Brooks, Alberta
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| City of Brooks | ||
Brooks from the air
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| Nickname(s): Alberta's Centennial City | ||
| Motto: Beautiful and Bountiful | ||
 Brooks
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| Coordinates: 50°33′51″N 111°53′56″W / 50.56417°N 111.89889°WCoordinates: 50°33′51″N 111°53′56″W / 50.56417°N 111.89889°W | ||
| Country | Canada | |
| Province | Alberta | |
| Region | Southern Alberta | |
| Census division | 2 | |
| Incorporated | ||
| • Village | July 14, 1910 | |
| • Town | September 8, 1911 | |
| • City | September 1, 2005 | |
| Government | ||
| • Mayor | Barry Morishita | |
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Brooks City Council
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| • CAO | Alan Martens | |
| • MP | Martin Shields (Cons – Bow River) | |
| • MLA | Derek Fildebrandt (WRP – Strathmore-Brooks) | |
| Area (2016) | ||
| • Land | 18.59 km2 (7.18 sq mi) | |
| Elevation | 760 m (2,490 ft) | |
| Population (2016) | ||
| • Total | 14,451 | |
| • Density | 777.3/km2 (2,013/sq mi) | |
| • Municipal census (2015) | 14,185 | |
| • Agglomeration | 23,430 | |
| Time zone | MST (UTC−7) | |
| • Summer (DST) | MDT (UTC−6) | |
| Postal code span | T1R | |
| Area code(s) | +1-403, +1-587 | |
| Highways |
Trans-Canada Highway Highway 36 |
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| Railways | Canadian Pacific Railway | |
| Website | Official website | |
Brooks is a city in southeast Alberta, Canada, surrounded by the County of Newell. It is located on Highway 1 (Trans-Canada Highway) and the Canadian Pacific Railway, approximately 186 km (116 mi) southeast of Calgary, and 110 km (68 mi) northwest of Medicine Hat. The city has an elevation of 760 m (2,490 ft).
The area that is now Brooks was originally used as a bison hunting ground for the Blackfoot and Crow. After Treaty 7 was signed in 1877, homesteaders moved into the area to begin farming. Before 1904, the area still did not have a name. Through a Postmaster General-sponsored contest, the area was named after Noel Edgell Brooks, a Canadian Pacific Railway Divisional Engineer from Calgary.
Brooks incorporated as a village on July 14, 1910, and then as a town on September 8, 1911. Its population in the 1911 Census of Canada was 486.
In the 1996 Census, the population of Brooks reached 10,093 making it eligible for city status. Brooks incorporated as a city on September 1, 2005 when its official population was 11,604.
In 2010, Brooks celebrated its centennial as a municipality since originally incorporating as a village in 1910.
In the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the City of Brooks recorded a population of 14,451 living in 5,046 of its 5,412 total private dwellings, a change of 5.7% from its 2011 population of 13,676. With a land area of 18.59 km2 (7.18 sq mi), it had a population density of 777.4/km2 (2,013.3/sq mi) in 2016.
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