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Did you know?• StrathconaCountyiscurrentlythethird

largestandfastestgrowingmunicipalityinAlberta,basedonthe2011Federalcensus.

• MoneySenseMagazine,inMarch2012,ratedStrathconaCountyasthenumberonebestplacetoraisekidsinCanada,thenumberoneplaceforjobsinCanada,andnumber11foroverallbestplacetoliveinCanada.

• MacLean’sMagazine,fortwoyearsinarow,hasreferredtoSherwoodParkastheleastdangerous(safest)municipalityinAlberta.

• Seventy(70)percentofallpetrochemicalrefininginCanadahappensinourbackyard.

Strathcona County Energy … energetic … can-do spirit ... high quality of living, built on strongly held values.

VisionStrathconaCountyisasafe,caringandautonomouscommunitythattreasuresitsuniqueblendofurbanandrurallifestyleswhilebalancingthenaturalenvironmentwitheconomicprosperity.Throughstrong,effectiveleadership,theCountyisavibrantcommunityofchoice.

Strathcona County is home to… • Youngfamilies—theaverageageof

residentsis37.2years

• Highlyeducatedlabourforce—55.3percentofresidentsages15andolderhavesomepost-secondaryeducation

• NorthAmerica’slargesthydrocarbonprocessingcomplex

• Thrivingbusinesscommunity–7,905businessestablishmentsinStrathconaCounty

• Agriculturalopportunity,with772farmsandover85,000hectaresofagriculturalland—cattle,dairyandpoultryoperations;fruitgrowers;grainandhaycrops(primarilycanola,alfalfaandbarley)andspecialtyfarms(StatsCan, 2006 Census of Agriculture)

• Tenmajorrecreationalfacilities,includingMillenniumPlace,plusgolfcourses,teamsports,cross-countryskiing,hiking,parks,trails,andmore

Accordingtobrandresearch,completedinlate2011,thesethoughtscapturewhatisdistinctiveaboutStrathconaCounty.Takentogether,theypointtoasuccessfulcommunity,wherepeoplewanttoworkandlive.

Certainly,thecommunityissuccessfulifmeasuredbygrowthalone.Basedonthe2011Federalcensus,StrathconaCountyisnowthethird-largestandfastest-growingmunicipalityinAlberta.

Athrivingindustrialbase–70percentofallpetrochemicalrefininginCanadahappensinourbackyard–contributestoStrathconaCountybeingrecognizedasagrowingeconomicforceinAlberta.Thiseconomicfoundationisgoodnewsforallourcitizens,supportinginnovativeprogramming,andahighqualityofservicesandinfrastructure.

Inadditiontobeingrecognizedasanenergyengineintheprovince,StrathconaCountyisalsoknownfortheenergyofitspeople,whohelpmakethiscommunitygreat.Underpinningitallisadeeply-rootedvaluesystem,builtondetermination,honesty,integrity,freedom,personalresponsibility,kindness,self-esteem,andcompassion.

True success; however, is about the ability of citizens to realize their hopes and dreams.

Asacommunity,StrathconaCountyisfortunatetohaveahighpercentageofwell-educatedsocialandeconomicmoversandshakers,andindependentrisk-takers,whodemonstrateleadershipandinnovation.

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Council Ward MapMayor and CouncillorsLindaOsinchuk,Mayor. . . . . . .780-464-8000VictorBidzinski,Ward1 . . . . . .780-464-8005RoxanneCarr,Ward2 . . . . . . . .780-464-8002BrianBotterill,Ward3 . . . . . . .780-464-8149PeterWlodarczak,Ward4 . . . 780-464-8146JacquieFenske,Ward5 . . . . . . 780-464-8147LintonDelainey,Ward6. . . . . .780-464-8206BonnieRiddell,Ward7 . . . . . . .780-464-8003JasonGariepy,Ward8. . . . . . . 780-464-8158

RobynSingleton,ChiefCommissioner . . . . . . . . . .780-464-8100Mainswitchboard . . . . . . . . . . . 780-464-8111

VisitStrathconaCounty’swebsite–www.strathcona.ca

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County-wide area1,265squarekilometers*Figures are approximate

Industrial. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,495hectaresCommercial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,815hectaresResidential . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15,789hectaresAgricultural . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85,204hectaresPark/recreation/natural . . . . . . . 3,317hectaresOther:waterbodies,roadrights-of-way . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,000hectares

Increaseinpopulation,2009-2011 . . . . . . . 5.1%Increaseinpopulation,2000-2011 . . . . . .33.5%Averageannualgrowthrate2011-2012,projected . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.0%Numberofdwellingunits. . . . . . . . . . . . . .33,631(Assessment and Tax roll. Includes farms 1,916 and acreages 7,612)

Planning and development services (2011)Subdivisionandrezoningapplications . . . . . . 57Developmentpermits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,337Permitsfornewresidentialunits. . . . . . . . . . 454Valueofcommercial,industrial,institutionalandresidentialconstruction . . . . . . $299millionCustomersserved(in-person,bytelephoneandemail). . . . 65,126

2011 planning projects • Addressing,ruralsubdivisions–posted

allruralsubdivisionswithstandardizedaddressingsignage(approximately220ruralsubdivisions).

• CloverBarRanchSprayPark–includinganeight-featurespraypark,andadditionalsitefurniture–wasopentothepublicinthespring.

• DeermoundDogOff-LeashPark–consistingoffencing,atrailconnectiontotheWatertonEstatesneighbourhood,2.6kmofwalkingtrails,andinstallationofsitefurniture,garbagereceptaclesandwashroomfacilities.Uponcompletionofthesecomponents,interpretivesignageforDeermoundDogOff-LeashParkwasinstalledtoaddtoadogowner’sexperience.

• McGhanParkicerink–includingremovaloftheexistingvolleyballcourtandsitegrading,andconstructionoffull-sizeoutdoorhockeyrinkthatincludesplayers’boxesandrinklighting.

• Clarkdale/ChelseaHeightstrail–amulti-useasphalttrailrunningeasttowestthroughClarkdaleMeadowsandcontinuingonthewestsideofCloverBarRoadthroughChelseaHeights.

• SherwoodDrivetrail–anasphalttrailalongthewestsideofSherwoodDrivefromMainBoulevardnorthtoBaselineRoad.

Economic development (2011)Nobusinesslicence;nobusinesstaxBusinessesandorganizationsinStrathconaCounty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,905(Stats Can 2011 – Business Patterns Data)

Businessesregisteredinvoluntarydirectory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,724Manufacturing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .182Home-based . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 624Retailandcommercial. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .325Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .624Newbusinessesregistered . . . . . . . . . . . . . .105

Served by both CN and CP railroadsFour airports within 30 minutesMarketarea (StatsCan, 2011 Census) 1,159,867peopleMarketshareofnewsingle-andmulti-familyresidentialdevelopmentinthemetroregion. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.2%(Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, January 2012)

$13.1billioninmajorprojectsannounced,underconstructionandrecentlycompleted

Population Sherwood Suburban Total Park andRural*2009municipalcensus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87,998 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .61,660 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26,3382011federalcensus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92,490 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .64,733 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27,7572012projected . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94,253 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .66,295 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27,958*Country residential properties on acreages, farms and in rural hamlets

Transportation (2011)Ruralroads,Countymaintained . . . 1,310kmUrbanroads,Countymaintained. . . . 372kmHighways,provincemaintained. . . . . 232kmTransitbuses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81Transitrides . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.3millionAccessibletransportationrides . . . . . . .14,980WarrenThomas(Josephburg)Aerodrome:30weekdayflightsandupto100onweekends

Rural Road MaintenanceRuralroadoverlay. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14.4kmRoadmicrosurfaced . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.2kmRoadchipsealed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.8kmRoadoilused. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2millionlitresGravelused . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30,000tonnes

Urban Maintenance Roadoverlaid. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16.3kmSidewalkreplaced . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.08km

Traffic Support Services RoadUseAgreements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .105

Road Right-away ConstructionActivityPermits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .183Signsrepaired. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,500SpecialEventPermits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17BlockPartyPermits. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23NoisePermits. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16TridemAxleCertificates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .160

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2012 planning projects• JosephburgCommunityRecreation

MasterPlan–tosetdirectionforfuturerecreationopportunitiesinJosephburgandsurroundingareas.

• BMXbikeskillspark–aconsultanthasbeenhiredtocompleteadetaileddesignforaBMXbikeskillsparkthatwillbeconstructedinthesummerof2012.

• SherwoodHeightsballdiamondrevitalization-inpartnershipwiththeSherwoodParkMinorBaseballAssociation(SPMBA).

• CentreinthePark–FestivalAvenueNorthwillbeunderconstruction,withanticipatedcompletioninthelatefallof2012.FurtherresidentialdevelopmentadjacenttoPrairieWalkisalsoexpectedtobegininthesummer/fall,2012.

Community services (2011)Counsellingservicesparticipants . . . . . . . . 1,600Homesupportservices–hours/year . . . 46,719Familydayhomeservices–children/month . . 199Seniorfamiliesdirectlyservedthroughvolunteers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71Parentlinkprograms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 558Residentsprovidedwithadirectservicethroughpartnerships*. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,870Generalenquiries . . . . 38,400switchboardcalls

* Family and Community Services partners with five agencies — Youth Justice, Community Mediation, Big Brothers Big Sisters, Boys and Girls Club of Strathcona County, and Community Adult Learning and Adult Literacy councils.

Direct ServicesCounselling. . . 771participantsin2,824sessionsFamilySchoolLiaison . . . . . . . . 270participants..............................in3,195sessionsParentTeenConflict . . . . . . . . . . 130participants................................ in266sessionsHomeVisitation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125participants..............................in1,329sessionsGroups . . . . . . . . . 260participantsin201groupsSeniorsOutreach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44clients

Direct Services provided by volunteersSnowbusters.......................39seniorsLawnbusters.......................23seniorsFriendlyVisitors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9matches

Indirect Services provided by volunteersVolunteerhours:115communitymembersvolunteered3,894hoursinsuchprogramsasYouthCouncil,conferenceplanning,aswellasSnowbusters,LawnbustersandFriendlyVisitorsprograms.Workshops/Conferences . . . 1,193participantsHigh Five Awards:537childrenandyoutheachnominatedanadultwhohadmadeadifferenceintheirlife

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Outdoor recreation services (2011)Sportsfieldsandballdiamonds. . . . . . . . . . . . 230HeritageParkwayTrails . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90kmNaturalareas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,432hectaresParkland(developedparks,schoolandotherinstitutionalsites,playingfields,andutilitycorridorsthatmayincludetrails). .1,850hectaresPlaygrounds..............................142Golfcourses(municipal) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1Tenniscourts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19Outdoorrinks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Indoor recreation services (2011)Majorfacilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12Communityhalls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14Seniors’centres. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4Number of admissions annually at:BroadmoorPublicGolfCourse...40,000+roundsGlenAllanRecreationComplex. . . . . . . . . 90,000KinsmenLeisureCentre.............. 201,000StrathconaWildernessCentre. . . . . . . . . . 35,000FestivalPlace. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29,000MillenniumPlace. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 965,000Hoursoficetime . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20,300

Utility operations (2011)Waterdistributed. . . . 31.3millionlitres/dayWatermainsmaintained . . . . . . . . . . . . 424kmFirehydrants. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,052Waterstoragecapacity. . . 121.9millionlitresWastewatertreated . . . 21.2millionlitres/dayWastewatermainsmaintained. . . . . . . 370kmStormwatermainsmaintained. . . . . . . 311km

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GreenRoutineachieved59%diversionfromlandfillRecyclingstations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5Residentialwastetolandfill . . . 12,329tonnesOrganicssentforcomposting . . 10,635tonnesMaterialscollectedforrecycling. . . 6,935tonnesEnviroservicehazardouswaste,includingelectronics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91tonnesScrapmetalcollectedforrecycling..239tonnes

Protective services (2011)Policeofficers(RCMP). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89Peaceofficers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18RCMPVictimServicesUnitvolunteeradvocates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38Firefighters . . . 130full-time,38part-timeFirestations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5Sherwood Park (2), Heartland Hall (Josephburg), South Cooking Lake and Ardrossan

Emergencycallsrespondedto....... 5,394

Library (2011)Library,Bookmobile,onlinevisits. . . 1,175,830Libraryresourcesused........... 1,561,564Questionsasked. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161,683

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Water and Wastewater Services projects (2012)

• Constructanewwatertransmissionmainfromthe17StreetreservoirtoSherwoodParktoensurethewatersupplysystemmeetstheneedsofagrowingcommunity.

• CompleteconstructionofanewweirstructuretocontrolthelevelofFoxhavenLake.

• CompleteconstructiononanewtruckfillinHalfMoonLake,andcontinuetoinvestigatelocationsforafuturetruckfillintheSouthCookingLakearea.

• BeginconstructionofanewliftstationandwastewaterforcemainfromArdrossantoSherwoodParktorelievetheexistingsanitarylagoons,whichareatcapacity.

• ConstructanewwatertransmissionmaintosupplywatertoNorthernBeargolfcourse.

• Undertakeacostofservicestudytoensureservicedeliveryandtheassociatedratesareefficientandequitable.

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Comments/questions? Contact us at:Telephone: 780-464-8111Website: www.strathcona.caEmail: info@strathcona.caTwitter : @StrathcoCountyFacebook : facebook.com/strathcona.county

Awards received (2011)Lieutenant Governor’s Leadership for Active Communities Award-RussPawlyk,directorofRecreationParksandCulture,receivedthisawardinrecognitionofhisachievementsthatresultedinincreasedcitizenengagementandhighlevelsofparticipationinrecreation,sportandactivelivingleadingtohealthierpeopleandcommunities.

Communities in Bloom-StrathconaCountyparticipatedintheCircleofChampionscategoryinthe2011NationalEditionofCommunitiesinBloom.TheCountyreceivedafivebloomratingwithaspecialmentionfortheCommunityCentre.StrathconaCountyalsoreceivedtheNationalUrbanForestryAward.

MarCom Award -StrathconaCountycompetedasoneof6,000entriesfromtheUnitedStatesandCanadainbeingawardedGoldbytheMarComAwardsforitsActiveSchoolsprogram.TheActiveSchoolsprogramprovidesteachersandparentcouncilswithacentralizedonlinesourceofinformationforschool-relatedevents,programsandactivitieswithinStrathconaCounty.Theinformationhighlightsactivitiesthatencouragestudentstolearnabouttheenvironment,engageinrecreationactivitiesandtapintotheircreativitythroughculturalprogramming.