The CPR named the town after one of its benefactors: Claude Bowes-Lyon, the Earl of Strathmore.
The Post Office opened on November 1, 1906.
| YEAR |
POPULATION |
| 1911 |
531 |
| 1921 |
584 |
| 1931 |
523 |
| 1941 |
560 |
| 1951 |
704 |
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