Schuler, Alberta
# Schuler, Alberta

Schuler is a hamlet in southern Alberta, Canada within Cypress County, located 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) east of Highway 41, approximately 40 kilometres (25 mi) northeast of Medicine Hat.

## Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Schuler had a population of 86 living in 38 of its 42 total private dwellings, a change of 19.4% from its 2016 population of 72. With a land area of 0.6 $km^2$ (0.23 sq mi), it had a population density of $143.3/km^2$ (371.2/sq mi) in 2021.

As a designated place in the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Schuler had a population of 72 living in 35 of its 39 total private dwellings, a change of 14.3% from its 2011 population of 63. With a land area of 0.6 $km^2$ (0.23 sq mi), it had a population density of $120.0/km^2$ (310.8/sq mi) in 2016.

## History

The settlement was named after Norman Banks Schuler, who settled a homestead in the area in the spring of 1910. In the fall of that year he was given the Post Office for the district. The hamlet itself acts as a service centre for people on the surrounding farms. Grain elevators were built by the Alberta Wheat Pool in 1924 and 1928 and by the Pioneer Grain Company in 1928. In July 1997, the last train hauled grain from the two remaining elevators. It is home to an ECS to Grade 9 school.

