Boyle is named after former Alberta Minister of Education, Justice John Robert Boyle (1871–1936), and founded in 1916.[4][5]
Demographics
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Village of Boyle had a population of 825 living in 368 of its 433 total private dwellings, a change of -2.4% from its 2016 population of 845. With a land area of 7.12 km2 (2.75 sq mi), it had a population density of 115.9/km2 (300.1/sq mi) in 2021.[3]
In the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Village of Boyle recorded a population of 845 living in 357 of its 464 total private dwellings, a -7.8% change from its 2011 population of 916. With a land area of 7.13 km2 (2.75 sq mi), it had a population density of 118.5/km2 (306.9/sq mi) in 2016.[6]
The population of the Village of Boyle according to its 2014 municipal census is 948,[7] a 3.3% change from its 2009 municipal census population of 918.[8]