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Fawcett
Hamlet
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Coordinates: 54°32′26″N 114°05′41″W / 54.54056°N 114.09472°W / 54.54056; -114.09472
Country	Canada
Province	Alberta
Region	Central Alberta
Census division	13
Municipal district	Westlock County
Government
• Type	Unincorporated
• Governing body	Westlock County Council
Area (2021)^[1]
• Land	0.46 km² (0.18 sq mi)
Population (2021)^[1]
• Total	60
• Density	130/km² (300/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC−07:00 (MST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−06:00 (MDT)
Area code(s)	780, 587, 825

Fawcett is a hamlet in central Alberta, Canada within Westlock County.^[2] It is located on Highway 44, approximately 118 kilometres (73 mi) northwest of Edmonton, and four kilometres east of Hubert Lake Wildland Provincial Park.^[3]

The community has the name of a railroad officer.^[4]

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Fawcett had a population of 60 living in 31 of its 36 total private dwellings, a change of -26.8% from its 2016 population of 82. With a land area of 0.46 km² (0.18 sq mi), it had a population density of 130.4/km² (337.8/sq mi) in 2021.^[1]

As a designated place in the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Fawcett had a population of 69 living in 31 of its 37 total private dwellings, a change of -5.5% from its 2011 population of 73. With a land area of 0.45 km² (0.17 sq mi), it had a population density of 153.3/km² (397.1/sq mi) in 2016.^[5]

Notable residents

Fawcett is the hometown of professional hockey player and actor Ross Smith. Ross portrayed the character Barclay Donaldson in the 1977 movie Slap Shot. Casey Fawcett, the previous World Record holder for most glasses held in a single hand,^[6] is also a resident of Fawcett.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Population and dwelling counts: Canada and designated places". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved February 10, 2022.
^ "Specialized and Rural Municipalities and Their Communities" (PDF). Alberta Municipal Affairs. June 3, 2024. Retrieved June 14, 2024.
^ "Information & Facilities - Hubert Lake Wildland Provincial Park | Alberta Parks". Alberta Parks. November 10, 2022.
^ Place-names of Alberta. Ottawa: Geographic Board of Canada. 1928. p. 50.
^ "Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and designated places, 2016 and 2011 censuses – 100% data (Alberta)". Statistics Canada. February 8, 2017. Retrieved February 13, 2017.
^ "Most wine glasses held in one hand | Guinness World Records".

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