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Purple Springs Alberta Information

Purple Springs is a hamlet in southern Alberta, Canada within the Municipal District of Taber. It is located on Highway 3, approximately 17 kilometres (11 mi) east of Taber. _x000D_ The Government of Alberta established the Purple Springs Grazing Reserve in 1957 that is located 0.8 km away from the community. The reserve is 6,684 acres (27.05 km2) and was the first irrigated grazing reserve in the province. _x000D_ In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Purple Springs had a population of 101 living in 21 of its 21 total private dwellings, a change of 129.5% from its 2016 population of 44. With a land area of 0.65 km2 (0.25 sq mi), it had a population density of 155.4/km2 (402.4/sq mi) in 2021. _x000D_ As a designated place in the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Purple Springs had a population of 29 living in 7 of its 7 total private dwellings, a change of 26.1% from its 2011 population of 23. With a land area of 0.29 km2 (0.11 sq mi), it had a population density of 100.0/km2 (259.0/sq mi) in 2016. _x000D_ The Municipal District of Taber’s 2016 municipal census counted a population of 44 in Purple Springs, a 7.3% change from the hamlet’s 2013 municipal census population of 41. _x000D_ _x000D_ This Southern Alberta location article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it._x000D_ _x000D_ Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purple_Springs