| Donalda | |
| Official Name: | Village of Donalda |
| Settlement Type: | Village |
| Pushpin Map: | Canada Alberta |
| Pushpin Label Position: | none |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Alberta |
| Pushpin Mapsize: | 200 |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Canada |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | Alberta |
| Subdivision Type2: | Region |
| Subdivision Name2: | Central Alberta |
| Subdivision Type3: | Census division |
| Subdivision Name3: | 7 |
| Subdivision Type4: | Municipal district |
| Subdivision Name4: | County of Stettler No. 6 |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Name: | Doug Booker |
| Leader Title1: | Governing body |
| Leader Name1: | Donalda Village Council |
| Established Title: | Founded |
| Established Title1: | Incorporated[1] |
| Established Date1: | |
| Established Title2: | • Village |
| Established Date2: | December 30, 1912 |
| Area Footnotes: | (2021) |
| Area Land Km2: | 0.97 |
| Population As Of: | 2021 |
| Population Total: | 226 |
| Population Density Km2: | 233.6 |
| Timezone: | MST |
| Utc Offset: | −7 |
| Timezone Dst: | MDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | −6 |
| Coordinates: | 52.5828°N -112.5717°W |
| Elevation M: | 780 |
| Blank Name: | Highways |
| Blank Info: | Highway 53 |
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.[2] It is home to the "World's Largest Oil Lamp", standing at 12.8m (42feet) 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.[3] It was renamed Donalda in 1910, when the railroad came through.[4]
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, it had a population density of in 2021.[5]
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 0.99km2, it had a population density of in 2016.[6]
Donalda School has about 80 students from pre-kindergarten to grade 9.[7]