Cayley is a hamlet

Hamlet (place)

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 in southern Alberta

Alberta

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, Canada

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 within the Municipal District (M.D.) of Foothills No. 31

Foothills No. 31, Alberta

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. It is also recognized as a designated place

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 by Statistics Canada

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Cayley is approximately 73 kilometres (45.4 mi) south of Calgary

Calgary

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, 13 kilometres (8.1 mi) south of High River

High River, Alberta

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 and 1.2 kilometre (0.745647283979768 mi) west of Highway 2 on Range Road 290 (former designated as Highway 2A). It is located within Alberta Census Division No. 6

Division No. 6, Alberta

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History

The community was named for the Hon. Hugh St. Quentin Cayley

Hugh Cayley

Hugh St. Quentin Cayley was a Canadian lawyer, news reporter and politician.-Early life:Hugh St. Quentin Cayley was born on November 19, 1857 in Toronto. He was raised in Upper Canada and one of eleven children fathered by William Cayley...

, a barrister and the publisher of the Calgary Herald

Calgary Herald

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 in 1884, who also represented Calgary in the Northwest Territories

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 legislature from 1886 to 1894. The hamlet originally contained at least seven grain elevator

Grain elevator

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s; all have been demolished. Cayley is also home to a Hutterite

Hutterite

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 colony and a colony school; in 2001, two Cayley Colony girls were the first students from an Alberta colony school to write provincial diploma exams and graduate from high school.

Incorporation history

Previously incorporated as a village

Village

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 on August 4, 1904, Cayley dissolved to hamlet status on June 1, 1996.

Demographics

As of 2006, Cayley had a total population of 325 living in 123 dwellings. With a land area of 0.54 km² (0.208495165639969 sq mi), it has a population density

Population density

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 of 603.3 /km2.

Industry Canada shows that Cayley's greater rural area had a total population of 744 living in 241 dwellings in 2001. With a land area of 160.34 km² (61.9 sq mi), its greater rural area has a population density

Population density

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of 4.6 /km2.