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Donalda

FieldValue
nameDonalda
official_nameVillage of Donalda
settlement_typeVillage
image_skylineDonalda Lamp.jpg
image_captionThe Donalda oil lamp roadside attraction
pushpin_mapCanada Alberta
pushpin_label_positionnone
pushpin_map_captionLocation in Alberta
pushpin_mapsize200
subdivision_typeCountry
subdivision_nameCanada
subdivision_type1Province
subdivision_name1Alberta
subdivision_type2Region
subdivision_name2Central Alberta
subdivision_type3Census division
subdivision_name37
subdivision_type4Municipal district
subdivision_name4County of Stettler No. 6
government_footnotes
leader_titleMayor
leader_nameShaleah Fox
leader_title1Governing body
leader_name1Donalda Village Council
established_titleFounded
established_title1Incorporated
established_date1
established_title2• Village
established_date2December 30, 1912
unit_pref
area_footnotes(2021)
area_land_km20.97
population_as_of2021
population_footnotes
population_total226
population_density_km2233.6
timezoneMST
utc_offset−7
timezone_DSTMDT
utc_offset_DST−6
coordinates
elevation_footnotes
elevation_m780
blank_nameHighways
blank_infoHighway 53
website

Donalda is a village in central Alberta, Canada that is east of Ponoka. It was founded in 1911 and takes its name from Donalda Crossway, a niece of Sir Donald Mann, a Canadian Northern Railway official. It is home to the "World's Largest Oil Lamp", standing at 12.8 m high, the structure is one of the Giants of the Prairies. The village was first named Eidswold by the Norwegian settlers who first founded the community. It was renamed Donalda in 1910, when the railroad came through.

Demographics

In the 2021 census conducted by Statistics Canada, the village of Donalda had a population of 226 living in 109 of its 123 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 219. With a land area of 0.97 km2, it had a population density of in 2021.

In the 2016 census conducted by Statistics Canada, the village of Donalda recorded a population of 219 living in 115 of its 131 total private dwellings, a change from its 2011 population of 259. With a land area of 0.99 km2, it had a population density of in 2016.

Education

Donalda School has about 80 students from pre-kindergarten to grade 9.

Notable people

  • Cody Cassidy, steer wrestler
  • Robert E. Collin, electrical engineering professor
  • Tricia Helfer, actor and model, best known for playing Number Six in the re-imagined Battlestar Galactica miniseries and television series

References

References

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  2. (October 14, 2016). "Location and History Profile: Village of Donalda". [[Alberta Municipal Affairs]].
  4. "Donalda". Central Alberta Regional Museum Network.
  5. "Mot Kanadas Nordvast: Pioneer Settlement by Scandinavians in Central Alberta" by William C. Wonders. ''[[Geografiska Annaler]]''. Series B, Human Geography, Vol. 65, No. 2 (1983), pp. 129-152.
  6. Donalda Jubilee Committee. (1963). "Fifty years on the coulee rim: factual history of Donalda and district".
  7. (February 9, 2022). "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities)". [[Statistics Canada]].
  8. (February 8, 2017). "Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), 2016 and 2011 censuses – 100% data (Alberta)". [[Statistics Canada]].
  9. "About".
  10. [http://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/tricia-helfer/bio/193946 Profile], tvguide.com; accessed April 12, 2014.
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