# County of Warner No. 5

The County of Warner No. 5 is a municipal district in southern Alberta, Canada. Located in Census Division No. 2 just north of the United States border, its municipal office is located in the Village of Warner.

## History

* 1912 – Warner was originally organised as a rural municipality.
* January, 1913 – Municipal District of Warner No. 36 incorporated.
* January 23, 1923 – Municipal District of Sugar City No. 37 incorporated.
* 1942 – Sugar City Municipality enlarged to include Local Improvement District No. 7 and portions of Local Improvement Districts 8, 38 and 67.
* January 6, 1950 – Warner Municipality enlarged to include Milk River, Coutts and Masinasin districts.
* December 31, 1953 – Sugar City dissolved and portion added to the Municipal District of Warner.
* January 1, 1954 – County of Warner No. 5 incorporated.

## Geography

The County of Warner No. 5 comprises approximately 50 townships and is bordered on the south by the Canada-United States border. It is composed of the former Municipal District of Warner No. 36 and a portion of the former Municipal District of Sugar City No. 37.

### Communities and localities
## Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the County of Warner No. 5 had a population of 4,290 living in 907 of its 1,032 total private dwellings, a change of 8.8% from its 2016 population of 3,942. With a land area of 4,462.2 km$^2$ (1,722.9 sq mi), it had a population density of 1.0/km$^2$ (2.5/sq mi) in 2021.
In the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the County of Warner No. 5 had a population of 3,847 living in 816 of its 941 total private dwellings, a 0.2% change from its 2011 population of 3,841. With a land area of 4,531.55 km$^2$ (1,749.64 sq mi), it had a population density of 0.8/km$^2$ (2.2/sq mi) in 2016.

## Attractions

* Stirling Agricultural Village, National Historic Site of Canada
* Warner elevator row, last surviving "Grain Elevator Row" in Alberta.
* Galt Historic Railway Park
* Michelsen Farmstead
* William T. Ogden House
* Lost Frontier Mini-Railway
* Writing-on-Stone Provincial Park
* Devil's Coulee Dinosaur Heritage Museum
* Centennial Park
* Stirling Elevator
* Neils Hogenson House
* Andrew Larson House
* Temple Hill
* Raymond Golf Club
* Milk River Golf Club

### Events

* Stirling Settler Days
* Victorian Prairie Christmas – Galt Railway Park
* Raymond Stampede
* Milk River Bonanza Days
* Coutts Days
* Warner Dino Days

## Education

Westwind School Division No. 74 and Horizon School Division No. 67 provide education within the boundaries of the County of Warner No. 5.

### Early school districts

Listed below are the former school districts that once provided education within the County of Warner No. 5.
| Name & SD No. | Location | Date Established | Date Closed/ Disbanded | Notes |
| Galt/Stirling No. 647 | 29 – 6 – 19 – W4 | 19 November 1901 | | Originally named Galt, the name was changed to Stirling in 1957. |
| Raymond No. 700 | 8 – 6 – 20 – W4 | 1 May 1902 | | |
| Mammoth No. 1379 | 24 – 5 – 20 – W4 | 9 August 1905 | | |
| Warner No. 1675 | 10 – 4 – 17 – W4 | 31 July 1907 | | |
| Tyrells Lake No. 2007 | 20-5-17-W4 | 8 July 1909 | 1939 | Demolished 1940s |
| Milk River Valley/Masinasin No. 2024 | 15 – 2 – 13 – W4 | 24 August 1909 | | Originally named Milk River Valley, the name was changed to Masinasin in 1941. |
| Milk River No. 2056 | 15 – 2 – 13 – W4 | 8 October 1909 | | |
| Grain No. 2597 | 15-1-11-W4 | 25 November 1911 | | |
| West Butte/St. Kilda No. 2747 | 11-1-12-W4 | 25 May 1912 | | Originally named West Butte, the name was changed to St. Kilda in 1920. |
| Indian Rock No. 2540 | 18-1-12 -W4 moved? to 11 – 1 – 12 – W4 | 25 August 1911 | | |
| Locke No. 2730 | 31-1-13 -W4 Moved? to 28 – 2 – 13 – W4 | 10 May 1912 | | |
| Clarinda No. 2459 | 8-1-13 -W4 | 10 June 1911 | | |
| Verburg No. 2439 | 33-1-14 -W4 | 10 May 1911 | | |
| Sexton Creek No. 2510 | 9-1-14 -W4 moved? to 33 – 1 – 14 – W4 | 24 July 1911 | | |
| Lind No. 2170 | 34-1-16 -W4 | 25 April 1910 | | |
| John Joes No. 2198 | 24-1-17-W4 | 26 May 1910 | | Also spelled John Jo |
| Two Fifteen No. 2153 | 20-2-15-W4 | 26 March 1910 March 26 | | Moved to Milk River for a class room when the district was joined with Milk River Consolidated District 12, December 1945 |
| Sleepy Hollow No. 2634 | 24-2-15-W4 | 25 January 1912 | | |
| Lucky Strike No. 2589 | 17-3-11-W4 | 9 November 1911 | | |
| Prairie Round No. 2152 | 21-3-12-W4 | 26 March 1910 March 26 | |
| Patience No. 2156 | 23-6-17-W4 | 26 March 1910 | | |
| Maybutt | 32-6-19-W4 | 1910 | 1924 | Classes were first held at the Presbyterian Church, a vacant Chinese restaurant and later the Prairie Queen Hotel at the corner of First Avenue and Front Street, Maybutt. Plans to build a school house never got past the planning stages and children from Maybutt were bused to the neighbouring town of Stirling in 1924. |
| Kippen No. 2080 | 34-2-12-W4 | 9 December 1909 | 1933 | Kippenville Consolidated 7 created in 1915 by Kippen & Green Villa disorganized in 1933 |
| Bankview No. 3042 | 16-1-17-W4 | 1913 | 1953 | |
| Craddock/Bluesky No. 3456 | 33 – 81 – 2 – W6 | 15 February 1917 | | Originally named Craddock, the name was changed to Bluesky in 1947. |
| Coutts No. 3560 | 4 – 1 – 15 – W4 | 30 October 1917 | | |
| North Wrentham No. 3618 | 7 – 16 – W4 | 18 February 1918 | | |
| Wrentham No. 3617 | 36 – 6 – 17 – W4 | 18 February 1918 | | |
| Conrad No. 4077 | 11 – 61 – 12 – W4 | 3 November 1921 | | |