Thorhild is a hamlet in
Alberta
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, Canada within
Thorhild County
Thorhild County is a municipal district located in the central part of northern Alberta, 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, ...
. It is located at the intersection of
Highway 18 and
Highway 827, approximately northeast of the City of
Edmonton
Edmonton is the capital city of the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Alberta. It is situated on the North Saskatchewan River and is the centre of the Edmonton Metropolitan Region, which is surrounded by Central Alberta ...
.
Thorhild was formerly a village until April 1, 2009, when it dissolved and became a hamlet within the County of Thorhild No. 7.
It originally incorporated as a village on December 31, 1949.
The
Alberta and Great Waterways Railway paid $480 for the original townsite on July 16, 1914, and a
Royal Mail Canada post office was immediately placed in the community.
Demographics
In the
2021 Census of Population
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conducted by
Statistics Canada
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, Thorhild had a population of 391 living in 173 of its 214 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 531. 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, Thorhild had a population of 531 living in 244 of its 270 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2011 population of 488. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2016.
See also
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List of communities in Alberta
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List of former urban municipalities in Alberta
The Province of Alberta currently has 253 urban municipalities including 19 cities, 105 towns, 78 villages and 51 summer villages. In addition, there are 106 communities that previously held some form of urban municipality status. These include 2 ...
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List of hamlets in Alberta
Hamlet (place), Hamlets in the Canadian province of Alberta are Unincorporated area, unincorporated communities administered by, and within the boundaries of, Specialized municipalities of Alberta, specialized municipalities or List of communit ...
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Designated places in Alberta
Former villages in Alberta
Hamlets in Alberta
Populated places disestablished in 2009
Thorhild County