Division No. 12 is a
census division
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in
Alberta
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,
Canada
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. Including the City of
Cold Lake, the majority of the division is located in the northeast corner of
Northern Alberta
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An informally defined cultural region, the boundaries of Northern Alberta are not fixed. Under some schemes, the region encompasses everything north of the ce ...
. The northern portion of the division is located within
northern Alberta
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An informally defined cultural region, the boundaries of Northern Alberta are not fixed. Under some schemes, the region encompasses everything north of the ce ...
.
Census subdivisions
The following
census subdivisions
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(municipalities or municipal equivalents) are located within Alberta's Division No. 12.
*Cities
**
Cold Lake
*Towns
**
Bonnyville
Bonnyville is a town situated in East Northern Alberta, Canada between Cold Lake and St. Paul. The Municipal District (MD) of Bonnyville No. 87 surrounds the community.
The community derives its name from Father Bonnin, a Roman Catholic prie ...
**
Elk Point
**
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 ...
**
St. Paul
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*Villages
**
Glendon
**
Vilna
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**
Waskatenau
*Summer villages
**
Bonnyville Beach
**
Horseshoe Bay
**
Pelican Narrows
*Municipal districts
**
Bonnyville No. 87, M.D. of
**
Lac La Biche County
Lac La Biche County is a List of specialized municipalities in Alberta, specialized municipality within Division No. 12, Alberta, Division No. 12 in northern Alberta, Canada. It was established through the amalgamation of the Lac La Biche, Alberta ...
**
Smoky Lake County
Smoky Lake County is a municipal district in north-eastern Alberta, 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 munici ...
**
St. Paul No. 19, County of
*Indian reserves
**Beaver Lake 131
**Cold Lake 149
**Cold Lake 149A
**Cold Lake 149B
**Heart Lake 167
**Kehewin 123
**Puskiakiwenin 122
**Saddle Lake 125
**Unipouheos 121
**White Fish Lake 128
Demographics
In the
2021 Census of Population
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conducted by
Statistics Canada
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, Division No. 12 had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021.
See also
*
List of census divisions of Alberta
Statistics Canada divides the province of Alberta into nineteen census divisions. Unlike in some other provinces, census divisions do not reflect the organization of local government in Alberta. These areas exist solely for the purposes of stat ...
*
List of communities in Alberta
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References
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Census divisions of Alberta