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Saddle Hills County
Administration building
Administration building
Official seal of Saddle Hills County
Logo
Motto(s): 
The Wilderness is our Back Yard
Location within Alberta
Location within Alberta
Country Canada
Province Alberta
Region Northern Alberta
Census division 19
Established 1945
Incorporated 1995 (Municipal district)
  1999 (County)
Area
 (2021)
 • Land 5,827.7 km2 (2,250.1 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)
 • Total 2,338
 • Density 0.4/km2 (1/sq mi)
Time zone UTC−7 (MST)
 • Summer (DST) UTC−6 (MDT)

Saddle Hills County is a municipal district situated in the central portion of the Peace Country in northwest Alberta, Canada. Located approximately 450 km (280 mi) northwest of Edmonton and 90 km (56 mi) north of Grande Prairie, its municipal office is located approximately 25 km (16 mi) west of the Town of Spirit River at the intersection of Highway 49 and Highway 725.

Demographics

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In the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Saddle Hills County recorded a population of 2,225 living in 838 of its 978 total private dwellings, a -2.8% change from its 2011 population of 2,288. With a land area of 5,838.15 km2 (2,254.12 sq mi), it had a population density of 0.4/km2 (1.0/sq mi) in 2016.

Communities and localities

Economy

Saddle Hills County is situated in the Central Peace Region of northwestern Alberta along the southern banks of the Peace River. The county has a diverse agricultural community and deposits of natural gas and oil.

The oil and gas industry continues to play an important role in the region and helps to create a progressive and growing economic base.

Saddle Hills County is also home to a diverse agricultural community which produces crops which include: pulses, cereals, canola, legumes as well as bison, elk, goats and sheep. The most common livestock is cattle with an estimated of 26,429 head.

Rail service is available nearby in the Village of Rycroft, the Hamlet of Woking and the City of Dawson Creek.

Two major road corridors (Highway 49 and Highway 2) run through the County offering access to the Northwest Territories, British Columbia as well as Central and Southern Alberta.

Three areas of the County have been targeted for economic growth and have area structure plans that are designed to give landowners, developers and prospective residents a sense of where the County its future potential.

In November 2019, Saddle Hills County Council declared a municipal agricultural disaster following a wet fall and early snow that resulted in many crops remaining unharvested. As late October 2019, only 59% of crops had been harvested in the Peace Region.

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