Located along Highway 13 in central Alberta, Daysland sits roughly 43 kilometres east of Camrose. The town traces its origins to 1904, when founder Edgerton W. Day purchased an impressive 116,483 acres of land from the CPR, establishing the foundation for the community that would eventually bear his name. Day also served as the town’s first mayor, leaving a lasting legacy in both the settlement’s identity and its early development.
According to Statistics Canada’s 2021 Census, Daysland had a population of 789 residents living in 333 of its 356 private dwellings. This represented a modest decline of 4.2% from the 2016 count of 824 people, which itself was a slight increase from the 807 residents recorded in 2011. The town covers a land area of 1.77 square kilometres, giving it a population density of approximately 445.8 people per square kilometre. Among those who have called Daysland home are professional hockey players Richard Petiot and Matthew Spiller, as well as Dick Beddoes, a well-known Canadian sportscaster and journalist.