Atikameg is a settlement in
Alberta
Alberta is a Provinces and territories of Canada, province in Canada. It is a part of Western Canada and is one of the three Canadian Prairies, prairie provinces. Alberta is bordered by British Columbia to its west, Saskatchewan to its east, t ...
, Canada. It is located along
Highway 750, north-east from
High Prairie
High Prairie is a town in northern Alberta, Canada within Big Lakes County. It is located at the junction of Alberta Highway 2, Highway 2 and Alberta Highway 749, Highway 749, approximately northeast of Valleyview, Alberta, Valleyview and wes ...
. It lies on the north-western shore of
Utikuma Lake at an elevation of .
Atikameg means ''little whitefish'' in
Cree
The Cree, or nehinaw (, ), are a Indigenous peoples of the Americas, North American Indigenous people, numbering more than 350,000 in Canada, where they form one of the country's largest First Nations in Canada, First Nations. They live prim ...
. The settlement is home to the
Whitefish Lake First Nation and is the centre of the
Utikoomak Lake 155 Indian Reserve. The Whitefish Lake Band is affiliated to the ''
Kee Tas Kee Now Tribal Council''.
The
postal code
A postal code (also known locally in various English-speaking countries throughout the world as a postcode, post code, PIN or ZIP Code) is a series of letters or numerical digit, digits or both, sometimes including spaces or punctuation, inclu ...
for Atikameg is
T0G 0C0.
Infrastructure
A health care centre is operational in the community, as is a police detachment and the administration office of the Whitefish Lake Band. There is a day care, social services building and a post office. The community has both a water treatment plant and a sewage treatment plant.
The ''Atikameg School'' (K-12) serves the community with a student population of approximately 200 students. Most of the students are bused to the school from Atikameg and from Whitefish River.
Demographics
The entire Utikoomak Lake 155 reserve had a population of 786 in 2006, a 3.2% decrease from 2001.
Statistics Canada
Statistics Canada (StatCan; ), formed in 1971, is the agency of the Government of Canada commissioned with producing statistics to help better understand Canada, its population, resources, economy, society, and culture. It is headquartered in ...
2006 Census
Utikoomak Lake 155 Community Profile
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References
Localities on Indian reserves in Alberta
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