| Colinton | |
| Settlement Type: | Hamlet |
| Pushpin Map: | Canada Alberta |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Colinton in Alberta |
| Coordinates: | 54.6208°N -113.2519°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Canada |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | Alberta |
| Subdivision Type2: | Region |
| Subdivision Name2: | Northern Alberta |
| Subdivision Type3: | Census division |
| Subdivision Name3: | 13 |
| Subdivision Type4: | Municipal district |
| Subdivision Name4: | Athabasca County |
| Leader Title: | Reeve |
| Leader Title1: | Governing body |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Area Footnotes: | (2021) |
| Area Land Km2: | 3.55 |
| Population As Of: | 2021 |
| Population Total: | 169 |
| Population Density Km2: | 47.6 |
| Timezone1: | MST |
| Utc Offset1: | -7 |
| Timezone1 Dst: | MDT |
| Utc Offset1 Dst: | -6 |
Colinton is a hamlet in northern Alberta, Canada within Athabasca County. It is located east of Highway 2 on Highway 663, approximately north of Edmonton.
The Hamlet of Colinton consists of two designated places defined by Statistics Canada – Colinton and McNabb's – as well additional lands south of McNabb's that is not currently located within either designated place.[1] [2]
James Maurice Milne, owner of the land on which the railway station was built, named the hamlet after Colinton, Scotland, his birthplace.[3] Previously Colinton was known as Kinnoull.[4]
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Colinton had a population of 169 living in 68 of its 100 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 254. With a land area of, it had a population density of in 2021.[5]
As a designated place in the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, by combining the designated places of "Colinton" and "McNabb's", Colinton recorded a population of 249 living in 101 of its 118 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2011 population of 274 . With a land area of NaNkm2, it had a population density of in 2016.[6]