Drayton Valley

Drayton Valley
Drayton Valley
Town
	Town of Drayton Valley
	Drayton Valley panorama
	Motto: Pulling together
	Drayton Valley Location of Drayton Valley in Alberta
	Coordinates: 53°13′20″N 114°58′37″W / 53.22222°N 114.97694°W
Country	Canada
Province	Alberta
Region	Central Alberta
Census division	11
Municipal district	Brazeau County
Incorporated
• Village	January 1, 1956
• New town	June 1, 1956
• Town	February 1, 1957
Government
• Mayor	Nancy Dodds
• Governing body	Drayton Valley Town Council
• MP	Gerald Soroka (Yellowhead)
• MLA	Andrew Boitchenko (Drayton Valley-Devon)
Area (2021)
• Land	30.9 km2 (11.9 sq mi)
Elevation	869 m (2,851 ft)
Population (2021)
• Total	7,291
• Density	236/km2 (610/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-7 (MST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-6 (MDT)
Forward sortation area	T7A
Area code(s)	+1-780, +1-587
Highways	Highway 22
Waterways	North Saskatchewan River
Website	Official website

Drayton Valley is a town in central Alberta, Canada. It is located on Highway 22 (Cowboy Trail), approximately 133 kilometres (83 mi) southwest of Edmonton. It is surrounded by Brazeau County, known for its vast oil fields. The town is located between the North Saskatchewan River and the Pembina River.

The town was named after Drayton, Hampshire, the birthplace of the wife of one of the Alberta town's postmasters.^[6]

^ "Location and History Profile: Town of Drayton Valley" (PDF). Alberta Municipal Affairs. June 17, 2016. p. 204. Retrieved June 20, 2016.
^ "Municipal Officials Search". Alberta Municipal Affairs. May 9, 2019. Retrieved October 1, 2021.
^ ^a ^b Cite error: The named reference 2021census was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ "Alberta Private Sewage Systems 2009 Standard of Practice Handbook: Appendix A.3 Alberta Design Data (A.3.A. Alberta Climate Design Data by Town)" (PDF) (PDF). Safety Codes Council. January 2012. pp. 212–215 (PDF pages 226–229). Archived from the original (PDF) on October 16, 2013. Retrieved October 8, 2013.
^ "Population and dwelling counts: Canada and population centres". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved February 13, 2022.
^ Place-names of Alberta. Ottawa: Geographic Board of Canada. 1928. p. 44.