Mannville, Alberta

Mannville is a village in central Alberta, Canada. It is located at the intersection of the Yellowhead Highway and Highway 881, approximately 22 kilometres (14 mi) west of Vermilion and 170 kilometres (110 mi) east of Edmonton. Its primary industry is agriculture.

Mannville
Village
Village of Mannville
Grain elevators, circa 1980
Motto:  All Trails Lead to Mannville
Mannville
Coordinates: 53°20′08″N 111°10′32″W
Country	Canada
Province	Alberta
Region	Central Alberta
Census division	10
Municipal district	County of Minburn No. 27
Incorporated[1]
• Village	December 26, 1906
Government [2]
• Mayor	Rex Smith
• Governing body	Mannville Village Council
Area  (2021)[3]
• Land	1.64 km2 (0.63 sq mi)
Elevation	625 m (2,051 ft)
Population  (2021)[3]
• Total	765
• Density	466.3/km2 (1,208/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC−7 (MST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−6 (MDT)
Highways	Highway 16 Highway 881
Website	Official website

History

Mannville, 1913

The settlement was named for Sir Donald Mann, vice-president of the Canadian Northern Railway.^[4]

On July 9, 1928, Vernon Booher killed his mother, brother, and two farm hands in Mannville following his argument with his mother. Booher had killed the others to eliminate witnesses. Booher's case drew attention after Adolph Langsner, a psychiatrist who claimed to be able to read minds, correctly guessed that he was the murderer and where he had hidden the weapon used. Booher was hanged for the murders in 1929.^[5]

The Mannville Group, an oil and gas bearing unit of the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin, was named for the village by A.W. Nauss in 1945.^[6]

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Village of Mannville had a population of 765 living in 339 of its 397 total private dwellings, a change of -7.6% from its 2016 population of 828. With a land area of 1.64 km² (0.63 sq mi), it had a population density of 466.5/km² (1,208.1/sq mi) in 2021.^[3]

In the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Village of Mannville recorded a population of 828 living in 341 of its 377 total private dwellings, a 3.1% change from its 2011 population of 803. With a land area of 1.64 km² (0.63 sq mi), it had a population density of 504.9/km² (1,307.6/sq mi) in 2016.^[7]

Notable people

• Frances Bay (1919–2011): actress
• Vernon Booher (1907–1929): mass murderer
• Kyle Calder (born 1979): professional hockey player
• Peter Gadsden (1929–2006): Lord Mayor of London
• Erving Goffman (1922–1982): sociologist
• Mike Rathje (born 1974): professional hockey player
• Miles Zaharko (born 1957): professional hockey player

See also

• List of communities in Alberta
• List of francophone communities in Alberta
• List of villages in Alberta