{{Short description|Municipality in Alberta, Canada (est. 1961)}} {{Distinguish|Spring Hill (disambiguation)|Springhill (disambiguation)}} {{Use Canadian English|date=January 2026}} {{Infobox settlement |name = Hill Spring |official_name = Village of Hill Spring |other_name = |native_name = |nickname = |settlement_type = Village |motto = Prairie to Peak Perfection |image_skyline = |imagesize = |image_caption = |image_flag = |flag_size = |image_seal = |seal_size = |image_shield = |shield_size = |city_logo = |citylogo_size = |image_map = |mapsize = |map_caption = |image_map1 = |mapsize1 = |map_caption1 = |pushpin_map = Canada Alberta<!-- the name of a location map as per http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Location_map --> |pushpin_label_position = <!-- the position of the pushpin label: left, right, top, bottom, none --> |pushpin_map_caption = |pushpin_mapsize = |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name = Canada |subdivision_type1 = Province |subdivision_name1 = Alberta |subdivision_type2 = Region |subdivision_name2 = Southern Alberta |subdivision_type3 = Census Division |subdivision_name3 = 3 |subdivision_type4 = Municipal district |subdivision_name4 = Cardston County |government_footnotes = |government_type = |leader_title = Mayor |leader_name = Monte Christensen |leader_title1 = Governing body |leader_name1 = Hill Spring Village Council |leader_title2 = |leader_name2 = |leader_title3 = |leader_name3 = |leader_title4 = |leader_name4 = |established_title = Founded |established_date = |established_title1 = Incorporated<ref name=AMAVillageProfiles>{{cite web | url=http://www.municipalaffairs.alberta.ca/cfml/MunicipalProfiles/basicReport/VILG.PDF | publisher=Alberta Municipal Affairs | title=Location and History Profile: Village of Hill Spring | page=358 | date=October 21, 2016 | access-date=October 23, 2016}}</ref> |established_date1 = &nbsp; |established_title2 = &nbsp;•&nbsp;Village |established_date2 = January 1, 1961 | area_footnotes = &nbsp;(2021)<ref name=2021census/> | area_land_km2 = 0.96 | population_as_of = 2021 | population_footnotes = <ref name=2021census/> | population_note = | population_total = 168 <!-- 2021 StatCan census population only per WP:CANPOP; do not replace with latest municipal census population count; this municipal census population count can go in the population_blank1_title and population_blank1 parameters further below and can be noted in the article body (so long as it doesn't replace the 2021 StatCan census population in the body). --> | population_density_km2 = 174.8 | population_blank1_title = | population_blank1 = | population_density_blank1_km2 = | population_density_blank1_sq_mi = |timezone = MST |utc_offset = −7 |timezone_DST = MDT |utc_offset_DST = −6 |coordinates = {{coord|49|17|27|N|113|37|26|W|region:CA-AB|display=inline,title}} |elevation_footnotes = <!--for references: use <ref> </ref> tags--> |elevation_m = 1175 |elevation_ft = |postal_code_type = |postal_code = T0K 1E0 |area_code = 403 |blank_name = Highways |blank_info = Highway 800 |blank1_name = Waterways |blank1_info = Waterton River, Waterton Reservoir |website = {{official website|www.hillspring.ca}} |footnotes = }}

'''Hill Spring''' is a village in southern Alberta, Canada. It is located {{convert|32|km|mi|abbr=on}} west of Cardston and {{convert|43|km|mi|abbr=on}} southeast of Pincher Creek, in the foothills of the Canadian Rockies.

== History == Hill Spring was founded in 1910 by Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints leader Edward J. Wood.{{citation needed|date=August 2019}}

== Demographics == In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Village of Hill Spring had a population of 168 living in 73 of its 92 total private dwellings, a change of {{percentage|{{#expr:168-162}}|162|1}} from its 2016 population of 162. With a land area of {{cvt|0.96|km2}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|168|0.96|km2|sqmi|prec=1}} in 2021.<ref name=2021census>{{cite web | url=https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=9810000202&geocode=A000248 | title=Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities) | publisher=Statistics Canada | date=February 9, 2022 | accessdate=February 9, 2022}}</ref>

In the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Village of Hill Spring recorded a population of 162 living in 74 of its 92 total private dwellings, a {{percentage|{{#expr:162-186}}|186|1}} change from its 2011 population of 186. With a land area of {{convert|0.96|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|162|0.96|km2|sqmi|prec=1}} in 2016.<ref name=2016censusABmunis>{{cite web | url=http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/hlt-fst/pd-pl/Table.cfm?Lang=Eng&T=302&SR=1&S=86&O=A&RPP=9999&PR=48 | title=Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), 2016 and 2011 censuses – 100% data (Alberta) | publisher=Statistics Canada | date=February 8, 2017 | access-date=February 8, 2017}}</ref>

== Notable people == Nathan Eldon Tanner, who served in the Alberta Legislature and the First Presidency of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, lived and taught school in Hill Spring.

== See also == *Latter-day Saint settlements in Canada *List of communities in Alberta *List of villages in Alberta

== References == {{Reflist}}

== External links == *{{Official website}}

{{Subdivisions of Alberta|villages=yes}} {{Authority control}}

Category:1961 establishments in Alberta Category:Cardston County Category:Latter-day Saint settlements in Canada Category:Populated places established in 1910 Category:Villages in Alberta