Wildwood, Alberta
Wildwood is a hamlet in west-central Alberta, Canada within Yellowhead County. It is on the Yellowhead Highway (Highway 16), approximately  west of Edmonton and  east of Edson. The Yellowhead Highway's intersection with Cowboy Trail (Highway 22) is  east of the hamlet. The Lobstick River, which flows from Chip Lake to the west, runs through the hamlet. Statistics Canada recognizes Wildwood as a designated place. Farming and ranching are an important part of Wildwood's economy. The Wildwood and District Agricultural Society was organized in 1939 and holds an Agricultural Fair every August. History 
Originally named Junkins, Wildwood was established in 1908 by a group of 20 African-American immigrants as a block settlement. The new Black Canadian homesteaders arrived from Oklahoma and Texas, just three years after Alberta became a province in 1905. The Grand Trunk Pacific Railway arrived in Junkins in 1908. People arriving at "end of steel" transferred their goods to wagons and travelled to their homesteads. Demographics 
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Wildwood had a population of 257 living in 118 of its 136 total private dwellings, a change of  from its 2016 population of 273. With a land area of , it had a population density of  in 2021. As a designated place in the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Wildwood had a population of 273 living in 139 of its 157 total private dwellings, a change of  from its 2011 population of 294. With a land area of , it had a population density of  in 2016. See also 
List of communities in Alberta
List of designated places in Alberta
List of former urban municipalities in Alberta
List of hamlets in Alberta
Similar 1908 to 1910 Alberta homesteader settlements of  Black Canadians:
Amber Valley, Alberta
Campsie, Alberta
Keystone (now Breton), Alberta

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Black Canadian culture in Alberta
Black Canadian settlements
Designated places in Alberta
Former villages in Alberta
Hamlets in Alberta
Yellowhead County
Populated places disestablished in 1990
Populated places established by African Americans