Orion | |
Settlement Type: | Hamlet |
Pushpin Map: | Canada Alberta |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Orion in 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: | 2 |
Subdivision Type4: | Municipal district |
Subdivision Name4: | County of Forty Mile No. 8 |
Leader Title: | Governing body |
Leader Name: | County of Forty Mile No. 8 Council |
Leader Title3: | MLA |
Established Title: | Founded |
Established Date: | 1916 |
Established Title2: | Incorporated |
Population As Of: | 1991 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 11 |
Timezone: | MST |
Utc Offset: | −7 |
Timezone Dst: | MDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | −6 |
Coordinates: | 49.4533°N -110.8106°W |
Elevation M: | 895 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code span |
Postal Code: | T0K 1S0 |
Area Code: | +1-403 |
Blank Name: | Highways |
Blank Info: | Highway 61 |
Blank1 Name: | Waterways |
Blank1 Info: | Pakowki lake |
Orion is a hamlet in Alberta, Canada within the County of Forty Mile No. 8. The hamlet is located approximately 78km (48miles) south of Medicine Hat along Highway 61.
Orion recorded a population of 11 in the 1991 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada.[1]
The hamlet has a grocery store, a post office, a gas station/hardware store, a newly built church and many remaining facades of past businesses. As of August 2020, there is no longer a gas station/hardware store.