Bruderheim

Bruderheim is a town in the Edmonton Metropolitan Region of Alberta, Canada. It is located just north of the junction of Highway 15 and Highway 45, approximately northeast of Edmonton.
The town's name is derived from two German words: "Bruder" meaning brother and the suffix "-heim" meaning home. In English, it translates to "Home of the Brother".

History

Bruderheim was settled in 1894 by a group German Moravians from Volynia, in Ukraine. The area was the recipient of a notable meteorite fall on March 4, 1960—the Bruderheim meteorite.
Bruderheim Arena served as a shooting location for the 2005 film Santa's Slay.

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Town of Bruderheim had a population of 1,329 living in 515 of its 552 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 1,323. With a land area of, it had a population density of in 2021.
In the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Town of Bruderheim recorded a population of 1,308 living in 502 of its 622 total private dwellings, a change from its 2011 population of 1,155. With a land area of, it had a population density of in 2016.
The population of the Town of Bruderheim according to its 2014 municipal census is 1,348, a change from its 2012 municipal census population of 1,298.