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Athabasca County is a municipal district in north central Alberta, Canada. It is located northeast of Edmonton and is in Census Division No. 13. Prior to an official renaming on December 1, 2009, Athabasca County was officially known as the County of Athabasca No. 12.
Geography
Communities and localities
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The following urban municipalities are surrounded by Athabasca County.
;Cities
- none
;Towns
- Athabasca
;Villages
- Boyle
;Summer villages
- Bondiss
- Island Lake
- Island Lake South
- Mewatha Beach
- South Baptiste
- Sunset Beach
- West Baptiste
- Whispering Hills
The following hamlets are located within Athabasca County.
;Localities
- Amber Valley
- Amesbury
- Athabasca Acres
- Athabasca Landing Settlement
- Balay Subdivision
- Baptiste Lake
- Big Coulee
- Blue Jay
- Century Estates
- Coolidge
- Dakin
- Deep Creek
- Frains
- Glenshaw
- Grosmont
- Kinikinik
- Lahaieville
- Lincoln
- Lyall Subdivision
- McNabb's
- Meadowbrook
- O'Morrow
- Paxson
- Pine Grove Estates
- Pleasant View
- Prosperity
- Richmond Park
- Sarrail
- Sawdy
- Spruce Valley
- West Wind Trailer Park
- White Gull
;Lakes
- North Buck Lake
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Demographics
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Athabasca County had a population of 6,959 living in 2,832 of its 3,746 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 7,869. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021.
In the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Athabasca County had a population of 7,869 living in 3,067 of its 4,093 total private dwellings, a change from its 2011 population of 7,662. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2016.
{| class="wikitable"
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! colspan=4 | Visible minority and Aboriginal population (Canada 2006 Census)
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! colspan=2 | Population group!! Population !! % of total population
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| colspan=2 | White || 6,650 || '
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| rowspan=12 | Visible minority group<br><small>Source:</small> || South Asian || 0 ||
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| Chinese || 15 ||
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| Black || 35 ||
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| Filipino || 20 ||
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| Latin American || 0 ||
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| Arab || 15 ||
|-
| Southeast Asian || 25 ||
|-
| West Asian || 0 ||
|-
| Korean || 0 ||
|-
| Japanese || 15 ||
|-
| Visible minority, n.i.e. || 0 ||
|-
| Multiple visible minority || 0 ||
|-
| colspan=2 | Total visible minority population|| 125 || '
|-
| rowspan=5 | Aboriginal group<br><small>Source:</small> || First Nations || 310 ||
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| Métis || 500 ||
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| Inuit || 0 ||
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| Aboriginal, n.i.e. || 0 ||
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| Multiple Aboriginal identity || 0 ||
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| colspan=2 | Total Aboriginal population || 810 || '
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| colspan=2 | Total population || 7,585 || 100%
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See also
- List of communities in Alberta
- List of francophone communities in Alberta
- List of municipal districts in Alberta