Thorhild County is a
municipal district
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located in the central part of northern
Alberta
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, Canada in
Census Division 13. It was incorporated in 1955. It changed its name from the ''County of Thorhild No. 7'' to ''Thorhild County'' on March 20, 2013.
The administrative offices of Thorhild County are in the Hamlet of
Thorhild.
Geography
Communities and localities
The following
urban municipalities are surrounded by Thorhild County.
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Cities
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Towns
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Origin and use
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Villages
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Summer villages
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The following
hamlets
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are located within Thorhild County.
[
;]Hamlets
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* Abee
* Egremont
* Long Lake
*Newbrook
Newbrook is a hamlet (place), hamlet in central Alberta, Canada within Thorhild County. It is located at the junction of Alberta Highway 63, Highway 63 and Alberta Highway 661, Highway 661, approximately northeast of Thorhild, Alberta, Thorhild ...
*Opal
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* Radway (dissolved from village status in 1996)
* Thorhild (dissolved from village status in 2009)
The following localities are located within Thorhild County.Dalmuir
Dalmuir (; gd, Dail Mhoire) is an area northwest of Glasgow, Scotland, on the western side of Clydebank, and part of West Dunbartonshire Council Area. The name is a lowland Scots derivation of the Gaelic meaning Big Field. The area was ori ...
*Danube
*Darling
* Elbridge
*Hollow Lake
*Kerensky
*Mapova
*Northbrook
*Pinebrook
*Val Soucy
*Weasel Creek
*Woodgrove
Demographics
In the
2021 Census of Population
The 2021 Canadian census was a detailed enumeration of the Canadian population with a reference date of May 11, 2021. It follows the 2016 Canadian census, which recorded a population of 35,151,728. The overall response rate was 98%, which is sli ...
conducted by
Statistics Canada, Thorhild County had a population of 3,042 living in 1,339 of its 1,852 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 3,254. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021.
In the
2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Thorhild County had a population of 3,254 living in 1,401 of its 1,836 total private dwellings, a change from its 2011 population of 3,417. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2016.
See also
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List of communities in Alberta
The province of Alberta, Canada, is divided into ten types of Local government in Canada, local governments – urban municipalities (including List of cities in Alberta, cities, List of towns in Alberta, towns, List of villages in Alberta, vil ...
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List of municipal districts in Alberta
References
External links
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Municipal districts in Alberta