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Woodlands County
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Location within Alberta
Location within Alberta
Country Canada
Province Alberta
Region Central Alberta
Census division 13
Established 1994
Incorporated 1999 (County)
Area
 (2021)
 • Land 7,599.52 km2 (2,934.19 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)
 • Total 4,558
 • Density 0.6/km2 (2/sq mi)
Time zone UTC−7 (MST)
 • Summer (DST) UTC−6 (MDT)


Woodlands County is a municipal district in north-central Alberta, Canada. Located in Census Division No. 13, its municipal office is located outside but adjacent to the Town of Whitecourt. A second municipal office is located in the Hamlet of Fort Assiniboine.

Geography

Communities and localities

The following localities are located within Woodlands County.

Localities

Demographics

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Windfall gas plant in Woodlands County

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Woodlands County had a population of 4,558 living in 1,739 of its 1,991 total private dwellings, a change of -3.9% from its 2016 population of 4,744. With a land area of 7,599.52 km2 (2,934.19 sq mi), it had a population density of 0.6/km2 (1.6/sq mi) in 2021.

In the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Woodlands County had a population of 4,754 living in 1,812 of its 1,950 total private dwellings, a 10.4% change from its 2011 population of 4,306. With a land area of 7,669.13 km2 (2,961.07 sq mi), it had a population density of 0.6/km2 (1.6/sq mi) in 2016.

Education

The county is within the Pembina Hills Public Schools, which formed in 1995 as a merger of three school districts.

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