{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2026}} {{Infobox settlement |name = Boyle |official_name = Village of Boyle |other_name = |native_name = <!-- for cities whose native name is not in English --> |nickname = |named_for = John Robert Boyle |settlement_type = Village |motto = |image_skyline = |imagesize = |image_caption = |image_flag = |flag_size = |image_seal = |seal_size = |image_shield = |shield_size = |city_logo = |citylogo_size = |image_map = |mapsize = |map_caption = |image_map1 = |mapsize1 = |map_caption1 = |image_dot_map = |dot_mapsize = |dot_map_caption = |dot_x = |dot_y = |pushpin_map = Alberta#Canada |pushpin_label_position = |pushpin_map_caption = Location of Boyle in Alberta |pushpin_mapsize = |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name = Canada |subdivision_type1 = Province |subdivision_name1 = Alberta |subdivision_type2 = Region |subdivision_name2 = Northern Alberta |subdivision_type3 = Census division |subdivision_name3 = 13 |subdivision_type4 = Municipal district |subdivision_name4 = Athabasca County |government_footnotes = <ref name=council>{{AMOS}}</ref> |government_type = |leader_title = Mayor |leader_name = Colin Derko |leader_title1 = Governing body |leader_name1 = Boyle Village Council |leader_title2 = <!--MP--> |leader_name2 = |leader_title3 = MLA |leader_name3 = |leader_title4 = |leader_name4 = |established_title = Founded |established_date = 1916 |established_title1 = Incorporated<ref name=AMAVillageProfiles>{{cite web | url=http://www.municipalaffairs.alberta.ca/cfml/MunicipalProfiles/basicReport/VILG.PDF | publisher=Alberta Municipal Affairs | title=Location and History Profile: Village of Boyle | page=106 | date=October 14, 2016 | access-date=October 17, 2016}}</ref> |established_date1 = |established_title2 = • Village |established_date2 = December 31, 1953 | area_footnotes = (2021)<ref name=2021census/> | area_land_km2 = 7.12 | population_as_of = 2021 | population_footnotes = <ref name=2021census/> | population_note = | population_total = 825 <!-- 2021 StatCan census population only per WP:CANPOP; do not replace with latest municipal census population count; this municipal census population count can go in the population_blank1_title and population_blank1 parameters further below and can be noted in the article body (so long as it doesn't replace the 2021 StatCan census population in the body). --> | population_density_km2 = 115.9 |population_blank1_title = |population_blank1 = |population_density_blank1_km2 = |population_density_blank1_sq_mi = |timezone = MST |utc_offset = −7 |timezone_DST = MDT |utc_offset_DST = −6 |coordinates = {{coord|54|35|14.7|N|112|48|12.1|W|region:CA-AB|display=inline,title}} |elevation_footnotes = <!--for references: use <ref> </ref> tags--> |elevation_m = |elevation_ft = |postal_code_type = Forward sortation area |postal_code = T9S |area_codes = 780, 587, 825 |blank_name = Highways |blank_info = Highway 63<br>Highway 663<br>Highway 831 |blank1_name = Waterways |blank1_info = Flat Lake, Long Lake, Skeleton Lake |website = {{URL|boylealberta.ca}} |footnotes = }}
'''Boyle''' is a village in northern Alberta, Canada within Athabasca County. It is located on Highway 63, approximately {{convert|163|km|mi}} north of Edmonton.
Boyle is named after former Alberta Minister of Education, Justice John Robert Boyle (1871–1936), and founded in 1916.<ref>{{cite book|last=Boyle and District Historical Society|title=Forests, furrows and faith : a history of Boyle and districts|year=1982|location=Boyle|page=13|url=http://www.ourfutureourpast.ca/loc_hist/page.aspx?id=3730863|access-date=2013-08-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170303141109/http://www.ourfutureourpast.ca/loc_hist/page.aspx?id=3730863|archive-date=2017-03-03|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Place-names of Alberta|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015070267029;view=1up;seq=28|year=1928|publisher=Geographic Board of Canada|location=Ottawa|page=24}}</ref>
== Demographics == In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Village of Boyle had a population of 825 living in 368 of its 433 total private dwellings, a change of {{percentage|{{#expr:825-845}}|845|1}} from its 2016 population of 845. With a land area of {{cvt|7.12|km2}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|825|7.12|km2|sqmi|prec=1}} in 2021.<ref name=2021census>{{cite web | url=https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=9810000202&geocode=A000248 | title=Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities) | publisher=Statistics Canada | date=February 9, 2022 | accessdate=February 9, 2022}}</ref>
In the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Village of Boyle recorded a population of 845 living in 357 of its 464 total private dwellings, a {{percentage|{{#expr:845-916}}|916|1}} change from its 2011 population of 916. With a land area of {{convert|7.13|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|845|7.13|km2|sqmi|prec=1}} in 2016.<ref name=2016censusABmunis>{{cite web | url=http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/hlt-fst/pd-pl/Table.cfm?Lang=Eng&T=302&SR=1&S=86&O=A&RPP=9999&PR=48 | title=Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), 2016 and 2011 censuses – 100% data (Alberta) | publisher=Statistics Canada | date=February 8, 2017 | access-date=February 8, 2017}}</ref>
The population of the Village of Boyle according to its 2014 municipal census is 948,<ref name=2014census>{{cite web | url=http://www.941theriver.ca/index.asp?mn=4&id=4542&cc=109 | title=Unofficial Boyle Census Results In | publisher=The River 94.1 FM | date=August 7, 2014 | access-date=August 11, 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140812211527/http://www.941theriver.ca/index.asp?mn=4&id=4542&cc=109 | archive-date=August 12, 2014 | url-status=dead }}</ref> a {{percentage|{{#expr:948-918}}|918|1}} change from its 2009 municipal census population of 918.<ref name=2009opl>{{cite web |url=http://municipalaffairs.gov.ab.ca/documents/LGS/2009pop.pdf | publisher=Alberta Municipal Affairs | title=Alberta 2009 Official Population List | date=September 15, 2009 | access-date=September 12, 2010}}</ref>
== Notable people == *Tim Hague - Mixed martial artist *Bryan Mudryk - sports broadcaster
== See also == *List of communities in Alberta *List of villages in Alberta
== References == {{Reflist}}
== External links == *{{official website}}
{{Subdivisions of Alberta|villages=yes}}
Category:1916 establishments in Alberta Category:Villages in Alberta Category:Populated places established in 1953