Grassy Lake is a

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, Canada within the

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. It is located on the

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( Highway 3), midway between the cities of

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to the west and

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to the east. It is approximately west of Burdett and east of Taber. It has an elevation of . It was formerly incorporated as a village, dissolving into the Municipal District of Taber on July 1, 1996. The hamlet is located in Census Division No. 2 and in the federal riding of

. Grassy Lake was named for a nearby lake of the same name, which has since been drained.

Demographics

In the

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conducted by

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, Grassy Lake had a population of 856 living in 199 of its 208 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 799. 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, Grassy Lake had a population of 799 living in 179 of its 187 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2011 population of 649. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2016. The Municipal District of Taber's 2016 municipal census counted a population of 815 in Grassy Lake, a change from the hamlet's 2013 municipal census population of 778.

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{{Alberta, hamlets=yes Hamlets in Alberta Former villages in Alberta Designated places in Alberta Municipal District of Taber Populated places disestablished in 1996

Demographics

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