Enilda
{{Use MDY dates|date=September 2021}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=September 2021}}
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|settlement_type = Hamlet
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|subdivision_type1 = Province
|subdivision_name1 = Alberta
|subdivision_type2 = Region
|subdivision_name2 = Northern Alberta
|subdivision_type3 = Census division
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|subdivision_type4 = Municipal district
|subdivision_name4 = Big Lakes County
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|government_type = Unincorporated
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|leader_name1 = Big Lakes County Council
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| area_land_km2 = 0.72
| population_as_of = 2021
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| population_total = 145
| population_density_km2 = 202.2
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|timezone = MST
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Enilda is a hamlet in northern Alberta within Big Lakes County,{{AltaML}} located {{convert|10|km}} west of Highway 49, approximately {{convert|97|km}} northeast of Grande Prairie.
The community's name is an anadrome of Adline, after Adline Tompkins, an early postmaster's wife.{{cite book|title=Place-names of Alberta|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015070267029;view=1up;seq=52|year=1928|publisher=Geographic Board of Canada.|location=Ottawa|page=48}}
Demographics
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| source = Statistics Canada
{{1951CDNcuipr}}{{1956CDNcuipr}}{{1961CDNcuipr}}{{1966CDNcuipr}}{{1971CDNcuipr}}{{1976CDNcuipr}}{{1981CDNcuipr}}{{1986CDNcuipr}}{{1991CDNcuipr}}{{1996CDNcdplr}}{{cite web | url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/english/census01/products/standard/popdwell/Table-CSD-D.cfm?PR=48 | title=Population and Dwelling Counts, for Canada, Provinces and Territories, and Census Divisions, 2001 and 1996 Censuses - 100% Data (Alberta) | publisher=Statistics Canada | date=August 15, 2012 | accessdate=September 19, 2024}}{{cite web | url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2006/dp-pd/hlt/97-550/Index.cfm?TPL=P1C&Page=RETR&LANG=Eng&T=1302&SR=1&S=1&O=A&RPP=9999&PR=48&CMA=0 | title=Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and designated places, 2006 and 2001 censuses - 100% data (Alberta) | publisher=Statistics Canada | date=July 20, 2021 | accessdate=September 19, 2024}}{{cite web | url=http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2011/dp-pd/hlt-fst/pd-pl/Table-Tableau.cfm?LANG=Eng&T=1302&PR=48&S=51&O=A&RPP=25 | title=Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and designated places, 2011 and 2006 censuses (Alberta) | publisher=Statistics Canada | date=February 8, 2012 | access-date=September 19, 2024}}
|1941|32
|1951|77
|1956|96
|1961|106
|1966|160
|1971|201
|1976|164
|1981|142
|1986|128
|1991|156
|1991{{abbr|A|adjusted}}|157
|1996|179
|2001|154
|2006|160
|2011|165
|2016|155
|2021|145
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In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Enilda had a population of 145 living in 65 of its 74 total private dwellings, a change of {{percentage|{{#expr:145-155}}|155|1}} from its 2016 population of 155. With a land area of {{cvt|0.72|km2}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|145|0.72|km2|sqmi|prec=1}} in 2021.{{cite web | url=https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/cv.action?pid=9810001201 | title=Population and dwelling counts: Canada and designated places | publisher=Statistics Canada | date=February 9, 2022 | accessdate=February 10, 2022}}
As a designated place in the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Enilda had a population of 155 living in 64 of its 73 total private dwellings, a change of {{percentage|{{#expr:155-165}}|165|1}} from its 2011 population of 165. With a land area of {{convert|0.72|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|155|0.72|km2|sqmi|prec=1}} in 2016.{{cite web | url=http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/hlt-fst/pd-pl/Table.cfm?Lang=Eng&T=1301&SR=1&S=45&O=A&RPP=9999&PR=48&CMA=0#tPopDwell | title=Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and designated places, 2016 and 2011 censuses – 100% data (Alberta) | publisher=Statistics Canada | date=February 8, 2017 | access-date=February 13, 2017}}
See also
References
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Category:Designated places in Alberta
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