La Glace is a
hamlet
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in
northern Alberta
Northern Alberta is a geographic region located in the Canadian province of Alberta.
An informally defined cultural region, the boundaries of Northern Alberta are not fixed. Under some schemes, the region encompasses everything north of the cent ...
, Canada within the
County of Grande Prairie No. 1
The County of Grande Prairie No. 1 is a municipal district in northwestern Alberta, Canada in Census Division No. 19.
It is bounded on the south by the Wapiti River, on the east by the Smoky River and on the west by the province of British ...
.
It is located along
Highway 59 between
Sexsmith and
Valhalla Centre and has an elevation of .
The hamlet is located in
Census Division No. 19 and in the federal riding of
Grande Prairie—Mackenzie
Grande Prairie—Mackenzie is a federal electoral district (Canada), electoral district in northwestern Alberta, Canadian federal electoral redistribution, 2012, created in 2012 from the Peace River (electoral district), Peace River district. I ...
.
Demographics
In the
2021 Census of Population conducted by
Statistics Canada
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, La Glace had a population of 179 living in 68 of its 77 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 211. 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, La Glace had a population of 211 living in 78 of its 90 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2011 population of 181. 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 designated places in Alberta
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List of hamlets in Alberta
Hamlets in the province of Alberta, Canada, are unincorporated communities administered by, and within the boundaries of, specialized municipalities or rural municipalities ( municipal districts, improvement districts and special areas). The ...
References
County of Grande Prairie No. 1
Hamlets in Alberta
Designated places in Alberta
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