CALAHOO, Alberta — Take a 30-minute drive northwest of Rogers Place, the home rink of the Edmonton Oilers, and you arrive at the hamlet of Calahoo, a dust speck on the Alberta map.
According to the most recent census of Statistics Canada, its population as of 2021 was 143.
Most, it seems, with the last name of Berube.
Just call it Berubeville, the hometown of Toronto Maple Leafs coach Craig Berube. Unofficially, of course.
As such, during a late May drive, in the midst of the Oilers’ run to the Stanley Cup Final, a first-time visitor is struck by one overwhelming observation.
That is, is everyone in this place named Berube?
“I can’t give you an exact number, but there’s a lot,” Craig said with a laugh. “I mean, my dad had six brothers and a sister growing up. And with all of them, I think they had 18 or 19 kids all together. And then they had kids and, well …
“They all pretty much still live there. I’m the only one who ever left.”
Make no mistake. This place…
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