Torrington is a

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in central

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, Canada within

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. It is located approximately northeast of

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at the junction of Highway 27 and Highway 805. The hamlet is located in Census Division No. 5 and in the federal riding of

Crowfoot Crowfoot (1830 – 25 April 1890) or Isapo-Muxika ( bla, Issapóómahksika, italics=yes; syllabics: ) was a chief of the Siksika First Nation. His parents, (Packs a Knife) and (Attacked Towards Home), were Kainai. He was five years old when ...

. The main industry is agriculture. The community is home to the Gopher Hole Museum, dedicated to stuffed

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s (technically not gophers) in

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settings. A very large outdoor gopher sculpture (12 ft high) named "Clem T. GoFur" is located in the village. All 11 of Torrington's fire hydrants were painted to look like gophers. Torrington was incorporated as a village until 1997, when it dissolved to hamlet status under the jurisdiction of Kneehill County.

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by

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, Torrington had a population of 306 living in 137 of its 146 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 201. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021. As a designated place in the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Torrington had a population of 170 living in 83 of its 89 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2011 population of 179. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2016.

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{{coord, 51, 47, 29, N, 113, 36, 21, W, scale:60000_region:CA, display=title, name=Torrington Designated places in Alberta Hamlets in Alberta Former villages in Alberta Kneehill County Populated places disestablished in 1997

Demographics

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