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Altario
Hamlet
First Red Cross Hospital in Western Canada opened 1920
First Red Cross Hospital in Western Canada opened 1920
Altario is located in Alberta
Altario
Altario
Location in Alberta
Altario is located in Canada
Altario
Altario
Location in Canada
Country Canada
Province Alberta
Region Central Alberta
Census division 4
Special area Special Area No. 4
Government
 • Type Unincorporated
Population
 (1991)
 • Total 26
Time zone UTC−07:00 (MST)
 • Summer (DST) UTC−06:00 (MDT)
Area codes 403, 587, 825
Dr. and Mrs. Dean Robinson, Alexander and Harold
Altario about 1918
Robinson Department store--first store in what would become Altar
Robinson Department store
Funny Postcard re Wilhelmina
"Photoshopping" in the early 20th century
Porterfield Robinson house and store
Porterfield Robinson house after lean-to part--post office--moved into new site 4 miles north
Wilhelmina Post Office
Earliest post office

Altario is a hamlet in east-central Alberta, Canada within Special Area No. 4. It is located on Highway 899 just north of Highway 12, approximately 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) east of Kirriemuir and 14 kilometres (8.7 mi) west of Compeer.

Demographics

Altario recorded a population of 26 in the 1991 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada.

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