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Hamlet
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Country	Canada
Province	Alberta
Region	Southern Alberta
Census division	1
Municipal district	Cypress County
Government
• Type	Unincorporated
Area  (2021)
• Land	0.42 km2 (0.16 sq mi)
Population  (2021)
• Total	40
• Density	94.2/km2 (244/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC−07:00 (MST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−06:00 (MDT)
Area code(s)	403, 587, 825

Hilda is a hamlet in southern Alberta, Canada within Cypress County, located 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) east of Highway 41, approximately 67 kilometres (42 mi) northeast of Medicine Hat. In 1910, the post master named the post office "Hilda" after his infant daughter.

Demographics

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As a designated place in the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Hilda recorded a population of 45 living in 19 of its 22 total private dwellings, a change of 21.6% from its 2011 population of 37. With a land area of 0.44 km² (0.17 sq mi), it had a population density of 102.3/km² (265/sq mi) in 2016.