City of Lloydminster
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Location of Lloydminster in Alberta and Saskatchewan
Coordinates: 53°17′00″N 110°00′00″W / 53.283333, -110
Country	Canada
Province	Alberta  Saskatchewan
Region	Central Alberta, West Central Saskatchewan
Census division	10 (AB), 17 (SK)
Founded	1903
Incorporated	1930 (Town)
	1958 (City)
Government
- Mayor	Ken Baker
- City Manager	Roger Brekko
- MP	Leon Benoit (AB, CPC) Gerry Ritz (SK, CPC)
- MLA	Lloyd Snelgrove (AB, PC) Tim McMillan (SK, SP)
- Governing body	Lloydminster City Council
Area
- Total	41. Alberta (ælˈbɝtə is one of Canada's prairie provinces. It became a province on September 1 1905 Saskatchewan (səˈskætʃəwən) is a prairie province in Canada, which has an area of 588276 Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page The provinces and territories of Canada combine to make up the world's second largest country in total area. Alberta (ælˈbɝtə is one of Canada's prairie provinces. It became a province on September 1 1905 Saskatchewan (səˈskætʃəwən) is a prairie province in Canada, which has an area of 588276 National regions Provinces and territories are normally grouped into the following Regions (generally from west to east Northern Canada Central Alberta (also named Alberta's Heartland) is a Region located in the Canadian province of Alberta. The census geographic units of Canada are the Country subdivisions defined and used by Canada's federal government statistics bureau Statistics Canada to Communities Cities Camrose Lloydminster Towns Division No 17 Saskatchewan, Canada, is one of the eighteen census divisions within the province as defined by Statistics Canada. This is a list of members of the Canadian House of Commons in the 39th Parliament of Canada. Leon Earl Benoit (born July 7, 1950, Lloydminster Alberta) is a Canadian politician The Conservative Party of Canada ( Parti conservateur du Canada) colloquially known as the " Tories " is a conservative Gerry Ritz, PC, MP (born August 19, 1951) is Canada's Agriculture minister and a Canadian Member of Parliament The Conservative Party of Canada ( Parti conservateur du Canada) colloquially known as the " Tories " is a conservative A Member of the Legislative Assembly, or MLA, is a representative elected by the voters of an Electoral district to the Legislature or Legislative Lloyd Snelgrove is a Canadian politician who currently represents the electoral district of Vermilion-Lloydminster in the Legislative Assembly The Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta is a provincial right-of-centre party in the Canadian province of Alberta. Tim McMillan is a Canadian politician He was elected to represent the electoral district of Lloydminster in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan The Saskatchewan Party is a Centre-right Political party in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. Area is a Quantity expressing the two- Dimensional size of a defined part of a Surface, typically a region bounded by a closed Curve. 53 km² (16 sq mi)
Elevation	669 m (2,195 ft)
Population (2006)
- Total	24,028
- Density	561. Square Kilometre ( US spelling square kilometer) symbol km2, is a decimal multiple of the SI unit of The square mile is an imperial and US unit of Area equal the area of a square of one statute mile. The elevation of a Geographic location is its height above a fixed reference point often the mean sea level. The metre or meter is a unit of Length. It is the basic unit of Length in the Metric system and in the International A foot (plural feet or foot; symbol or abbreviation ft or sometimes &prime – the prime symbol) is a non-SI unit Population density (in agriculture standing stock and Standing crop) is a measurement of Population per unit area or unit volume 1/km² (1,453. 2/sq mi)
Time zone	MST (UTC−7)
- Summer (DST)	MDT (UTC−6)
Postal code span	T9V (AB), S9V (SK)
Area code(s)	780 (AB), 306 (SK)
Website: City of Lloydminster

Lloydminster is a Canadian city which has the unusual geographic distinction of straddling a provincial border. The Mountain Time Zone of North America keeps time by subtracting seven hours from Coordinated Universal Time ( UTC-7) during the shortest days of autumn UTC−7 can be observed in Mountain Standard Time Zone Pacific Daylight Time Zone Canada Daylight saving time ( DST Areas using UTC−6 Single zone countries Belize Costa Rica El Salvador Guatemala Alberta - 150 FSAs Saskatchewan - 48 FSAs Currently there are no S1* S5* or S8* codes A telephone numbering plan is a plan for allocating Telephone number ranges to countries regions areas and exchanges and to non-fixed telephone networks Area code 780 is a telephone Area code in the Canadian province of Alberta, encompassing the northern two-thirds of the province Area code 306 is the Telephone Area code in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan, encompassing the whole province Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page A city is an Urban area with a large Population and a particular Administrative, Legal, or Historical status Geography (from Greek γεωγραφία - geografia) is the study of the Earth and its lands features inhabitants and phenomena Unlike most such cases (such as Texarkana), Lloydminster is not a pair of twin cities on opposite sides of a border which merely share the same name, but is actually incorporated as a single city with a single municipal administration. The Texarkana TX-Texarkana AR Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA as defined by the United States Office of Management and Budget, is a two-county region anchored by Twin cities are a special case of two cities or urban centres which are born in close geographic proximity and then grow into each other over time

Geography

The provincial border runs north to south, falling directly on 50th Avenue (Meridian Avenue) in the centre of Lloydminster. Addresses east of 50th Avenue are considered to be in Lloydminster, Saskatchewan and addresses west of 50th Avenue are considered to be in Lloydminster, Alberta. Saskatchewan (səˈskætʃəwən) is a prairie province in Canada, which has an area of 588276 Alberta (ælˈbɝtə is one of Canada's prairie provinces. It became a province on September 1 1905

Lloydminster is not the only city that straddles a Canadian provincial border. The city of Flin Flon, Manitoba, has a small section that is actually located within Saskatchewan. Flin Flon (pop 5594 in 2006 census is a Canadian mining city and border city of Saskatchewan and Manitoba. Manitoba (English ˌmænɨˈtoʊbə French /manitoba/ is a province of Canada, spanning 647797 square kilometres (250116  sq mi of North America In the National Capital Region, Ottawa, Ontario, and Gatineau, Quebec, form a single metropolitan area, but they do not form a biprovincial city because there are separate municipalities in each province. The National Capital Region is an official federal designation for the Canadian capital of Ottawa, Ontario, the neighboring city of Gatineau, Quebec Ottawa (ˈɒtəwə or sometimes /ˈɒtəwɑː/ is the Capital of Canada and the country's fourth largest municipality. Ontario (ɒnˈtɛrioʊ is a province located in the central part of Canada, the largest by population and second largest after Quebec Gatineau ( 2006 census population 242124 is a city in western Quebec, Canada. Quebec (kwɨˈbɛk

Lloydminster's unique situation is reflected in other legal matters, including its time zone. Alberta law requires the use of daylight saving time, while Saskatchewan does not observe daylight saving time. Daylight saving time ( DST Lloydminster's charter allows it to follow Alberta's use of daylight saving time on both sides of the provincial border; this places the city in the Mountain Standard Time Zone and synchronizes clocks with those of Alberta. A charter is the grant of authority or rights stating that the granter formally recognizes the prerogative of the recipient to exercise the rights specified The Mountain Time Zone of North America keeps time by subtracting seven hours from Coordinated Universal Time ( UTC-7) during the shortest days of autumn Lloydminster, however, was not exempted from recent anti-smoking legislation passed by Saskatchewan's legislature. Tobacco Smoking is the inhalation of smoke from burned dried or cured leaves of the Tobacco plant most often in the form of a Cigarette. A legislature is a type of representative Deliberative assembly with the power to create amend and change Laws The law created by a legislature is called Legislation Lloydminster follows the Saskatchewan schedule when voting in municipal elections.

History

Barr colonists 1903

Intended to be an exclusively British Utopian settlement centred around the idea of sobriety, the town was founded in 1903 by the Barr Colonists, who came directly from the United Kingdom^[1]. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located Utopia is a name for an ideal community taken from the title of a book written in 1516 by Sir Thomas More describing a fictional Island in the Sobriety is solemn or dignified personal Behaviour, in particular Abstinence with regard to (typically the consumption of Alcoholic beverages or The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located At a time when the area was still part of the Northwest Territories, the town was located astride the Fourth Meridian of the Dominion Land Survey. The Northwest Territories (ˌnɔrθˌwɛstˈtɛrɨtɔriz ( NWT or NT; French, les Territoires du Nord-Ouest) is a territory The Dominion Land Survey is the method used to divide most of Western Canada into one-square- Mile sections for agricultural and other purposes This meridian was intended to coincide with 110° west longitude although the imperfect surveying methods of the time led to the meridian being placed a few hundred meters west of this longitude. Longitude (ˈlɒndʒɪˌtjuːd or ˈlɒŋgɪˌtjuːd symbolized by the Greek character Lambda (λ is the east-west Geographic coordinate measurement

The town was named for Anglican Bishop George Exton Lloyd, a strong opponent of non-British immigration to Canada. The Church of England is the officially established Christian church in England, the Mother Church of the worldwide Anglican George Exton Lloyd, MA, DD ( January 6, 1861 &ndash December 8, 1940) was an Anglican bishop and theologian Immigration refers to the movement of people among countries While the movement of people has existed throughout human history at various levels modern immigration implies long-term During a nearly disastrous immigration journey, which was badly planned and conducted^[2], he distinguished himself with the colonists and replaced the Barr Colony's leader and namesake Isaac Montgomery Barr during the colonists' journey to the eventual townsite.

When the provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan were created in 1905, the Fourth Meridian was selected as the border, bisecting the town. For the next quarter century, Lloydminster remained two separate towns with two separate municipal administrations, but in 1930 the provincial governments agreed to amalgamate the towns into a single town under shared jurisdiction. Joining two or more political units such as municipalities, counties, or cities into one entity is referred to as amalgamation when the process occurs The provinces, again jointly, reincorporated Lloydminster as a city in 1958.

Commemorating Lloydminster's unique bi-provincial status, a monument consisting of four 100-foot survey markers was erected in 1994 near the city's downtown core.

Although the majority of Lloydminster's population once lived in Saskatchewan, that ratio has long since been reversed. The Alberta side of the border has seen most of the city's recent population growth. Population growth is the change in Population over time and can be quantified as the change in the number of individuals in a population using "per unit time" for In 2000, the city hall and municipal offices were re-located from Saskatchewan to Alberta. A city hall or town hall is the chief administrative building of a City or Town 's administration and usually houses the city or

Since Lloydminster's founders were attempting to create a utopian, temperate society, alcohol was not available in Lloydminster for the first few years after its founding. See also Prohibition, Teetotalism The Temperance Movement attempted to reduce the amount of Alcohol consumed within a community or society in A bylaw prohibiting nude entertainment is also in place. Sex industry is the internationalisation of commercial enterprises which supply Sex workers in various capacities

Demographics

According to the Canada 2006 Census, the population was 24,028, of which 15,910 (66. The Canada 2006 Census was a detailed enumeration of the Canadian population 0%) live in Alberta^[3] and 8,118 (34. 0%) live in Saskatchewan. ^[4] According to the 2001 federal census, the total population of the city was 20,988, of which 13,148 (62. 6%) resided in Alberta while 7,840 (37. 4%) lived in Saskatchewan. From 2001 to 2006, the population rose 21. 0% on the Alberta side^[3] while the Saskatchewan side rose by 3. 5%. ^[4]

The two sides of the city rank 10th in Alberta and 11th in Saskatchewan in municipal population. If the city were entirely in one province or the other, Lloydminster's population would rank ninth in Alberta and fifth in Saskatchewan.

There are substantial demographic differences between the populations on each side of the border, with the population on the Saskatchewan side being substantially younger; the median age on the Saskatchewan side is 26. Demographics or demographic data refers to selected population characteristics as used in government Marketing or opinion research or the Demographic profiles 6,^[4] nearly seven years less than the 33. 2 found on the Alberta side. ^[3] Also, the specific age group of 20–24 is much more concentrated on the Saskatchewan side. The two sides of the city have virtually identical numbers of people in that age group (1,220 in Saskatchewan,^[4] 1,230 in Alberta^[3]) even though the total population on the Alberta side is nearly twice that of the Saskatchewan side.

The Census Agglomeration of Lloydminster includes both parts of the city, as well as the rural municipality of Wilton No. The census geographic units of Canada are the Country subdivisions defined and used by Canada's federal government statistics bureau Statistics Canada to 472, the town of Lashburn, Saskatchewan, and the village of Marshall, Saskatchewan. Lashburn is a town in Saskatchewan, Canada. Demographics See also Marshall is a town in Saskatchewan, Canada. Demographics See also

More than 8% of residents identified themselves as aboriginal at the time of the 2006 census. ^[5]

About 94% of residents identified English as their first language. English is a West Germanic language originating in England and is the First language for most people in the United Kingdom, the United States A first language (also mother tongue, native language, arterial language, or L1) is the language a human being learns from birth More than 1. 4% of the population identified French as their first language, while 0. French ( français,) is a Romance language spoken around the world by 118 million people as a native language and by about 180 to 260 million people 8% identified German, 0. The German language (de ''Deutsch'') is a West Germanic language and one of the world's major languages. 7% identified Ukrainian, and 0. Ukrainian (in Ukrainian украї́нська мо́ва ukrayins'ka mova,) is a language of the East Slavic subgroup of the Slavic languages. 5% identified Cree as their first language learned. Cree (also known as Cree-Montagnais Cree-Montagnais-Naskapi is the name for a group of closely-related Algonquian languages spoken by approximately 117000 people across The next most common languages were Chinese and Spanish at about 0. 3% each. ^[6]

More than 78 percent of residents identified as Christian at the time of the 2001 census, while over 18 percent indicated that they had no religious affiliation. A Christian is a person who adheres to Christianity, a monotheistic Religion centered on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth For specific denominations Statistics Canada found that 30% of residents identified as Roman Catholic, while 18% identified with the United Church of Canada, more than 7% identified as Anglican, about 5% identified as Lutheran, almost 3% identified as Pentecostal, about 2% identified as Baptist, and just over 1% of the population identified as Eastern Orthodox. Statistics Canada (Statistique Canada is the Canadian federal government department commissioned with producing Statistics to help The United Church of Canada was founded in 1925 as a merger of four Christian denominations two thirds of the Presbyterian Church in Canada (then the largest Canadian Protestant The Anglican Church of Canada is the sole Canadian representative of the Anglican Communion. Lutheranism is a major branch of Western Christianity that identifies with the teachings of the sixteenth-century German reformer Martin Luther Pentecostalism is a renewalist religious movement within Christianity that places special emphasis on the direct personal experience of God through the Baptism Baptist is a term describing individuals belonging to a Baptist church or a Baptist denomination. The Eastern Orthodox Church is the second largest single Christian Communion in the world ^[7]

Economy and taxation

The local economy is driven primarily by the booming petroleum industry. Petroleum ( L petroleum, from Greek πετρέλαιον, lit Agriculture remains an important economic activity, although many farmers in the area have been sustained financially by lease payments resulting from oil wells drilled on their land. Agriculture refers to the production of goods through the growing of plants and fungi and the raising of domesticated Animals The study of agriculture West Texas PumpjackJPG|thumb|right|300px|This Pumpjack located south of Midland TX is a common sight in West Texas.

Lloydminster's bi-provincial status has resulted in special provisions regarding provincial taxation within the city limits. The Saskatchewan side of the city is exempt from that province's sales tax, preventing businesses located there from being placed at a disadvantage relative to businesses in Alberta, which has no provincial sales tax. A sales tax is a Consumption tax charged at the Point of purchase for certain goods and services In Canada there are three types of Sales taxes provincial sales taxes or PST the federal Goods and Services Tax or GST, and the Harmonized Sales Tax or HST There is no exemption for provincial income tax, which is based solely on the taxpayer's province of residence.

Politics

Residents on the Alberta side are served by the electoral district of Vegreville—Wainwright in the federal House of Commons, and Vermilion-Lloydminster in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta. An electoral district (also known as a Constituency or a riding in the Canadian English political Jargon) is a geographically-based Vegreville—Wainwright is a federal electoral district in Alberta, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since The House of Commons (Chambre des communes is a component of the Parliament of Canada, along with the Sovereign (represented by the Governor General) and Vermilion-Lloydminster is an Albertan provincial Electoral district, located in east-central Alberta The Legislative Assembly of Alberta is one of two components of the Legislature of Alberta, the other being the Lieutenant-Governor of Alberta. Residents in Saskatchewan are served by Battlefords—Lloydminster federally, and Lloydminster in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan. Battlefords—Lloydminster is a federal electoral district in Saskatchewan, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons Lloydminster is a provincial Electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan, Canada. The Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan is one of two components of the Legislature of Saskatchewan, the other being the Lieutenant-Governor of Saskatchewan

Education

Elementary and secondary schools on both sides of the border all use Saskatchewan's curriculum. Lloydminster provides post-secondary education through Lakeland College offering one and two year certificate and diploma programs. Lakeland College is a post-secondary college in Alberta. It is publicly funded and maintains two campuses in Lloydminster and Vermilion.

Media

Radio

• FM 95. See also Frequency modulation, FM band FM broadcasting is a broadcast Technology invented by Edwin Howard Armstrong that 9: CKSA ("Lloyd FM", country)
• FM 97. CKSA is a Canadian Radio station owned by Newcap Broadcasting. Country music is a blend of popular musical forms originally found in the Southern United States and the Appalachian Mountains. 5: CKUA-FM-15 (variety)
• FM 106. 1: CKLM ("The Goat", rock)

Television

• Channel 2: CKSA, CBC
• Channel 4: CITL, CTV

See also

• Twin cities

References

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