Killam is a town in central Alberta

Central Alberta

Central Alberta is a region located in the Canadian province of Alberta.Central Alberta is the most densely populated rural area in the province...

, Canada

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

. It is located in Flagstaff County

Flagstaff County, Alberta

Flagstaff County is a municipal district in east central Alberta, Canada.It is located in Census Division 7. The county was incorporated in the current boundaries in 1944 as Municipal District of Killam No. 390, name changed a year later to Municipal District of Flagstaff No. 62. It was established...

, east of Camrose

Camrose, Alberta

Camrose is a city in central Alberta, Canada, amid some of the richest farmland in the prairies. It is a relatively small city which originally grew up along a railroad and now grows along Highway 13. Camrose is a scenic community with many parks, leading to its moniker "The Rose City"...

 at the junction of Highway 13 and Veterans Memorial Highway, Highway 36. The mayor of Killam is Bud James.

Demographics

In 2006, Killam had a population of 1,019 living in 435 dwellings

House

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, a 1.5% increase from 2001. The town has a land area of 4.53 km² (1.7 sq mi) and a population density

Population density

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 of 224.7 /km2.
Killam is the largest town in the County of Flagstaff and is the hub of the agricultural trade in the area.

Notable residents

Killam is the birthplace of Kevin Martin

Kevin Martin (curler)

Kevin Martin , nicknamed "The Old Bear" and "K-Mart", is a Canadian curler from Edmonton. He is a four-time Brier champion, has been to three Winter Olympics and is the gold medal winner in the 2010 Winter Olympics...

, a curling

Curling

Curling is a sport in which players slide stones across a sheet of ice towards a target area. It is related to bowls, boule and shuffleboard. Two teams, each of four players, take turns sliding heavy, polished granite stones, also called "rocks", across the ice curling sheet towards the house, a...

 champion and Olympic gold medalist, and Kevin Sorenson

Kevin Sorenson

Kevin A. Sorenson is a Canadian politician.Sorenson is a member of the Conservative Party of Canada in the Canadian House of Commons, representing the riding of Crowfoot since 2000. He has also been a member of the Canadian Alliance...

, a Conservative Member of Parliament.

External links

• Town of Killam