| Torrington | |
| Settlement Type: | Hamlet |
| Pushpin Map: | Canada Alberta |
| Pushpin Label Position: | none |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Torrington in Alberta |
| Pushpin Mapsize: | 220 |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Canada |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | Alberta |
| Subdivision Type2: | Census division |
| Subdivision Name2: | No. 5 |
| Subdivision Type3: | Municipal district |
| Subdivision Name3: | Kneehill County |
| Government Type: | Unincorporated |
| Leader Title: | Governing body |
| Leader Name: | Kneehill County Council |
| Area Footnotes: | (2021) |
| Area Land Km2: | 0.4 |
| Population As Of: | 2021 |
| Population Total: | 306 |
| Population Density Km2: | 761.2 |
| Timezone: | MST |
| Utc Offset: | −7 |
| Timezone Dst: | MDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | −6 |
| Coordinates: | 51.7914°N -113.6058°W |
| Elevation M: | 950 |
Torrington is a hamlet in central Alberta, Canada within Kneehill County. It is located approximately 160km (100miles) northeast of Calgary at the junction of Highway 27 and Highway 805.
The hamlet is located in Census Division No. 5 and in the federal riding of Crowfoot.
The main industry is agriculture.
The community is home to the Gopher Hole Museum, dedicated to stuffed Richardson's ground squirrels (technically not gophers) in anthropomorphic taxidermy settings.
A very large outdoor gopher sculpture[1] (12 ft high) named "Clem T. GoFur" is located in the village.
All 11 of Torrington's fire hydrants were painted to look like gophers.
Torrington was incorporated as a village until 1997, when it dissolved to hamlet status under the jurisdiction of Kneehill County.[2]
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Torrington had a population of 306 living in 137 of its 146 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 201. With a land area of, it had a population density of in 2021.[3]
As a designated place in the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Torrington had a population of 170 living in 83 of its 89 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2011 population of 179. With a land area of 0.63km2, it had a population density of in 2016.[4]