Division No. 3 is a census division in Alberta, Canada. It is located in the southwest corner of southern Alberta and its largest urban community is the Town of Claresholm.

Division No. 3
Census division in Alberta
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Country	Canada
Province	Alberta
Area [1]
• Total	13,866 km2 (5,354 sq mi)
	As of 2011
Population  (2011)[1]
• Total	38,566
• Density	2.8/km2 (7.2/sq mi)

Census subdivisions

The following census subdivisions (municipalities or municipal equivalents) are located within Alberta's Division No. 3.[2][3]

• Towns
  • Cardston
  • Claresholm
  • Fort Macleod
  • Granum
  • Magrath
  • Nanton
  • Pincher Creek
  • Stavely
• Villages
  • Cowley
  • Glenwood
  • Hill Spring
• Municipal districts
  • Cardston County
  • Pincher Creek No. 9, M.D. of
  • Willow Creek No. 26, M.D. of
• Improvement districts
  • Improvement District No. 4 (Waterton Lakes National Park)
• Indian reserves
  • Blood 148
  • Blood 148A
  • Piikani 147

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Division No. 3 had a population of 40,768 living in 14,163 of its 16,229 total private dwellings, a change of 4.7% from its 2016 population of 38,956. With a land area of 13,725.07 km² (5,299.28 sq mi), it had a population density of 3.0/km² (7.7/sq mi) in 2021.[4]

See also

• List of census divisions of Alberta
• List of communities in Alberta

References