The County of Grande Prairie No. 1 is a

municipal district A municipal district is an administrative entity comprising a clearly-defined territory and its population. It can refer to a city, a town, a village, a small grouping of them, or a rural area. Brazil In Brazil, municipal districts are, in genera ...

in northwestern

Alberta Alberta ( ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. It is part of Western Canada and is one of the three prairie provinces. Alberta is bordered by British Columbia to the west, Saskatchewan to the east, the Northwest Ter ...

, Canada in Census Division No. 19. It is bounded on the south by the

Wapiti River The Wapiti River is a river in eastern British Columbia and western Alberta, Canada. It is a major tributary of the Smoky River, located in the southern area of the Peace River Basin. Wapiti is named after the Cree word for elk (''waapiti''). ...

, on the east by the

Smoky River The Smoky River is a river in western Alberta, Canada. It is a major tributary of the Peace River. The descriptive name refers to the presence of "smouldering beds of coal in the riverbank" noted by the Cree Indians. It drains an area of . F ...

and on the west by the province of

British Columbia British Columbia (commonly abbreviated as BC) is the westernmost province of Canada, situated between the Pacific Ocean and the Rocky Mountains. It has a diverse geography, with rugged landscapes that include rocky coastlines, sandy beaches, ...

Geography

Communities and localities

The following urban municipalities are surrounded by the County of Grande Prairie No. 1. ;

Cities A city is a human settlement of notable size.Goodall, B. (1987) ''The Penguin Dictionary of Human Geography''. London: Penguin.Kuper, A. and Kuper, J., eds (1996) ''The Social Science Encyclopedia''. 2nd edition. London: Routledge. It can be def ...

Grande Prairie Grande Prairie is a city in northwest Alberta, Canada within the southern portion of an area known as Peace River Country. It is located at the intersection of Highway 43 (part of the CANAMEX Corridor) and Highway 40 (the Bighorn Highway), a ...

;

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 ...

* Beaverlodge * Sexsmith *

Wembley Wembley () is a large suburbIn British English, "suburb" often refers to the secondary urban centres of a city. Wembley is not a suburb in the American sense, i.e. a single-family residential area outside of the city itself. in north-west Londo ...

;

Villages A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town (although the word is often used to describe both hamlets and smaller towns), with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to ...

*none ; Summer villages *none The following

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 ...

are located within the County of Grande Prairie No. 1. ;

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 ...

* Bezanson * Clairmont * Demmitt * Dimsdale *

Elmworth Elmworth is a hamlet in northern Alberta, Canada within the County of Grande Prairie No. 1. It is located on Highway 722 north of the Wapiti River and east of the British Columbia border. It has an elevation of . The Elmworth natural gas field ...

* Goodfare * Huallen *

Hythe Hythe, from Anglo-Saxon ''hȳð'', may refer to a landing-place, port or haven, either as an element in a toponym, such as Rotherhithe in London, or to: Places Australia * Hythe, Tasmania Canada *Hythe, Alberta, a village in Canada England * T ...

* La Glace * Teepee Creek * Valhalla Centre * Wedgewood The following localities are located within the County of Grande Prairie No. 1. ;Localities * Albright *Aspen Ridge Estates *Aspen Ridge Subdivision * Bad Heart *Bear Lake * Brainard * Bredin * Buffalo Lake *Clairmont Trailer Court *

Fitzsimmons Fitzsimons (also spelled FitzSimons, Fitzsimmons or FitzSimmons) is a surname of Norman origin common in both Ireland and England. The name is a variant of "Sigmundsson", meaning son of Sigmund. The Gaelicisation of this surname is Mac Shíomóin. ...

*Flying Shot * Flyingshot Lake Settlement (designated place and

settlement Settlement may refer to: *Human settlement, a community where people live *Settlement (structural), the distortion or disruption of parts of a building * Closing (real estate), the final step in executing a real estate transaction *Settlement (fin ...

) * Glen Leslie *Grande Prairie Aerodrome *

Gundy Gundy is a locality in the Hunter Region of New South Wales, Australia. The locality is in the Upper Hunter Shire local government area and on the Pages River, north of the state capital, Sydney. At the 2011 census, Gundy had a population of ...

* Halcourt * Hayfield * Hazelmere *Hermit Lake *Hilltop Estates * Hinton Trail *Hockey Estates *

Homestead Homestead may refer to: *Homestead (buildings), a farmhouse and its adjacent outbuildings; by extension, it can mean any small cluster of houses * Homestead (unit), a unit of measurement equal to 160 acres *Homestead principle, a legal concept t ...

*J D Barr Subdivision *J.D. Renton Subdivision *J.D. Willis Subdivision *Kleskun Hill * Lake Saskatoon *Lakeview Estates * Leighmore * Lymburn *Lynburn *Mansfield Subdivision *Maple Grove *Morgan's Mountain Subdivision * Mount Valley *Mountainside Acres *Mountainside Estates *Niobe *Nordhagen Subdivision *Pine Valley Estates *Pine Valley Subdivision *Pipestone Creek *Poplar Hill *Research Station *Richmond Hill Estates *Richmond Subdivision * Rio Grande *Riverview Pines Estates * Riverview Pines Subdivision (designated place) *Sandy Lane *Sandy Lanes *Sandy Ridge Estates *Shaver *Silvestre * Smoky Heights *South Pine Valley Estates *Sprucewood Subdivision * Swan City Trailer Court (designated place) * Sylvester *The Dunes * Triple-L-Trailer Court (designated place) *

Valhalla In Norse mythology Valhalla (;) is the anglicised name for non, Valhǫll ("hall of the slain").Orchard (1997:171–172) It is described as a majestic hall located in Asgard and presided over by the god Odin. Half of those who die in combat e ...

* Webster *Willow Wood Subdivision *Willowood Estates * Windsor Creek *Woodlake Estates *Woodland Acres

Horse Lakes 152B is an

Indian reserves In Canada, an Indian reserve (french: réserve indienne) is specified by the '' Indian Act'' as a "tract of land, the legal title to which is vested in Her Majesty, that has been set apart by Her Majesty for the use and benefit of a band." Ind ...

located within the County of Grande Prairie No. 1.

Demographics

In the

2021 Census of Population The 2021 Canadian census was a detailed enumeration of the Canadian population with a reference date of May 11, 2021. It follows the 2016 Canadian census, which recorded a population of 35,151,728. The overall response rate was 98%, which is sli ...

conducted by Statistics Canada, the County of Grande Prairie No. 1 had a population of 23,769 living in 8,354 of its 9,075 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 22,502. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021. In the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the County of Grande Prairie No. 1 had a population of 22,303 living in 7,684 of its 8,291 total private dwellings, a change from its 2011 population of 19,724. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2016. The County of Grande Prairie No. 1 conducted a municipal census in 2012, which resulted in an estimated population of 21,157, a 17.6% increase over its 2006 municipal census population of 17,989.

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