Turin, Alberta

Hamlet in Alberta, Canada

49°57′55″N 112°31′35″W / 49.96528°N 112.52639°W / 49.96528; -112.52639CountryCanadaProvinceAlbertaRegionSouthern AlbertaCensus division2Municipal districtLethbridge CountyGovernment

• Governing bodyLethbridge County CouncilArea

(2021)^[1]

• Land0.28 km² (0.11 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[1]

• Total72 • Density258.9/km² (671/sq mi)Time zoneUTC−7 (MST) • Summer (DST)UTC−6 (MDT)Postal code span

T0K 2H0

Area code+1-403HighwaysHighway 25

Turin is a hamlet in Alberta, Canada within the Lethbridge County.^[2] It is located approximately 56 kilometres (35 mi) northeast of Lethbridge on Highway 25 and along a Canadian Pacific Railway line.

Sharing its name with Turin, Italy, an Olympic flag was erected in the hamlet to coincide with the 2006 Winter Olympics. It was founded in 1908 and named after the first settler's horse.^[3]

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Turin had a population of 72 living in 28 of its 34 total private dwellings, a change of -39.5% from its 2016 population of 119. With a land area of 0.28 km² (0.11 sq mi), it had a population density of 257.1/km² (666.0/sq mi) in 2021.^[1]

As a designated place in the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Turin had a population of 119 living in 37 of its 41 total private dwellings, a change of 12.3% from its 2011 population of 106. With a land area of 0.28 km² (0.11 sq mi), it had a population density of 425.0/km² (1,100.7/sq mi) in 2016.^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Population and dwelling counts: Canada and designated places". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved February 10, 2022.
^ "Specialized and Rural Municipalities and Their Communities" (PDF). Alberta Municipal Affairs. January 12, 2022. Retrieved January 21, 2022.
^ Coyote Flats Historical Society (1967). Coyote Flats : historical review, 1905-1965. Volume 1. Lethbridge: Southern Printing. p. 271.
^ "Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and designated places, 2016 and 2011 censuses – 100% data (Alberta)". Statistics Canada. February 8, 2017. Retrieved February 13, 2017.