Colinton, Alberta

{{Use mdy dates|date=September 2023}} {{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}} {{Infobox settlement  | name = Colinton | settlement_type = Hamlet | image_skyline = | image_alt = | image_caption = | nickname = | motto = | pushpin_map = Canada Alberta | pushpin_label_position = | pushpin_map_alt = | pushpin_map_caption = Location of Colinton in Alberta | coordinates = {{coord|54|37|15|N|113|15|7|W|display=inline,title}} | coor_pinpoint = | coordinates_footnotes = | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = Canada | subdivision_type1 = Province | subdivision_name1 = Alberta | subdivision_type2 = Region | subdivision_name2 = Northern Alberta | subdivision_type3 = Census division | subdivision_name3 = 13 | subdivision_type4 = Municipal district | subdivision_name4 = Athabasca County | established_title = | established_date = | government_footnotes = <ref name="council">{{Athabasca County Council|ref}}</ref> | leader_title = Reeve | leader_name = {{Athabasca County Council|reeve}} | leader_title1 = Governing body | leader_name1 = {{Athabasca County Council}} | unit_pref = Metric | area_footnotes =  (2021)<ref name=2021census/> | area_land_km2 = 3.55 | population_as_of = 2021 | population_footnotes = <ref name=2021census/> | population_note = | population_total = 169  | population_density_km2 = 47.6 | population_blank1_title = | population_blank1 = | timezone1 = MST | utc_offset1 = -7 | timezone1_DST = MDT | utc_offset1_DST = -6 | postal_code_type =  | postal_code = | website = {{URL|http://www.athabascacounty.com/}} | footnotes = }}

'''Colinton''' is a hamlet in northern Alberta, Canada within Athabasca County.<ref>{{AltaML}}</ref> It is located {{convert|4|km}} east of Highway 2 on Highway 663, approximately {{convert|121|km}} north of Edmonton.

The Hamlet of Colinton consists of two designated places defined by Statistics Canada – Colinton and McNabb's – as well additional lands south of McNabb's that is not currently located within either designated place.<ref name=StatCanGeoSearch>{{cite web | url=http://geodepot.statcan.ca/GeoSearch2006/GeoSearch2006.jsp?resolution=H&lang=E&otherLang=F | title=GeoSearch2006 | publisher=Statistics Canada | date=2009-02-16 | access-date=2011-03-29 | archive-date=November 16, 2007 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071116021459/http://geodepot.statcan.ca/GeoSearch2006/GeoSearch2006.jsp?resolution=H&lang=E&otherLang=F | url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name=CountyMap>{{cite web | url=http://www.athabascacounty.com/ATHA_Ownermap_2010.pdf | title=Athabasca County Ownership Map | publisher=Athabasca County | date=2011-03-03 | access-date=2011-03-29 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110517122459/http://www.athabascacounty.com/ATHA_Ownermap_2010.pdf | archive-date=2011-05-17 }}</ref>

James Maurice Milne, owner of the land on which the railway station was built, named the hamlet after Colinton, Scotland, his birthplace.<ref>{{cite book|title=Place-names of Alberta|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015070267029;view=1up;seq=40|year=1928|publisher=Geographic Board of Canada|location=Ottawa|page=36}}</ref> Previously Colinton was known as Kinnoull.<ref>{{cite book|last=Colinton History Book Club|title=Colinton & districts : yesterday & today|year=1980|location=Coltinton, Alberta|page=7|url=http://www.ourfutureourpast.ca/loc_hist/page.aspx?id=1095355|access-date=2013-06-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924062644/http://www.ourfutureourpast.ca/loc_hist/page.aspx?id=1095355|archive-date=2015-09-24|url-status=dead}}</ref>

== Demographics == {{stack|{{Historical populations | title = Population history<br/>of Colinton | type = Canada | align = left | width = | shading = | percentages = | state = | footnote = | source = ''Statistics Canada''<br/><ref name=1951census>{{Canadian census unincorporated place results|year=1951}}</ref><ref name=1956census>{{Canadian census unincorporated place results|year=1956}}</ref><ref name=1961census>{{Canadian census unincorporated place results|year=1961}}</ref><ref name=1966census>{{Canadian census unincorporated place results|year=1966}}</ref><ref name=1971census>{{Canadian census unincorporated place results|year=1971}}</ref><ref name=1976census>{{Canadian census unincorporated place results|year=1976}}</ref><ref name=1981census>{{Canadian census unincorporated place results|year=1981}}</ref><ref name=1986census>{{Canadian census unincorporated place results|year=1986}}</ref><ref name=1991census>{{Canadian census unincorporated place results|year=1991}}</ref><ref name=1996census>{{Canadian census designated place results|year=1996}}</ref><ref name=2001census>{{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}}</ref><ref name=2006census>{{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}}</ref><ref name=2011census>{{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}}</ref><ref name=2016censusABdpls/><ref name=2021census/> |1941|145 |1951|163 |1956|145 |1961|114 |1966|129 |1971|125 |1976|126 |1981|117 |1986|147 |1991|195 |1991{{abbr|A|adjusted}}|196 |1996|196 |2001|195 |2006|187 |2011|215 |2016|201 |2016{{abbr|R|revised}}|254 |2021|169 }}}}

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Colinton had a population of 169 living in 68 of its 100 total private dwellings, a change of {{percentage|{{#expr:169-254}}|254|1}} from its 2016 population of 254. With a land area of {{cvt|3.55|km2}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|169|3.55|km2|sqmi|prec=1}} in 2021.<ref name=2021census>{{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}}</ref>

As a designated place in the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, by combining the designated places of "Colinton" and "McNabb's", Colinton recorded a population of 249 living in 101 of its 118 total private dwellings, a change of {{percentage|{{#expr:249-274}}|274|1}} from its 2011 population of 274 . With a land area of {{convert|2.89 |km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|249|2.89|km2|sqmi|prec=1}} in 2016.<ref name=2016censusABdpls>{{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}}</ref>

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Category:Athabasca County Category:Hamlets in Alberta Category:Designated places in Alberta