Bircham, Alberta

{{Use MDY dates|date=September 2021}} {{Use Canadian English|date=September 2021}} {{Infobox settlement |name = Bircham |other_name = |native_name = |nickname = |settlement_type = Hamlet |image_skyline = |imagesize = |image_caption = |pushpin_relief = yes |pushpin_map = Canada Alberta#Canada |pushpin_label_position =  |pushpin_map_caption = Location of Bircham |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name = Canada |subdivision_type1 = Province |subdivision_name1 = Alberta |subdivision_type2 = Region |subdivision_name2 = Southern Alberta |subdivision_type3 = Census division |subdivision_name3 = 5 |subdivision_type4 = Municipal district |subdivision_name4 = Kneehill County |government_footnotes = |government_type = Unincorporated |leader_title = |leader_name = |leader_title1 = Governing body |leader_name1 = Kneehill County Council |established_title = Established |established_date = |established_title2 = |established_date2 = |established_title3 = |established_date3 = | area_footnotes =  (2021)<ref name=2021census/> | area_land_km2 = 0.14 | population_as_of = 2021 | population_footnotes = <ref name=2021census/> | population_note = | population_total = 5  | population_density_km2 = 35.8 | population_blank1_title = | population_blank1 = |timezone = MST |utc_offset = −07:00 |timezone_DST = MDT |utc_offset_DST = −06:00 |coordinates = {{coord|51|27|32|N|113|25|51|W|region:CA-AB|display=inline,title}} |elevation_footnotes = |elevation_m = |postal_code_type = Postal code |postal_code =  |area_codes = 403, 587, 825 |blank_name = Highways |blank_info = |blank1_name = Waterways |blank1_info = |footnotes = }}

'''Bircham''' is a hamlet in southern Alberta, Canada within Kneehill County.<ref>{{AltaML}}</ref> It is located approximately {{convert|78|km|mi|abbr=on}} northeast of Calgary and {{convert|10|km|mi|abbr=on}} southeast of Acme, along a Canadian National Railway line.

The hamlet most likely takes its name from Bircham in England.<ref>{{cite book|title=Place-names of Alberta|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015070267029;view=1up;seq=24|year=1928|publisher=Geographic Board of Canada|location=Ottawa|page=20}}</ref>

== Demographics == {{stack|{{Historical populations | title = Population history<br/>of Bircham | type = Canada | align = left | width = | shading = | percentages = | state = | footnote = | source = ''Statistics Canada''<br/><ref name=1996census>{{Canadian census designated place results|year=1996}}</ref><ref name=2001census>{{cite web | url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/english/census01/products/standard/popdwell/Table-CSD-D.cfm?PR=48 | title=Population and Dwelling Counts, for Canada, Provinces and Territories, and Census Divisions, 2001 and 1996 Censuses - 100% Data (Alberta) | publisher=Statistics Canada | date=August 15, 2012 | accessdate=September 19, 2024}}</ref><ref name=2006census>{{cite web | url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2006/dp-pd/hlt/97-550/Index.cfm?TPL=P1C&Page=RETR&LANG=Eng&T=1302&SR=1&S=1&O=A&RPP=9999&PR=48&CMA=0 | title=Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and designated places, 2006 and 2001 censuses - 100% data (Alberta) | publisher=Statistics Canada | date=July 20, 2021 | accessdate=September 19, 2024}}</ref><ref name=2011census>{{cite web | url=http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2011/dp-pd/hlt-fst/pd-pl/Table-Tableau.cfm?LANG=Eng&T=1302&PR=48&S=51&O=A&RPP=25 | title=Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and designated places, 2011 and 2006 censuses (Alberta) | publisher=Statistics Canada | date=February 8, 2012 | access-date=September 19, 2024}}</ref><ref name=2016censusABdpls/><ref name=2021census/> |1991{{abbr|A|adjusted}}|6 |1996|9 |2001|10 |2006|10 |2011|5 |2016|5 |2021|5 }}}}

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Bircham had a population of 5 living in 3 of its 3 total private dwellings, a change of {{percentage|{{#expr:5-5}}|5|1}} from its 2016 population of 5. With a land area of {{cvt|0.14|km2}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|5|0.14|km2|sqmi|prec=1}} in 2021.<ref name=2021census>{{cite web | url=https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/cv.action?pid=9810001201 | title=Population and dwelling counts: Canada and designated places | publisher=Statistics Canada | date=February 9, 2022 | accessdate=February 10, 2022}}</ref>

As a designated place in the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Bircham had a population of 5 living in 2 of its 2 total private dwellings, a change of {{percentage|{{#expr:5-5}}|5|1}} from its 2011 population of 5. With a land area of {{convert|0.14|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|5|0.14|km2|sqmi|prec=1}} in 2016.<ref name=2016censusABdpls>{{cite web | url=http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/hlt-fst/pd-pl/Table.cfm?Lang=Eng&T=1301&SR=1&S=45&O=A&RPP=9999&PR=48&CMA=0#tPopDwell | title=Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and designated places, 2016 and 2011 censuses – 100% data (Alberta) | publisher=Statistics Canada | date=February 8, 2017 | access-date=February 13, 2017}}</ref>

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{{Geographic location | Centre = Bircham | North = Three Hills | Northeast = Swalwell | East = Carbon | Southeast = Rockyford | South = Beiseker | Southwest = Airdrie | West = Crossfield | Northwest = Acme }} {{Alberta|hamlets=yes}}

Category:Kneehill County Category:Hamlets in Alberta Category:Designated places in Alberta