Red Earth Creek is a

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, Canada within the

Municipal District of Opportunity No. 17 The Municipal District of Opportunity No. 17 is a municipal district (MD) occupying a remote area in central northern Alberta, Canada. Located in Census Division 17 north of the Town of Athabasca, its municipal office is located in the Ham ...

. It is located east of Highway 88, between the Town of

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and the Hamlet of

Fort Vermilion Fort Vermilion is a hamlet on the Peace River in northern Alberta, Canada, within Mackenzie County. Established in 1788, Fort Vermilion shares the title of oldest European settlement in Alberta with Fort Chipewyan. Fort Vermilion contains many ...

, and has an elevation of . This hamlet is in Census Division No. 17 and in the federal riding of

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. It is also the administrative centre of the Loon River

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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, Red Earth Creek had a population of 315 living in 113 of its 145 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 353. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021. As a designated place in the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Red Earth Creek had a population of 294 living in 111 of its 200 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2011 population of 337. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2016.

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{{Coord, display=title, 56, 32, 26, N, 115, 17, 07, W, type:city_region:CA-AB Hamlets in Alberta Designated places in Alberta Municipal District of Opportunity No. 17

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