Langdon, Alberta

History

Langdon was named for R.B. Langdon of Langdon & Shepard, a Canadian Pacific Railway subcontracting firm who built a section of the line just east of Calgary. He was born in Vermont in 1826 and worked on the railroad lines within at least ten US states, notably the St. Paul & Pacific Railroad in 1858. Langdon was a state senator in Minnesota from 1873 to 1881.{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/fiftyyearsinnor01edwagoog | page=529 | quote=R.B. Langdon. | title=Fifty Years In The Northwest: With An Introduction And Appendix Containing Reminiscences, Incidents, And Notes

A post office was established on January 1, 1890, and a telegraph office in 1899. Langdon incorporated as a village on August 31, 1907. It subsequently dissolved on January 1, 1946, to become part of the Municipal District of Conrich No. 44.

Demographics

of Langdon

|1911|159 |1916|161 |1921|128 |1926|94 |1931|83 |1936|101 |1941|95 |1951|77 |1956|81 |1961|98 |1966|97 |1971|109 |1976|141 |1981|199 |1986|203 |1991|279 |1996|390 |2001|1685 |2006| |2011|4211 |2016|5305 |2021|5497

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Langdon had a population of 5,497 living in 1,759 of its 1,792 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 5,305. With a land area of 9.26 km2, it had a population density of in 2021.

The population of Langdon according to the 2018 municipal census conducted by Rocky View County is 5,364, a 9.5% increase from its 2013 municipal census population count of 4,897.

As of 2021, Langdon is 94.1% White, and 5.6% a visible minority. More specifically, the population is 29.3% English, 25.3% Scottish, 20.7% German, 19.2% Canadian, 18.2% Irish, and 10.3% Ukrainian. The largest visible minority population is Black, comprising 1.2% of Langdon's population.

40% of Langdon's population is Christian, and 59.3% is irreligious.

Attractions

Langdon is home to The Track - a golf course formerly known as the Boulder Creek Golf Course. To the northwest of Langdon is the wetland waterfowl habitat Weed Lake. Langdon Days is an annual event hosted in the town during the summer baseball season and includes a parade down main street and a lot of good advertising for small businesses in the town.

Education

Langdon School provides education to students in kindergarten through grade 9. Sarah Thompson School provides education to students from K-5. Horseshoe Crossing High School provides education to students in the grades 9-12.

References

• Karamitsanis, Aphrodite (1992). Place Names of Alberta – Volume II, Southern Alberta, University of Calgary Press, Calgary, Alberta.

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