South View, Alberta
human settlement in Alberta, Canada
South View is a summer village in Alberta, Canada. It is located on the northern shore of Isle Lake, opposite from Silver Sands.
Demographics
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Summer Village of South View had a population of 72 living in 35 of its 86 total private dwellings, a change of 7.5% from its 2016 population of 67. With a land area of 0.44 km2 (0.17 sq mi), it had a population density of 163.6/km2 (423.8/sq mi) in 2021.
In the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Summer Village of South View had a population of 67 living in 30 of its 88 total private dwellings, a 91.4% change from its 2011 population of 35. With a land area of 0.41 km2 (0.16 sq mi), it had a population density of 163.4/km2 (423.2/sq mi) in 2016.
The Summer Village of South View's 2012 municipal census counted a population of 76.
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