Thorhild, Alberta
Hamlet in Canada
title: "Thorhild, Alberta" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["designated-places-in-alberta", "former-villages-in-alberta", "hamlets-in-alberta", "populated-places-disestablished-in-2009", "thorhild-county"] description: "Hamlet in Canada" topic_path: "general/designated-places-in-alberta" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thorhild,_Alberta" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
::summary Hamlet in Canada ::
::data[format=table title="Infobox settlement"]
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Thorhild |
| settlement_type | Hamlet |
| pushpin_map | Alberta |
| pushpin_map_caption | Location of Thorhild |
| subdivision_type | Country |
| subdivision_name | Canada |
| subdivision_type1 | Province |
| subdivision_name1 | Alberta |
| subdivision_type2 | Region |
| subdivision_name2 | Central Alberta |
| subdivision_type3 | Census division |
| subdivision_name3 | No. 13 |
| subdivision_type4 | Municipal district |
| subdivision_name4 | Thorhild County |
| leader_title | Governing body |
| leader_name | Thorhild County Council |
| leader_title1 | Mayor |
| leader_name1 | Cody Krupa |
| established_title | Post office |
| established_date | 1914 |
| established_title2 | Incorporated (village) |
| established_date2 | December 31, 1949 |
| established_title3 | Dissolved (hamlet) |
| established_date3 | April 1, 2009 |
| area_footnotes | (2021) |
| area_land_km2 | 1.69 |
| population_as_of | 2021 |
| population_footnotes | |
| population_total | 391 |
| population_density_km2 | 231 |
| timezone | MST |
| utc_offset | −7 |
| timezone_DST | MDT |
| utc_offset_DST | −6 |
| coordinates | |
| elevation_footnotes | |
| elevation_m | 649 |
| blank_name | Highways |
| blank_info | 18 |
| 827 | |
| blank1_name | Waterways |
| blank1_info | Kennedy Creek |
| :: |
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Thorhild is a hamlet in Alberta, Canada within Thorhild County. It is located at the intersection of Highway 18 and Highway 827, approximately 86 km northeast 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. 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 conducted by Statistics Canada, 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 1.69 km2, 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 1.68 km2, it had a population density of in 2016.
References
References
- (January 2012). "Alberta Private Sewage Systems 2009 Standard of Practice Handbook: Appendix A.3 Alberta Design Data (A.3.A. Alberta Climate Design Data by Town)". Safety Codes Council.
- {{AltaML
- Alberta Queen's Printer. (2009-03-18). "Order in Council (O.C.) 131/2009".
- (1950-01-14). "Formation of the Village of Thorhild". [[Alberta Municipal Affairs]].
- Thorhild and District Historical Society. (1985). "Building and working together : a study of the Thorhild area. Vol. 1".
- [[Geographic Board of Canada]]. (1928). "Place-Names of Alberta". [[Minister of the Interior (Canada).
- (February 9, 2022). "Population and dwelling counts: Canada and designated places". [[Statistics Canada]].
- (February 8, 2017). "Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and designated places, 2016 and 2011 censuses – 100% data (Alberta)". [[Statistics Canada]].
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