Lac Ste. Anne County is a municipal district in central Alberta, Canada.
Lac Ste. Anne County | |
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 Location within Alberta | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Alberta |
| Region | Central Alberta |
| Planning region | Upper Athabasca |
| Established | 1944 |
| Incorporated | 1965 |
| Government | |
| • Reeve | Joe Blakeman |
| • Governing body | Lac Ste. Anne County Council[1]
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| • Manager | Mike Primeau |
| • Administrative office | Sangudo |
| Area (2021)[3] | |
| • Land | 2,845.84 km2 (1,098.78 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[4] | |
| • Total | 11,300 |
| Time zone | UTC−07:00 (MST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−06:00 (MDT) |
| Website | lsac.ca |
It is located in Census Division 13, north west of Edmonton. Highway 43 stretches across this county. Its municipal office is located in the Hamlet of Sangudo.
The county was named after Lac Ste. Anne, which in turn was named for Saint Anne.
Geography
editCommunities and localities
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The following urban municipalities are surrounded by Lac Ste. Anne County.[5] |
The following hamlets are located within Lac Ste. Anne County.[5]
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The following localities are located within Lac Ste. Anne County.[6]
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Demographics
editIn the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Lac Ste. Anne County had a population of 11,300 living in 4,547 of its 5,788 total private dwellings, a change of 3.7% from its 2016 population of 10,899. With a land area of 2,845.84 km2 (1,098.78 sq mi), it had a population density of 4.0/km2 (10.3/sq mi) in 2021.[3]
In the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Lac Ste. Anne County had a population of 10,899 living in 4,346 of its 5,385 total private dwellings, a 6.2% change from its 2011 population of 10,260. With a land area of 2,850.38 km2 (1,100.54 sq mi), it had a population density of 3.8/km2 (9.9/sq mi) in 2016.[7]
Attractions
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The municipality of Lac Ste. Anne maintains the Lessard Lake Campground, the Lessard Lake Outdoor Ed Centre, the Riverside Campground, and the Paddle River Dam Campground.
Many summer villages are established, especially on lake shores (such as Lac Ste. Anne, Lac la Nonne, Nakamun Lake, and Lake Isle).
Protected and recreational areas in the county include Lily Lake Provincial Natural Area, Pembina River Provincial Natural Area, Majeau Lake Provincial Natural Area (with two campgrounds), Paddle River Dam Picnic Site, Park Court Provincial Natural Area, Lily Lake Provincial Natural Area and Prefontaine and Brock Lake Provincial Natural Area.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "LSA - Reeve & Councillors". Archived from the original on February 24, 2020. Retrieved February 24, 2020.
- ^ "Municipal Officials Search". Alberta Municipal Affairs. May 9, 2019. Retrieved October 1, 2021.
- ^ a b "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities)". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved February 9, 2022.
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2021censuscorrectionwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ a b "Specialized and Rural Municipalities and Their Communities" (PDF). Alberta Municipal Affairs. June 3, 2024. Retrieved June 14, 2024.
- ^ "Standard Geographical Classification (SGC) 2006, Economic Regions: 4813001 - Lac Ste. Anne County, geographical codes and localities, 2006". Statistics Canada. March 5, 2010. Archived from the original on May 18, 2015. Retrieved August 11, 2012.
- ^ "Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), 2016 and 2011 censuses – 100% data (Alberta)". Statistics Canada. February 8, 2017. Retrieved February 8, 2017.
