Purple Springs
Purple Springs is a hamlet in southern Alberta, Canada within the Municipal [District of Taber]. It is located on Highway 3, approximately east of Taber.
History
The Government of Alberta established the Purple Springs Grazing Reserve in 1957 that is located 0.8 km away from the community. The reserve is and was the first irrigated grazing reserve in the province.Demographics
In the 2021 [Canadian census|2021 Census of Population] conducted by Statistics Canada, Purple Springs had a population of 101 living in 21 of its 21 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 44. With a land area of, it had a population density of in 2021.As a designated place in the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Purple Springs had a population of 29 living in 7 of its 7 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2011 population of 23. With a land area of, it had a population density of in 2016.
The Municipal District of Taber's Alberta [municipal censuses, 2016|2016 municipal census] counted a population of 44 in Purple Springs, a change from the hamlet's 2013 municipal census population of 41.