Orion is a hamlet in Alberta, Canada within the County of Forty Mile No. 8. The hamlet is located approximately south of Medicine Hat along Highway 61. Demographics Orion recorded a population of 11 in the 1991 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada. Services The hamlet has a grocery store, a post office, a gas station/hardware store, a newly built church and many remaining facades of past businesses. As of August 2020 there is no longer a gas station/hardware store. See also List of communities in Alberta List of hamlets in Alberta List of ghost towns in Alberta References County of Forty Mile No. 8 Ghost towns in Alberta Hamlets in Alberta