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'''Newbrook''' is a [[hamlet (place)|hamlet]] in [[central Alberta]], Canada within [[Thorhild County]].<ref>{{AltaML}}</ref> It is located at the junction of [[Alberta Highway 63|Highway 63]] and [[Alberta Highway 661|Highway 661]], approximately {{convert|28|km|mi}} northeast of [[Thorhild, Alberta|Thorhild]] and {{convert|36|km|mi}} south of [[Boyle, Alberta|Boyle]].  It has an elevation of {{convert|665|m|ft}}.
The hamlet is located in [[Division No. 13, Alberta|Census Division No. 13]] and in the federal riding of [[Westlock-St. Paul (electoral district)|Westlock-St. Paul]].
The hamlet and surrounding area has a strong Polish and Ukrainian influence, mostly from immigration at the turn of the 20th century.{{citation needed|date=June 2012}} The former [[Newbrook Observatory]], a meteor observatory that was the first facility in North America to photograph [[Sputnik 1]], is located in the hamlet.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.historicplaces.ca/en/rep-reg/place-lieu.aspx?id=8809&pid=0 | title=Newbrook Observatory | publisher=Canada's Historic Places - a Federal Provincial and Territorial Collaboration | access-date=2012-06-28}}</ref>
== Demographics ==
{{stack|{{Historical populations
| title       = Population history<br/>of Newbrook
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| source      = ''[[Statistics Canada]]''<br/><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/>
|1951|48
|1956|191
|1961|202
|1966|151
|1971|154
|1976|80
|1981|127
|1986|100
|1991|99
|1991{{abbr|A|adjusted}}|96
|[[Canada 1996 Census|1996]]|101
|[[Canada 2001 Census|2001]]|85
|[[Canada 2006 Census|2006]]|116
|[[Canada 2011 Census|2011]]|95
|[[Canada 2016 Census|2016]]|92
|[[Canada 2021 Census|2021]]|63
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In the [[2021 Canadian census|2021 Census of Population]] conducted by [[Statistics Canada]], Newbrook had a population of 63 living in 32 of its 50 total private dwellings, a change of {{percentage|{{#expr:63-92}}|92|1}} from its 2016 population of 92. With a land area of {{cvt|0.52|km2}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|63|0.52|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, Newbrook had a population of 92 living in 46 of its 52 total private dwellings, a change of {{percentage|{{#expr:92-95}}|95|1}} from its 2011 population of 95. With a land area of {{convert|0.52|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|92|0.52|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 ==
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{{Alberta|hamlets=yes}}
[[Category:Hamlets in Alberta]]
[[Category:Designated places in Alberta]]
[[Category:Thorhild County]]