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Kikino Metis Settlement Alberta Information

Keoma is a hamlet in southern Alberta under the jurisdiction of Rocky View County. _x000D_ Keoma is located approximately 35 km (21 mi) northeast of Downtown Calgary, on Highway 566, 2.0 km (1.2 mi) east of Highway 9 and 19 km (12 mi) north of the Trans-Canada Highway. _x000D_ Keoma is an Indigenous name for “over there”, far away. The hamlet was settled in 1910 when the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) opened up land for irrigation. It is assumed that the CPR named the site, but this is not definitive. The post office was in operation from January 15, 1910, to June 27, 1986. _x000D_ In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Keoma had a population of 95 living in 37 of its 40 total private dwellings, a change of 1.1% from its 2016 population of 94. With a land area of 0.24 km2 (0.093 sq mi), it had a population density of 395.8/km2 (1,025.2/sq mi) in 2021. _x000D_ The population of Keoma according to the 2018 municipal census conducted by Rocky View County is 89, an increase from its 2013 municipal census population count of 67. _x000D_ As a designated place in the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Keoma had a population of 104 living in 38 of its 38 total private dwellings, a change of 19.5% from its 2011 population of 87. With a land area of 0.45 km2 (0.17 sq mi), it had a population density of 231.1/km2 (598.6/sq mi) in 2016. _x000D_ Karamitsanis, Aphrodite (1992). Place Names of Alberta – Volume II, Southern Alberta, University of Calgary Press, Calgary, Alberta. _x000D_ Read, Tracey (1983). Acres and Empires – A History of the Municipal District of Rocky View, Calgary, Alberta. _x000D_ _x000D_ This Calgary Metropolitan Region location article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it._x000D_ _x000D_ Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keoma,_Alberta