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Harmony, Alberta

Field	Value
name	Harmony
settlement_type	Hamlet
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pushpin_map	Canada Alberta
pushpin_label_position	none
pushpin_map_caption	Location of Harmony in Alberta
pushpin_mapsize	220
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	Canada
subdivision_type1	Province
subdivision_name1	Alberta
subdivision_type2	Census division
subdivision_name2	No. 6
subdivision_type3	Municipal district
subdivision_name3	Rocky View County
government_type	Unincorporated
leader_title	Reeve
leader_name
leader_title1	Governing body
leader_name1
established_title	Plan approved
established_date	2007
established_title2	Settled
established_date2	2016
established_title3	Hamlet
established_date3	June 11, 2024
area_footnotes	(2021)
area_land_km2	6.92
population_as_of	2021
population_footnotes
population_total	757
population_density_km2	109.5
timezone	MST
utc_offset	−7
timezone_DST	MDT
utc_offset_DST	−6
coordinates
area_code	+1-403

Harmony is a hamlet within Rocky View County in the Canadian province of Alberta. It is adjacent to the Springbank Airport, approximately 23 km west of downtown Calgary and 10 km southeast of the Town of Cochrane. At a planned size of 707 ha, Harmony is estimated to have a population of 10,000 residents living in 3,500 dwelling units at full build-out.

History

Harmony received planning approval through the adoption of a conceptual scheme by Rocky View County in February 2007, with a neighbourhood plan for the first stage of Harmony subsequently approved in October 2008. In mid-2012, it was anticipated that it would take 15 years to build out the community. Despite its prior planning approvals, the application for the first stage of subdivision in 2012 was met with local resistance. and the loss of farmland. Rocky View County Council approved the subdivision application for the first stage of the community in early July 2012. Within two years, it grew to a population of 249.

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Harmony had a population of 757 living in 230 of its 256 total private dwellings. With a land area of 6.92 km2, it had a population density of in 2021.

Harmony recorded a population of 249 in Rocky View County's 2018 municipal census.

Attractions

Planned amenities in Harmony include a regional park, playfields, greenbelts, a golf course and a recreational lake.

References

(January 2007). "Harmony Conceptual Scheme (Bylaw C-6411-2007)". [[Rocky View County.
Jenna McMurray. (2012-07-02). "Proposed residential development near Springbank airport draws flak". [[Canoe Sun Media]].
Kimberley Massey. (2012-07-09). "Rocky View council gives controversial community green light". Great West Newspapers Limited Partnership.
Kimberley Massey. (2012-08-20). "Residents start petition opposing Springbank development". Great West Newspapers Limited Partnership.
Josh Skapin. (June 24, 2016). "The first family of Harmony". Postmedia.
Riley Stovka. (June 17, 2024). "RVC designates Harmony as County's newest hamlet". Great West Media.
(February 9, 2022). "Population and dwelling counts: Canada and designated places". [[Statistics Canada]].
"Rocky View County Population by Hamlet". Rocky View County.

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