Division 5

The County of Two Hills Division 5 is a vast area featuring many beautiful lakes and parks and is filled with local history. A large amount of the division is host to cattle and grain farmers. Located near the North Saskatchewan River, Division 5 is a great place to visit and to live.

It features the Village of Willingdon.

Willingdon originally incorporated as a village on August 31, 1928. It dissolved from village status 89 years later on September 1, 2017, becoming a hamlet under the jurisdiction of the County of Two Hills No. 21.

In 1985, one of the last two traditional wooden grain elevators in Alberta was built in Willingdon by the Alberta Wheat Pool.

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Willingdon had a population of 249 living in 104 of its 159 total private dwellings, a change of -21.9% from its 2016 population of 319. With a land area of 0.92 km2 (0.36 sq mi), it had a population density of 270.7/km2 (701.0/sq mi) in 2021.

As a designated place in the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Willingdon had a population of 319 living in 130 of its 160 total private dwellings, a 16% change from its 2011 population of 275. With a land area of 0.92 km2 (0.36 sq mi), it had a population density of 346.7/km2 (898.1/sq mi) in 2016.

Businesses in Division 5:

• Bid's General Supplies

• Willingdon Big Way

• Willingdon Hotel

• Willingdon Seed Cleaning Co-op