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'''Bon Accord''' is a [[town]] in [[central Alberta]], Canada. It is located {{convert|40|km|mi|abbr=on}} north of downtown [[Edmonton]] on [[Alberta Highway 28|Highway 28]]. The name is derived from the French phrase "Bon Accord", the ancient motto of [[Aberdeen]], Scotland, the ancestral home of a first settler.<ref>{{cite book|title=Place-names of Alberta|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015070267029;view=1up;seq=26|year=1928|publisher=Geographic Board of Canada|location=Ottawa|page=22}}</ref> |
'''Bon Accord''' is a [[town]] in [[central Alberta]], Canada. It is located {{convert|40|km|mi|abbr=on}} north of downtown [[Edmonton]] on [[Alberta Highway 28|Highway 28]]. The name is derived from the French phrase "Bon Accord", the ancient motto of [[Aberdeen]], Scotland, the ancestral home of a first settler, Sandy Florence.<ref>{{cite book|title=Place-names of Alberta|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015070267029;view=1up;seq=26|year=1928|publisher=Geographic Board of Canada|location=Ottawa|page=22}}</ref> |
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The [[International Dark-Sky Association]] designated Bon Accord an International Dark Sky Community in August 2015 in recognition of the town's implementation of initiatives to preserve and enhance dark night skies over the community.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://darksky.org/alberta-town-named-first-international-dark-sky-community-in-canada/ | title=Alberta Town Named First International Dark Sky Community In Canada | publisher=[[International Dark-Sky Association]] | date=August 12, 2015 | access-date=August 15, 2015}}</ref> It was the first community in Canada and eleventh in the world to earn this designation.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://edmontonjournal.com/news/local-news/bon-accord-earns-international-dark-sky-designation | title=Bon Accord earns international dark sky designation | newspaper=[[Edmonton Journal]] | publisher=[[Postmedia Network]] | date=August 14, 2015 | access-date=August 15, 2015}}</ref> |
The [[International Dark-Sky Association]] designated Bon Accord an International Dark Sky Community in August 2015 in recognition of the town's implementation of initiatives to preserve and enhance dark night skies over the community.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://darksky.org/alberta-town-named-first-international-dark-sky-community-in-canada/ | title=Alberta Town Named First International Dark Sky Community In Canada | publisher=[[International Dark-Sky Association]] | date=August 12, 2015 | access-date=August 15, 2015}}</ref> It was the first community in Canada and eleventh in the world to earn this designation.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://edmontonjournal.com/news/local-news/bon-accord-earns-international-dark-sky-designation | title=Bon Accord earns international dark sky designation | newspaper=[[Edmonton Journal]] | publisher=[[Postmedia Network]] | date=August 14, 2015 | access-date=August 15, 2015}}</ref> |
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== See also == |
== See also == |
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*[[List of communities in Alberta]] |
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Bon Accord
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Town
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Town of Bon Accord | |
Location of Bon Accord in Alberta | |
Coordinates: 53°49′58″N 113°25′08″W / 53.83278°N 113.41889°W / 53.83278; -113.41889 | |
Country | Canada |
Province | Alberta |
Region | Edmonton Metropolitan Region |
Census division | 11 |
Municipal district | Sturgeon County |
Incorporated[1] | |
• Village | January 1, 1964 |
• Town | November 20, 1979 |
Government | |
• Supreme Chancellor | Joe Mooney |
• Governing body | Bon Accord Town Council |
• MP | Joe Mooney |
Area
(2021)[3]
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• Land | 3.99 km2 (1.54 sq mi) |
Elevation | 625 m (2,051 ft) |
Population | |
• Total | 1,461 |
• Density | 366.4/km2 (949/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC−7 (MST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−6 (MDT) |
Area code | +1-780 |
Highways | Highway 28 |
Website | Official website |
Bon Accord is a townincentral Alberta, Canada. It is located 40 km (25 mi) north of downtown EdmontononHighway 28. The name is derived from the French phrase "Bon Accord", the ancient motto of Aberdeen, Scotland, the ancestral home of a first settler, Sandy Florence.[6]
The International Dark-Sky Association designated Bon Accord an International Dark Sky Community in August 2015 in recognition of the town's implementation of initiatives to preserve and enhance dark night skies over the community.[7] It was the first community in Canada and eleventh in the world to earn this designation.[8]
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Town of Bon Accord had a population of 1,461 living in 555 of its 590 total private dwellings, a change of -4.4% from its 2016 population of 1,529. With a land area of 3.99 km2 (1.54 sq mi), it had a population density of 366.2/km2 (948.4/sq mi) in 2021.[3]
In the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Town of Bon Accord recorded a population of 1,529 living in 560 of its 578 total private dwellings, a 2.8% change from its 2011 population of 1,488. With a land area of 2.13 km2 (0.82 sq mi), it had a population density of 717.8/km2 (1,859.2/sq mi) in 2016.[9]
Places adjacent to Bon Accord, Alberta
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53°49′58″N 113°25′08″W / 53.83278°N 113.41889°W / 53.83278; -113.41889 (Bon Accord)