Donalda, Alberta

Donalda is a village in central Alberta, east of Ponoka. It was founded in 1911 and takes its name from Donalda Crossway, a niece of Sir Donald Mann, a Canadian Northern Railway official. It is home to the "World's Largest Oil Lamp", standing at 12. 8m high, the structure is one of the Giants of the Prairies. The village was first named Eidswold by the Norwegian settlers who first founded the community. It was renamed Donalda in 1910, when the railroad came through. DemographicsIn the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Village of Donalda recorded a population of 219 living in 115 of its 131 total private dwellings, a change from its 2011 population of 259. With a land area of 0. 99km2, it had a population density of in 2016. In the 2011 Census, the Village of Donalda had a population of 259 living in 119 of its 140 total dwellings, a 15. 6% change from its 2006 population of 224. With a land area of 0. 99km2, it had a population density of in 2011. In 2006, Donalda had a population of 224 living in 115 dwellings, a -2. 6% change from 2001. The village has a land area of 0. 99km2 and a population density of 226. 9 /km2. Education Donalda SchoolNotable peopleCody Cassidy, steer wrestlerRobert E. Collin, distinguished electrical engineering professorTricia Helfer, Actress /model, best known for playing Number Six in the re-imagined Battlestar Galactica miniseries and television series, is from Donalda.

Donalda is a village in central Alberta, east of Ponoka. It was founded in 1911 and takes its name from Donalda Crossway, a niece of Sir Donald Mann, a Canadian Northern Railway official. It is home to the "World's Largest Oil Lamp", standing at 12. 8m high, the structure is one of the Giants of the Prairies. The village was first named Eidswold by the Norwegian settlers who first founded the community. It was renamed Donalda in 1910, when the railroad came through. DemographicsIn the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Village of Donalda recorded a population of 219 living in 115 of its 131 total private dwellings, a change from its 2011 population of 259. With a land area of 0. 99km2, it had a population density of in 2016. In the 2011 Census, the Village of Donalda had a population of 259 living in 119 of its 140 total dwellings, a 15. 6% change from its 2006 population of 224. With a land area of 0. 99km2, it had a population density of in 2011. In 2006, Donalda had a population of 224 living in 115 dwellings, a -2. 6% change from 2001. The village has a land area of 0. 99km2 and a population density of 226. 9 /km2. Education Donalda SchoolNotable peopleCody Cassidy, steer wrestlerRobert E. Collin, distinguished electrical engineering professorTricia Helfer, Actress /model, best known for playing Number Six in the re-imagined Battlestar Galactica miniseries and television series, is from Donalda.