Jasper, Alberta

{{Other uses|Jasper (disambiguation)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=October 2021}} {{Use Canadian English|date=October 2021}} {{Infobox settlement | name = Jasper | official_name = Municipality of Jasper | other_name = | native_name =  | nickname = | settlement_type = Specialized municipality | motto = | image_skyline = Jasper from the Jasper Tramway 2008.jpg | image_caption = View of Jasper from the Jasper Tramway | image_flag = | image_seal = | image_shield = | image_map = AB locator MUNICIPALITY OF JASPER.svg | mapsize = 200 | map_caption = Location within Alberta | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = Canada | subdivision_type1 = Province | subdivision_name1 = Alberta | subdivision_type2 = Region | subdivision_name2 = Alberta's Rockies | subdivision_type3 = Census division | subdivision_name3 = 15 | subdivision_type4 = | subdivision_name4 = | government_footnotes = <ref>{{AMOS}}</ref> | government_type = | leader_title = Mayor | leader_name = Richard Ireland | leader_title1 = Governing bodies | leader_name1 = Jasper Municipal Council and Parks Canada | leader_title2 = CAO | leader_name2 = | leader_title3 = MP | leader_name3 = See Yellowhead | leader_title4 = MLA | leader_name4 = See West Yellowhead | established_title = Founded | established_date = 1813 | established_title2 = Incorporated <ref name=JasperAMAProfile>{{cite web |url= http://www.municipalaffairs.alberta.ca/cfml/MunicipalProfiles/index.cfm?fuseaction=BasicReport&MunicipalityType=SMUN&stakeholder=418&profileType=HIST&profileType=CONT&profileType=STAT&profileType=FINA&profileType=GRAN&profileType=TAXR&profileType=ASSE |author=Alberta Municipal Affairs |author-link=Alberta Municipal Affairs |title=Municipal Profile – Municipality of Jasper |date=September 17, 2010|access-date=October 2, 2010}}</ref><br> - Improvement district  | established_date2 = <br>August 31, 1995 | established_title3 =  - Specialized municipality | established_date3 = July 20, 2001 | area_footnotes =  (2021)<ref name=2021census/> | area_land_km2 = 921.9 | population_as_of = 2021 | population_footnotes = <ref name=2021census/> | population_note = | population_total = 4738  | population_density_km2 = 5.1 |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|52|52|23|N|118|04|56|W|region:CA-AB|display=inline,title}} | elevation_footnotes = <ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.safetycodes.ab.ca/Public/Documents/PSSSOP_Handbook_Version_12_Online_Feb_21_2012b.pdf | title=Alberta Private Sewage Systems 2009 Standard of Practice Handbook: Appendix A.3 Alberta Design Data (A.3.A. Alberta Climate Design Data by Town) | publisher=Safety Codes Council | type=PDF | pages=212–215 (PDF pages 226–229) | date=January 2012 | access-date=October 8, 2013 | archive-date=October 16, 2013 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131016085027/http://www.safetycodes.ab.ca/Public/Documents/PSSSOP_Handbook_Version_12_Online_Feb_21_2012b.pdf | url-status=dead }}</ref> | elevation_m = 1060 | postal_code_type = Postal code span | postal_code = T0E | area_codes = +1-780, +1-587 | blank_name = Highways | blank_info = {{plainlist| * {{jct|state=AB|TCH|16}} (Yellowhead Highway) * {{Jct|state=AB|Hwy|93}} (Icefields Parkway) * {{Jct|state=AB|Hwy|93A}} (Hazel Avenue) }} | blank1_name = Waterways | blank1_info = Athabasca River<br>Miette River | blank2_name = Railways | blank2_info = Canadian National Railway | website = {{official URL}} | footnotes = }}

'''Jasper''' is a specialized municipality and townsite in western Alberta within the Canadian Rockies. The townsite is in the Athabasca River valley and is the commercial centre of Jasper National Park.

== History == {{stack|thumb|right| The Jasper Information Centre}} thumb|The Jasper Welcome Sign at the north entrance to town, 2022.

Established in 1813, Jasper House was first a fur trade outpost of the North West Company, and later Hudson's Bay Company, on the York Factory Express trade route to what was then called "New Caledonia" (now British Columbia) and Fort Vancouver on the lower Columbia River.<ref>[http://www.pc.gc.ca/pn-np/ab/jasper/natcul/natcul11d_E.asp Parks Canada - Jasper House National Historic Site] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20120910032601/http://www.pc.gc.ca/pn-np/ab/jasper/natcul/natcul11d_E.asp |date=September 10, 2012}}</ref> Jasper House was 35 km north of today's town of Jasper.

Jasper Forest Park was established in 1907. The railway divisional point at the location of the future townsite was established by the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway in 1911 and originally named Fitzhugh after a Grand Trunk vice president<ref>{{cite web|url=http://albertajasper.com/Jasper-Alberta-Information-Centre-History.html|title=Jasper Alberta Information Centre History}}</ref> (along the Grand Trunk's "alphabet" line). The Canadian Northern Railway began service to its ''Jasper Park'' station in 1912, about 700 m from GTP's Fitzhugh station.<ref name="lothian">{{cite book |title=A Brief History of Canada's National Parks |author=Lothian, W.F. |publisher=Environment Canada |year=1987}}</ref> The townsite was surveyed in 1913 by H. Matheson.<ref name="lothian"/> It was renamed Jasper after the former fur trade post. An internment camp of Ukrainian Canadians, suspected by virtue of their place of birth of having enemy loyalties, was in operation at Dominion Park in Jasper from February 1916 to August 1916.<ref>{{cite web|title=Internment Camps in Canada during the First and Second World Wars, Library and Archives Canada |date=June 11, 2014|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/the-public/005-1142.27-e.html}}</ref>

Jasper Forest Park was renamed Jasper National Park in 1930. By 1931, Jasper was accessible by road from Edmonton. In 1940, the scenic Icefields Parkway opened, connecting Jasper to Lake Louise and Banff in Banff National Park.

The first step towards incorporation of Jasper occurred on August 31, 1995, when the ''Jasper Improvement District'' was formed from a portion of Improvement District No. 12 (Jasper National Park).<ref name=AMAProfile1>{{cite web | url=http://www.municipalaffairs.alberta.ca/cfml/MunicipalProfiles/basicReport/HIST/0418.pdf | publisher=Alberta Municipal Affairs | title=Location and History Profile – Municipality of Jasper | date=October 22, 2021 | access-date=October 23, 2021}}</ref> The improvement district was subsequently incorporated as a specialized municipality under the name of the ''Municipality of Jasper'' on July 20, 2001.<ref name=AMAProfile1/> The incorporation order established the Jasper townsite as the Town of Jasper<ref name=incorp>{{cite web | url=http://www.municipalaffairs.alberta.ca/cfml/pdf_search/pdf/SMUN/0418/Jasper_OC_279_2001_No2.pdf | title=Order in Council 279/2001 | publisher=Government of Alberta | date=July 24, 2001| access-date=November 25, 2012}}</ref> and the surrounding balance of the specialized municipality as a rural service area that was deemed equivalent to a municipal district.<ref name=JSCP>{{cite web|url=http://www.jasper-alberta.com/userfiles/documents/JCSP_September%202011_EN-web.pdf |title=Jasper Sustainable Community Plan |publisher=Municipality of Jasper and Parks Canada |date=September 2011 |access-date=November 25, 2012|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130521215101/http://www.jasper-alberta.com/userfiles/documents/JCSP_September%202011_EN-web.pdf |archive-date=May 21, 2013}}</ref>

The Jasper wildfire began on July 22, 2024 and destroyed 358 buildings, one-third of the town's structures, causing an estimated $1.23 billion in damages.<ref name=cbs1>{{Cite web |date=2024-07-25 |title=Raging wildfire reaches resort town of Jasper in Canadian Rockies' largest national park |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/canada-wildfires-raging-jasper-canadian-rockies-largest-national-park/ |access-date=2024-07-25 |website=CBS News}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Snowdon |first=Wallis |last2=Frew |first2=Nicholas |date=Jul 25, 2024 |title=Buildings in Jasper in ashes as 'monster' wildfire spans 36,000 hectares |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/wildfire-that-roared-into-jasper-was-a-wall-of-fast-moving-flame-says-fire-official-1.7274825 |work=CBC News}}</ref><ref name="clarkin-2025">{{Cite news |last=Clarkin |first=Acton |date=2025-01-29 |title=Jasper wildfire damage now estimated at $1.23B — and could go higher, insurance industry says |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/jasper-wildfire-insurance-estimate-increases-1.7445217 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250613110355/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/jasper-wildfire-insurance-estimate-increases-1.7445217 |archive-date=2025-06-13 |access-date=2025-07-17 |work=CBC News}}</ref> The high cost was partly due to Jasper's geographical isolation, which made transporting materials into the town and moving debris out more difficult.<ref name="clarkin-2025" /> The Alberta and federal governments supplied $170 million in funding to the town; $30 million went towards construction of temporary and permanent housing, and the rest went to Parks Canada for recovery work in Jasper National Park.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Scace |first=Matthew |date=2025-02-07 |title=Federal government commits more than $160M to Jasper's wildfire recovery |url=https://globalnews.ca/news/11008836/jasper-wildfire-recovery-funding-ottawa/ |access-date=2025-07-17 |work=Global News |language=en-US}}</ref> By May 2025, insurance companies had finished clearing debris, and Parks Canada had issued 100 permits to start rebuilding houses destroyed in the fire.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2025-05-02 |title=Jasper recovery efforts continue as insurers finish clearing debris left by 2024 wildfire |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/jasper-recovery-efforts-insurer-led-program-clear-debris-1.7525233 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250518183825/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/jasper-recovery-efforts-insurer-led-program-clear-debris-1.7525233 |archive-date=2025-05-18 |access-date=2025-07-17 |work=CBC News}}</ref>

== Geography == {{stack|thumb|right|225px|Downtown Jasper in 2002}} The Municipality of Jasper is in the western portion of the province of Alberta within Jasper National Park.<ref name=basemap>{{cite map | url=https://extranet.gov.ab.ca/srd/geodiscover/srd_pub/imageryBaseMapsEarthCover/ProvMapSeries/750K/750KMunicipalities.pdf | title=2021 Provincial Base Map: Municipalities | publisher=Alberta Environment and Parks | date=July 26, 2021 | accessdate=October 23, 2021}}</ref> It borders the province of British Columbia to the west and Improvement District No. 12 to the north, east, and south.<ref name=basemap/> The Athabasca River, which originates from the Columbia Icefield, meanders northward through the municipality.<ref name=basemap/> The Miette River, Maligne River, and Snaring River all discharge into the Athabasca River within the Municipality of Jasper's limits.<ref name=basemap/>

The Jasper townsite, which is approximately {{convert|362|km|mi}} west of Edmonton, {{convert|290|km|mi}} north of Banff, and {{convert|28|km|mi}} east of the Yellowhead Pass, is at the intersection of Highway 16 (Yellowhead Highway) and Highway 93 (Icefields Parkway). It is near the confluence of the Athabasca River and Miette River. It lies between the Victoria Cross Ranges (northwest), Pyramid Mountain (north), Maligne Range (southeast) and Trident Ridge (southwest). Lakes near the Jasper townsite include Pyramid Lake, Patricia Lake, Lake Annette, Lake Edith, Lac Beauvert, Maligne Lake, and Medicine Lake.

=== Localities === The following localities are located within the Municipality of Jasper.<ref name=SGC2006>{{cite web | url=https://www23.statcan.gc.ca/imdb/p3VD.pl?Function=getVD&TVD=131938&CVD=138865&CPV=4815033&CST=01012006&CLV=4&MLV=4 | title=Economic Regions - SGC 2006 (4815033 - Jasper) | publisher=Statistics Canada | date=November 27, 2018 | accessdate=October 2, 2021}}</ref><ref name=AltaGNS>{{cite map | url=https://www.altalis.com/map;id=117 | title=Geo-Administrative Areas (Hamlet, Locality and Townsite Culture Points) | date=October 26, 2020 | publisher=AltaLIS | format=Geodatabase layer | access-date=October 2, 2021}}</ref> {{div col|colwidth=22em}} *Bedson *Decoigne *Geikie *Henry House *Jasper *Jasper Lodge *Jasper National Park *Jasper Park Lodge *Medicine Lake *Miette Hot Springs *Sixth Bridge *Wynd {{div col end}}

=== Climate === Jasper experiences a borderline Humid Continental/Subarctic climate (Köppen climate classification ''Dfb''/''Dfc''). The highest temperature ever recorded in Jasper was {{convert|41.2|C|0}} on June 30, 2021. The coldest temperature ever recorded was {{convert|-47.2|C|0}} on January 24, 1916.<ref name="January 1916">{{cite web | url = http://climate.weather.gc.ca/climate_data/daily_data_e.html?hlyRange=%7C&dlyRange=1914-01-01%7C1931-06-30&mlyRange=1916-01-01%7C1931-12-01&StationID=2397&Prov=AB&urlExtension=_e.html&searchType=stnName&optLimit=yearRange&StartYear=1840&EndYear=2016&selRowPerPage=25&Line=1&searchMethod=contains&Month=1&Day=25&txtStationName=jasper&timeframe=2&Year=1916 | title = Daily Data Report for January 1916 | work = Canadian Climate Data | date = October 31, 2011 | publisher = Environment Canada | access-date = October 25, 2016}}</ref>

Summers in Jasper are pleasant, with daily highs usually around 21.1 °C (70 °F) and lows around 7.2 °C (45 °F). Winters are cold, though may be considered mild by Canadian standards, with daily highs around −2.2 °C (28 °F) and lows around −11.7 °C (11 °F).

<div style="width:70%"> {{Weather box | metric first = Y | single line = Y | location = Jasper, 1981−2010 normals, extremes 1914−present | Jan record high C = 13.3 | Feb record high C = 16.5 | Mar record high C = 20.8 | Apr record high C = 26.5 | May record high C = 30.4 | Jun record high C = 41.2 | Jul record high C = 39.4 | Aug record high C = 35.0 | Sep record high C = 33.7 | Oct record high C = 27.2 | Nov record high C = 18.0 | Dec record high C = 15.0 | year record high C = 41.2 | Jan high C = −3.3 | Feb high C = −0.4 | Mar high C = 5.7 | Apr high C = 10.9 | May high C = 16.1 | Jun high C = 19.6 | Jul high C = 21.9 | Aug high C = 21.7 | Sep high C = 16.7 | Oct high C = 10.0 | Nov high C = 0.4 | Dec high C = −4.7 |year high C = 9.6 | Jan mean C = −8.0 | Feb mean C = −5.8 | Mar mean C = −0.4 | Apr mean C = 4.5 | May mean C = 9.4 | Jun mean C = 13.1 | Jul mean C = 15.2 | Aug mean C = 14.6 | Sep mean C = 10.0 | Oct mean C = 4.4 | Nov mean C = −4.0 | Dec mean C = −9.1 |year mean C = 3.6 | Jan low C = −12.7 | Feb low C = −11.2 | Mar low C = −6.5 | Apr low C = −2.0 | May low C = 2.6 | Jun low C = 6.6 | Jul low C = 8.4 | Aug low C = 7.4 | Sep low C = 3.2 | Oct low C = −1.3 | Nov low C = −8.3 | Dec low C = −13.5 |year low C = −2.3 | Jan record low C = −47.2 | Feb record low C = −43.3 | Mar record low C = −36.7 | Apr record low C = −28.9 | May record low C = −17.8 | Jun record low C = −6.7 | Jul record low C = −3.4 | Aug record low C = −3.0 | Sep record low C = −12.2 | Oct record low C = −28.7 | Nov record low C = −38.8 | Dec record low C = −43.9 |year record low C = −47.2 | precipitation colour = green | Jan precipitation mm = 23.4 | Feb precipitation mm = 14.3 | Mar precipitation mm = 16.8 | Apr precipitation mm = 19.7 | May precipitation mm = 31.1 | Jun precipitation mm = 51.0 | Jul precipitation mm = 63.8 | Aug precipitation mm = 64.5 | Sep precipitation mm = 33.7 | Oct precipitation mm = 30.5 | Nov precipitation mm = 24.4 | Dec precipitation mm = 19.5 |year precipitation mm = 392.6 |rain colour = green |Jan rain mm = 6.1 |Feb rain mm = 3.8 |Mar rain mm = 6.2 |Apr rain mm = 13.2 |May rain mm = 30.4 |Jun rain mm = 50.4 |Jul rain mm = 63.8 |Aug rain mm = 64.6 |Sep rain mm = 32.2 |Oct rain mm = 23.1 |Nov rain mm = 9.4 |Dec rain mm = 2.2 |year rain mm = 305.2 |Jan snow cm = 23.9 |Feb snow cm = 14.7 |Mar snow cm = 15.0 |Apr snow cm = 8.1 |May snow cm = 0.75 |Jun snow cm = 0.57 |Jul snow cm = 0.0 |Aug snow cm = 0.0 |Sep snow cm = 2.5 |Oct snow cm = 9.3 |Nov snow cm = 20.8 |Dec snow cm = 24.4 |year snow cm = 120.0 |unit precipitation days = 0.2 mm |Jan precipitation days = 10.6 |Feb precipitation days = 7.9 |Mar precipitation days = 8.1 |Apr precipitation days = 8.9 |May precipitation days = 11.1 |Jun precipitation days = 13.9 |Jul precipitation days = 14.1 |Aug precipitation days = 14.7 |Sep precipitation days = 10.5 |Oct precipitation days = 9.8 |Nov precipitation days = 10.4 |Dec precipitation days = 9.6 |year precipitation days = 129.6 |unit rain days = 0.2 mm |Jan rain days = 1.7 |Feb rain days = 1.5 |Mar rain days = 2.6 |Apr rain days = 6.0 |May rain days = 10.9 |Jun rain days = 13.9 |Jul rain days = 14.1 |Aug rain days = 14.7 |Sep rain days = 10.0 |Oct rain days = 7.7 |Nov rain days = 2.9 |Dec rain days = 0.8 |year rain days= 86.9 |unit snow days = 0.2 cm |Jan snow days = 9.9 |Feb snow days = 7.1 |Mar snow days = 6.8 |Apr snow days = 4.1 |May snow days = 0.73 |Jun snow days = 0.07 |Jul snow days = 0.0 |Aug snow days = 0.0 |Sep snow days = 0.60 |Oct snow days = 2.7 |Nov snow days = 8.4 |Dec snow days = 9.5 |year snow days = 49.9 |Jan sun = 71.7 |Feb sun = 98.4 |Mar sun = 164.4 |Apr sun = 199.6 |May sun = 227.1 |Jun sun = 226.1 |Jul sun = 251.5 |Aug sun = 237.3 |Sep sun = 177.2 |Oct sun = 131.0 |Nov sun = 71.8 |Dec sun = 56.5 |year sun = 1912.5 |Jan percentsun = 28.2 |Feb percentsun = 35.5 |Mar percentsun = 44.8 |Apr percentsun = 47.8 |May percentsun = 46.4 |Jun percentsun = 44.8 |Jul percentsun = 49.6 |Aug percentsun = 51.9 |Sep percentsun = 46.4 |Oct percentsun = 39.7 |Nov percentsun = 27.4 |Dec percentsun = 23.7 |year percentsun = 40.5 | source 1 = Environment Canada<ref name="climate">{{cite web | url = ftp://ftp.tor.ec.gc.ca/Pub/Normals/English/ | title = Jasper, Alberta | work = Canadian Climate Normals 1981–2010 | publisher = Environment Canada | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200714071822/ftp://ftp.tor.ec.gc.ca/Pub/Normals/English/ | archive-date = 2020-07-14 | url-status = dead | access-date = October 26, 2013}}</ref><ref name="Jasper">{{cite web | url = http://climate.weather.gc.ca/historical_data/search_historic_data_stations_e.html?searchType=stnName&timeframe=1&txtStationName=jasper&searchMethod=contains&StartYear=1840&EndYear=2016&optLimit=specDate&Year=1914&Month=1&Day=1&selRowPerPage=25 | title = Jasper | work = Canadian Climate Data | date = October 31, 2011 | publisher = Environment Canada | access-date = October 25, 2016}}</ref><ref name="Daily Data Report for July 2021">{{cite web | url = https://climate.weather.gc.ca/climate_data/daily_data_e.html?hlyRange=1994-02-01%7C2021-07-06&dlyRange=1994-03-22%7C2021-07-06&mlyRange=1996-01-01%7C2007-11-01&StationID=10223&Prov=AB&urlExtension=_e.html&searchType=stnName&optLimit=yearRange&StartYear=1840&EndYear=2021&selRowPerPage=25&Line=4&searchMethod=contains&Month=7&Day=6&txtStationName=jasper&timeframe=2&Year=2021 | title = Daily Data Report for July 2021 | work = Canadian Climate Data | date = October 31, 2011 | publisher = Environment and Climate Change Canada | access-date = July 7, 2021}}</ref><ref name="Jasper Warden">{{cite web | url = http://climate.weather.gc.ca/historical_data/search_historic_data_stations_e.html?searchType=stnName&timeframe=1&txtStationName=jasper+warden&searchMethod=contains&optLimit=yearRange&StartYear=1840&EndYear=2016&Year=2016&Month=10&Day=25&selRowPerPage=25 | title = Jasper Warden | work = Canadian Climate Data | date = October 31, 2011 | publisher = Environment Canada | access-date = October 25, 2016}}</ref> | date = August 2010}}<ref name="Daily Data Report for September 2022">{{cite web | url = https://climate.weather.gc.ca/climate_data/daily_data_e.html?hlyRange=1994-02-01%7C2021-07-06&dlyRange=1994-03-22%7C2021-07-06&mlyRange=1996-01-01%7C2007-11-01&StationID=10223&Prov=AB&urlExtension=_e.html&searchType=stnName&optLimit=yearRange&StartYear=1840&EndYear=2021&selRowPerPage=25&Line=4&searchMethod=contains&txtStationName=leader&timeframe=2&Day=6&Year=2022&Month=9# | title = Daily Data Report for September 2022 | work = Canadian Climate Data | date = October 31, 2011 | publisher = Environment and Climate Change Canada | access-date = September 4, 2022}}</ref></div>

== Demographics == {{stack|{{Historical populations |title = Federal census<br/>population history |type = Canada |align = |width = |state = |shading = |percentages = |footnote = |source = ''Statistics Canada''<ref name=1996census>{{cite book | title=96 Census | volume=A National Overview – Population and Dwelling Counts | year=1997 | publisher=Statistics Canada | location=Ottawa | pages=136–146 | chapter=Table 10: Population and Dwelling Counts, for Census Divisions, Census Subdivisions (Municipalities) and Designated Places, 1991 and 1996 Censuses – 100% Data | isbn=0-660-59283-5}}</ref><ref name=2001census>{{cite web | title=Population and Dwelling Counts, for Canada, Provinces and Territories, and Census Divisions, 2001 and 1996 Censuses - 100% Data (Alberta) | url=http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/english/census01/products/standard/popdwell/Table-CSD-D.cfm?PR=48 | publisher=Statistics Canada | access-date=February 16, 2013}}</ref><ref name=2006census>{{cite web | title=Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), 2006 and 2001 censuses - 100% data (Alberta) | url=http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2006/dp-pd/hlt/97-550/Index.cfm?TPL=P1C&Page=RETR&LANG=Eng&T=302&SR=1&S=1&O=A&RPP=9999&PR=48&CMA=0 | publisher=Statistics Canada | date=January 6, 2010 | access-date=February 16, 2013}}</ref><ref name=2011censuscorrection>{{cite web | url=http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/news-nouvelles/corr/cgen004-eng.cfm | title=Corrections and updates | publisher=Statistics Canada | date=August 13, 2013 | access-date=August 17, 2013}}</ref><ref name=2016censusABmunis/><ref name=2021census/> |1991|3567 |1996|4301 |2001|4180 |2006|4265 |2011|4432 |2016|4590 |2021|4738 }}}}

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Municipality of Jasper had a population of 4,738 living in 1,674 of its 1,910 total private dwellings, a change of {{percentage|{{#expr:4738-4590}}|4590|1}} from its 2016 population of 4,590. With a land area of {{cvt|921.9|km2}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|4738|921.9|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 Municipality of Jasper had a population of 4,590 living in 1,576 of its 1,702 total private dwellings, a change of {{percentage|{{#expr:4590-4432}}|4432|1}} from its 2011 population of 4,432. With a land area of {{convert|924.06|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|4590|924.06|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>

{| class="wikitable" |+ Municipality of Jasper population breakdown – 2011 municipal census<ref name=2011pop/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://jasper-alberta.com/userfiles/documents/agenda_sept6_2011.pdf |title=Municipality of Jasper Regular Meeting Agenda, Tuesday, September 6, 2011 (Agenda Item 7.1) |page=4 |publisher=Municipality of Jasper |date=September 6, 2011 |access-date=November 25, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130521221413/http://jasper-alberta.com/userfiles/documents/agenda_sept6_2011.pdf |archive-date=May 21, 2013 }}</ref> |- !Component !Permanent<br>population !Shadow<br>population !Total<br>population |- | Town of Jasper |colspan=2 align=center|''unpublished'' |align=center|'''4,152''' |- |Rural service area |colspan=2 align=center|''unpublished'' |align=center|'''1,084''' |- |'''Total Municipality of Jasper''' |align=center|'''4,584''' |align=center|'''652''' |align=center|'''5,236''' |- |} The population of the Municipality of Jasper according to its 2011 municipal census is 5,236,<ref name=2011pop>{{cite web | url=http://www.municipalaffairs.alberta.ca/documents/msb/2011_pop.pdf | title=2011 Municipal Affairs Population List | publisher=Alberta Municipal Affairs | date=October 5, 2010 | access-date=December 12, 2011}}</ref> a change of 10.3% over its 2008 municipal census population of 4,745.<ref name=2010pop>{{cite web | url=http://www.municipalaffairs.alberta.ca/documents/msb/2010pop.pdf | title=2010 Official Population List | publisher=Alberta Municipal Affairs | date=September 15, 2010| access-date=December 12, 2011}}</ref> Jasper's 2011 population of 5,236 comprises 4,584 permanent and 652 non-permanent residents,<ref name=2011pop/> while its 2007 census counted 4,235 permanent and 510 non-permanent residents.<ref name=2010pop/>

== Attractions == The Fairmont Jasper Park Lodge, the Marmot Basin ski resort, and the Jasper Skytram, which carries visitors to The Whistlers' summit, are all near the townsite. Within the Jasper townsite are the heritage building of the Jasper Visitor Centre, the heritage building St. Mary & St. George Anglican Church, and the Jasper-Yellowhead Museum and Archives.

== Government == Governance of Jasper is shared between the municipality and Parks Canada, an agency of the federal government.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://jasper-alberta.com/default.aspx?pageid=329 | title=Governance | publisher=Municipality of Jasper | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150613054155/http://jasper-alberta.com/default.aspx?pageid=329 | archive-date=June 13, 2015 | date=June 26, 2024}}</ref>

== Infrastructure ==

=== Transportation === [[File:Jasper Connaught Drive East.jpg|thumb|right|Jasper railway station, seen from Connaught Drive]] [[File:Jasper.Rocky.Mountaineer.P1033590.jpg|thumb|Two Goldleaf double-deck panorama cars of the Rocky Mountaineer in the station of Jasper]]

Jasper railway station is served by Via Rail with two passenger services. ''The Canadian'' and the Jasper–Prince Rupert train both operate three times per week.<ref>{{Cite web|url= http://www.viarail.ca/train-stations/en-station-jasper-alberta.html | title= Jasper station | author= Via Rail | author-link= Via Rail | access-date=June 22, 2007}}</ref>

Jasper Airport is located {{convert|7.2|NM|lk=in}} north of Jasper.

The Old Fort Point Bridge, which branches east off of Highway 93A just south of Jasper, allows vehicles to cross the Athabasca River.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Old Point Fort Bridge |url=https://historicbridges.org/bridges/browser/?bridgebrowser=alberta/oldfortpointbridge/ |access-date=2025-01-07 |website=historicbridges.org}}</ref>

== Education == The Grande Yellowhead Public School Division No. 77 operates two schools in Jasper: Jasper Elementary School (K–6 English & French Immersion) and Jasper Junior Senior High School (7–12 English & French Immersion), while Greater North Central Francophone Education Region No. 2 operates a francophone school called École Desrochers for kindergarten through grade 12.

== Media == '''Newspapers''' * ''Jasper Fitzhugh'' (locally owned weekly) * ''The Local'' (locally owned weekly) '''Radio''' {|class="wikitable sortable" !Frequency !Call sign !Branding !Format !Owner !Notes |- |FM 92.3 |CJAG-FM |The Lone Wolf |Active rock |Athabasca Hotel |Rebroadcaster of CFBR-FM (Edmonton) |- |FM 95.5 |CFXP-FM | New Country |Country music |Stingray Group |Rebroadcaster of CFXE-FM (Edson) |- |FM 98.1 |CBXJ-FM |CBC Radio One |Talk radio, public radio |Canadian Broadcasting Corporation |Rebroadcaster of CBX (Edmonton) |- |} '''Television''' {|class="wikitable sortable" ! OTA channel !Call sign !Network !Notes |- |11 (VHF) |CFRN-TV-11 |CTV |Rebroadcaster of CFRN-DT (Edmonton) |}

== Sister cities == *{{flagicon|Japan}} Hakone, Kanagawa, since July 4, 1972<ref>{{cite web|title=Sister City |url=http://jasper-alberta.com/default.aspx?pageid=291 |access-date=December 3, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090815074836/http://jasper-alberta.com/default.aspx?pageid=291 |archive-date=August 15, 2009}}</ref>

== Notable people == * Ian Herbers, NHL hockey player * John Hilworth, NHL hockey player * Erin Karpluk, actress - best known for CBC's ''Being Erica'' * Loni Klettl, Olympic alpine skier – 1980 Lake Placid downhill<ref>{{Cite web|title=Loni Klettl|url=https://olympic.ca/team-canada/loni-klettl/|access-date=February 6, 2021|website=Team Canada - Official Olympic Team Website|date=September 18, 2011 |language=en-US}}</ref> * Kirby Morrow (1973–2020), voice actor known for roles such as Miroku from ''InuYasha'', Hot Shot from ''Transformers: Cybertron'', and Cole from ''Ninjago'' * Wyatt Tremblay, editorial cartoonist * Brian Young,<ref>[http://www.quanthockey.com/nhl/city/nhl-players-career-stats.php?city_id=4198 NHL Players from Jasper, Alberta | QuantHockey.com] Retrieved on March 19, 2011</ref> NHL hockey player

== References == {{Reflist|30em}}

== External links == *{{official website}} *{{Wikivoyage inline|Jasper|Jasper}}

{{Geographic location | Centre = Jasper | North = Grande Cache | Northeast = Hinton | East = Cadomin | Southeast = Nordegg | South = Lake Louise | Southwest = Jasper National Park | West = Valemount | Northwest = McBride }} {{Subdivisions of Alberta|towns=yes}} {{Canadian Rockies}}

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