Niton Junction is a hamlet

Hamlet (place)

A hamlet is usually a rural settlement which is too small to be considered a village, though sometimes the word is used for a different sort of community. Historically, when a hamlet became large enough to justify building a church, it was then classified as a village...

 in west-central Alberta

Central Alberta

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, Canada

Canada

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 within Yellowhead County

Yellowhead County, Alberta

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. It is located on the Yellowhead Highway

Yellowhead Highway

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 (Highway 16) approximately 45 kilometres (28 mi) east of Edson

Edson, Alberta

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 and 150 kilometres (93.2 mi) west of Edmonton. It is east of the Yellowhead Highway's junction with Highway 32 and west of Chip Lake

Chip Lake

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. Niton Junction has an elevation of 845 metres (2,772.3 ft).

Statistics Canada

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 recognizes Niton Junction as a designated place

Designated place

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The hamlet is located in census division

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 No. 14

Division No. 14, Alberta

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 and in the federal riding

Alberta federal electoral districts

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 of Yellowhead

Yellowhead (electoral district)

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Demographics

As of 2006, Niton Junction had a total population of 119 living in 44 dwellings. With a land area of 1.01 km² (0.38996318017846 sq mi), it has a population density

Population density

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 of 117.7 /km2.

Industry Canada shows that Niton Junction's greater rural area had a total population of 675 living in 272 dwellings in 2001. With a land area of 499.7 km² (192.9 sq mi), its greater rural area has a population density

Population density

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of 14 /km2.