| Caroline | |
| Official Name: | Village of Caroline |
| Settlement Type: | Village |
| Motto: | Prospering at Nature's Doorstep |
| Pushpin Map: | Canada Alberta |
| Pushpin Label Position: | none |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Alberta |
| Pushpin Mapsize: | 200 |
| 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: | 9 |
| Subdivision Type4: | Municipal district |
| Subdivision Name4: | Clearwater County |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Name: | John Rimmer |
| Leader Title1: | Governing body |
| Leader Name1: | Caroline Village Council |
| Leader Title3: | MLA |
| Established Title: | Founded |
| Established Title1: | Incorporated[1] |
| Established Date1: | |
| Established Title2: | • Village |
| Established Date2: | December 31, 1951 |
| Area Footnotes: | (2021) |
| Area Land Km2: | 2.04 |
| Population As Of: | 2021 |
| Population Total: | 470 |
| Population Density Km2: | 229.9 |
| Timezone: | MST |
| Utc Offset: | −7 |
| Timezone Dst: | MDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | −6 |
| Coordinates: | 52.0934°N -114.7396°W |
| Elevation M: | 1065 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code span |
| Postal Code: | T0M-0M0 |
| Blank Name: | Highways |
| Blank Info: | Highway 22 Highway 54 |
Caroline is a village in central Alberta, Canada. It is located southwest of Red Deer.
The community is named after Caroline Langley, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Langley. The family opened the community's original post office in 1908.[2]
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Village of Caroline had a population of 470 living in 219 of its 246 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 512. With a land area of, it had a population density of in 2021.[3]
In the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Village of Caroline recorded a population of 512 living in 233 of its 259 total private dwellings, a change from its 2011 population of 501. With a land area of 2.04km2, it had a population density of in 2016.[4]
In the mid-1980s a large natural gas field valued at 10 billion dollars was discovered nearby. It was named Caroline for the village, and subsequently developed by Shell. The gas is sour with about 35% hydrogen sulfide. The sulfur is extracted from the gas and piped in liquid form to a plant at Shantz, about 400NaN0 south-east, where is it made into solid pellets and exported via a spur line of the Canadian Pacific Railway.[5] In 2019 Shell sold the field and processing plant to Pieridae Energy.[6]