Cochrane

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Cochrane

Total population

26,000

Coordinates49.07°, -81.02°

Demographic figures from Statistics Canada. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Cochrane is a town in the Calgary Metropolitan Region of Alberta, Canada. The town is located 18 km (11 mi) west of the Calgary city limits along Highway 1A. Cochrane is one of the fastest-growing communities in Canada, and with a population of 32,199 in 2021, it is one of the largest towns in Alberta. It is part of Calgary's census metropolitan area and a member community of the Calgary Metropolitan Region Board (CMRB). The town is surrounded by Rocky View County.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

Deborah Ellis

Canadian author

Tim Horton

Canadian ice hockey player and businessman (1930–1974)

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Gary McCauley

Canadian politician (1940-2018)

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Gordon H. Fitzgerald

Canadian politician, criminal

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Ralph Stewart

Canadian politician (1929-2004)

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Warner Troyer

Canadian journalist (1932-1991)

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John Carrère

Canadian politician

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Ontario

• Smooth Rock Falls
  31.3 mi away
• Val Gagné
  35.6 mi away
• Porcupine
  40.1 mi away
• Schumacher
  42.7 mi away
• Kapuskasing
  68.3 mi away · pop. 8,200
• Val Rita
  73.6 mi away
• Swastika
  78.2 mi away
• King Kirkland
  79 mi away
• Matachewan
  79.7 mi away
• Opasatika
  89.3 mi away
• Mattagami
  90.5 mi away · pop. 193
• Virginiatown
  91.9 mi away

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Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Cochrane

Search results from Open Library.