Patricia, Alberta


Patricia is a hamlet in southern Alberta, Canada within the County of Newell. It is located approximately north of Highway 1 and northeast of Brooks.
Patricia is next to Dinosaur Provincial Park, which is a UNESCO world heritage site. It was named after Princess Patricia. It was briefly famous in the 1970s when somebody willed a lot in the hamlet to then Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau. It made the news when he did not pay the taxes on the lot.

Demographics

As a designated place in the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Patricia recorded a population of 101 living in 46 of its 50 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2011 population of 108. With a land area of, it had a population density of in 2016.
As a designated place in the 2011 Census, Patricia had a population of 108 living in 41 of its 50 total dwellings, a -5.3% change from its 2006 population of 114. With a land area of, it had a population density of in 2011.