Leduc County facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Leduc County
Municipal district
St John the Baptist Church in Leduc County south of Thorsby
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Location within Alberta
Country	Canada
Province	Alberta
Region	Edmonton Metropolitan Region
Census division	11
Established	1944
Incorporated	1964
Area  (2021)
• Land	2,502.59 km2 (966.26 sq mi)
Population  (2021)
• Total	14,416
• Density	5.8/km2 (15/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-7 (MST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-6 (MDT)

Leduc County is a municipal district in Alberta, Canada that is immediately south of the City of Edmonton. It spans 105 km (65 mi) east to west and 32 km (20 mi) north to south, and has a population of 13,524. The municipal district is home to prairie parkland and several lakes and is home to the Edmonton International Airport, the Nisku Industrial Business Park and the Genesee Power Plant.

Demographics

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In the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Leduc County recorded a population of 13,780 living in 5,101 of its 5,960 total private dwellings, a 2.1% change from its 2011 population of 13,494. With a land area of 2,601.49 km² (1,004.44 sq mi), it had a population density of 5.3/km² (14/sq mi) in 2016.

Communities and localities

Gallery

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  St John the Baptist church, south of Thorsby

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  Saint Vital Roman Catholic Church in Beaumont

Economy

Leduc County is a founding member of the Leduc-Nisku Economic Development Association, an economic development partnership that markets Alberta's International Region in proximity to the Edmonton International Airport.