County of Warner No. 5

The County of Warner No. 5 is a municipal district in southern Alberta, Canada. Located in Census Division No. 2 just north of the United States border, its municipal office is located in the Village of Warner.

History

 * 1912 – Warner was originally organised as a rural municipality.
 * January, 1913 – Municipal District of Warner No. 36 incorporated.
 * January 23, 1923 – Municipal District of Sugar City No. 37 incorporated.
 * 1942 – Sugar City Municipality enlarged to include Local Improvement District No. 7 and portions of Local Improvement Districts 8, 38 and 67.
 * January 6, 1950 – Warner Municipality enlarged to include Milk River, Coutts and Masinasin districts.
 * December 31, 1953 – Sugar City dissolved and portion added to the Municipal District of Warner.
 * January 1, 1954 – County of Warner No. 5 incorporated.

Geography
The County of Warner No. 5 comprises approximately 50 townships and is bordered on the south by the Canada-United States border. It is composed of the former Municipal District of Warner No. 36 and a portion of the former Municipal District of Sugar City No. 37.

Communities and localities
The following urban municipalities are surrounded by the County of Warner No. 5.
 * Cities
 * none
 * Towns
 * Milk River
 * Raymond
 * Villages
 * Coutts
 * Stirling
 * Warner
 * Summer villages
 * none

The following hamlets are located within the County of Warner No. 5.
 * Hamlets
 * New Dayton
 * Wrentham

The following localities are located within the County of Warner No. 5.
 * Localities
 * Clarinda
 * Conrad
 * Craddock
 * Elmspring
 * Judson
 * Knappen
 * Lucky Strike
 * Masinasin
 * Maybutt
 * McNab
 * Miami
 * New Rockport
 * St. Kilda
 * Other places
 * Allerston (Doran)
 * Mammoth
 * One-Seventeen
 * Two-Fifteen

Demographics
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the County of Warner No. 5 had a population of 4,290 living in 907 of its 1,032 total private dwellings, a change of NaN% from its 2016 population of 3,942. With a land area of 4462.2 km2, it had a population density of in 2021.

In the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the County of Warner No. 5 had a population of 3,847 living in 816 of its 941 total private dwellings, a NaN% change from its 2011 population of 3,841. With a land area of 4531.55 km2, it had a population density of in 2016.

Attractions

 * Stirling Agricultural Village, National Historic Site of Canada
 * Warner elevator row, last surviving "Grain Elevator Row" in Alberta.
 * Galt Historic Railway Park
 * Michelsen Farmstead
 * William T. Ogden House
 * Lost Frontier Mini-Railway
 * Writing-on-Stone Provincial Park
 * Devil's Coulee Dinosaur Heritage Museum
 * Centennial Park
 * Stirling Elevator
 * Neils Hogenson House
 * Andrew Larson House
 * Temple Hill
 * Raymond Golf Club
 * Milk River Golf Club

Events

 * Stirling Settler Days
 * Victorian Prairie Christmas – Galt Railway Park
 * Raymond Stampede
 * Milk River Bonanza Days
 * Coutts Days
 * Warner Dino Days

Education
Westwind School Division No. 74 and Horizon School Division No. 67 provide education within the boundaries of the County of Warner No. 5.

Early school districts
Listed below are the former school districts that once provided education within the County of Warner No. 5.