Smoky Lake County is a

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in north-eastern

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, Canada. Located in Census Division No. 12, its municipal office is located in the Town of Smoky Lake.

Geography

Communities and localities

The following urban municipalities are surrounded by Smoky Lake County. ;

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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 ...

Smoky Lake Smoky Lake is a town in central Alberta, Canada. It is located northeast of Edmonton at the junction of Highway 28 and Highway 855. It lies between the North Saskatchewan River, Smoky Creek and White Earth Creek, in a mainly agricultural area. ...

;

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 ...

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Waskatenau Waskatenau ( ) is a village in central Alberta, Canada. It is surrounded by Smoky Lake County, approximately northeast of Edmonton. Waskatenau is a Cree word meaning "opening in the bank" in reference to the clef in the nearby ridge through which ...

; 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 Smoky Lake 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 ...

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* Edwand * Spedden * Warspite (dissolved from village status in June 2000) The following

Métis settlement The Métis ( ; Canadian ) are Indigenous peoples who inhabit Canada's three Prairie Provinces, as well as parts of British Columbia, the Northwest Territories, and the Northern United States. They have a shared history and culture which derives ...

s are located within Smoky Lake County. * Buffalo Lake * Kikino The following localities are located within Smoky Lake County. ;Localities *Anning *Barich *Birchland Resort *Bonnie Lake Resort *Cache Lake *Cadron *Cossack *Downing *

Hamlin Hamlin may refer to: Places * Hamlin, Iowa, a city * Hamlin, Kansas, a city * Hamlin, Kentucky, a town * Hamlin, Maine, a town * Hamlin, Michigan, a former community * Hamlin, New York, a town ** Hamlin (CDP), New York, a census-designated pl ...

*Kikino *Lobstick Settlement *Mons Lake :*Mons Lake Estates :*Mons View Resort *North Kotzman *Northbank *Pakan *Parkview Beach *Sprucefield *Stry *Two Lakes *Victoria Settlement (also Fort Victoria) *Wahstao *Wasel *Whiteman Beach

Demographics

As a

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in the 2021 Census of Population conducted by

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, Smoky Lake County had a population of 3,874 living in 1,500 of its 1,913 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 4,107. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021. As a census subdivision in the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Smoky Lake County had a population of 4,107 living in 1,556 of its 2,248 total private dwellings, a change from its 2011 population of 3,910. This includes the population of two

Métis The Métis ( ; Canadian ) are Indigenous peoples who inhabit Canada's three Prairie Provinces, as well as parts of British Columbia, the Northwest Territories, and the Northern United States. They have a shared history and culture which derives ...

settlements, Buffalo Lake (712) and Kikino (934), located within the census subdivision that are municipalities independent of Smoky Lake County. With a land area of , the census subdivision had a population density of in 2016. Excluding the two Métis settlements, Smoky Lake County had a population of 2,461 in 2016, a change of from its 2011 population of 2,459.

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* {{Alberta, RM=yes Municipal districts in Alberta

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