Willingdon | |
Official Name: | Hamlet of Willingdon |
Settlement Type: | Hamlet |
Pushpin Map: | Alberta |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Willingdon 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: | 10 |
Subdivision Type4: | Municipal district |
Subdivision Name4: | County of Two Hills No. 21 |
Leader Title1: | Governing body |
Leader Name1: | County of Two Hills No. 21 Council |
Established Title: | Founded |
Established Title1: | Incorporated[1] |
Established Date1: | |
Established Title2: | • Village |
Established Date2: | August 31, 1928 |
Established Title3: | Dissolved[2] |
Established Date3: | September 1, 2017 |
Area Footnotes: | (2021) |
Area Land Km2: | 0.92 |
Population As Of: | 2021 |
Population Total: | 249 |
Population Density Km2: | 271.8 |
Timezone: | MST |
Utc Offset: | −7 |
Timezone Dst: | MDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | −6 |
Coordinates: | 53.8314°N -112.1275°W |
Elevation M: | 625 |
Blank Name: | Highways |
Blank Info: | 45 857 |
Blank1 Name: | Waterways |
Blank1 Info: | Withford Lake |
Willingdon is a hamlet in central Alberta, Canada within the County of Two Hills No. 21. It is located approximately 117km (73miles) northeast of Edmonton, Alberta's capital city.
Willingdon originally incorporated as a village on August 31, 1928.[1] It dissolved from village status 89 years later on September 1, 2017, becoming a hamlet under the jurisdiction of the County of Two Hills No. 21.[2]
In 1985, one of the last two traditional wooden grain elevators in Alberta was built in Willingdon by the Alberta Wheat Pool.[3]
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Willingdon had a population of 249 living in 104 of its 159 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 319. With a land area of, it had a population density of in 2021.[4]
As a designated place in the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Willingdon had a population of 319 living in 130 of its 160 total private dwellings, a change from its 2011 population of 275. With a land area of 0.92km2, it had a population density of in 2016.[5]