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{{Use MDY dates|date=September 2021}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=September 2021}}
{{Infobox settlement
|name = Lousana
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|subdivision_type = Country
|subdivision_name = Canada
|subdivision_type1 = [[Provinces and territories of Canada|Province]]
|subdivision_name1 = [[Alberta]]
|subdivision_type2 = [[List of regions of Canada#Alberta|Region]]
|subdivision_name2 = [[Central Alberta]]
|subdivision_type3 = [[List of census divisions of Alberta|Census division]]
|subdivision_name3 = [[Division No. 8, Alberta|8]]
|subdivision_type4 = [[List of municipal districts in Alberta|Municipal district]]
|subdivision_name4 = [[Red Deer County]]
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|government_type = [[Municipal incorporation|Unincorporated]]
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|leader_title1 = Governing body
|leader_name1 = Red Deer County Council
|established_title = Established
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| area_footnotes                  = &nbsp;(2021)<ref name=2021census/>
| area_land_km2                   = 0.09
| population_as_of                = 2021
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| population_total                = 42 <!-- 2021 StatCan census population only per [[WP:CANPOP]];  do not replace with latest municipal census population count; this municipal census population count can go in the population_blank1_title and population_blank1 parameters further below and can be noted in the article body (so long as it doesn't replace the 2021 StatCan census population in the body). -->
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|timezone = [[Mountain Standard Time|MST]]
|utc_offset = −07:00
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|area_code = [[Area code 403|403]], [[Area codes 587 and 825|587, 825]]
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'''Lousana''' is a [[hamlet (place)|hamlet]] in [[central Alberta]], Canada within [[Red Deer County]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://municipalaffairs.gov.ab.ca/documents/msb/2010-ruralmun.pdf |title=Specialized and Rural Municipalities and Their Communities |author=Alberta Municipal Affairs |author-link=Alberta Municipal Affairs |date=2010-04-01 |access-date=2010-07-03 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120229060335/http://municipalaffairs.gov.ab.ca/documents/msb/2010-ruralmun.pdf |archive-date=2012-02-29 }}</ref> It is located {{convert|4|km}} east of the junction of [[Alberta Highway 21|Highway 21]] and [[Alberta Highway 42|Highway 42]], approximately {{convert|45|km}} southeast of [[Red Deer, Alberta|Red Deer]].
== Demographics ==
{{stack|{{Historical populations
| title       = Population history<br/>of Lousana
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| source      = ''[[Statistics Canada]]''<br/><ref name=1951census>{{1951CDNcuipr}}</ref><ref name=1956census>{{1956CDNcuipr}}</ref><ref name=1961census>{{1961CDNcuipr}}</ref><ref name=1966census>{{1966CDNcuipr}}</ref><ref name=1971census>{{1971CDNcuipr}}</ref><ref name=1976census>{{1976CDNcuipr}}</ref><ref name=1981census>{{1981CDNcuipr}}</ref><ref name=1986census>{{1986CDNcuipr}}</ref><ref name=1991census>{{1991CDNcuipr}}</ref><ref name=1996census>{{1996CDNcdplr}}</ref><ref name=2001census>{{cite web | url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/english/census01/products/standard/popdwell/Table-CSD-D.cfm?PR=48 | title=Population and Dwelling Counts, for Canada, Provinces and Territories, and Census Divisions, 2001 and 1996 Censuses - 100% Data (Alberta) | publisher=[[Statistics Canada]] | date=August 15, 2012 | accessdate=September 19, 2024}}</ref><ref name=2006census>{{cite web | url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2006/dp-pd/hlt/97-550/Index.cfm?TPL=P1C&Page=RETR&LANG=Eng&T=1302&SR=1&S=1&O=A&RPP=9999&PR=48&CMA=0 | title=Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and designated places, 2006 and 2001 censuses - 100% data (Alberta) | publisher=[[Statistics Canada]] | date=July 20, 2021 | accessdate=September 19, 2024}}</ref><ref name=2011census>{{cite web | url=http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2011/dp-pd/hlt-fst/pd-pl/Table-Tableau.cfm?LANG=Eng&T=1302&PR=48&S=51&O=A&RPP=25 | title=Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and designated places, 2011 and 2006 censuses (Alberta) | publisher=Statistics Canada | date=February 8, 2012 | access-date=September 19, 2024}}</ref><ref name=2016censusABdpls/><ref name=2021census/>
|1941|72
|1951|80
|1956|94
|1961|74
|1966|56
|1971|46
|1976|44
|1981|43
|1986|44
|1991|47
|1991{{abbr|A|adjusted}}|48
|[[Canada 1996 Census|1996]]|51
|[[Canada 2001 Census|2001]]|55
|[[Canada 2006 Census|2006]]|50
|[[Canada 2011 Census|2011]]|46
|[[Canada 2016 Census|2016]]|58
|[[Canada 2021 Census|2021]]|42
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In the [[2021 Canadian census|2021 Census of Population]] conducted by [[Statistics Canada]], Lousana had a population of 42 living in 22 of its 30 total private dwellings, a change of {{percentage|{{#expr:42-58}}|58|1}} from its 2016 population of 58. With a land area of {{cvt|0.09|km2}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|42|0.09|km2|sqmi|prec=1}} in 2021.<ref name=2021census>{{cite web | url=https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/cv.action?pid=9810001201 | title=Population and dwelling counts: Canada and designated places | publisher=[[Statistics Canada]] | date=February 9, 2022 | accessdate=February 10, 2022}}</ref>
As a designated place in the [[2016 Canadian census|2016 Census of Population]] conducted by Statistics Canada, Lousana had a population of 58 living in 23 of its 28 total private dwellings, a change of {{percentage|{{#expr:58-46}}|46|1}} from its 2011 population of 46. With a land area of {{convert|0.09|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|58|0.09|km2|sqmi|prec=1}} in 2016.<ref name=2016censusABdpls>{{cite web | url=http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/hlt-fst/pd-pl/Table.cfm?Lang=Eng&T=1301&SR=1&S=45&O=A&RPP=9999&PR=48&CMA=0#tPopDwell | title=Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and designated places, 2016 and 2011 censuses – 100% data (Alberta) | publisher=[[Statistics Canada]] | date=February 8, 2017 | access-date=February 13, 2017}}</ref>
== See also ==
*[[List of communities in Alberta]]
*[[List of designated places in Alberta]]
*[[List of hamlets in Alberta]]
== References ==
{{Reflist}}
{{Alberta|hamlets=yes}}
[[Category:Hamlets in Alberta]]
[[Category:Designated places in Alberta]]
[[Category:Red Deer County]]
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