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Country	Canada
Province	Alberta
Region	Northern Alberta
Census division	17
Municipal district	Big Lakes County
Government
• Type	Unincorporated
Area  (2021)
• Land	4.42 km2 (1.71 sq mi)
Population  (2021)
• Total	282
• Density	63.7/km2 (165/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC−07:00 (MST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−06:00 (MDT)
Area code(s)	780, 587, 825

Faust ( fawst) is a hamlet in northern Alberta within Big Lakes County, located 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) north of Highway 2, approximately 241 kilometres (150 mi) northwest of Edmonton (309 km by road).

The community has the name of E. T. Faust, a railroad officer.

Demographics

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As a designated place in the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Faust recorded a population of 261 living in 117 of its 152 total private dwellings, a change of -5.1% from its 2011 population of 275. With a land area of 4.59 km² (1.77 sq mi), it had a population density of 56.9/km² (147/sq mi) in 2016.