Evansburg, Alberta

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Location of Evansburg in Alberta

Evansburg is a hamlet in Yellowhead County, west-central Alberta, Canada. It lies 100 km to the west of Edmonton via the Yellowhead Highway in the Drayton Valley district atop a high plateau between the North Saskatchewan and Pembina Rivers.

Evansburg is named after Harry Marshall Erskine Evans, former Edmonton mayor and advisor to the Government of Alberta. It is home to the Pembina River Provincial Park.

Evansburg was incorporated as a village until June 1998, when it renounced village status and became part of the administrative frame of the Yellowhead County. [ [http://www.municipalaffairs.gov.ab.ca/cfml/profiles/data/0482_1.htm Alberta Municipal Affairs] - Yellowhead County municipal profile]

Demographics

According to the 2001 Canada census:
* Population: 765 (740 in 1996)
* Land area: 2.24 km²
* Median family income: $52,524
* Average value of private dwelling: $89,795

Evansburg, now a designated place in Canadian census data, had a population of 879 in the Canada 2006 Census.

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