Bonnyville, Alberta, Canada

🇨🇦 Bonnyville is a town situated in east-central Alberta, Canada between Cold Lake and St. Paul. The surrounding Municipal District (MD) of Bonnyville No. 87's municipal office is located in Bonnyville.

Geography Bonnyville is located on the north shore of Jessie Lake. The lake is an important staging area for thousands of migrating birds, and therefore attracts birdwatchers. Other nearby lakes include Moose Lake and Muriel Lake.

Economy Bonnyville's economy is based on nearby oil reserves and agricultural resources, and benefits from its location between the markets of St. Paul and Cold Lake.

Attractions In celebration of Bonnyville's centennial year (2007), the town constructed the Centennial Centre, an educational and recreational centre, as an extension of the R. J. Lalonde Arena and the Bonnyville & District Agriplex. Its construction was somewhat controversial as its cost exceeded the original estimate and required a tax hike for both residents of the town and the municipal district.

Financial institutions Options for banking services in Bonnyville include: Lakeland Credit Union, ATB Financial, RBC Royal Bank of Canada, TD Canada Trust and CIBC.

Education Lakeland Catholic School District No. 150 and Northern Lights School Division No. 69 operate public schools within Bonnyville.

Lakeland Catholic School District No. 150 • École Notre Dame Elementary School (offering kindergarten through grade 4 English and French programming) • École Dr. Bernard Brosseau School (offering grade 5 through grade 8 English and French programming) • École Notre Dame High School (offering grade 9 through grade 12 programming and a great handball team)

Northern Lights School Division No. 69 • Duclos School (offering kindergarten through grade 4 programming) • H.E. Bourgoin School (offering grade 5 through grade 8 programming) • Bonnyville Centralized High School (offering grade 9 through grade 12 programming) • Bonnyville Outreach School (offering grade 9 through grade 12 programming)

Conseil scolaire Centre-Est • École des Beaux-Lacs (French school offering kindergarten through grade 12 programming)

Media • Bonnyville is served by CKSA-TV-2 (VHF channel 9), a rebroadcaster of Citytv affiliate CKSA-DT in Lloydminster. • Bonnyville is home to 2 FM radio stations, Hot 101.3 FM (CJEG-FM), owned by Stingray Digital with a CHR/Top 40 format, and Country 99 (CFNA-FM) at 99.7 with a Country format, owned by Vista Radio. • Bonnyville is served by two local newspapers: the Bonnyville Nouvelle, which recently became a regional paper under the name of Lakeland This Week, features news from Bonnyville, St. Paul, Cold Lake, Lac La Biche, and Elk Point. Respect, launched in 2018, is a locally-owned regional newspaper "for seniors (and seniors-to-be)".

Sport Bonnyville is home to the Bonnyville Pontiacs, a junior hockey team playing in the Alberta Junior Hockey League and also a senior hockey team, The Bonnyville Senior Pontiacs. The teams plays out of the R. J. Lalonde Arena, which is part of the Bonnyville & District Centennial Centre. Bonnyville is also home to the Bonnyville Voyageurs a high school football team who play at Walsh field.