Onoway is a small town in
central Alberta
Central Alberta is a region located in the Canadian province of Alberta.
Central Alberta is the most densely populated rural area in the province. Agriculture and energy are important to the area's economy.
Geography
Central Alberta is bordered ...
, Canada. It is approximately northwest of
Edmonton
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at the junction of
Highway 37 and
Highway 43. The mayor is Len Kwasny.
History
Two theories are behind the naming of the community. "Onoway" in
Chipewyan
The Chipewyan ( , also called ''Denésoliné'' or ''Dënesųłı̨né'' or ''Dënë Sųłınë́'', meaning "the original/real people") are a Dene group of Indigenous Canadian people belonging to the Athabaskan language family, whose ancest ...
translates to "fair field" while the variant "onaway" is used in ''
The Song of Hiawatha
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'', a poem by
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (February 27, 1807 – March 24, 1882) was an American poet and educator. His original works include the poems " Paul Revere's Ride", '' The Song of Hiawatha'', and '' Evangeline''. He was the first American to comp ...
.
Onoway's post office was established in 1904. Onoway incorporated as a village on June 25, 1923.
[ It incorporated as a town on September 1, 2005.][
]
Geography
The Canadian National Railway
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CN is Canada's largest railway, in terms of both revenue a ...
tracks run through the town, which is situated east of Lac Ste. Anne and south of the Sturgeon River.
Demographics
In the 2021 Census of Population
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conducted by Statistics Canada
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, the Town of Onoway had a population of 966 living in 360 of its 388 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 1,029. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021.
Attractions
Onoway hosts a weekend fair every June called "Heritage Days".
Education
Onoway has an elementary school, serving 400 students in the local area as well as a junior and senior high school which has been open since the 1940s.
See also
*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 ...
*List of towns in Alberta
A town is an List of communities in Alberta#Urban municipalities, urban municipality status type used in the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Alberta. Alberta towns are created when communities with populations of at le ...
References
External links
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1923 establishments in Alberta
Lac Ste. Anne County
Towns in Alberta