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Hinton | |
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Town | |
| Town of Hinton | |
 Government Centre | |
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| Motto: Gateway to the Rockies | |
 Location in Yellowhead County | |
  Hinton Location of Hinton in Alberta | |
| Coordinates: 53°24′40″N 117°33′46″W / 53.41111°N 117.56278°W[1] | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Alberta |
| Planning region | Upper Athabasca |
| Municipal district | Yellowhead County |
| Founded | 1928 |
| Incorporated[2] | |
| • New town | November 1, 1956 |
| • Town | December 29, 1958 |
| Amalgamated[3] | April 1, 1957 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Nicholas Nissen |
| • Governing body | Hinton Town Council
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| • Manager | Jordan Panasiuk |
| • MP | Gerald Soroka (CPC - Yellowhead) |
| • MLA | Martin Long (UCP - West Yellowhead) |
| Area (2021)[5] | |
| • Land | 33.32 km2 (12.86 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 990 m (3,250 ft) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 9,817 |
| • Density | 294.6/km2 (763/sq mi) |
| • Estimate (2022) | 10,087[7] |
| Time zone | UTC−07:00 (MST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−06:00 (MDT) |
| Forward sortation area | |
| Area code(s) | 780 / 587 |
| Highways |  Highway 16 (TCH)Yellowhead Highway Highway 40 |
| Website | Official website |
Hinton is a town in west-central Alberta, Canada.
It is located in Yellowhead County, 81 km (50 mi) northeast of Jasper and about 284 km (176 mi) west of Alberta's capital city, Edmonton, at the intersection of Yellowhead and Bighorn Highway, in the Athabasca River valley.
- ^ "Hinton". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada.
- ^ "Location and History Profile: Town of Hinton" (PDF). Alberta Municipal Affairs. 17 June 2016. p. 330. Retrieved 19 June 2016.
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HintonDrinnanAmalgamationwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Municipal Officials Search". Alberta Municipal Affairs. 9 May 2019. Retrieved 1 October 2021.
- ^ a b Cite error: The named reference
2021censuswas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Alberta Private Sewage Systems 2009 Standard of Practice Handbook: Appendix A.3 Alberta Design Data (A.3.A. Alberta Climate Design Data by Town)" (PDF) (PDF). Safety Codes Council. January 2012. pp. 212–215 (PDF pages 226–229). Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 October 2013. Retrieved 8 October 2013.
- ^ "Census Subdivision (Municipal) Population Estimates, July 1, 2016 to 2022, Alberta". Alberta Municipal Affairs. 11 January 2023. Retrieved 20 August 2023.
- ^ "Population and dwelling counts: Canada and population centres". Statistics Canada. 9 February 2022. Retrieved 13 February 2022.