Town

Welcome to Ponoka and area.  We hope that our website will introduce you to our beautiful community in the heart of Central Alberta.

The ideal location of our clean, scenic community appeals to all individuals, young and old alike, as well as families and commercial ventures interested in locating to a community serviced by two north-south highway systems, as well as an east-west highway corridor.

If you are looking for the perfect retirement community, Ponoka, located in the tranquil Battle River Valley, offers all of the necessary amenities.

Ponoka is the undisputed home of Canada’s largest six-day rodeo, the world famous Ponoka Stampede, which is staged each year during the July 1^st, Canada Day weekend.  Six full days of rodeo action attracts the best two and four-legged rodeo athletes in the world.  Six nights of world-class chuckwagon racing, midway attractions and other high profile entertainment transform Ponoka into the chosen destination for thousands of rodeo and summer entertainment fans and enthusiasts.

But Ponoka is much more than the six-day rodeo capital of Canada.

Ponoka is the home community for the world-class 27-hole Wolf Creek Golf Resort, the 18-hole Ponoka Community Golf Club with its newly expanded clubhouse, the world-renowned Glen Crandell Antique Collection, the Cowboy Museum, Fort Ostell Museum and numerous other attractions and amenities.

Ponoka, whose history goes back 100 years, Is proud of its historic past which is an essential part of what is Ponoka – old-fashioned, down home hospitality.  There is nothing finer and more sincere than a heartfelt “Yes, sir” and “Thank you ma’am.”

Located in prime agricultural surroundings, Ponoka boasts of being the community with one of Alberta’s lowest utility and tax structures.  These features, combined with affordable priced farm, industrial, commercial and residential property, make Ponoka an attractive community and area to relocate and settle.

The Town of Ponoka is open for business.  We invite and welcome your inquiries.

We are convinced that you will love Ponoka.