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Country	Canada
Province	Alberta
Region	Southern Alberta
Census division	3
Municipal district	Cardston County
Government
• Type	Unincorporated
Area  (2021)
• Land	0.95 km2 (0.37 sq mi)
Population  (2021)
• Total	109
• Density	114.6/km2 (297/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC−07:00 (MST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−06:00 (MDT)
Area codes	403, 587, 825

Aetna is a hamlet in southern Alberta, Canada within Cardston County, located 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) east of Highway 2, approximately 70 kilometres (43 mi) southwest of Lethbridge.

Settlement of the Aetna area began in 1888. Until 1893, the area was known as Snake Creek. In 1893 the community was named after Mount Etna by John W. Taylor, apostle for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, who said a nearby hill resembled the Sicilian mountain.

Demographics

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As a designated place in the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Aetna recorded a population of 113 living in 31 of its 33 total private dwellings, a change of 50.7% from its 2011 population of 75. With a land area of 0.95 km² (0.37 sq mi), it had a population density of 118.9/km² (308/sq mi) in 2016.