Hilda | |
Settlement Type: | Hamlet |
Pushpin Relief: | yes |
Pushpin Map: | Canada Alberta#Canada |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Hilda |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Canada |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Alberta |
Subdivision Type2: | Region |
Subdivision Name2: | Southern Alberta |
Subdivision Type3: | Census division |
Subdivision Name3: | 1 |
Subdivision Type4: | Municipal district |
Subdivision Name4: | Cypress County |
Government Type: | Unincorporated |
Leader Title1: | Governing body |
Leader Name1: | Cypress County Council |
Established Title: | Established |
Area Footnotes: | (2021) |
Area Land Km2: | 0.42 |
Population As Of: | 2021 |
Population Total: | 40 |
Population Density Km2: | 94.2 |
Timezone: | MST |
Utc Offset: | −07:00 |
Timezone Dst: | MDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | −06:00 |
Coordinates: | 50.4797°N -110.0328°W |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Area Code: | 403, 587, 825 |
Blank Name: | Highways |
Blank1 Name: | Waterways |
Hilda is a hamlet in southern Alberta, Canada within Cypress County, located east of Highway 41, approximately northeast of Medicine Hat. In 1910, the post master named the post office "Hilda" after his infant daughter.[1]
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Hilda had a population of 40 living in 19 of its 23 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 45. With a land area of, it had a population density of in 2021.[2]
As a designated place in the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Hilda had a population of 45 living in 19 of its 22 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2011 population of 37. With a land area of 0.44km2, it had a population density of in 2016.[3]