Woolford, Alberta

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title: "Woolford, Alberta" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["cardston-county", "latter-day-saint-settlements-in-canada", "hamlets-in-alberta"] topic_path: "geography/canada" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woolford,_Alberta" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

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Field	Value
name	Woolford
native_name
settlement_type	Hamlet
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subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	Canada
subdivision_type1	Province
subdivision_name1	Alberta
subdivision_type2	Region
subdivision_name2	Southern Alberta
subdivision_type3	Census division
subdivision_name3	3
subdivision_type4	Municipal district
subdivision_name4	Cardston County
leader_title	Governing body
leader_name	Cardston County Council
leader_title1	MP
leader_name1	Jim Hillyer
leader_title2	MLA
leader_name2	Gary Bikman
established_title	Founded
established_date	1900
established_title2	Incorporated
established_title3
unit_pref
population_as_of	1986
population_footnotes
population_total	13
timezone	MST
utc_offset	−7
timezone_DST	MDT
utc_offset_DST	−6
coordinates
elevation_footnotes
postal_code_type	Postal code span
postal_code
area_code	+1-403
blank_name	Highways
blank_info	Highway 503
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Demographics

Woolford recorded a population of 13 in the 1986 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada.

Woolford Flat

Woolford Flat is located one mile northeast of present-day Woolford on Highway 503. The Canadian Pacific Railway built a subdivision from Raley to Whiskey Gap in 1910 bypassing original town site of Woolford leaving the settlement stranded from any railway services. The community was then divided into two town sites. The original town site became "Woolford Flat" and the new town site placed along the railway kept the old name "Woolford".

Woolford Flat consisted of the school house, the L.D.S. Church and three private residences.

Woolford consisted of a Chinese restaurant, a two-story general store, a United Church, a blacksmith, lumber yard, three grain elevators and 8 private residences.

Attractions

The Woolford Provincial Park is a provincial park west of Highway 503 just west of Woolford, approximately 18 km east of Cardston.

References

| Northwest = Glenwood | North = Raley | Northeast = Spring Coulee | West = Cardston | Centre = Woolford | East = Milk River | Southwest = Kimball | South = Montana, US | Southeast = Jefferson

References

1. (July 1988). "Census Canada 1986: Population — Unincorporated Places (Population and Dwelling Counts – Canada)". [[Statistics Canada]].
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4. Shaw, Keith. (1978). "Chief mountain country : a history of Cardston and district. Volume I". Cardston and District Historical Society.
5. [http://www.telusplanet.net/public/mtoll/woolfd.htm Woolford]

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