Niton Junction | |
Settlement Type: | Hamlet |
Pushpin Map: | Canada Alberta |
Pushpin Label Position: | none |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Niton Junction in Alberta |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 220 |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Canada |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Alberta |
Subdivision Type2: | Census division |
Subdivision Name2: | No. 14 |
Subdivision Type3: | Municipal district |
Subdivision Name3: | Yellowhead County |
Government Type: | Unincorporated |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Title1: | Governing body |
Area Footnotes: | (2021) |
Area Land Km2: | 1.04 |
Population As Of: | 2021 |
Population Total: | 88 |
Population Density Km2: | 84.7 |
Timezone: | MST |
Utc Offset: | −7 |
Timezone Dst: | MDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | −6 |
Coordinates: | 53.6219°N -115.7697°W |
Elevation M: | 845 |
Niton Junction is a hamlet in west-central Alberta, Canada within Yellowhead County. It is located on the Yellowhead Highway (Highway 16) approximately 45km (28miles) east of Edson and 150km (90miles) west of Edmonton. It is east of the Yellowhead Highway's junction with Highway 32 and west of Chip Lake. Niton Junction has an elevation of 845m (2,772feet).
Statistics Canada recognizes Niton Junction as a designated place.[1]
The hamlet is located in Census Division No. 14 and in the federal riding of Yellowhead.
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Niton Junction had a population of 88 living in 43 of its 49 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 70. 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, Niton Junction had a population of 38 living in 15 of its 15 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2011 population of 26. With a land area of 0.91km2, it had a population density of in 2016.[3]