| Loyalist | |
| Settlement Type: | Hamlet |
| Pushpin Map: | CAN AB Special Area 4 # Alberta |
| Pushpin Label Position: | none |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Loyalist in Special Area No. 4 |
| Coordinates: | 51.9853°N -110.9573°W |
| 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. 4 |
| Subdivision Type4: | Special Area |
| Subdivision Name4: | Special Area No. 4 |
| Government Type: | Unincorporated |
| Leader Title1: | Governing body |
| Leader Name1: | Special Areas Board |
| Area Footnotes: | (2021) |
| Timezone1: | Mountain Time Zone |
| Utc Offset1: | -7 |
| Timezone1 Dst: | Mountain Time Zone |
| Utc Offset1 Dst: | -6 |
| Blank Name Sec1: | Highways |
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Loyalist is a hamlet located in Special Area No. 4 in Alberta, Canada. It is located approximately 11.4km (07.1miles) east of the village of Veteran and 12.5km (07.8miles) west of the village of Consort. Following the Coronation of George V and Mary in 1911, many places along the Canadian National Railway were given patriotic and royal-themed names, including Coronation, Veteran, Consort, Throne, and Loyalist.[1]
The district which included Loyalist, then known as Improvement District 333, was opened for homesteading in 1908. The CN Railway arrived in the area in 1912. At its peak (1912–1939), Loyalist had a post office, a general store, a butcher shop, a grocery store, three restaurants, a lumber yard, five grain elevators, a pool hall, a school, a blacksmith shop, a barber shop, a community hall, a train station, a bank, and a meat market.[2]