Athabasca County

Municipal district in Alberta, Canada

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Athabasca

Boyle

Rochester

Wandering River

Atmore

Caslan

Ellscott

Grassland

Meanook

Perryvale

Major communities

Location within Alberta

CountryCanadaProvinceAlbertaRegionNorthern AlbertaPlanning regionUpper AthabascaEstablished1947Incorporated1959 (County)Government

^[1]

• ReeveBrian Hall • Governing bodyJoe Gerlach

Natasha Kapitaniuk

Ashtin Anderson

Tracy Holland

Gary Cromwell

Kelly Chamzuk

Rob Minns

Camille Wallach • CAOBob Beck • Administrative officeAthabascaArea

(2021)^[2]

• Land6,111.3 km² (2,359.6 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

• Total6,959 • Density1.1/km² (3/sq mi)Time zoneUTC−7 (MST) • Summer (DST)UTC−6 (MDT)WebsiteOfficial website

Athabasca County is a municipal district in north central Alberta, Canada. It is located northeast of Edmonton and is in Census Division No. 13. Prior to an official renaming on December 1, 2009, Athabasca County was officially known as the County of Athabasca No. 12.^[3]

Geography

Communities and localities

The following urban municipalities are surrounded by Athabasca County.^[4]

Cities

none

Towns

Athabasca

Villages

Boyle

Summer villages

The following hamlets are located within Athabasca County.^[4]

Hamlets

The following localities are located within Athabasca County.^[5]

Localities

Amber Valley
Amesbury
Athabasca Acres
Athabasca Landing Settlement
Balay Subdivision
Baptiste Lake
Big Coulee
Blue Jay
Century Estates
Coolidge
Dakin
Deep Creek
Frains
Glenshaw
Grosmont
Kinikinik
Lahaieville

Lincoln
Lyall Subdivision
McNabb's
Meadowbrook
Meanock
O'Morrow
Paxson
Pine Grove Estates
Pleasant View
Prosperity
Richmond Park
Sarrail
Sawdy
Spruce Valley
West Wind Trailer Park
White Gull

Lakes

North Buck Lake

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Athabasca County had a population of 6,959 living in 2,832 of its 3,746 total private dwellings, a change of -11.6% from its 2016 population of 7,869. With a land area of 6,111.3 km² (2,359.6 sq mi), it had a population density of 1.1/km² (2.9/sq mi) in 2021.^[2]

In the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Athabasca County had a population of 7,869 living in 3,067 of its 4,093 total private dwellings, a 2.7% change from its 2011 population of 7,662. With a land area of 6,124.43 km² (2,364.66 sq mi), it had a population density of 1.3/km² (3.3/sq mi) in 2016.^[6]

Visible minority and Aboriginal population (Canada 2006 Census)
Population group		Population	% of total population
White		6,650	87.7%
Visible minority group Source:^[7]	South Asian	0	0%
	Chinese	15	0.2%
	Black	35	0.5%
	Filipino	20	0.3%
	Latin American	0	0%
	Arab	15	0.2%
	Southeast Asian	25	0.3%
	West Asian	0	0%
	Korean	0	0%
	Japanese	15	0.2%
	Visible minority, n.i.e.	0	0%
	Multiple visible minority	0	0%
Total visible minority population		125	1.6%
Aboriginal group Source:^[8]	First Nations	310	4.1%
	Métis	500	6.6%
	Inuit	0	0%
	Aboriginal, n.i.e.	0	0%
	Multiple Aboriginal identity	0	0%
Total Aboriginal population		810	10.7%
Total population		7,585	100%

References

^ "Municipal Officials Search". Alberta Municipal Affairs. May 9, 2019. Retrieved October 1, 2021.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities)". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved February 9, 2022.
^ Province of Alberta. "Order in Council (O.C.) 563/2009". Retrieved December 6, 2009.
^ ^a ^b "Specialized and Rural Municipalities and Their Communities" (PDF). Alberta Municipal Affairs. January 12, 2022. Retrieved January 21, 2022.
^ "Standard Geographical Classification (SGC) 2006, Economic Regions: 4813044 - Athabasca County No. 12, geographical codes and localities, 2006". Statistics Canada. March 5, 2010. Archived from the original on March 8, 2012. Retrieved August 11, 2012.
^ "Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), 2016 and 2011 censuses – 100% data (Alberta)". Statistics Canada. February 8, 2017. Retrieved February 8, 2017.
^ Community Profiles from the 2006 Census, Statistics Canada - Census Subdivision
^ Aboriginal Population Profile from the 2006 Census, Statistics Canada - Census Subdivision

External links

Official website

Places adjacent to Athabasca County

Municipal District of Lesser Slave River No. 124

Municipal District of Opportunity No. 17

Lac La Biche County

Athabasca County

Subdivisions of Alberta

Subdivisions

Communities

Cities and urban
service areas

Rural
municipalities

Municipal districts	Acadia Athabasca Barrhead Beaver Big Lakes Bighorn Birch Hills Bonnyville Brazeau Camrose Cardston Clear Hills Clearwater Cypress Fairview Flagstaff Foothills Forty Mile Grande Prairie Greenview Kneehill Lac Ste. Anne Lacombe Lamont Leduc Lesser Slave River Lethbridge Minburn Mountain View Newell Northern Lights Northern Sunrise Opportunity Paintearth Parkland Peace Pincher Creek Ponoka Provost Ranchland Red Deer Rocky View Saddle Hills Smoky Lake Smoky River Spirit River St. Paul Starland Stettler Sturgeon Taber Thorhild Two Hills Vermilion River Vulcan Wainwright Warner Westlock Wetaskiwin Wheatland Willow Creek Woodlands Yellowhead
Improvement districts	4 (Waterton) 9 (Banff) 12 (Jasper) 13 (Elk Island) 24 (Wood Buffalo) 25 (Willmore) Kananaskis
Special areas	2 3 4

Specialized
municipalities

Crowsnest Pass, Municipality of
Jasper, Municipality of
Lac La Biche County
Mackenzie County
Strathcona County
Wood Buffalo, Regional Municipality of

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Towns	Athabasca Barrhead Edson High Prairie Hinton Mayerthorpe Onoway Slave Lake Swan Hills Westlock Whitecourt
Villages	Alberta Beach Boyle Clyde
Summer villages	Birch Cove Bondiss Castle Island Island Lake Island Lake South Larkspur Mewatha Beach Nakamun Park Ross Haven Sandy Beach Silver Sands South Baptiste South View Sunrise Beach Sunset Beach Sunset Point Val Quentin West Baptiste West Cove Whispering Hills Yellowstone
Hamlets	Atmore Blue Ridge Breynat Brule Busby Cadomin Campsie Canyon Creek Caslan Cherhill Chisholm Colinton Dapp Donatville Ellscott Enilda Evansburg Faust Fawcett Flatbush Fort Assiniboine Glenevis Goose Lake Grassland Green Court Grouard Gunn Jarvie Joussard Kinuso MacKay Manola Marlboro Marten Beach Meanook Neerlandia Nestow Niton Junction Peers Perryvale Pibroch Pickardville Pinedale Rich Valley Robb Rochester Rochfort Bridge Sangudo Smith Tawatinaw Thunder Lake Vimy Wagner Wandering River Widewater Wildwood
Métis settlements	East Prairie Peavine Gift Lake
Municipal districts	Athabasca Barrhead Big Lakes Lac Ste. Anne Lesser Slave River Westlock Woodlands Yellowhead
Specialized municipalities	Jasper
Improvement districts	12 (Jasper)
Indian reserves	Alexis 133 Alexis Cardinal River 234 Alexis Elk River 233 Alexis Whitecourt 232 Assineau River 150F Driftpile River 150 Enoch Cree Nation 135A Kapawe'no 150B 150C 150D 229 230 231 Sawridge 150G 150H Sucker Creek 150A Swan River 150E
National parks	Jasper
Provincial parks	Carson-Pegasus Cross Lake Hilliard's Bay Lesser Slave Lake Obed Lake Pembina River Rock Lake Sundance Thunder Lake William A. Switzer Winagami Lake Brazeau Canyon Fort Assiniboine Sandhills Grizzly Ridge Hubert Lake La Biche River Lesser Slave Lake Otter-Orloff Lakes Rock Lake - Solomon Creek Whitehorse Winagami
Other topics	Athabasca Landing Trail Jasper House Lac Ste. Anne Pilgrimage Northern Lakes College
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