The
Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo has released it’s
2007
census.
Fort McMurray was established as a Hudson’s Bay Company
post in 1870. When the settlement of Fort McMurray first appeared
in the Dominion Census, in 1901, there were 16 people counted.
Over 100 years later, the number has grown to over 60,000 people.
Oilsands development (specifically Suncor) spurred the dramatic
growth in the 1960s, and the population doubled between 1964
and 1967. During construction of Syncrude, from 1975 to 1978,
population increased from 13,500 to 24,580 people. Decades
later, with the development of Albian
Sands Muskeg River
Mine, as well
as other oilsands plants using SAGD, new, increased growth
is anticipated.
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