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Smoky Lake County
Location within Alberta
Location within Alberta
Country Canada
Province Alberta
Region Central Alberta
Census division 12
Established 1943
Incorporated 1961 (County)
Area
 (2021)
 • Land 3,396.29 km2 (1,311.31 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)
 • Total 3,874
 • Density 1.1/km2 (3/sq mi)
Time zone UTC−07:00 (MST)
 • Summer (DST) UTC−06:00 (MDT)
Area code(s) 780

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.

Demographics

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As a census subdivision in the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Smoky Lake County recorded a population of 4,107 living in 1,556 of its 2,248 total private dwellings, a 5% change from its 2011 population of 3,910. This includes the population of two Métis settlements, Buffalo Lake (712) and Kikino (934), located within the census subdivision that are municipalities independent of Smoky Lake County. With a land area of 3,412.92 km2 (1,317.74 sq mi), the census subdivision had a population density of 1.2/km2 (3.1/sq mi) in 2016. Excluding the two Métis settlements, Smoky Lake County had a population of 2,461 in 2016, a change of 0.1% from its 2011 population of 2,459.

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