Thorhild | |
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Hamlet | |
Coordinates: 54°09′32″N113°07′31″W / 54.15889°N 113.12528°W | |
Country | Canada |
Province | Alberta |
Region | Central Alberta |
Census Division | No. 13 |
Municipal district | Thorhild County |
Government | |
• Governing body | Mayor Cody Krupa Council |
Area (2021) [1] | |
• Land | 1.69 km2 (0.65 sq mi) |
Elevation | 649 m (2,129 ft) |
Population (2021) [1] | |
• Total | 391 |
• Density | 231/km2 (600/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC−7 (MST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−6 (MDT) |
Highways | 18 827 |
Waterways | Kennedy Creek |
Thorhild is a hamlet in Alberta, Canada within Thorhild County. [3] It is located at the intersection of Highway 18 and Highway 827, approximately 86 kilometres (53 mi) north of the City of Edmonton.
Thorhild was formerly a village until April 1, 2009, when it dissolved and became a hamlet within the County of Thorhild No. 7. [4] It originally incorporated as a village on December 31, 1949. [5] The Alberta and Great Waterways Railway paid $480 for the original townsite on July 16, 1914. [6]
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Thorhild had a population of 391 living in 173 of its 214 total private dwellings, a change of -26.4% from its 2016 population of 531. With a land area of 1.69 km2 (0.65 sq mi), it had a population density of 231.4/km2 (599.2/sq mi) in 2021. [1]
As a designated place in the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Thorhild had a population of 531 living in 244 of its 270 total private dwellings, a change of 8.8% from its 2011 population of 488. With a land area of 1.68 km2 (0.65 sq mi), it had a population density of 316.1/km2 (818.6/sq mi) in 2016. [7]
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