title: Elnora, Alberta
text: # Elnora, Alberta
  
  Elnora /ɛlˈnɔːrə/ is a village in central Alberta, Canada that is north of Three Hills. It was first organized as a village on January 2, 1908 as "Stewartville" but was renamed to Elnora (for Elinor & Nora, the wives of the postmasters) when the opening of a post office the next year required a unique name.
  
  ## Demographics
  
  In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Village of Elnora had a population of 288 living in 147 of its 156 total private dwellings, a change of -3.4% from its 2016 population of 298. With a land area of 1.5 $km^2$ (0.58 sq mi), it had a population density of $192.0/km^2$ (497.3/sq mi) in 2021.
  
  In the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Village of Elnora recorded a population of 298 living in 144 of its 160 total private dwellings, a -4.8% change from its 2011 population of 313. With a land area of 1.47 $km^2$ (0.57 sq mi), it had a population density of $202.7/km^2$ (525.0/sq mi) in 2016.
  
  