Official Name: | Woodlands County |
Settlement Type: | Municipal district |
Image Map1: | AB locator WOODLANDS COUNTY.svg |
Mapsize1: | 200 |
Map Caption1: | Location within Alberta |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Canada |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Alberta |
Subdivision Type2: | Region |
Subdivision Name2: | Central Alberta |
Subdivision Type3: | Census division |
Subdivision Name3: | 13 |
Government Footnotes: | [1] |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | John Burrows |
Leader Title1: | Governing body |
Leader Name1: | Woodlands County Council |
Leader Title2: | Administrative office |
Leader Name2: | adjacent to Whitecourt |
Established Title: | Established |
Established Date: | 1994 |
Established Title2: | Incorporated |
Established Date2: | 1999 (County) |
Area Footnotes: | (2021) |
Area Land Km2: | 7599.52 |
Population As Of: | 2021 |
Population Total: | 4558 |
Population Density Km2: | 0.6 |
Timezone: | MST |
Utc Offset: | −7 |
Timezone Dst: | MDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | −6 |
Coordinates: | 54.1428°N -115.6853°W |
Woodlands County is a 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.[2]
The following urban municipalities are surrounded by Woodlands County.
The following hamlets are located within Woodlands County.
The following localities are located within Woodlands County.[3]
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.[4]
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 7669.13km2, it had a population density of in 2016.[5]
The county is within the Pembina Hills Public Schools, which formed in 1995 as a merger of three school districts.[6]