Lacombe County

Lacombe County is a municipal district in Southern Alberta, Canada. It is within Census Division No. 8 north of the City of Red Deer. Its municipal office is 4 km (2.5 mi) west of Highway 2 and the City of Lacombe, and 6 km (3.7 mi) east of the Summer Village of Gull Lake, at the intersection of Highway 12 and Spruceville Road (Range Road 274).

Lacombe County
Municipal district
Lacombe Bentley Blackfalds Eckville Alix Clive
Location within Alberta
Country	Canada
Province	Alberta
Region	Central Alberta
Census division	8
Established	1944
Incorporated	1995
Government [1]
• Reeve	Barb Shepherd
• Governing body	Lacombe County Council Brenda Knight Dana Kreil Barb Shepherd John Ireland Allan Wilson Dwayne West Ken Weenink
• MP	Blaine Calkins
• Administrative office	west of Lacombe
Area  (2021)[2]
• Land	2,759.12 km2 (1,065.30 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]
• Total	10,283
• Density	3.7/km2 (10/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC−7 (MST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−6 (MDT)
Website	lacombecounty.com

Geography

Communities and localities

The following urban municipalities are surrounded by Lacombe County.[3][4] Cities Lacombe Towns Bentley Blackfalds Eckville Villages Alix Clive Summer villages Birchcliff Gull Lake Half Moon Bay Sunbreaker Cove

The following hamlets are located within Lacombe County.[4] Hamlets Haynes Joffre Mirror (dissolved from village status) Morningside Tees

The following localities are located within Lacombe County.^[5]

Localities

Alix South Junction Aspen Beach Birch Bay Brighton Beach Brook Bullocksville Burbank Chigwell Coghill

Deer Ridge Estates Delaney Ebeling Beach Farrant Forshee Gilby Heatburg Hespero Jackson

June Kasha Kootuk Kuusamo Krest Lamerton Lochinvar Lockhart McLaurin Beach

New Saratoga Beach PBI Prentiss Rosedale Rosedale Valley[6] The Breakers Wilson Beach Woody Nook

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Lacombe County had a population of 10,283 living in 3,973 of its 4,616 total private dwellings, a change of -0.6% from its 2016 population of 10,343. With a land area of 2,759.12 km² (1,065.30 sq mi), it had a population density of 3.7/km² (9.7/sq mi) in 2021.^[2]

In the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Lacombe County had a population of 10,343 living in 3,890 of its 4,668 total private dwellings, a 0.3% change from its 2011 population of 10,307. With a land area of 2,765.16 km² (1,067.63 sq mi), it had a population density of 3.7/km² (9.7/sq mi) in 2016.^[7]

See also

• List of communities in Alberta
• List of municipal districts in Alberta

References

1. "Municipal Officials Search". Alberta Municipal Affairs. May 9, 2019. Retrieved October 1, 2021.
2. "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities)". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved February 9, 2022.
3. "Lacombe, City (Census Subdivision), Alberta". Statistics Canada. June 20, 2012. Retrieved August 13, 2012.
4. "Specialized and Rural Municipalities and Their Communities" (PDF). Alberta Municipal Affairs. June 3, 2024. Retrieved June 14, 2024.
5. "Standard Geographical Classification (SGC) 2006, Economic Regions: 4808022 - Lacombe County, geographical codes and localities, 2006". Statistics Canada. March 5, 2010. Retrieved August 11, 2012.
6. Geo-Administrative Areas (Hamlet, Locality and Townsite Culture Points) (Geodatabase layer) (Map). AltaLIS. October 26, 2020. Retrieved October 2, 2021.{{cite map}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)
7. "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.

External links

• Official website