page_title: Jasper, Alberta
section_title: Demographics
hierarchical_section_title: Jasper, Alberta / Demographics
caption_attribution_description: English: The Jasper Information Centre in Jasper, Alberta, Canada.
context_page_description: Jasper is a specialized municipality in western Alberta, Canada. It is the commercial centre of Jasper National Park, located in the Canadian Rockies within the Athabasca River valley. Jasper is approximately 362 kilometres west of Edmonton and 290 kilometres north of Banff, Alberta, at the intersection of Highway 16 and Highway 93.
  The Municipality of Jasper, comprising the Jasper townsite known as the Town of Jasper and a surrounding rural service area, was established as a specialized municipality on July 20, 2001. Governance is shared between the municipality and the federal Parks Canada agency.
context_section_description: In the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Municipality of Jasper recorded 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. With a land area of 924.06 km² (356.78 sq mi), it had a population density of 5.0/km² (12.9/sq mi) in 2016.
  In the 2011 Census, the Municipality of Jasper had a population of 4,051 living in 1,399 of its 1,615 total dwellings, a change of -5% from its 2006 population of 4,265. Statistics Canada subsequently amended the 2011 census results to record a population of 4,432 living in 1,606 of its 1,819 total dwellings, a change of 3.9% from 2006. With a land area of 925.52 km² (357.35 sq mi), its population density was 4.8/km² (12.4/sq mi) in 2011.
  The population of the Municipality of Jasper according to its 2011 municipal census is 5,236, a change of 10.3% over its 2008 municipal census population of 4,745. Jasper's 2011 population of 5,236 comprises 4,584 permanent and 652 non-permanent residents, while its 2007 census counted 4,235 permanent and 510 non-permanent residents.
caption: The Jasper Information Centre
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