Elnora | |
Official Name: | Village of Elnora |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | Canada Alberta |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Elnora in Alberta |
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: | 8 |
Subdivision Type4: | Municipal district |
Subdivision Name4: | Red Deer County |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Jul Bissell |
Leader Title1: | Governing body |
Leader Name1: | Elnora Village Council |
Leader Title3: | MLA |
Established Title: | Founded |
Established Title1: | Incorporated[1] |
Established Date1: | |
Established Title2: | • Village |
Established Date2: | July 22, 1929 |
Area Footnotes: | (2021) |
Area Land Km2: | 1.5 |
Population As Of: | 2021 |
Population Total: | 288 |
Population Density Km2: | 191.4 |
Timezone: | MST |
Utc Offset: | −7 |
Timezone Dst: | MDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | −6 |
Coordinates: | 51.9971°N -113.1955°W |
Elevation M: | 935 |
Postal Code: | T0M 0Y0 |
Area Code: | 403 |
Blank Name: | Highways |
Blank Info: | Highway 21 |
Elnora is a village in central Alberta, Canada that is north of Three Hills. It was first organized as a village on January 2, 1908[2] as "Stewartville" but was renamed to Elnora (for Elinor & Nora, the wives of the postmasters) when the opening of a post office the next year required a unique name.[3]
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Village of Elnora had a population of 288 living in 147 of its 156 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 298. With a land area of, it had a population density of in 2021.[4]
In the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Village of Elnora recorded a population of 298 living in 144 of its 160 total private dwellings, a change from its 2011 population of 313. With a land area of 1.47km2, it had a population density of in 2016.[5]