![]() In the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Municipality of Jasper had a population of 4,590 living in 1,576 of its 1,702 total private dwellings, a change of 3.6% from its 2011 population of 4,432. In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Municipality of Jasper had a population of 4,738 living in 1,674 of its 1,910 total private dwellings, a change of 3.2% from its 2016 population of 4,590. Ĭlimate data for Jasper, 1981−2010 normals, extremes 1914−present ![]() The following localities are located within the Municipality of Jasper. Lakes near the Jasper townsite include Pyramid Lake, Patricia Lake, Lake Annette, Lake Edith, Lac Beauvert, Maligne Lake, and Medicine Lake. It lies between the Victoria Cross Ranges (northwest), Pyramid Mountain (north), Maligne Range (southeast) and Trident Ridge (southwest). It is near the confluence of the Athabasca River and Miette River. The Jasper townsite, which is approximately 362 kilometres (225 mi) west of Edmonton, 290 kilometres (180 mi) north of Banff, and 28 kilometres (17 mi) east of the Yellowhead Pass, is at the intersection of Highway 16 ( Yellowhead Highway) and Highway 93 (Icefields Parkway). The Miette River, Maligne River, and Snaring River all discharge into the Athabasca River within the Municipality of Jasper's limits. The Athabasca River, which originates from the Columbia Icefield, meanders northward through the municipality. It borders the province of British Columbia to the west and Improvement District No. The Municipality of Jasper is in the western portion of the province of Alberta within Jasper National Park. ![]() The incorporation order established the Jasper townsite as the Town of Jasper and the surrounding balance of the specialized municipality as a rural service area that was deemed equivalent to a municipal district. The improvement district was subsequently incorporated as a specialized municipality under the name of the Municipality of Jasper on July 20, 2001. The first step towards incorporation of Jasper occurred on August 31, 1995, when the Jasper Improvement District was formed from a portion of Improvement District No. In 1940, the scenic Icefields Parkway opened, connecting Jasper to Lake Louise and Banff in Banff National Park. By 1931, Jasper was accessible by road from Edmonton. Jasper Forest Park was renamed Jasper National Park in 1930. An internment camp was set up at Dominion Park in Jasper from February 1916 to August 1916. It was renamed Jasper after the former fur trade post. The Canadian Northern Railway began service to its Jasper Park station in 1912, about 700 m from GTP's Fitzhugh station. The railway siding at the location of the future townsite was established by the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway in 1911 and originally named Fitzhugh after a Grand Trunk vice president (along the Grand Trunk's "alphabet" line). Jasper Forest Park was established in 1907. Jasper House was 35 km north of today's town of Jasper. ![]() The Jasper Information Centre The Jasper Welcome Sign at the north entrance to town, 2022.Įstablished in 1813, Jasper House was first a fur trade outpost of the North West Company, and later Hudson's Bay Company, on the York Factory Express trade route to what was then called " New Caledonia" (now British Columbia) and Fort Vancouver on the lower Columbia River.
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