Onoway
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| Town of Onoway | |
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| Country | Canada |
| Province | Alberta |
| Planning region | Upper Athabasca |
| Municipal district | Lac Ste. Anne County |
| Incorporated[1] | |
| • Village | June 25, 1923 |
| • Town | September 1, 2005 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Len Kwasny |
| • Governing body | Onoway Town Council |
| • MP | Michael Cooper |
| • MLA | Shane Getson |
| Area (2021)[3] | |
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| Time zone | UTC−7 (MST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−6 (MDT) |
| Postal code span | |
| Template:Pluralize from text | -1+780 -1+587Template:Pluralize from text |
| Highways | Highway 43 Highway 37 |
| Waterway | Lac Ste. Anne Sturgeon River |
| Website | Official website |
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Onoway is a small town in central Alberta, Canada. It is approximately 60 km (37 mi) northwest of Edmonton at the junction of Highway 37 and Highway 43. The mayor is Len Kwasny.[4]
History
Two theories are behind the naming of the community. "Onoway" in Chipewyan translates to "fair field" while the variant "onaway" is used in The Song of Hiawatha, a poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.[5] Onoway's post office was established in 1904.[6] Onoway incorporated as a village on June 25, 1923.[1] It incorporated as a town on September 1, 2005.[1]
Geography
The Canadian National Railway tracks run through the town, which is situated east of Lac Ste. Anne and south of the Sturgeon River.
Demographics-and-land-mass
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Town of Onoway had a population of 966 living in 360 of its 388 total private dwellings, a change of Script error: No such module "Percentage". from its 2016 population of 1,029. With a land area of Template:Cvt, it had a population density of Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Sortkey' not found. in 2021.[3]
In the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Town of Onoway recorded a population of 1,029 living in 355 of its 374 total private dwellings, a Script error: No such module "Percentage". change from its 2011 population of 1,039. With a land area of 3.32 km2 (1.28 sq mi), it had a population density of Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Sortkey' not found. in 2016.[7]
Attractions
Onoway hosts a weekend fair every June called "Heritage Days".[citation needed] [8]
Education
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Onoway has an elementary school, serving 400 students in the local area[9] as well as a junior and senior high school which has been open since the 1940s.[10]
Notable people
- Troy Bourke, ice hockey player
- Paxton Schulte, ice hockey player
See also
References
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- ^ a b c Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Location and History Profile: Town of Onoway" (PDF). Alberta Municipal Affairs. October 15, 2021. Retrieved October 17, 2021.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Municipal Officials Search". Alberta Municipal Affairs. May 9, 2019. Retrieved October 1, 2021.
- ^ a b c Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities)". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved February 9, 2022.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Mayor's Greeting". www.onoway.ca. Retrieved 2024-10-05.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Larry Donovan & Tom Monto (2006). Alberta Place Names: The Fascinating People & Stories Behind the Naming of Alberta. Dragon Hill Publishing Ltd. pp. 174–175.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Hamilton, William (1978). The Macmillan Book of Canadian Place Names. Toronto: Macmillan. p. 29. ISBN 0-7715-9754-1.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), 2016 and 2011 censuses – 100% data (Alberta)". Statistics Canada. February 8, 2017. Retrieved February 8, 2017.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Visitors".
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Education". www.onoway.ca. Retrieved 2024-10-05.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Our School". www.onowayhigh.ca. 2024-12-26. Retrieved 2024-10-05.
External links
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