Beaver Lake, Alberta

Hamlet in Alberta, Canada

54°45′37″N 111°54′35″W / 54.76028°N 111.90972°W / 54.76028; -111.90972CountryCanadaProvinceAlbertaRegionNorthern AlbertaCensus division12Municipal district Lac La Biche CountyGovernment

• TypeUnincorporated • Governing bodyLac La Biche County CouncilArea

(2021)^[1]

• Land1.1 km² (0.4 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[1]

• Total467 • Density423.2/km² (1,096/sq mi)Time zoneUTC−07:00 (MST) • Summer (DST)UTC−06:00 (MDT)Area codes780, 587, 825

Beaver Lake is a hamlet in northern Alberta, Canada within Lac La Biche County.^[2] It is located on the shore of Beaver Lake, 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) east of Highway 36, approximately 116 kilometres (72 mi) northwest of Cold Lake.

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Beaver Lake had a population of 467 living in 179 of its 198 total private dwellings, a change of -3.1% from its 2016 population of 482. With a land area of 1.1 km² (0.42 sq mi), it had a population density of 424.5/km² (1,099.6/sq mi) in 2021.^[1]

As a designated place in the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Beaver Lake had a population of 482 living in 171 of its 192 total private dwellings, a change of -2.8% from its 2011 population of 496. With a land area of 1.25 km² (0.48 sq mi), it had a population density of 385.6/km² (998.7/sq mi) in 2016.^[3]

Lac La Biche County's 2016 municipal census counted a population of 527 in Beaver Lake.^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Population and dwelling counts: Canada and designated places". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved February 10, 2022.
^ "Specialized and Rural Municipalities and Their Communities" (PDF). Alberta Municipal Affairs. June 3, 2024. Retrieved June 14, 2024.
^ "Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and designated places, 2016 and 2011 censuses – 100% data (Alberta)". Statistics Canada. February 8, 2017. Retrieved February 13, 2017.
^ "Lac La Biche County 2016 Municipal Census Report". Lac La Biche County. p. 13. Archived from the original on September 8, 2020. Retrieved January 28, 2017.