# Compeer, Alberta

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**Compeer** is a [hamlet](/source/Hamlet_(place)) in east-[central Alberta](/source/Central_Alberta), Canada within [Special Area No. 4](/source/Special_Area_No._4).[1][2] Previously an incorporated municipality, Compeer dissolved from village status on December 31, 1936, to become part of the Municipal District of Neutral Hills No. 331.[3]

Compeer is located on an abandoned track of the [Railink Central Western](/source/RaiLink) railway, north of [Highway 12](/source/Alberta_Highway_12) and west of the Alberta–[Saskatchewan](/source/Saskatchewan) border. It is approximately 14 kilometres (8.7 mi) east of [Altario](/source/Altario,_Alberta).

Founded in 1901, Compeer was a spot [Aboriginals](/source/Aboriginal_peoples_in_Canada) used to camp. Its literal meaning is *camp here*. When explorers came to Compeer, natives told them to camp here. Due to a misinterpretation, explorers thought the area was called Compeer.[4]

## Demographics

Compeer recorded a population of 21 in the [1991 Census of Population](/source/1991_Canadian_census) conducted by [Statistics Canada](/source/Statistics_Canada).[5]

## See also

- [List of communities in Alberta](/source/List_of_communities_in_Alberta)
- [List of former urban municipalities in Alberta](/source/List_of_former_urban_municipalities_in_Alberta)
- [List of hamlets in Alberta](/source/List_of_hamlets_in_Alberta)

## References

1. ["Standard Geographical Classification 2006 – Special Area No. 4, geographical codes and localities, 2006"](https://web.archive.org/web/20110706182142/http://stds.statcan.gc.ca/sgc-cgt/2006/sgcsl-cgtrl-fin-eng.asp?criteria=4804020). Statistics Canada. March 5, 2010. Archived from [the original](http://stds.statcan.gc.ca/sgc-cgt/2006/sgcsl-cgtrl-fin-eng.asp?criteria=4804020) on July 6, 2011. Retrieved July 11, 2010.

1. ["The Alberta Gazette, 1936 (Volume 32) – Change in the Status of the Village of Compeer to that of a Hamlet, and the Lands Added to the Municipal District of Neutral Hills, No. 331"](http://ourfutureourpast.ca/law/page.aspx?id=3055678). Government of Alberta. December 1, 1936. pp. 1281–1282. Retrieved October 11, 2015.[dead link]

1. ["Hamlet Of Compeer | Lacombe Regional Tourism"](https://lacombetourism.com/communities/hamlet-of-compeer/). *lacombetourism.com*. 2022-06-06. Retrieved 2024-12-27.

1. ["91 Census: Unincorporated Places — Population and Dwelling Counts"](https://archive.org/download/1991933061993engfra/1991933061993engfra.pdf). [Statistics Canada](/source/Statistics_Canada). June 1993. Retrieved September 25, 2021.

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