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Elnora
Village
Village of Elnora
Elnora is located in Alberta
Elnora
Elnora
Location in Alberta
Country Canada
Province Alberta
Region Central Alberta
Census division 8
Municipal district Red Deer County
Incorporated  
 • Village July 22, 1929
Area
 (2021)
 • Land 1.5 km2 (0.6 sq mi)
Elevation
935 m (3,068 ft)
Population
 (2021)
 • Total 288
 • Density 191.4/km2 (496/sq mi)
Time zone UTC−7 (MST)
 • Summer (DST) UTC−6 (MDT)
Area code(s) 403
Highways Highway 21

Elnora is a village in central Alberta, Canada that is north of Three Hills. It was first organized as a village on January 2, 1908 as "Stewartville" but was renamed to Elnora (for Elinor & Nora, the wives of the postmasters) when the opening of a post office the next year required a unique name.

Demographics

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In the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Village of Elnora recorded a population of 298 living in 144 of its 160 total private dwellings, a -4.8% change from its 2011 population of 313. With a land area of 1.47 km2 (0.57 sq mi), it had a population density of 202.7/km2 (525/sq mi) in 2016.

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