Lundbreck is a hamlet in southern Alberta, Canada within the Municipal District of Pincher Creek No. 9. It is located on the south side of Highway 3, approximately 3 km east of the southern terminus of Highway 22, 16 km east of the Municipality of Crowsnest Pass, 4 km west of the Village of Cowley and 16 km west of the Town of Pincher Creek. It has an elevation of 1200 m. It is part of Census Division No. 3 and the federal riding of Macleod.

History

Lundbreck was incorporated in 1907, celebrated its centennial in 2007, and was named for two coal miners (Lund and Breckenridge). Lundbreck started out as a coal mining town, quickly growing to a size of about 1,000 people until the coal mines closed, at which time it quickly shrank.

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Lundbreck had a population of 289 living in 134 of its 145 total private dwellings, a change of NaN% from its 2016 population of 236. With a land area of 0.42 km2, it had a population density of in 2021. As a designated place in the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Lundbreck had a population of 236 living in 113 of its 141 total private dwellings, a change of NaN% from its 2011 population of 244. With a land area of 0.42 km2, it had a population density of in 2016.

Education

Livingstone School is a K-12, 1A school that was instituted in 1955, as a more modern alternative to the then practice of using several small, one room, multiple grade, rural schools. Kids were bussed in from the local area rural schools from Cowley and the northwest portion of the M.D. of Pincher Creek No. 9.

Notable people