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Balzac is a hamlet in Rocky View County, which is in the Calgary Metropolitan Region of the Canadian province of Alberta.[2] It is located immediately west of Queen Elizabeth II Highway, at the intersection with Highway 566, 24 km (15 mi) north of Calgary city centre and 12 km (7.5 mi) south of Airdrie.

Balzac
Hamlet
Location of Balzac in Alberta
Coordinates: 51.213°N 114.008°W / 51.213; -114.008
CountryCanada
ProvinceAlberta
Census divisionNo. 6
Municipal districtRocky View County
Government
  TypeUnincorporated
  ReeveGreg Boehlke
  Governing body
  • Jerry Arshinoff
  • Rolly Ashdown
  • Margaret Bahcheli
  • Greg Boehlke
  • Liz Breakey
  • Lois Habberfield
  • Bruce Kendall
  • Eric Lowther
  • Earl Solberg
Elevation
1,080 m (3,540 ft)
Population
 (2006)[1]
  Total1
Time zoneUTC−7 (MST)
  Summer (DST)UTC−6 (MDT)

The hamlet is located in census division No. 6 and in the Alberta federal electoral district of Banff—Airdrie (formerly in the federal electoral district of Wild Rose).

As of July 31, 2007, Balzac is immediately adjacent to Calgary's northern city limits.[3] Balzac is also directly west of the CrossIron Mills shopping mall.


History


A Canadian Pacific Railway station began operating at Balzac in 1910. It was named by William Cornelius Van Horne, then president of the Canadian Pacific Railway, after one of his favourite authors, Honoré de Balzac (1799–1850) a noted French novelist.[4] The post office here was opened on April 1, 1912 under the name "Beddington" and was changed on July 1, 1925. The first warehouse was built in 1916, mostly for coal.[5] Canadian Senator and senate reform advocate Bert Brown hails from Balzac.


Demographics


The population of Balzac according to the 2006 municipal census conducted by Rocky View County is 1.[1]


Economy



Media


Due to its close proximity to both Calgary and Airdrie, Balzac receives most media (television, radio, newspapers) from those two cities.

Balzac Billy, a Groundhog Day prognosticator, resides in the town, and is considered one of Canada's most prominent forecasting groundhogs (Shubenacadie Sam and Wiarton Willie being among the others).[8][unreliable source?]


See also



References


  1. "Alberta Population Summary: Alberta's Hamlets Alphabetically, 2010" (PDF). Alberta Population. Retrieved September 25, 2021.
  2. "Specialized and Rural Municipalities and Their Communities" (PDF). Alberta Municipal Affairs. January 12, 2022. Retrieved January 21, 2022.
  3. City of Calgary. Annexation map Archived September 28, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
  4. Place-names of Alberta. Ottawa: Geographic Board of Canada. 1928. p. 14.
  5. Read, Tracy (1983). Acres and Empires : a history of the Municipal District of Rocky View no. 44. p. 57. Archived from the original on 2017-03-03. Retrieved 2013-05-26.
  6. Canadian Press 'October 26, 2017',Financial Post, retrieved from http://business.financialpost.com/pmn/business-pmn/amazon-com-to-add-750-full-time-jobs-at-calgary-area-fulfillment-centre, retrieved on Oct 26, 2017.
  7. Stephenson, S.(August 23, 2018) ' $30M insect farm planned for Balzac; company says bugs are 'the future of food', Calgary Herald retrieved from https://calgaryherald.com/business/local-business/30m-insect-farm-planned-for-balzac-company-says-bugs-are-the-future-of-food, retrieved on August 23, 2018
  8. "Balzac Billy". Retrieved 2009-09-10.





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