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Improvement District No. 4 Alberta Information

Improvement District No. 4, or Improvement District No. 04 (Waterton), is an improvement district in Alberta, Canada. Coextensive with Waterton Lakes National Park in southern Alberta, the improvement district provides local governance for lands within the park that are not within an Indian reserve. _x000D_ Prior to 1944, those lands within Improvement District (ID) No. 4 were split between the Municipal District of Kerr No. 39 and the Municipal District of Castle River No. 40. Following a partial amalgamation of the two municipal districts, remnant unsurveyed lands were incorporated as ID No. 11 on January 1, 1944. It was renumbered to ID No. 8 on April 1, 1945 and again to ID No. 4 on January 1, 1969. _x000D_ While there are no urban municipalities within Improvement District No. 4 there is one hamlet named Waterton Park. Blood 148A, a First Nation reserve of the Kainai Nation, is also within Improvement District No. 4. _x000D_ The following localities are within Improvement District No. 4. _x000D_ In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Improvement District No. 4 had a population of 158 living in 67 of its 209 total private dwellings, a change of 50.5% from its 2016 population of 105. With a land area of 482.54 km2 (186.31 sq mi), it had a population density of 0.3/km2 (0.8/sq mi) in 2021. _x000D_ The population of Improvement District No. 24 according to its 2018 municipal census is 108. The municipal census also counted a shadow population – temporary residents employed in the municipality – of 405 for a combined population of 513. _x000D_ In the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Improvement District No. 4 had a population of 105 living in 39 of its 168 total private dwellings, a change of 19.3% from its 2011 population of 88. With a land area of 485.66 km2 (187.51 sq mi), it had a population density of 0.2/km2 (0.6/sq mi) in 2016. _x000D_ Improvement District No. 4 is governed by a five-person council comprising a chair and four councillors. Ken Black is the chair of the council. _x000D_ _x000D_ Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Improvement_District_No._4