Cayley, Alberta

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subdivision_type2 = Census division
subdivision_name2 = No. 6
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subdivision_name3 = Foothills MD
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footnotes = Cayley is a designated place (an unincorporated hamlet) in southern Alberta located 73 kilometers south of Calgary along Highway 2A. It is located in the Municipal District of Foothills in Alberta Census Division No. 6. It lies near the intersection of Highways 2A and 2 south of the town of High River, Alberta.

The hamlet is administered by the Municipal District of Foothills. [Cite web|url=http://www.municipalaffairs.gov.ab.ca/cfml/profiles/data/0111_1.htm|author=Alberta Municipal Affairs|title=Foothills No. 31 - Municipal district Profile|accessdate=2008-06-27]

History

The community was named for the Hon. Hugh St. Quentin Cayley, a barrister and the publisher of the Calgary Herald in 1884, who also represented Calgary in the Northwest Territories legislature from 1886 to 1894cite web|url=http://www.pioneersalberta.org/profiles/c.html#cayley|title= Hugh St. Quenton Cayley biography|publisher = Southern Alberta Pioneers|accessdate=2007-12-07] . The hamlet originally contained three grain elevators; all have been demolished, [ [http://www.prairielight.org/index2.htm Prairie Light Photography ] ] . Cayley is also home to a Hutterite colony and a colony school; in 2001, two Cayley Colony girls were the first students from an Alberta colony school to write provincial diploma exams and graduate from high school [ [http://www.teachers.ab.ca/Quick+Links/Publications/ATA+News/Volume+36/Number+1/In+the+News/Two+firsts+for+Cayley+Colony+School.htm Alberta Teachers' Association - In the News - Two firsts for Cayley Colony School ] ] .

Demographics

The population according to the 1996 Statistics Canada census was 334 [Statistics Canada counted the population of Cayley as part of the Town of High River in the 2001 census.] .

The community had a total population of 744 living in 241 dwellings in 2006.Cite web | url= http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/webarchives/2006/http://broadband.gc.ca/demographic_servlet/community_demographics/752 | title= Cayley - Community demograhics|author=Industry Canada/Web Achieve| authorlink=Industry Canada | year=2006 | accessdate= 2008-06-27] The community has a land area of km2 to mi2|160.34|abbr=yes|wiki=yes and a population density of Pop density km2 to mi2|4.6| spell=UK | abbr=yes.

ee also

*Hamlets of Alberta

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