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.
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  • none
;Towns
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;Summer villages
  • none
The following hamlets are located within the County of Warner No. 5.
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The following localities are located within the County of Warner No. 5.
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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 from its 2016 population of 3,942. With a land area of, 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 change from its 2011 population of 3,841. With a land area of, it had a population density of in 2016.

Attractions

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.
Name & SD No.ImageLocationDate EstablishedDate Closed/
Disbanded		Notes
Galt/Stirling No. 64729-6-19W419 November 1901Originally named Galt, the name was changed to Stirling in 1957.
Raymond No. 7008-6-20W41 May 1902
Mammoth No. 137924-5-20W49 August 1905
Warner No. 167510-4-17W431 July 1907
Tyrells Lake No. 200720-5-17W48 July 19091939Demolished 1940s
Milk River Valley/Masinasin No. 202415-2-13W424 August 1909Originally named Milk River Valley, the name was changed to Masinasin in 1941.
Milk River No. 205615-2-13W48 October 1909
Grain No. 259715-1-11W425 November 1911
West Butte/St. Kilda No. 274711-1-12W425 May 1912Originally named West Butte, the name was changed to St. Kilda in 1920.
Indian Rock No. 254018-1-12 W4 moved? to 11-1-12W425 August 1911
Locke No. 273031-1-13 W4 Moved? to 28-2-13W410 May 1912
Clarinda No. 24598-1-13 W410 June 1911
Verburg No. 243933-1-14 W410 May 1911
Sexton Creek No. 25109-1-14 W4 moved? to 33-1-14W424 July 1911
Lind No. 217034-1-16 W425 April 1910
John Joes No. 219824-1-17W426 May 1910Also spelled John Jo
Two Fifteen No. 215320-2-15W426 March 1910 March 26Moved to Milk River for a class room when the district was joined with Milk River Consolidated District 12, December 1945
Sleepy Hollow No. 263424-2-15W425 January 1912
Lucky Strike No. 258917-3-11W49 November 1911
Prairie Round No. 215221-3-12W426 March 1910 March 26-
Patience No. 215623-6-17W426 March 1910
Maybutt32-6-19W419101924Classes were first held at the Presbyterian Church, a vacant Chinese restaurant and later the Prairie Queen Hotel at the corner of First Avenue and Front Street, Maybutt. Plans to build a school house never got past the planning stages and children from Maybutt were bused to the neighbouring town of Stirling in 1924.
Kippen No. 208034-2-12W49 December 19091933Kippenville Consolidated 7 created in 1915 by Kippen & Green Villa disorganized in 1933
Bankview No. 304216-1-17W419131953
Coutts No. 35604-1-15W430 October 1917
North Wrentham No. 36187-16W418 February 1918
Wrentham No. 361736-6-17W418 February 1918
Conrad No. 407711-61-12W43 November 1921