Improvement District No. 4
History
Prior to 1944, those lands within Improvement District (ID) No. 4 were split between the Municipal District of Kerr No. 39 and the Municipal District of Castle River No. 40. Following a partial amalgamation of the two municipal districts, remnant unsurveyed lands were incorporated as ID No. 11 on January 1, 1944. It was renumbered to ID No. 8 on April 1, 1945 and again to ID No. 4 on January 1, 1969.
Geography
Communities and localities
While there are no urban municipalities within Improvement District No. 4 there is one hamlet named Waterton Park. Blood 148A, a First Nation reserve of the Kainai Nation, is also within Improvement District No. 4.
The following localities are within Improvement District No. 4.
- Localities
- Chief Mountain
- Waterton Lakes National Park
Demographics
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Improvement District No. 4 had a population of 158 living in 67 of its 209 total private dwellings, a change of 50.5% from its 2016 population of 105. With a land area of 482.54 km (186.31 sq mi), it had a population density of 0.3/km (0.8/sq mi) in 2021.
The population of Improvement District No. 24 according to its 2018 municipal census is 108. The municipal census also counted a shadow population – temporary residents employed in the municipality – of 405 for a combined population of 513.
In the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Improvement District No. 4 had a population of 105 living in 39 of its 168 total private dwellings, a change of 19.3% from its 2011 population of 88. With a land area of 485.66 km (187.51 sq mi), it had a population density of 0.2/km (0.6/sq mi) in 2016.
Government
Improvement District No. 4 is governed by a five-person council comprising a chair and four councillors. Ken Black is the chair of the council.