List of Indian reserves in Alberta

Indian reserves for First Nations in Alberta were established by a series of treaties — Treaty 6, Treaty 7, and Treaty 8.

According to the Government of Alberta reserves cover a total area of 656,660 ha (1,622,630 acres).^[1] However, according to Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada reserves in Alberta total 866,022.8 ha (2,139,989 acres). Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada and Statistics Canada recognize six Indian settlements within Alberta. Constance,Lake.ON

List of reserves in Alberta

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Name as used by Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada	First Nation(s)	Ethnic/national group	Tribal council	Treaty	Area		Population[2]			Notes
					ha	acre	2016	2011	% difference
Ɂejëre Kʼelnı Kuę́ 196I[3]	Smith's Landing	Dene		8	213.0	526.3				INAC lists the reserve in Alberta and the band headquartered in Fort Smith, Northwest Territories
Alexander 134[4]	Alexander	Beaver Hills Cree	Yellowhead Tribal Development Foundation	6	7,280.5	17,990.5	1,099	1,027	7.0%
Alexander 134A[5]	Alexander	Beaver Hills Cree	Yellowhead Tribal Development Foundation	6	2,303.3	5,691.6
Alexander 134B[6]	Alexander	Beaver Hills Cree	Yellowhead Tribal Development Foundation	6	3.4	8.4
Alexis 133[7]	Alexis Nakota Sioux	Nakoda	Yellowhead Tribal Development Foundation	6	6,175.2	15,259.3	755	817	-7.6%
Alexis Cardinal River 234[8]	Alexis Nakota Sioux	Nakoda	Yellowhead Tribal Development Foundation	6	4,661.0	11,517.6
Alexis Elk River 233[9]	Alexis Nakota Sioux	Nakoda	Yellowhead Tribal Development Foundation	6	98.0	242.2
Alexis Whitecourt 232[10]	Alexis Nakota Sioux	Nakoda	Yellowhead Tribal Development Foundation	6	3,544.9	8,759.6
Allison Bay 219[11]	Mikisew Cree	Woodland Cree		8	1,861.0	4,598.6	127	84	51.2%
Amber River 211[12]	Dene Tha'	Slavey	North Peace Tribal Council	8	2,332.3	5,763.2
Assineau River 150F[13]	Swan River	Woods Cree	Lesser Slave Lake Indian Regional Council	8	71.6	176.9
Beaver Lake 131[14]	Beaver Lake Cree	Cree	Tribal Chiefs Ventures Incorporated	6	6,145.3	15,185.4	414	423	-2.1%
Beaver Ranch 163[15]	Tallcree Tribal Government	Anishinaabe	North Peace Tribal Council	8	841.7	2,079.9	10	16	-37.5%
Beaver Ranch 163A[16]	Tallcree Tribal Government	Anishinaabe	North Peace Tribal Council	8	240.0	593.1
Beaver Ranch 163B[17]	Tallcree Tribal Government	Anishinaabe	North Peace Tribal Council	8	226.0	558.5
Big Horn 144A[18]	Bearspaw Chiniki Stoney Wesley	Nakoda	Stoney Nakoda - Tsuut'ina Tribal Council	7	2,127.4	5,256.9	237	134	76.9%
Bistcho Lake 213[19]	Dene Tha'	Slavey	North Peace Tribal Council	8	354.1	875.0
Blood 148[20]	Blood	Blackfoot Confederacy	Blackfoot Confederacy	7	134,292.9	331,845.0	4,570	4,679	-2.3%
Blood 148A[21]	Blood	Blackfoot Confederacy	Blackfoot Confederacy	7	1,971.7	4,872.2
Blue Quills First Nation Indian Reserve[22]	Beaver Lake Cree Cold Lake Frog Lake Heart Lake Kehewin Cree Saddle Lake	Cree Chipewyan Cree Cree Cree Beaver Hills Cree	Tribal Chiefs Ventures Incorporated	6	96.2	237.7
Boyer 164[23]	Beaver	Dane-zaa	North Peace Tribal Council	8	4,249.3	10,500.2	218	213	2.3%
Buck Lake 133C[24]	Paul	Cree / Nakoda		6	1,035.2	2,558.0
Bushe River 207[25]	Dene Tha'	Slavey	North Peace Tribal Council	8	111,675.0	275,954.9	503	492	2.2%
Charles Lake 225[26]	Mikisew Cree	Woodland Cree		8	64.5	159.4
Child Lake 164A[27]	Beaver	Dane-zaa	North Peace Tribal Council	8	1,035.2	2,558.0	216	188	14.9%
Chipewyan 201[28]	Athabasca Chipewyan	Chipewyan	Athabasca Tribal Council	8	20,072.4	49,600.0
Chipewyan 201A[29]	Athabasca Chipewyan	Chipewyan	Athabasca Tribal Council	8	9,516.2	23,515.0	0	5	-100.0%
Chipewyan 201B[30]	Athabasca Chipewyan	Chipewyan	Athabasca Tribal Council	8	19.4	47.9
Chipewyan 201C[31]	Athabasca Chipewyan	Chipewyan	Athabasca Tribal Council	8	18.2	45.0
Chipewyan 201D[32]	Athabasca Chipewyan	Chipewyan	Athabasca Tribal Council	8	4.3	10.6
Chipewyan 201E[33]	Athabasca Chipewyan	Chipewyan	Athabasca Tribal Council	8	4,165.5	10,293.2
Chipewyan 201F[34]	Athabasca Chipewyan	Chipewyan	Athabasca Tribal Council	8	66.4	164.1
Chipewyan 201G[35]	Athabasca Chipewyan	Chipewyan	Athabasca Tribal Council	8	905.3	2,237.0
Clear Hills 152C[36]	Horse Lake	Cree / Dane-zaa	Western Cree Tribal Council	8	1,547.1	3,823.0
Clearwater 175[37]	Fort McMurray #468	Cree / Chipewyan	Athabasca Tribal Council	8	915.4	2,262.0
Cold Lake 149[38]	Cold Lake	Chipewyan	Tribal Chiefs Ventures Incorporated	6	14,528.1	35,899.7	671	594	13.0%
Cold Lake 149A[39]	Cold Lake	Chipewyan	Tribal Chiefs Ventures Incorporated	6	71.6	176.9	40	45	-11.1%
Cold Lake 149B[40]	Cold Lake	Chipewyan	Tribal Chiefs Ventures Incorporated	6	4,134.0	10,215.3	163	149	9.4%
Cold Lake 149C[41]	Cold Lake	Chipewyan	Tribal Chiefs Ventures Incorporated	6	2,023.5	5,000.2
Collin Lake 223[42]	Mikisew Cree	Woodland Cree		8	36.4	89.9
Cornwall Lake 224[43]	Mikisew Cree	Woodland Cree		8	69.3	171.2
Cowper Lake 194A[44]	Chipewyan Prairie	Chipewyan	Athabasca Tribal Council	8	143.0	353.4
Devil's Gate 220[45]	Mikisew Cree	Woodland Cree		8	819.1	2,024.0
Dog Head 218[46]	Mikisew Cree	Woodland Cree		8	34.8	86.0	99	111	-10.8%
Drift Pile River 150[47]	Driftpile Cree	Cree	Lesser Slave Lake Indian Regional Council	8	6,354.8	15,703.1	828	800	3.5%
Duncans 151A[48]	Duncan's	Woods Cree	Western Cree Tribal Council	8	2,036.8	5,033.0	150	164	-8.5%
Eden Valley 216[49]	Bearspaw Chiniki Stoney Wesley	Nakoda	Stoney Nakoda - Tsuut'ina Tribal Council	7	1,690.8	4,178.1	596	587	1.5%
Enoch Cree Nation 135[50]	Enoch Cree	Beaver Hills Cree		6	5,306.2	13,111.9	1,690	987	71.2%	Was Stony Plain 135
Enoch Cree Nation No. 135A[51]	Enoch Cree	Beaver Hills Cree		6	2.0	4.9
Ermineskin 138[52]	Ermineskin Tribe	Cree	Maskwacis Cree Tribal Council	6	10,295.8	25,441.5	2,457	1,874	31.1%
Fitzgerald No. 196[53]	Salt River First Nation #195	Dene	Akaitcho Territory Government	8	3,715.0	9,180.0				Headquartered in the NWT
Fort McKay 174[54]	Fort McKay	Cree / Dene	Athabasca Tribal Council	8	3,106.7	7,676.8
Fort McKay 174C[55]	Fort McKay	Cree / Dene	Athabasca Tribal Council	8	3,381.4	8,355.6
Fort McKay 174D[56]	Fort McKay	Cree / Dene	Athabasca Tribal Council	8	660.8	1,632.9
Fort Vermilion 173B[57]	Tallcree Tribal Government	Anishinaabe	North Peace Tribal Council	8	49.7	122.8	96	97	-1.0%
Fox Lake 162[58]	Little Red River Cree	Woods Cree	North Peace Tribal Council	8	10,438.3	25,793.6	2,032	1,875	8.4%
Gregoire Lake 176[59]	Fort McMurray #468	Cree / Chipewyan	Athabasca Tribal Council	8	2,231.9	5,515.1	191	274	-30.3%
Gregoire Lake 176A[60]	Fort McMurray #468	Cree / Chipewyan	Athabasca Tribal Council	8	67.4	166.5	130	0
Gregoire Lake 176B[61]	Fort McMurray #468	Cree / Chipewyan	Athabasca Tribal Council	8	17.0	42.0
Hay Lake 209[62]	Dene Tha'	Slavey	North Peace Tribal Council	8	12,355.3	30,530.6	883	949	-7.0%
Heart Lake 167[63]	Heart Lake	Cree	Tribal Chiefs Ventures Incorporated	6	4,496.2	11,110.4	184	159	15.7%
Heart Lake 167A[64]	Heart Lake	Cree	Tribal Chiefs Ventures Incorporated	6	8.3	20.5
Hokedhe Túe 196E[65]	Smith's Landing	Chipewyan		8	440.4	1,088.3				INAC lists the reserve in Alberta and the band headquartered in Fort Smith, Northwest Territories
Horse Lakes 152B[66]	Horse Lake	Cree / Dane-zaa	Western Cree Tribal Council	8	1,552.0	3,835.1	469	402	16.7%
Jackfish Point 214[67]	Dene Tha'	Slavey	North Peace Tribal Council	8	103.6	256.0
Janvier 194[68]	Chipewyan Prairie	Chipewyan	Athabasca Tribal Council	8	2,486.7	6,144.8	414	295	40.3%
Jean Baptiste Gambler 183[69]	Bigstone Cree	Woods Cree		8	198.7	491.0	253	254	-0.4%
John D'Or Prairie 215[70]	Little Red River Cree	Woods Cree	North Peace Tribal Council	8	14,034.0	34,678.8	1,196	1,123	6.5%
K'i Túe 196D[71]	Smith's Landing	Chipewyan		8	484.3	1,196.7				INAC lists the reserve in Alberta and the band headquartered in Fort Smith, Northwest Territories
Kapawe'no First Nation 150B[72]	Kapawe'no	Woods Cree	Lesser Slave Lake Indian Regional Council	8	29.6	73.1	154	115	33.9%
Kapawe'no First Nation 150C[73]	Kapawe'no	Woods Cree	Lesser Slave Lake Indian Regional Council	8	21.0	51.9
Kapawe'no First Nation 150D[74]	Kapawe'no	Woods Cree	Lesser Slave Lake Indian Regional Council	8	390.1	964.0	5	5	0.0%
Kapawe'no First Nation 229[75]	Kapawe'no	Woods Cree	Lesser Slave Lake Indian Regional Council	8	129.0	318.8
Kapawe'no First Nation 230[76]	Kapawe'no	Woods Cree	Lesser Slave Lake Indian Regional Council	8	846.0	2,090.5
Kapawe'no First Nation 231[77]	Kapawe'no	Woods Cree	Lesser Slave Lake Indian Regional Council	8	147.0	363.2
Kehewin 123[78]	Kehewin Cree	Cree	Tribal Chiefs Ventures Incorporated	6	8,225.0	20,324.4	976	1,065	-8.4%
Li Dezé 196C[79]	Smith's Landing	Chipewyan		8	729.4	1,802.4				INAC lists the reserve in Alberta and the band headquartered in Fort Smith, Northwest Territories
Loon Lake 235[80]	Loon River Cree	Woods Cree	Kee Tas Kee Now Tribal Council	8	6,902.3	17,056.0	555	511	8.6%
Loon Prairie 237[81]	Loon River Cree	Woods Cree	Kee Tas Kee Now Tribal Council	8	259.6	641.5
Louis Bull 138B[82]	Louis Bull	Beaver Hills Cree	Maskwacis Cree Tribal Council	6	3,388.1	8,372.2	1,177	1,309	-10.1%
Makaoo 120[83]	Onion Lake Cree	Cree		6	5,626.6	13,903.6	208	180	15.6%	Headquartered in Saskatchewan
Montana 139[84]	Montana	Cree	Maskwacis Cree Tribal Council	6	2,824.8	6,980.2	630	653	-3.5%
Namur Lake 174B[85]	Fort McKay	Cree / Dene	Athabasca Tribal Council	8	3,122.2	7,715.1
Namur River 174A[86]	Fort McKay	Cree / Dene	Athabasca Tribal Council	8	4,614.9	11,403.7
O'Chiese 203[87]	O'Chiese	Anishinaabe	Yellowhead Tribal Development Foundation	6	14,131.9	34,920.7	789	751	5.1%
O'Chiese Cemetery 203A[88]	O'Chiese	Anishinaabe	Yellowhead Tribal Development Foundation	6	0.1	0.2
Old Fort 217[89]	Mikisew Cree	Woodland Cree		8	1,509.0	3,728.8
Peace Point 222[90]	Mikisew Cree	Woodland Cree		8	518.0	1,280.0
Peerless Trout 238[91]	Peerless Trout	Woods Cree	Kee Tas Kee Now Tribal Council	8	3,553.2	8,780.1
Peigan Timber Limit "B"[92]	Piikani	Piegan Blackfeet	Blackfoot Confederacy	7	2,978.6	7,360.3
Pigeon Lake 138A[93]	Ermineskin Tribe Louis Bull Montana Samson	Beaver Hills Cree Beaver Hills Cree Cree Beaver Hills Cree	Maskwacis Cree Tribal Council	6	1,921.1	4,747.1	429	485	-11.5%
PiikanI[94]	Piikani	Piegan Blackfeet	Blackfoot Confederacy	7	42,699.2	105,512.0	1,544	1,217	26.9%
Puskiakiwenin 122[95]	Frog Lake	Cree	Tribal Chiefs Ventures Incorporated	6	10,339.1	25,548.5	531	484	9.7%
Saddle Lake 125[96]	Saddle Lake Cree	Beaver Hills Cree		6	25,780.6	63,705.2	UN	UN	UN
Samson 137[97]	Samson	Beaver Hills Cree	Maskwacis Cree Tribal Council	6	13,552.0	33,487.7	3,373	3,746	-10.0%
Samson 137A[98]	Samson	Beaver Hills Cree	Maskwacis Cree Tribal Council	6	134.4	332.1	26	38	-31.6%
Sandy Point 221[99]	Mikisew Cree	Woodland Cree		8	204.0	504.1
Sawridge 150G[100]	Sawridge	Woods Cree	Lesser Slave Lake Indian Regional Council	8	906.5	2,240.0	20	48	-58.3%
Sawridge 150H[101]	Sawridge	Woods Cree	Lesser Slave Lake Indian Regional Council	8	1,236.8	3,056.2	10	20	-50.0%
Siksika 146[102]	Siksika	Piegan Blackfeet	Blackfoot Confederacy	7	71,087.5	175,661.0	3,479	2,972	17.1%
Stoney 142-143-144[103]	Bearspaw Chiniki Stoney Wesley	Nakoda	Stoney Nakoda - Tsuut'ina Tribal Council	7	39,264.5	97,024.7	3,713	3,494	6.3%
Stoney 142B[104]	Bearspaw Chiniki Stoney Wesley	Nakoda	Stoney Nakoda - Tsuut'ina Tribal Council	7	5,692.4	14,066.2
Sturgeon Lake 154[105]	Sturgeon Lake Cree	Woods Cree	Western Cree Tribal Council	8	14,814.3	36,606.9	1,447	1,162	24.5%
Sturgeon Lake 154A[106]	Sturgeon Lake Cree	Woods Cree	Western Cree Tribal Council	8	753.1	1,861.0	53	24	120.8%
Sturgeon Lake 154B[107]	Sturgeon Lake Cree	Woods Cree	Western Cree Tribal Council	8	97.1	239.9
Sucker Creek 150A[108]	Sucker Creek	Woods Cree	Lesser Slave Lake Indian Regional Council	8	5,987.0	14,794.2	689	677	1.8%
Sunchild 202[109]	Sunchild	Beaver Hills Cree	Yellowhead Tribal Development Foundation	6	5,218.1	12,894.2	749	677	10.6%
Swampy Lake 236[110]	Loon River Cree	Woods Cree	Kee Tas Kee Now Tribal Council	8	14,744.4	36,434.2	413	312	32.4%
Swan River 150E[111]	Swan River	Woods Cree	Lesser Slave Lake Indian Regional Council	8	4,271.1	10,554.1	250	202	23.8%
Tall Cree 173[112]	Tallcree Tribal Government	Anishinaabe	North Peace Tribal Council	8	4,031.5	9,962.1	224	163	37.4%
Tall Cree 173A[113]	Tallcree Tribal Government	Anishinaabe	North Peace Tribal Council	8	2,723.4	6,729.7	28	0
Thabacha Náre 196A[114]	Smith's Landing	Chipewyan		8	397.2	981.5	20	30	-33.3%	INAC lists the reserve in Alberta and the band headquartered in Fort Smith, Northwest Territories
Thebathi 196[115]	Smith's Landing	Chipewyan		8	6,524.0	16,121.2				INAC lists the reserve in Alberta and the band headquartered in Fort Smith, Northwest Territories
Tsu K'adhe Túe 196F[116]	Smith's Landing	Chipewyan		8	231.6	572.3				INAC lists the reserve in Alberta and the band headquartered in Fort Smith, Northwest Territories
Tsu Nedehe Tue 196H[117]	Smith's Landing	Chipewyan		8	586.0	1,448.0				INAC lists the reserve in Alberta and the band headquartered in Fort Smith, Northwest Territories
Tsu Túe 196G[118]	Smith's Landing	Chipewyan		8	42.7	105.5				INAC lists the reserve in Alberta and the band headquartered in Fort Smith, Northwest Territories
Tsuu T'ina Nation 145[119]	Tsuut'ina	Dene	Stoney Nakoda - Tsuut'ina Tribal Council	7	29,417.4	72,692.0	1,643	2,052	-19.9%
Tthejëre Ghaı̨lı̨ 196B[120]	Smith's Landing	Chipewyan		8	401.1	991.1				INAC lists the reserve in Alberta and the band headquartered in Fort Smith, Northwest Territories
Unipouheos 121[121]	Frog Lake	Cree	Tribal Chiefs Ventures Incorporated	6	8,506.3	21,019.5	909	813	11.8%
Upper Hay River 212[122]	Dene Tha'	Slavey	North Peace Tribal Council	8	1,418.0	3,504.0	294	292	0.7%
Utikoomak Lake 155[123]	Whitefish Lake	Woods Cree	Kee Tas Kee Now Tribal Council	8	6,756.1	16,694.7	723	644	12.3%
Utikoomak Lake 155A[124]	Whitefish Lake	Woods Cree	Kee Tas Kee Now Tribal Council	8	1,041.0	2,572.4	127	121	5.0%
Utikoomak Lake 155B[125]	Whitefish Lake	Woods Cree	Kee Tas Kee Now Tribal Council	8	502.6	1,242.0
Wabamun 133A[126]	Paul	Cree / Nakoda		6	6,116.9	15,115.2	1,592	1,069	48.9%
Wabamun 133B[127]	Paul	Cree / Nakoda		6	178.5	441.1	30	17	76.5%
Wabasca 166[128]	Bigstone Cree	Woods Cree		8	8,452.4	20,886.3	160	152	5.3%
Wabasca 166A[129]	Bigstone Cree	Woods Cree		8	682.1	1,685.5	658	738	-10.8%
Wabasca 166B[130]	Bigstone Cree	Woods Cree		8	2,413.4	5,963.6	190	250	-24.0%
Wabasca 166C[131]	Bigstone Cree	Woods Cree		8	3,502.6	8,655.1	188	182	3.3%
Wabasca 166D[132]	Bigstone Cree	Woods Cree		8	5,817.4	14,375.1	961	885	8.6%
Wadlin Lake 173C[133]	Tallcree Tribal Government	Anishinaabe	North Peace Tribal Council	8	48.0	118.6
White Fish Lake 128[134]	Saddle Lake Cree	Beaver Hills Cree		6	4,542.7	11,225.3	1,310	1,188	10.3%
William McKenzie 151K[135]	Duncan's	Woods Cree	Western Cree Tribal Council	8	389.3	962.0
Winefred Lake 194B[136]	Chipewyan Prairie	Chipewyan	Athabasca Tribal Council	8	450.0	1,112.0
Woodland Cree 226[137]	Woodland Cree	Woodland Cree	Kee Tas Kee Now Tribal Council	8	11,660.0	28,812.5	723	706	2.4%
Woodland Cree 227[138]	Woodland Cree	Woodland Cree	Kee Tas Kee Now Tribal Council	8	660.0	1,630.9
Woodland Cree 228[139]	Woodland Cree	Woodland Cree	Kee Tas Kee Now Tribal Council	8	3,786.0	9,355.4	150	143	4.9%
Zama Lake 210[140]	Dene Tha'	Slavey	North Peace Tribal Council	8	2,307.2	5,701.2

Indian settlements

Name as used by Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada	First Nation(s)	Ethnic/national group	Tribal council	Treaty	Area		Population[141]			Notes
					ha	acre	2016	2011	% difference
Cadotte Lake[142]	Woodland Cree	Woodland Cree	Kee Tas Kee Now Tribal Council	8	0.0	0.0				Indian settlement
Carcajou 187				—	42.0	103.8				Indian settlement
Desmarais[143]	Bigstone Cree	Woods Cree		8	145.0	358.3	105	129	-18.6%	Indian settlement
Fort Mackay	Fort McKay	Cree / Dene	Athabasca Tribal Council	8	953.0	2,354.9	742	562	32.0%	Indian settlement
Garden Creek[144]	Little Red River	Woods Cree	North Peace Tribal Council	8	0.0	0.0				Indian settlement
Little Buffalo[145]	Lubicon Lake	Woods Cree	Kee Tas Kee Now Tribal Council	8	1,326.0	3,276.6	452	387	16.8%	Indian settlement

See also

• First Nations in Alberta
• List of Indian reserves in Canada
• List of communities in Alberta
• List of municipalities in Alberta
• Métis in Alberta