{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2026}} {{Infobox settlement | name = Morrin | official_name = Village of Morrin | other_name = | native_name = | nickname = | settlement_type = Village | motto = | 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 = CAN AB Starland#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 = No. 5 | subdivision_type4 = Municipal district | subdivision_name4 = Starland County | government_footnotes = | government_type = | leader_title = Mayor | leader_name = Chris Hall | leader_title1 = Governing body | leader_name1 = Morrin 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 Morrin | page=470 | date=October 21, 2016 | accessdate=October 23, 2016}}</ref> | established_date1 = | established_title2 = • Village | established_date2 = April 16, 1920 | area_footnotes = (2021)<ref name=2021census/> | area_land_km2 = 0.67 | population_as_of = 2021 | population_footnotes = <ref name=2021census/> | population_note = | population_total = 205 <!-- 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 = 305.2 | 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|51|39|30|N|112|45|59|W|region:CA-AB|display=inline,title}} | elevation_footnotes = <ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.safetycodes.ab.ca/Public/Documents/PSSSOP_Handbook_Version_12_Online_Feb_21_2012b.pdf | title=Alberta Private Sewage Systems 2009 Standard of Practice Handbook: Appendix A.3 Alberta Design Data (A.3.A. Alberta Climate Design Data by Town) | publisher=Safety Codes Council | type=PDF | pages=212–215 (PDF pages 226–229) | date=January 2012 | accessdate=October 8, 2013}}</ref> | elevation_m = 832 | elevation_ft = | postal_code_type = | postal_code = | area_code = | blank_name = Highways | blank_info = 27, 9, 56 | blank1_name = Waterways | blank1_info = West Michichi Creek, Red Deer River | website = {{official URL}} | footnotes = }}
'''Morrin''' is a village in central Alberta, Canada. It is located 26 km north of the Town of Drumheller, along Highway 27 and the Railink Central Western railway.
The ''Morrin Bridge Provincial recreation area'' is located 10 km west of the village, in the Red Deer River valley, and Dry Island Buffalo Jump Provincial Park is located 40 km north.
Morrin was originally named "Blooming Prairie" but was renamed Morrin in honour of the engineer of the first train to the village.<ref>{{cite book|last=Morrin and District History Book Committee|title=Blooming Prairie : a history of Morrin and district|year=1970|page=13|url=http://www.ourfutureourpast.ca/loc_hist/page.aspx?id=4199920}}</ref>
== Demographics == In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Village of Morrin had a population of 205 living in 113 of its 131 total private dwellings, a change of {{percentage|{{#expr:205-240}}|240|1}} from its 2016 population of 240. With a land area of {{cvt|0.67|km2}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|205|0.67|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 Morrin recorded a population of 240 living in 110 of its 132 total private dwellings, a {{percentage|{{#expr:240-245}}|245|1}} change from its 2011 population of 245. With a land area of {{convert|0.67|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|240|0.67|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 | accessdate=February 8, 2017}}</ref>
== See also == *List of communities in Alberta *List of francophone communities in Alberta *List of villages in Alberta
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== External links == *{{official website}}
{{Subdivisions of Alberta|villages=yes}}
Category:1920 establishments in Alberta Category:Villages in Alberta