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Onoway

FieldValue
nameOnoway
official_nameTown of Onoway
native_name
nicknameHub of the Highways
settlement_typeTown
image_skylineOnoway sign.jpg
image_captionWelcome sign
image_map0240 Town Onoway, Alberta Locator.svg
map_captionLocation in Lac Ste. Anne County
pushpin_mapAlberta
pushpin_label_position
pushpin_map_captionLocation within Alberta
subdivision_typeCountry
subdivision_nameCanada
subdivision_type1Province
subdivision_name1Alberta
subdivision_type2Region
subdivision_type3Planning region
subdivision_name3Upper Athabasca
subdivision_type4Municipal district
subdivision_name4Lac Ste. Anne County
government_footnotes
leader_titleMayor
leader_nameLen Kwasny
leader_title1Governing body
leader_name1Onoway Town Council
leader_title2MP
leader_name2Michael Cooper
leader_title3MLA
leader_name3Shane Getson
established_titleFounded
established_title1Incorporated
established_date1
established_title2• Village
established_date2June 25, 1923
established_title3• Town
established_date3September 1, 2005
area_footnotes(2021)
area_land_km23.31
population_as_of2021
population_footnotes
population_total966
population_density_km2292.1
timezoneMST
utc_offset−7
timezone_DSTMDT
utc_offset_DST−6
coordinates
elevation_footnotes
postal_code_typePostal code span
postal_codeT0E 1V0
area_code-1+780 -1+587
blank_nameHighways
blank_infoHighway 43
Highway 37
blank1_nameWaterway
blank1_infoLac Ste. Anne
Sturgeon River
website

Highway 37 Sturgeon River Onoway is a small town in central Alberta, Canada. It is approximately 60 km northwest of Edmonton at the junction of Highway 37 and Highway 43. The mayor is Len Kwasny.

Historygrhrt

Two theories are behind the naming of the community. "Onoway" in Chipewyan translates to "fair field" while the variant "onaway" is used in The Song of Hiawatha, a poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. 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.

Geographyththenfj

The Canadian National Railway tracks run through the town, which is situated east of Lac Ste. Anne and south of the Sturgeon River.

Demographics-and-land-mass

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, 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 3.31 km2, it had a population density of in 2021.

In the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Town of Onoway recorded a population of 1,029 living in 355 of its 374 total private dwellings, a change from its 2011 population of 1,039. With a land area of 3.32 km2, it had a population density of in 2016.

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.

Notable people

  • Troy Bourke, ice hockey player

References

References

  1. {{AMOS
  2. (October 15, 2021). "Location and History Profile: Town of Onoway". [[Alberta Municipal Affairs]].
  4. "Mayor's Greeting".
  5. Larry Donovan & Tom Monto. (2006). "Alberta Place Names: The Fascinating People & Stories Behind the Naming of Alberta". Dragon Hill Publishing Ltd..
  6. Hamilton, William. (1978). "The Macmillan Book of Canadian Place Names". Macmillan.
  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. "Visitors".
  10. "Education".
  11. (2024-12-26). "Our School".
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