Ohaton
{{Use mdy dates|date=September 2023}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}
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|subdivision_name1 = Alberta
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|subdivision_name2 = Central Alberta
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|subdivision_type4 = Municipal district
|subdivision_name4 = Camrose County
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|government_type = Unincorporated
|leader_title = Governing body
|leader_name = Camrose County Council
|leader_title2 = MP
|leader_name2 =Damien Kurek
|leader_title3 = MLA
|leader_name3 =Verlyn Olson
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|established_title = Settled
|established_date = September 1906
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| area_land_km2 = 0.13
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Ohaton is a hamlet in central Alberta, Canada within Camrose County.{{AltaML}} Previously an incorporated municipality, Ohaton dissolved from village status on January 1, 1946.{{cite book | title=Census of the Prairie Provinces, 1946 | volume=I: Population | year=1949 | publisher=Dominion Bureau of Statistics | location=Ottawa | page=422 | chapter=Table 6a: Population by census divisions and subdivisions showing reorganization of rural areas, 1931-1946}}
Ohaton is located approximately {{convert|15|km|mi}} east of the City of Camrose. The Ohaton post office was opened in 1906 with the name "Ohaton" being a portmanteau of the partners Osler, Hammond and Nanton of a notable Winnipeg financial firm.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xTx6AAAAMAAJ&q=%22Ohaton+(hamlet)+83+A/15-Ferintosh+14-46-19-W4+52%C2%B059'N+112%C2%B040'W+Approximately+13+km+east+south-east+of+Camrose.+The+name+for+this+*******%22 |title=Place Names of Alberta: Central Alberta - Aphrodite Karamitsanis - Google Books |via=Google Books|access-date=2013-06-17|isbn=9781895176445 |last1=Karamitsanis |first1=Aphrodite |year=1996 |publisher=University of Calgary Press }} Nanton, another community in Alberta, is also named for Augustus Meredith Nanton of the same firm.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ejt6AAAAMAAJ&q=%22Nanton%22+place+names+alberta |title=Place Names of Alberta: Southern Alberta - Aphrodite Karamitsanis - Google Books |via=Google Books|date= 1992-01-01|access-date=2013-06-17|isbn=9780919813953 |last1=Karamitsanis |first1=Aphrodite |publisher=University of Calgary Press }}
Ohaton and area's topography is rounded hills with a small river valley running through its southern portion. The surrounding area is mostly farmed with grain and canola or ranched with predominantly cattle.
Demographics
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Ohaton had a population of 133 living in 61 of its 64 total private dwellings, a change of {{percentage|{{#expr:133-128}}|128|1}} from its 2016 population of 128. With a land area of {{cvt|0.13|km2}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|133|0.13|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, Ohaton had a population of 110 living in 50 of its 55 total private dwellings, a change of {{percentage|{{#expr:110-120}}|120|1}} from its 2011 population of 120. With a land area of {{convert|0.24|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|110|0.24|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}}