Markerville was the home for many years of Stephan G. Stephansson, famous in modern Icelandic literature,[3] whose home, Stephansson House, is preserved as an Alberta Provincial Historic Site.[4]
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Markerville had a population of 38 living in 17 of its 18 total private dwellings, a change of -15.6% from its 2016 population of 45. With a land area of 0.17km2 (0.066sqmi), it had a population density of 223.5/km2 (578.9/sqmi) in 2021.[1]
As a designated place in the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Markerville had a population of 45 living in 19 of its 22 total private dwellings, a change of 7.1% from its 2011 population of 42. With a land area of 0.19km2 (0.073sqmi), it had a population density of 236.8/km2 (613.4/sqmi) in 2016.[14]
↑"Geographical Identification and Population for Unincorporated Places of 25 persons and over, 1971 and 1976". 1976 Census of Canada(PDF). Supplementary Bulletins: Geographic and Demographic (Population of Unincorporated Places—Canada). Vol.Bulletin 8SG.1. Ottawa: Statistics Canada. 1978.