Brooks, Alberta

Brooks
Brooks
City
	City of Brooks
	Brooks from the air
	Nickname: Alberta's Centennial City
	Motto(s): 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	John Petrie
• Governing body	Brooks City Council Norman Gerestein; Dan Klein; Michael Glynn Macdonald; Jon Nesbitt; John Petrie; Bill Prentice;
• CAO	Alan Martens
• MP	Martin Shields (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	T1R
Area code(s)	403, 587, 825, 368
Highways	Highway 1; Highway 36
Railways	Canadian Pacific Kansas City
Website	brooks.ca

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).

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