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Shaftesbury Settlement is an unincorporated community in Alberta, Canada within the Municipal District of Peace No. 135 that is recognized as a designated place by Statistics Canada. It is located on the southeast side of Highway 684, 4 km (2.5 mi) south of Highway 2. It is adjacent to the Town of Peace River to the north on the west shore of the Peace River.
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Map of Shaftesbury Settlement, AB, Canada
The Shaftesbury Formation, a stratigraphic unit of the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin was named for the settlement. The community is named after Shaftesbury when it was founded by Rev J.G. Brick in 1890; he was from Shaftesbury.
Demographics
As a designated place in the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Shaftsbury Settlement recorded a population of 71 living in 30 of its 31 total private dwellings, a change of 42% from its 2011 population of 50. With a land area of 4.17 km2 (1.61 sq mi), it had a population density of 17.0/km2 (44.1/sq mi) in 2016.
As a designated place in the 2011 Census, Shaftesbury Settlement had a population of 50 living in 20 of its 21 total dwellings, a -27.5% change from its 2006 population of 69. With a land area of 11.88 km2 (4.59 sq mi), it had a population density of 4.2/km2 (10.9/sq mi) in 2011.