Donalda is a village in central Alberta, Canada that is east of Ponoka. It was founded in 1911 and takes its name from Donalda Crossway, a niece of Sir Donald Mann, a Canadian Northern Railway official.[4] It is home to the "World's Largest Oil Lamp", standing at 12.8 metres (42 ft) high, the structure is one of the Giants of the Prairies. The village was first named Eidswold by the Norwegian settlers who first founded the community.[5] It was renamed Donalda in 1910, when the railroad came through.[6]
Donalda | |
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| Village of Donalda | |
 The Donalda oil lamp roadside attraction | |
  Location in Alberta | |
| Coordinates: 52°34′58.2″N 112°34′18.2″W / 52.582833°N 112.571722°W | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Alberta |
| Region | Central Alberta |
| Census division | 7 |
| Municipal district | County of Stettler No. 6 |
| Incorporated[1] | |
| • Village | December 30, 1912 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Doug Booker |
| • Governing body | Donalda Village Council |
| Area (2021)[3] | |
| • Land | 0.97 km2 (0.37 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 780 m (2,560 ft) |
| Population (2021)[3] | |
• Total | 226 |
| • Density | 233.6/km2 (605/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC−7 (MST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−6 (MDT) |
| Highways | Highway 53 |
| Website | village |
Demographics
editIn the 2021 census conducted by Statistics Canada, the village of Donalda had a population of 226 living in 109 of its 123 total private dwellings, a change of 3.2% from its 2016 population of 219. With a land area of 0.97 km2 (0.37 sq mi), it had a population density of 233.0/km2 (603.4/sq mi) in 2021.[3]
In the 2016 census conducted by Statistics Canada, the village of Donalda recorded a population of 219 living in 115 of its 131 total private dwellings, a -15.4% change from its 2011 population of 259. With a land area of 0.99 km2 (0.38 sq mi), it had a population density of 221.2/km2 (572.9/sq mi) in 2016.[7]
Education
editDonalda School has about 80 students from pre-kindergarten to grade 9.[8]
Notable people
edit- Cody Cassidy, steer wrestler
- Robert E. Collin, electrical engineering professor
- Tricia Helfer, actor and model, best known for playing Number Six in the re-imagined Battlestar Galactica miniseries and television series[9]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Location and History Profile: Village of Donalda" (PDF). Alberta Municipal Affairs. October 14, 2016. p. 239. Retrieved October 17, 2016.
- ^ "Municipal Officials Search". Alberta Municipal Affairs. May 9, 2019. Retrieved October 1, 2021.
- ^ a b c "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities)". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved February 9, 2022.
- ^ "Donalda". Unlock the Past with Central Alberta Regional Museum Network. Central Alberta Regional Museum Network. Retrieved 2014-04-25.
- ^ "Mot Kanadas Nordvast: Pioneer Settlement by Scandinavians in Central Alberta" by William C. Wonders. Geografiska Annaler. Series B, Human Geography, Vol. 65, No. 2 (1983), pp. 129-152.
- ^ Donalda Jubilee Committee (1963). Fifty years on the coulee rim: factual history of Donalda and district. Donalda, Alberta. p. 5.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ "Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), 2016 and 2011 censuses – 100% data (Alberta)". Statistics Canada. February 8, 2017. Retrieved February 8, 2017.
- ^ "About". donalda.clearview.ab.ca. Retrieved 2023-03-12.
- ^ Profile, tvguide.com; accessed April 12, 2014.