Brooks, Alberta
Brooks | |
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| City of Brooks | |
Brooks from the air | |
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| Nickname: Alberta's Centennial City | |
| Motto: Beautiful and Bountiful | |
City boundaries | |
Brooks Location in Alberta Brooks Location in Canada Brooks Location in the County of Newell | |
| Coordinates: 50°33′51″N 111°53′56″W / 50.56417°N 111.89889°W | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Alberta |
| Region | Southern Alberta |
| Planning region | South Saskatchewan |
| Municipal district | County of Newell |
| Incorporated | |
| • Village | July 14, 1910 |
| • Town | September 8, 1911 |
| • City | September 1, 2005 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Norm Gerestein |
| • Governing body | Brooks City Council
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| • CAO | Doug Lagore |
| • MP | David Bexte (Cons – Bow River) |
| • MLA | Danielle Smith (UCP – Brooks-Medicine Hat) |
| Area (2021) | |
| • Land | 18.21 km2 (7.03 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 760 m (2,490 ft) |
| Population (2021) | |
• Total | 14,924 |
| • Density | 819.8/km2 (2,123/sq mi) |
| • Municipal census (2015) | 14,185 |
| • Estimate (2020) | 15,805 |
| Time zone | UTC−7 (MST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−6 (MDT) |
| Forward sortation area | |
| Area codes | 403, 587, 825, 368 |
| Highways | Highway 1 Highway 36 |
| Railways | Canadian Pacific Kansas City |
| Website | brooks |
Brooks is a city in southeast Alberta, Canada in the County of Newell. It is on Highway 1 (Trans-Canada Highway) and the Canadian Pacific Kansas City railway, approximately 186 km (116 mi) southeast of Calgary, and 110 km (68 mi) northwest of Medicine Hat. The city has an elevation of 760 m (2,490 ft).