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Drinnan
Former village
Drinnan is located in Yellowhead County
Drinnan
Drinnan
Location in Yellowhead County
Drinnan is located in Alberta
Drinnan
Drinnan
Location in Alberta
Country Canada
Province Alberta
Planning region Upper Athabasca
Town Hinton
Incorporated (village) January 1, 1957
Amalgamated April 1, 1957
Time zone UTC−7 (MST)
 • Summer (DST) UTC−6 (MDT)
Forward sortation area
T7V
Area code(s) 780 / 587

Drinnan was once a small village in western Alberta, Canada. It officially became a village on January 1, 1957. But just three months later, on April 1, 1957, it joined with the nearby town of Hinton.

Today, this area is often called the Hardisty District. You can find it in a valley part of Hinton. It is north of the Canadian National Railway tracks and south of the Athabasca River. The area is about 5 kilometers (3 miles) east of where Hinton first started. The center of the old village was around Athabasca Avenue and Drinnan Way.

How Many People Lived There?

Population history
of Drinnan
Year Pop. ±%
1951 19 —    
1956 53 +178.9%
Source: Statistics Canada

Before Drinnan joined Hinton in 1957, a count of people (called a census) was done in 1956. This census showed that 53 people lived in Drinnan. This was more than the 19 people who lived there in 1951.

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