Many early settlers to Alvena were of Ukrainian descent. Many were peasant serf farmers in the Austro-Hungarian Empire.[1] Others were from Poland and they erected Roman Catholic Churches in the area.[2] Earlier settlers along the South Saskatchewan River were Métis.[3] Many of these families were involved in the April 24, 1885 Battle of Fish Creek which occurred in Tourond's Coulee, a few miles west of what later became Alvena.[4] Alvena incorporated as a village on July 1, 1936.[5]
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Alvena had a population of 75 living in 34 of its 52 total private dwellings, a change of 25% from its 2016 population of 60. With a land area of 0.43 km2 (0.17 sq mi), it had a population density of 174.4/km2 (451.7/sq mi) in 2021.[8]
In the 2016 Census of Population, the Village of Alvena recorded a population of 60 living in 32 of its 46 total private dwellings, a 8.3% change from its 2011 population of 55. With a land area of 0.43 km2 (0.17 sq mi), it had a population density of 139.5/km2 (361.4/sq mi) in 2016.[9]
