Okotoks
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Okotoks ( , originally ) is a town in the Calgary Region of Alberta, Canada. It is on the Sheep River, approximately south of Downtown Calgary. Okotoks has emerged as a bedroom community of Calgary. According to the 2021 Federal Census, the town has a population of 30,214, making it one of the largest towns in Alberta.
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- Okotoks
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- Town of Okotoks
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- Town
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- Historic Past, Sustainable Future
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- A view of Okotoks; overlooking downtown and facing south.
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- Logo
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- 150px
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- CAN AB Foothills#Canada Alberta#Canada
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- Canada
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- Alberta
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- Calgary Region
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via Wikipedia infobox
Official website
Home | The Town of Okotoks
okotoks.ca →Link to the official site · 4,761 chars · not written by Vinony
Wikidata facts
- Country
- Canada
- Located in
- Alberta
- Population
- 30405
- Area
- 19.63
- Elevation
- 1051
- Body of water
- Sheep River
- Shares border with
- Foothills County
- Official website
- www.okotoks.ca
- Image
- Okotoks2009.JPG
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- Okotoks
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Encyclopedic overview
21 sectionsContents
- History
- Flooding
- Heritage conservation
- Geography
- Land annexation
- Water conservation
- Climate
- Neighbourhoods
- Demographics
- Ethnicity
- Language
- Economy
- Transit
- Media
- Radio
- See also
- Notes
- References
- Further reading
- External links
Okotoks ( , originally ) is a town in the Calgary Region of Alberta, Canada. It is on the Sheep River, approximately south of Downtown Calgary. Okotoks has emerged as a bedroom community of Calgary. According to the 2021 Federal Census, the town has a population of 30,214, making it one of the largest towns in Alberta.
== History == thumb|left|Big Rock (glacial erratic)|Big Rock glacial erratic The town's name is derived from "ohkotok", the Blackfoot language word for "rock". The name may refer to Big Rock, the largest glacial erratic in the Foothills Erratics Train, situated about west of the town.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Okotoks” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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