Peers, Alberta


Peers is a hamlet in west-central Alberta, Canada within Yellowhead County. It is located on Highway 32, north of the Yellowhead Highway and approximately northeast of Edson. January Creek, a tributary of the McLeod River flows directly adjacent to the hamlet. Peers is also home to the annual Peers Gold Dust Daze, which takes place ~3 miles north of the hamlet.
Statistics Canada recognizes Peers as a designated place.

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Peers had a population of 91 living in 49 of its 62 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 98. With a land area of, it had a population density of in 2021.
As a designated place in the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Peers had a population of 98 living in 48 of its 56 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2011 population of 108. With a land area of, it had a population density of in 2016.

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