| Hussar | |
| Official Name: | Village of Hussar |
| Settlement Type: | Village |
| Pushpin Map: | Canada Alberta |
| 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: | No. 5 |
| Subdivision Type4: | Municipal district |
| Subdivision Name4: | Wheatland County |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Name: | Les Schultz |
| Leader Title1: | Governing body |
| Leader Name1: | Hussar Village Council |
| Leader Title2: | Deputy Mayor |
| Leader Name2: | Coralee Schindel[1] |
| Leader Title3: | Councillor |
| Leader Name3: | Tim Frank |
| Established Title: | Founded |
| Established Date: | 1913 |
| Established Title1: | Incorporated[2] |
| Established Date1: | |
| Established Title2: | • Village |
| Established Date2: | April 20, 1928 |
| Area Footnotes: | (2021) |
| Area Land Km2: | 0.7 |
| Population As Of: | 2021 |
| Population Total: | 164 |
| Population Density Km2: | 235.2 |
| Timezone: | MST |
| Utc Offset: | −7 |
| Timezone Dst: | MDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | −6 |
| Coordinates: | 51.0419°N -112.6831°W |
| Elevation M: | 910 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal Code |
| Postal Code: | T0J 1S0 |
| Area Code: | 403 |
| Blank Name: | Highways |
| Blank Info: | 56, 561 |
Hussar is a village in southern Alberta, Canada within Wheatland County. It is located on Highway 561, approximately 93km (58miles) east of Calgary and 55km (34miles) south of Drumheller.
Hussar was unofficially founded in 1913 when the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) established a station and named it Hussar. A community grew up around the station and was incorporated as a village in 1928. The name Hussar for the station was used in honour of a group of German soldiers who belonged to a German Hussar (cavalry) regiment who earlier had established a large farm near Hussar. With the start of World War I most of the soldiers returned to Germany and those who remained were interned for the duration of the war. The land, which was part of this German Canadian Farming Co. Ltd., was purchased after the war. Following the war, the community, both the village and the surrounding area, began to grow with an influx of settlers from around the world. English, Irish, Scots and Danes made up the bulk of the settlers. Many of those settlers' descendants still reside in or around the community.[3]
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Village of Hussar had a population of 164 living in 74 of its 85 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 190. 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 Hussar recorded a population of 190 living in 78 of its 87 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2011 population of 176. With a land area of 0.75km2, it had a population density of in 2016.[5]