Woodlands County is a
municipal district
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in north-central
Alberta
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, Canada. Located in
Census Division No. 13, its
municipal office is located outside but adjacent to the Town of
Whitecourt
Whitecourt is a town in central Alberta, Canada that is surrounded by Woodlands County. It is approximately northwest of Edmonton and southeast of Grande Prairie at the junction of Highway 43 and Highway 32. It has an elevation of .
Whiteco ...
. A second municipal office is located in the Hamlet of
Fort Assiniboine
Fort Assiniboine is a hamlet in northwest Alberta, Canada, within Woodlands County. It is located along the north shore of the Athabasca River at the junction of Highway 33 and Highway 661. It is approximately northwest of Barrhead, southea ...
.
Geography
Communities and localities
The following
urban municipalities are surrounded by Woodlands County.
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Cities
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Towns
A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world.
Origin and use
The word "town" shares an ori ...
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Whitecourt
Whitecourt is a town in central Alberta, Canada that is surrounded by Woodlands County. It is approximately northwest of Edmonton and southeast of Grande Prairie at the junction of Highway 43 and Highway 32. It has an elevation of .
Whiteco ...
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Villages
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Summer villages
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The following
hamlets
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are located within Woodlands County.
[
;]Hamlets
A hamlet is a human settlement that is smaller than a town or village. Its size relative to a parish can depend on the administration and region. A hamlet may be considered to be a smaller settlement or subdivision or satellite entity to a lar ...
* Blue Ridge
*Fort Assiniboine
Fort Assiniboine is a hamlet in northwest Alberta, Canada, within Woodlands County. It is located along the north shore of the Athabasca River at the junction of Highway 33 and Highway 661. It is approximately northwest of Barrhead, southea ...
* Goose Lake
The following localities are located within Woodlands County.
;Localities
*Anselmo
*Benbow
*Corbett Creek
*Doris
*Freeman River
*Highway
*Hurdy
*Knight
*Lombell
*Lone Pine
*Lonira
*Silver Creek
*Timeu
*Topland
* Windfall
Demographics
In the
2021 Census of Population conducted by
Statistics Canada
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, Woodlands County had a population of 4,558 living in 1,739 of its 1,991 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 4,744. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021.
In the
2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Woodlands County had a population of 4,754 living in 1,812 of its 1,950 total private dwellings, a change from its 2011 population of 4,306. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2016.
Education
The county is within the
Pembina Hills Public Schools
The Pembina Hills School Division, (formerly known as Pembina Hills Regional Division No. 7 and Pembina Hills Public Schools) is a school division headquartered in Barrhead, Alberta.
The division, with 16 schools having a total of about 3,700 st ...
, which formed in 1995 as a merger of three school districts.
See also
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List of communities in Alberta
The province of Alberta, Canada, is divided into ten types of local governments – urban municipalities (including cities, towns, villages and summer villages), specialized municipalities, rural municipalities (including municipal district ...
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List of municipal districts in Alberta
A municipal district (MD) is the most common form of all rural municipality statuses used in the Canadian province of Alberta. Alberta's municipal districts, most of which are branded as a county (e.g. Yellowhead County, County of Newell, etc. ...
References
External links
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Municipal districts in Alberta