Official Name: | Thorhild County |
Settlement Type: | Municipal district |
Image Map1: | AB locator THORHILD COUNTY.svg |
Mapsize1: | 200 |
Map Caption1: | Location within 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: | 13 |
Leader Title: | Reeve |
Leader Name: | Joyce Pierce |
Leader Title1: | Governing body |
Leader Name1: | Thorhild County Council |
Leader Title2: | Administrative office |
Leader Name2: | Thorhild |
Established Title: | Established |
Established Date: | 1955 |
Established Title2: | Incorporated |
Established Date2: | 1955 |
Area Footnotes: | (2021) |
Area Land Km2: | 1997.17 |
Population As Of: | 2021 |
Population Total: | 3042 |
Population Density Km2: | 1.5 |
Timezone: | MST |
Utc Offset: | −7 |
Timezone Dst: | MDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | −6 |
Area Code: | 780 |
Thorhild County is a municipal district located in the central part of northern Alberta, Canada, in Census Division 13. It was incorporated in 1955. It changed its name from the County of Thorhild No. 7 to Thorhild County on March 20, 2013.[1]
The following urban municipalities are surrounded by Thorhild County.
The following hamlets are located within Thorhild County.
The following localities are located within Thorhild County.[2]
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Thorhild County had a population of 3,042 living in 1,339 of its 1,852 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 3,254. With a land area of, it had a population density of in 2021.[3]
In the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Thorhild County had a population of 3,254 living in 1,401 of its 1,836 total private dwellings, a change from its 2011 population of 3,417. With a land area of 2001.74km2, it had a population density of in 2016.[4]