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Lac des Arcs, Alberta

Field	Value
name	Lac des Arcs
settlement_type	Hamlet
image_skyline	Lac des arc - panoramio.jpg
image_caption	Lac des Arcs
dot_x		dot_y =
pushpin_map	Canada Alberta
pushpin_label_position	none
pushpin_map_caption	Location of Lac des Arcs in Alberta
pushpin_mapsize	220
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	Canada
subdivision_type1	Province
subdivision_name1	Alberta
subdivision_type2	Census division
subdivision_name2	No. 15
subdivision_type3	Municipal district
subdivision_name3	MD of Bighorn No. 8
government_type	Unincorporated
leader_title	Governing body
leader_name	MD of Bighorn No. 8 Council
established_title2
established_title3
area_footnotes	(2021)
area_land_km2	0.57
population_as_of	2021
population_footnotes
population_total	146
population_density_km2	256.2
timezone	MST
utc_offset	−7
timezone_DST	MDT
utc_offset_DST	−6
coordinates
elevation_footnotes
elevation_m	1320

Lac des Arcs is a hamlet in Alberta, Canada within the Municipal District (MD) of Bighorn No. 8. It is located on the south side of the Bow River opposite the Hamlet of Exshaw and has an elevation of 1320 m. Highway 1 (the Trans-Canada Highway) borders Lac des Arcs on the south.

The hamlet is located in Census Division No. 15 and in the federal riding of Wild Rose.

Lake

Main article: Lac des Arcs (Alberta)

The wide span of the Bow River adjacent to the Hamlet of Lac des Arcs is also referred to as a lake under the same name, which attracts wind surfers and fishers. The Lafarge Exshaw Plant, a limestone quarry, is developed on the lake's northern shore.

Demographics

of Lac Des Arcs

|1971|11 |1976|47 |1981|71 |1986|45 |1991|70 |1996|82 |2001|96 |2006|127 |2011|144 |2016|130 |2021|146 In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Lac Des Arcs had a population of 146 living in 57 of its 82 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 130. With a land area of 0.57 km2, it had a population density of in 2021.

As a designated place in the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Lac Des Arcs had a population of 130 living in 53 of its 83 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2011 population of 144. With a land area of 0.52 km2, it had a population density of in 2016.

References

Alberta Municipal Affairs. (2010-04-01). "Specialized and Rural Municipalities and Their Communities".
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(August 15, 2012). "Population and Dwelling Counts, for Canada, Provinces and Territories, and Census Divisions, 2001 and 1996 Censuses - 100% Data (Alberta)". [[Statistics Canada]].
(July 20, 2021). "Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and designated places, 2006 and 2001 censuses - 100% data (Alberta)". [[Statistics Canada]].
(July 25, 2021). "Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and designated places, 2011 and 2006 censuses (Alberta)". Statistics Canada.
(February 9, 2022). "Population and dwelling counts: Canada and designated places". [[Statistics Canada]].
(February 8, 2017). "Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and designated places, 2016 and 2011 censuses – 100% data (Alberta)". [[Statistics Canada]].

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