Orton | |
Settlement Type: | Hamlet |
Pushpin Relief: | yes |
Pushpin Map: | Canada Alberta#Canada |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Orton |
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: | 3 |
Subdivision Type4: | Municipal district |
Subdivision Name4: | Municipal District of Willow Creek No. 26 |
Government Type: | Unincorporated |
Leader Title1: | Governing body |
Leader Name1: | Municipal District of Willow Creek No. 26 Council |
Established Title: | Established |
Area Footnotes: | (2021) |
Area Land Km2: | 1.56 |
Population As Of: | 2021 |
Population Total: | 180 |
Population Density Km2: | 115.4 |
Timezone: | MST |
Utc Offset: | −07:00 |
Timezone Dst: | MDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | −06:00 |
Coordinates: | 49.7275°N -113.2531°W |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Area Code: | 403, 587, 825 |
Blank Name: | Highways |
Blank1 Name: | Waterways |
Orton is a hamlet in southern Alberta, Canada within the Municipal District of Willow Creek No. 26. It is located south of Highway 3, approximately west of Lethbridge.
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Orton had a population of 180 living in 48 of its 50 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 141. With a land area of, it had a population density of in 2021.[1]
As a designated place in the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Orton had a population of 141 living in 39 of its 43 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2011 population of 122. With a land area of 1.56km2, it had a population density of in 2016.[2]