Czar, Alberta
village in Alberta, Canada
Czar is a village in central Alberta, Canada. It is 70 kilometres (43 mi) west of the Saskatchewan border, at the intersection of Highway 13, Buffalo Trail, and the Canadian Pacific Kansas City tracks.
Demographics
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Village of Czar had a population of 248 living in 86 of its 99 total private dwellings, a change of 22.8% from its 2016 population of 202. With a land area of 1.12 km2 (0.43 sq mi), it had a population density of 221.4/km2 (573.5/sq mi) in 2021.
In the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Village of Czar recorded a population of 202 living in 85 of its 87 total private dwellings, a 21% change from its 2011 population of 167. With a land area of 1.12 km2 (0.43 sq mi), it had a population density of 180.4/km2 (467.1/sq mi) in 2016.
This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Czar, Alberta” as village in Alberta, Canada. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.
Why this record matters
The subject matters to the places & architecture register because the source frames it as village in Alberta, Canada. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.
Maps, plans, fabric surveys and administrative records can establish how the site’s name, extent and function changed over time. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 6, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q3447790. Authority coordinates are 52.454, -110.830. 1 of 2 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2021, 2016 and 2011.
A single description cannot reconcile every naming convention, rebuilding phase or administrative transfer associated with a place. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.
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Treat names, boundaries and functions as historically changeable. Maps, plans, inventories and administrative records can clarify what the place meant at different dates.
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Questions for further research
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This entry incorporates text from “Czar, Alberta” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.