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The Rural Development Strategy's Vision for Rural Alberta
Rural Alberta has vibrant and sustainable communities where rural and urban families, individuals, organizations, businesses and governments are vital contributors to the growth, prosperity and quality of life of Albertans.
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Questions or requests for rural information may be directed to rural@gov.ab.ca. |  |
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The Final Mile Rural Community Program consists of a $5 million initiative to fund projects that enable high-speed Internet access to unserviced locations in rural Alberta. This funding program is part of the Government of Alberta’s Final Mile Rural Connectivity Initiative to extend high-speed Internet connectivity to the vast majority of Albertans.
Before submitting a full proposal, or for additional information on the Final Mile Rural Community Program, please contact our office at rural@gov.ab.ca or by calling us at 780-427-2409.
Program Brochure
Program Guidelines and Criteria
The Final Mile Rural Community Program is no longer accepting application forms. Applicants were required to complete and submit a program application form on or before March 31, 2012. We will continue to accept documentation from declared applicants asked to submit full proposals for review against the program requirements and criteria. The final date for receipt of proposal documents is December 31, 2012. | | Factsheets: Alberta's Rural Demography, 2011
Highlights:
- Rural grew by 4.1 percent
- Rural was 19.4 percent of total population
- Stronger linkages to urban centres was positively correlated with growth
- Alberta has a larger percentage of rural residents than Canada as a whole
- Alberta’s rural population grew faster than the rural Canadian average
- Alberta was second only to Manitoba among provinces in rural growth
- Alberta had 3 of the top 5 fastest growing Economic Regions (ER’s)
- All of Alberta’s ER’s performed better than 50 percent of all ER’s in Canada
- At the Census Division level population growth was more varied ranging from 27.2 percent in Fort McMurray to a -4.9 in Hanna
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For more information about the content of this document, contact Patricia Macklin.
This information published to the web on April 10, 2008.
Last Reviewed/Revised on April 2, 2012.
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