The Municipal District of Bonnyville No. 87 is a municipal district (MD) in northeastern Alberta, Canada in Division No. 12. On the east, it is adjacent to the province of Saskatchewan.
The district was incorporated on January 1, 1955, through the merger of the Municipal District of Bonnyville No. 87, the Municipal District of Glendon No. 88 and part of Improvement District No. 101.
On May 1, 2021, the municipal district annexed the adjacent Improvement District No. 349.
Geography
Communities and localities
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The following urban municipalities are surrounded by the MD of Bonnyville No. 87.
;Cities
- Cold Lake
;Towns
- Bonnyville
;Villages
- Glendon
;Summer villages
- Bonnyville Beach
- Pelican Narrows
The following hamlets are within the MD of Bonnyville No. 87.
;Hamlets
- Ardmore
- Beaver Crossing
- Beaverdam
- Cherry Grove
- Fort Kent
- Iron River
- La Corey
- Therien
The following Métis settlements and Indian reserves are within the MD of Bonnyville No. 87.
;Métis settlements
- Elizabeth Metis Settlement
- Fishing Lake Metis Settlement
;Indian reserves
- Cold Lake 149
The following localities are within the MD of Bonnyville No. 87.
;Localities
- Anshaw
- Bank Bay
- Beacon Corner
- Beaver River
- Big Meadow
- Birch Grove Estates
- Bordenave
- Cherry Ridge Estates
- Columbine
- Dirleton
- Durlingville
- Elizabeth
- Ethel Lake
- Flat Lake
- Fontaine Subdivision
- Franchere
- Fresnoy
- Goodridge
- Gurneyville
- Happy Hollow
- Holyoke
- Hoselaw
- Lessard
- Marie Lake
- Model Development
- Moose Lake Estates
- Muriel Lake
- Nicholson Subdivision
- Northshore Heights
- Rat Lake
- Rife
- Smith Lake
- Sputinow
- Sunset Beach
- Sunset View Beach
- Truman
- Turcotte Division
- Vezeau Beach
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Demographics
As a census subdivision n the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the MD of Bonnyville No. 87 had a population of 12,847 living in 4,742 of its 5,467 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 12,745. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021.
As a census subdivision in the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the MD of Bonnyville No. 87 originally had a population of 13,575 living in 4,820 of its 5,667 total private dwellings, a change from its 2011 population of 11,191. This included the population of two Metis settlements, Elizabeth (653) and Fishing Lake (446), located within the census subdivision that are municipalities independent of the MD of Bonnyville No. 87. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2016. a change of from its 2011 population of 10,101.
The population of the MD of Bonnyville No. 87 according to its 2014 municipal census is 11,836, a change from its 2011 population of 10,101.</small> || South Asian || 0 ||
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| Chinese || 0 ||
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| Black || 20 ||
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| Filipino || 15 ||
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| Latin American || 20 ||
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| Arab || 0 ||
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| Southeast Asian || 0 ||
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| West Asian || 0 ||
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| Korean || 0 ||
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| Japanese || 0 ||
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| Visible minority, n.i.e. || 0 ||
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| Multiple visible minority || 0 ||
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| colspan=2 | Total visible minority population|| 55 ||
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| rowspan=5 | Aboriginal group<br><small>Source:</small> || First Nations || 375 ||
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| Métis || 1,420 ||
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| Inuit || 0 ||
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| Aboriginal, n.i.e. || 0 ||
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| Multiple Aboriginal identity || 10 ||
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| colspan=2 | Total Aboriginal population || 1,815 ||
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| colspan=2 | Total population || 10,170 || 100%
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Notable people
Peter Hochachka (1937–2002), zoologist and biochemist, was born in Bordenave
See also
- CFB Cold Lake
- List of communities in Alberta
- List of francophone communities in Alberta
- List of municipal districts in Alberta