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Rolling Hills Alberta Information

Rolling Hills is a hamlet in southern Alberta, Canada within the County of Newell. Rolling Hills was founded in 1939 by the Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Administration (PFRA) with settlers from dried out regions of Saskatchewan and Alberta. _x000D_ In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Rolling Hills had a population of 273 living in 108 of its 113 total private dwellings, a change of 5.8% from its 2016 population of 258. With a land area of 0.69 km2 (0.27 sq mi), it had a population density of 395.7/km2 (1,024.7/sq mi) in 2021. _x000D_ The population of Rolling Hills according to the 2020 municipal census conducted by the County of Newell is 263. _x000D_ As a designated place in the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Rolling Hills had a population of 258 living in 101 of its 104 total private dwellings, a change of 25.9% from its 2011 population of 205. With a land area of 0.69 km2 (0.27 sq mi), it had a population density of 373.9/km2 (968.4/sq mi) in 2016. _x000D_ Rolling Hills’ primary industry is agriculture. Specialty crops grown in the area include dry edible beans, sugar beets, potatoes, seed canola and seed alfalfa. Cattle have always been a major part of the agricultural landscape in the Rolling Hills area. _x000D_ One school, serving pre-kindergarten through grade 9, is located in Rolling Hills. After grade 9, students attend high school in Brooks, which is approximately 50 km (31 mi) northwest of Rolling Hills. _x000D_ This Southern Alberta location article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it._x000D_ _x000D_ Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolling_Hills,_Alberta