Jarvis Bay, Alberta
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Jarvis Bay is a summer village
Summer village
Summer villages in Alberta are incorporated communities that have permanent populations generally less than 300 permanent inhabitants, as well as seasonal inhabitants....
in Alberta
Alberta
Alberta is a province of Canada. It had an estimated population of 3.7 million in 2010 making it the most populous of Canada's three prairie provinces...
, Canada
Canada
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. It is located on the eastern shore of Sylvan Lake
Sylvan Lake (Alberta)
Sylvan Lake is a large lake in central Alberta, Canada. The resort town of Sylvan Lake is established on the shores of the lake, west of the city of Red Deer....
, in Jarvis Bay Provincial Park
Jarvis Bay Provincial Park
Jarvis Bay Provincial Park is a provincial park in Alberta, Canada, located north from Sylvan Lake and west from Red Deer, along Highway 20.The park is situated on the eastern shores of Sylvan Lake, at an elevation of and has a surface of...
.
Demographics
In 2006, Jarvis Bay had a population of 183 living in 153 dwellingsHouse
A house is a building or structure that has the ability to be occupied for dwelling by human beings or other creatures. The term house includes many kinds of different dwellings ranging from rudimentary huts of nomadic tribes to free standing individual structures...
, a 47.6% increase from 2001. The summer village has a land area of 0.55 km² (0.212356187225894 sq mi) and a population density
Population density
Population density is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume. It is frequently applied to living organisms, and particularly to humans...
of 334.6 /km2.