White Sands is a
summer village in
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. It is located on the southeast shore of
Buffalo Lake, northwest from the Town of
Stettler and east of the Summer Village of
Rochon Sands
Rochon Sands () is a summer village on Buffalo Lake in central Alberta, Canada. It is south of Rochon Sands Provincial Park. The summer village and the park take their name from the Rochon family who owned the land in the early 1900s.
Demograp ...
and
Rochon Sands Provincial Park
Rochon Sands Provincial Park is a provincial park that is in Alberta, Canada. It is located on the south shore of Buffalo Lake, within the summer village of Rochon Sands, which operates the park under a lease agreement with the Province of Albert ...
.
The summer village is within the municipal boundaries of the
County of Stettler No. 6
The County of Stettler No. 6 is a municipal district in central Alberta, Canada.
Geography Communities and localities
The following urban municipalities are surrounded by the Stettler County No. 6.
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Demographics
In the
2021 Census of Population
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conducted by
Statistics Canada
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, the Summer Village of White Sands had a population of 174 living in 82 of its 304 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 120. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021.
In the
2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Summer Village of White Sands had a population of 120 living in 59 of its 253 total private dwellings, a change from its 2011 population of 91. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2016.
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 summer villages in Alberta
A summer village is a type of urban municipality in the Canadian province of Alberta that has a permanent population generally less than 300 permanent inhabitants, as well as seasonal (non-permanent) inhabitants.
Alberta has a total of 51 summe ...
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List of resort villages in Saskatchewan
A resort village is a type of incorporated List of communities in Saskatchewan#Urban municipalities, urban municipality in the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Saskatchewan. A resort village is created from an organized Ha ...
References
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1980 establishments in Alberta
Summer villages in Alberta
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