| Cardiff | |
| Other Name: | Cardiff Estates Cardiff-Echoes and Cardiff-Pittsburgh |
| Settlement Type: | Hamlet |
| Pushpin Relief: | yes |
| Pushpin Map: | Canada Alberta#Canada |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Cardiff |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Canada |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | Alberta |
| Subdivision Type2: | Region |
| Subdivision Name2: | Edmonton Metropolitan Region |
| Subdivision Type3: | Census division |
| Subdivision Name3: | 11 |
| Subdivision Type4: | Municipal district |
| Subdivision Name4: | Sturgeon County |
| Government Type: | Unincorporated |
| Leader Title1: | Governing body |
| Leader Name1: | Sturgeon County Council |
| Established Title: | Established |
| Area Footnotes: | (2021) |
| Area Land Km2: | 0.98 |
| Population As Of: | 2021 |
| Population Total: | 1033 |
| Population Density Km2: | 1056.2 |
| Timezone: | MST |
| Utc Offset: | −07:00 |
| Timezone Dst: | MDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | −06:00 |
| Coordinates: | 53.7728°N -113.6°W |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Area Code: | 780, 587, 825 |
| Blank Name: | Highways |
| Blank1 Name: | Waterways |
Cardiff is a hamlet in central Alberta, Canada within Sturgeon County. It is located east of Highway 2, approximately north of Edmonton's city limits. The Town of Morinville is 1.6km (01miles) to the west of Cardiff.
It was named after the prominent coal-mining centre of Cardiff, Wales, due to the large number of coal mines in the area.[1]
Cardiff's coal mines were the scene of violent strikes in 1922.[2] Cardiff's shipping trade in 1912 was the largest on record for the community, with approximately 12,500,000 tons in trade. Imports exceeded 2,000,000 tons while exports were 10,400,000.[3]
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Cardiff had a population of 1,033 living in 379 of its 395 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 1,167. With a land area of, it had a population density of in 2021.[4]