Edberg
Village
Village of Edberg
Location in Alberta
Coordinates: 52°47′03″N 112°47′09″W / 52.78429°N 112.78582°W / 52.78429; -112.78582
Country	Canada
Province	Alberta
Region	Central Alberta
Census division	10
Municipal district	Camrose County
Incorporated[1]
• Village	February 4, 1930
Government [2]
• Mayor	Ian Daykin
• Governing body	Edberg Village Council
• Deputy Mayor	Jacquie Boulet
• Councilor	David Butt
Area  (2021)[3]
• Land	0.35 km2 (0.14 sq mi)
Elevation	758 m (2,487 ft)
Population  (2021)[3]
• Total	126
• Density	356.1/km2 (922/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC−7 (MST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−6 (MDT)
Highways	Highway 56
Waterway	Driedmeat Lake
Website	Official website

Edberg is a village in central Alberta, Canada. It is approximately 31 km (19 mi) south of Camrose.

Johan Edstrom, an early postmaster, named the village after himself.^[4]

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Village of Edberg had a population of 126 living in 58 of its 67 total private dwellings, a change of -16.6% from its 2016 population of 151. With a land area of 0.35 km² (0.14 sq mi), it had a population density of 360.0/km² (932.4/sq mi) in 2021.^[3]

In the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Village of Edberg recorded a population of 151 living in 61 of its 65 total private dwellings, a -10.1% change from its 2011 population of 168. With a land area of 0.35 km² (0.14 sq mi), it had a population density of 431.4/km² (1,117.4/sq mi) in 2016.^[5]

Notable People

• Aritha Van Herk - Canadian writer, critic, editor, public intellectual, and university professor