Lacombe County

Lacombe County is a municipal district in Southern Alberta, Canada. It is within Census Division No. 8 north of the City of Red Deer. Its municipal office is 4 km (2.5 mi) west of Highway 2 and the City of Lacombe, and 6 km (3.7 mi) east of the Summer Village of Gull Lake, at the intersection of Highway 12 and Spruceville Road (Range Road 274).

Lacombe County
Municipal district
Lacombe Bentley Blackfalds Eckville Alix Clive
Location within Alberta
Country	Canada
Province	Alberta
Region	Central Alberta
Census division	8
Established	1944
Incorporated	1995
Government [1]
• Reeve	Barb Shepherd
• Governing body	Lacombe County Council Brenda Knight Dana Kreil Barb Shepherd John Ireland Allan Wilson Dwayne West Ken Weenink
• MP	Blaine Calkins
• Administrative office	west of Lacombe
Area  (2021)[2]
• Land	2,759.12 km2 (1,065.30 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]
• Total	10,283
• Density	3.7/km2 (10/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC−7 (MST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−6 (MDT)
Website	lacombecounty.com

Geography

Communities and localities

The following urban municipalities are surrounded by Lacombe County.[3][4] Cities Lacombe Towns Bentley Blackfalds Eckville Villages Alix Clive Summer villages Birchcliff Gull Lake Half Moon Bay Sunbreaker Cove

The following hamlets are located within Lacombe County.[4] Hamlets Haynes Joffre Mirror (dissolved from village status) Morningside Tees

The following localities are located within Lacombe County.^[5]

Localities

Alix South Junction Aspen Beach Birch Bay Brighton Beach Brook Bullocksville Burbank Chigwell Coghill

Deer Ridge Estates Delaney Ebeling Beach Farrant Forshee Gilby Heatburg Hespero Jackson

June Kasha Kootuk Kuusamo Krest Lamerton Lochinvar Lockhart McLaurin Beach

New Saratoga Beach PBI Prentiss Rosedale Rosedale Valley[6] The Breakers Wilson Beach Woody Nook

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Lacombe County had a population of 10,283 living in 3,973 of its 4,616 total private dwellings, a change of -0.6% from its 2016 population of 10,343. With a land area of 2,759.12 km² (1,065.30 sq mi), it had a population density of 3.7/km² (9.7/sq mi) in 2021.^[2]

In the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Lacombe County had a population of 10,343 living in 3,890 of its 4,668 total private dwellings, a 0.3% change from its 2011 population of 10,307. With a land area of 2,765.16 km² (1,067.63 sq mi), it had a population density of 3.7/km² (9.7/sq mi) in 2016.^[7]

See also

• List of communities in Alberta
• List of municipal districts in Alberta