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{{Infobox settlement
|name = Penhold
|official_name = Town of Penhold
|other_name =
|native_name = 
|nickname =
|settlement_type = Town
| motto = {{force singular}} "Honouring The Past, Challenging The Future"
|image_skyline =
|image_caption =
|pushpin_map = Alberta
|pushpin_map_caption = Location of Penhold in [[Alberta]]
|subdivision_type = Country
|subdivision_name = Canada
|subdivision_type1 = [[Provinces and territories of Canada|Province]]
|subdivision_name1 = [[Alberta]]
|subdivision_type2 = [[List of regions of Canada#Alberta|Region]]
|subdivision_name2 = [[Central Alberta]]
|subdivision_type3 = [[List of census divisions of Alberta|Census division]]
|subdivision_name3 = [[Division No. 8, Alberta|8]]
|subdivision_type4 = [[List of municipal districts in Alberta|Municipal district]]
|subdivision_name4 = [[Red Deer County]]
|government_footnotes = <ref>[http://www.municipalaffairs.alberta.ca/mc_municipal_officials_search.cfm Alberta Municipal Affairs: Municipal Officials Search]</ref>
|government_type =
|leader_title = Mayor
|leader_name = Michael Yargeau
|leader_title1 = Governing body
|leader_name1 = Penhold Town Council
|leader_title2 = 
|leader_name2 =
|leader_title3 = [[Legislative Assembly of Alberta|MLA]]
|leader_name3 =
|leader_title4 =
|leader_name4 =
|established_title = Founded
|established_date =
|established_title1 = Incorporated<ref name=AMATownProfiles>{{cite web | url=http://www.municipalaffairs.alberta.ca/cfml/MunicipalProfiles/basicReport/TOWN.PDF | publisher=[[Alberta Municipal Affairs]] | title=Location and History Profile: Town of Penhold | page=470 | date=October 7, 2016 | access-date=October 13, 2016}}</ref>
|established_date1 =  
|established_title2 =  • [[List of villages in Alberta|Village]]
|established_date2 = May 4, 1904
|established_title3 =  • [[List of towns in Alberta|Town]]
|established_date3 = September 1, 1980
| area_footnotes =  (2021)<ref name=2021census/>
| area_land_km2 = 11.2
| area_urban_km2 =
| population_as_of = 2021
| population_footnotes = <ref name=2021census/><ref name=2021censusPC>{{cite web | url=https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=9810001101 | title=Population and dwelling counts: Canada and population centres | publisher=[[Statistics Canada]] | date=February 9, 2022 | accessdate=February 13, 2022}}</ref>
| population_note =
| population_total = 3484 
| population_density_km2 = 311
| population_urban =
| population_density_urban_km2 =
|population_blank1_title =
|population_blank1 =
|population_density_blank1_km2 =
|population_density_blank1_sq_mi =
|timezone = [[Mountain Standard Time|MST]]
|utc_offset = −7
|timezone_DST = MDT
|utc_offset_DST = −6
|coordinates = {{coord|52|08|08|N|113|52|22|W|region:CA-AB|display=inline}}
|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 | access-date=October 9, 2013 | archive-date=October 16, 2013 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131016085027/http://www.safetycodes.ab.ca/Public/Documents/PSSSOP_Handbook_Version_12_Online_Feb_21_2012b.pdf | url-status=dead }}</ref>
|elevation_m = 871
|postal_code_type = Postal code span
|postal_code =T0M 1R0
|area_code =
|blank_name = Highway
|blank_info =[[Alberta Highway 2A|Highway 2A]]<br>[[Alberta Highway 42|Highway 42]]
|blank1_name = Waterway
|blank1_info = [[Red Deer River]]
|website = {{official website|www.townofpenhold.ca}}
|footnotes =
}}

'''Penhold''' is a town in [[central Alberta]], Canada. Penhold is surrounded by [[Red Deer County]], {{convert|16|km|mi|abbr=on}} south of [[Red Deer, Alberta|Red Deer]] at the junction of [[Alberta Highway 2A|Highway 2A]] and [[Alberta Highway 42|Highway 42]]. It is located {{convert|128|km|mi}} north of [[Calgary]], east of the [[Red Deer River]].

== History ==
Originally, Penhold was one of the many whistle stops along the [[Canadian Pacific Railway]]. It incorporated as the Village of Penhold in 1904. The origin of the name "Penhold" appears to have been around the time that the railroad siding named "Penhold" was established. Research has found no earlier instances of that name.

In 1981, the Village of Penhold incorporated as a town as a result of large population growth in the late 1970s.

== RCAF Penhold ==
During the second world war a [[RCAF Station Penhold|Royal Canadian Air Force Station]] was established near the community. The station was closed in 1994.

== Demographics ==
In the [[2021 Canadian census|2021 Census of Population]] conducted by [[Statistics Canada]], the Town of Penhold had a population of 3,484 living in 1,325 of its 1,396 total private dwellings, a change of {{percentage|{{#expr:3484-3287}}|3287|1}} from its 2016 population of 3,287. With a land area of {{cvt|11.2|km2}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|3484|11.2|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>

The population of the Town of Penhold according to its [[2019 Alberta municipal censuses|2019 municipal census]] is 3,563,<ref name=2019census>{{cite web | url=http://www.townofpenhold.ca/assets/Council_Briefing/Briefing_07_22_2019.pdf | title=Request for Decision: Municipal Census - Census | publisher=Town of Penhold | page=29 | date=July 15, 2019 | access-date=July 19, 2019 | archive-date=July 20, 2019 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190720015204/http://www.townofpenhold.ca/assets/Council_Briefing/Briefing_07_22_2019.pdf | url-status=dead }}</ref> a change of {{percentage|{{#expr:3563-2842}}|2842|1}} from its [[2014 Alberta municipal censuses|2014 municipal census]] population of 2,842.<ref name=2016MAPL>{{cite book | url=https://open.alberta.ca/dataset/daab9fce-c2f6-49d1-a433-375b2b7aee24/resource/66766b31-22fd-4365-af52-3d185cb52ea2/download/2016-municipal-affairs-population-list.pdf | title=2016 Municipal Affairs Population List | publisher=[[Alberta Municipal Affairs]] | isbn=978-1-4601-3127-5 | access-date=January 28, 2017}}</ref>

In the [[Canada 2016 Census|2016 Census of Population]] conducted by Statistics Canada, the Town of Penhold recorded a population of 3,277 living in 1,235 of its 1,300 total private dwellings, a {{percentage|{{#expr:3277-2375}}|2375|1}} change from its 2011 population of 2,375. With a land area of {{convert|5.29|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|3277|5.29|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>

== Attractions ==
{{stack|[[File:Penhold Museum.jpg|thumb|left|Penhold Museum]]}}
[[File:Penhold Museum Exterior.jpg|thumb|Penhold Museum, built in 1934 as a one room schoolhouse. The blue Penhold sign is from a UGG (United Grain Growers) grain tower that was 1 of 5 towers that used to line tracks in Penhold.]]
Attractions in Penhold include a museum with caboose, ice-cream & mini golf, a recreation centre with an indoor arena, a baseball diamond, library, a splash park, a campground, 18 hole disc golf, an outdoor ice rink, and a skate park/pump track. Two more ball diamonds, walking trails, and 2 soccer fields.

== Education ==
The town is home to three public schools of the [[Chinook's Edge School Division No. 73|Chinook's Edge School Division]]: Jessie Duncan (Pre-Kindergarten-Grade 3), Penhold Waskasoo Middle School (Grade 4–8), and Penhold Crossing Secondary (Grade 9–12).<ref>{{Cite web|title=Homepage {{!}} Chinook's Edge School Division|url=https://www.cesd73.ca/index.php#schools|access-date=2025-10-24|website=www.cesd73.ca}}</ref>

== See also ==
*[[List of communities in Alberta]]
*[[List of towns in Alberta]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
*{{official website}}

{{Geographic location
| Centre = Penhold
| North = [[Red Deer, Alberta|Red Deer]]
| Northeast = [[Delburne, Alberta|Delburne]]
| East = [[Pine Lake, Alberta|Pine Lake]]
| Southeast = [[Elnora, Alberta|Elnora]]
| South = [[Innisfail, Alberta|Innisfail]]
| Southwest = [[Sundre, Alberta|Sundre]]
| West = [[Caroline, Alberta|Caroline]]
| Northwest = [[Eckville, Alberta|Eckville]]
}}

{{Subdivisions of Alberta|towns=yes}}
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[[Category:Towns in Alberta]]
[[Category:1904 establishments in the Northwest Territories]]

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