Woodlands County


Woodlands County is a List of [municipal districts in Alberta|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 urban municipalities are surrounded by Woodlands County.
;Cities
  • none
;Towns
;Villages
  • none
;Summer villages
  • none
The following hamlets are located within Woodlands County.
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The following localities are located within Woodlands County.
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  • Anselmo
  • Benbow
  • Corbett Creek
  • Doris
  • Freeman River
  • Highway
  • Hurdy
  • Knight
  • Lombell
  • Lone Pine
  • Lonira
  • Silver Creek
  • Timeu
  • Topland
  • Windfall

Demographics

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 from its 2016 population of 4,744. With a land area of, it had a population density of 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 change from its 2011 population of 4,306. With a land area of, it had a population density of in 2016.

Education

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