| Ryley | |
| Official Name: | Village of Ryley |
| Settlement Type: | Village |
| Motto: | Live the Life of Ryley |
| Pushpin Map: | Canada Alberta |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Ryley in Alberta |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Canada |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | Alberta |
| Subdivision Type2: | Region |
| Subdivision Name2: | Central Alberta |
| Subdivision Type3: | Census Division |
| Subdivision Name3: | No. 10 |
| Subdivision Type4: | Municipal district |
| Subdivision Name4: | Beaver County |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Name: | Lyndie Knockleby |
| Leader Title1: | Governing Body |
| Leader Name1: | Ryley Village Council |
| Leader Title2: | CAO |
| Leader Name2: | Glen Hamilton-Brown |
| Established Title: | Founded |
| Established Date: | 1909 (as Equity) |
| Established Title1: | Incorporated[1] |
| Established Date1: | |
| Established Title2: | • Village |
| Established Date2: | April 2, 1910 |
| Area Footnotes: | (2021) |
| Area Land Km2: | 2.53 |
| Population As Of: | 2021 |
| Population Total: | 484 |
| Population Density Km2: | 191.6 |
| Timezone: | MST |
| Utc Offset: | −7 |
| Timezone Dst: | MDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | −6 |
| Coordinates: | 53.2894°N -112.4283°W |
| Elevation Footnotes: | [2] |
| Elevation M: | 693 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal Code |
| Postal Code: | T0B 4A0 |
| Area Code: | 780 |
| Blank Name: | Highways |
| Blank Info: | 14 854 |
| Blank1 Name: | Waterways |
| Blank1 Info: | Creeks to the east form the head of Vermilion River Amisk Creek to the west runs north to Beaverhill Lake |
Ryley is a village in central Alberta, Canada. It is surrounded by Beaver County, along Highway 14 between the City of Edmonton and the Town of Viking. The City of Camrose is approximately 58km (36miles) south of Ryley. The village was named in 1908 after George Urquhart Ryley, Grand Trunk Pacific Railway Land Commissioner at the time.[3]
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Village of Ryley had a population of 484 living in 225 of its 250 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 483. With a land area of, it had a population density of in 2021.[4]
Within Beaver County, Ryley was the only municipality to rise in population during the 2021 Census of a total population drop of 199 across the rest of the County.
In the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Village of Ryley recorded a population of 483 living in 208 of its 235 total private dwellings, a change from its 2011 population of 497. With a land area of 2.61km2, it had a population density of in 2016.[5]
As set out by the Alberta Municipal Government Act, and overseen by Alberta Municipal Affairs, the village is governed by five councillors, who are elected at-large every four years. Lyndie Knockleby is the mayor, one of the Councillors selected and appointed by the others. The chief administrative officer, is the head of village administration.
Ryley boasts many facilities, such as Alberta's only indoor swimming pool in a village, a school which operates four days a week, a museum, a three-sheet indoor curling rink, an outdoor skating rink, a skate park, and a community hall.