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Country	Canada
Province	Alberta
Region	Northern Alberta
Census division	17
Municipal district	Municipal District of Lesser Slave River No. 124
Government
• Type	Unincorporated
Area  (2021)
• Land	3.69 km2 (1.42 sq mi)
Population  (2021)
• Total	405
• Density	109.6/km2 (284/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC−07:00 (MST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−06:00 (MDT)
Area code(s)	780, 587, 825

Widewater is a hamlet in northern Alberta, Canada within the Municipal District of Lesser Slave River No. 124. It is located on Highway 2, approximately 225 kilometres (140 mi) northwest of Edmonton.

Demographics

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As a designated place in the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Widewater recorded a population of 348 living in 128 of its 138 total private dwellings, a change of -0.9% from its 2011 population of 351. With a land area of 2.06 km² (0.80 sq mi), it had a population density of 168.9/km² (437/sq mi) in 2016.