert\|1.7372\|km2\|sqmi\|abbr=on}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density\|~~496~~574\|1.7372\|km2\|sqmi\|prec=1}} in ~~2011~~2016.<ref name=~~2011censusABmunis~~2016censusABmunis>{{cite web \| url=http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/~~2011~~2016/dp-pd/hlt-fst/pd-pl/Table~~-Tableau~~.cfm?~~LANG~~Lang=Eng&T=302&SR=1&S=5186&O=A&RPP=9999&PR=48~~&CMA=0~~ \| title=Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), ~~2011~~2016 and ~~2006~~2011 censuses – 100% data (Alberta) \| publisher=[[Statistics Canada]] \| date=~~2012-02-08~~February 8, 2017 \| ~~accessdate=2012~~access-~~02-08~~date=February 8, 2017}}</ref> ▲The Village of Breton's 2012 municipal census counted a population of 581,<ref name=2012MAPL>{{cite web \| url=http://www.municipalaffairs.alberta.ca/documents/msb/2012_pop.pdf \| title=2012 Municipal Affairs Population List \| publisher=Alberta Municipal Affairs \| date=2012-11-22 \| ~~accessdate~~access-date=2012-12-13}}</ref> a 0.3% increase over its 2007 municipal census population of 579.<ref name=2009opl>{{cite web \| url=http://municipalaffairs.gov.ab.ca/documents/LGS/2009pop.pdf \| publisher=Alberta Municipal Affairs \| title=Alberta 2009 Official Population List \| date=2009-09-15 \| ~~accessdate~~access-date=2010-09-14}}</ref> In 2006, Breton had a population of 550 living in 243 [[house\|dwellings]], a 4.0% decrease from 2001. The Village has an area of {{convert\|1.73\|km2\|sqmi\|abbr=on}} and a [[population density]] of 317.7 inhabitants per square kilometer.<ref name=statcan2006>{{Cite web\| url= http://www12.statcan.ca/english/census06/data/profiles/community/Details/Page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=4811026&Geo2=PR&Code2=48&Data=Count&SearchText=Breton&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&GeoLevel=&GeoCode=4811026 \| title= Canada 2006 Census: Breton - Community Statistics \| author= Statistics Canada\| authorlink= Statistics Canada \| accessdate= 2007-06-05}}</ref> == See also == Line 156 ⟶ 137: {{Subdivisions of Alberta\|villages=yes}} [[Category:~~1957~~1909 establishments in Alberta]] [[Category:Black Canadian culture in Alberta]] [[Category:Villages in Alberta]] [[Category:Black Canadian settlements]] [[Category:Populated places established by African Americans]]