| Official Name: | Athabasca County |
| Settlement Type: | Municipal district |
| Seal Type: | Logo |
| Image Map1: | AB locator ATHABASCA 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: | Northern Alberta |
| Subdivision Type3: | Planning region |
| Subdivision Name3: | Upper Athabasca |
| Leader Title: | Reeve |
| Leader Name: | Brian Hall |
| Leader Title1: | Governing body |
| Leader Name1: | Joe Gerlach Natasha Kapitaniuk Ashtin Anderson Tracy Holland Gary Cromwell Kelly Chamzuk Rob Minns Camille Wallach |
| Leader Title2: | CAO |
| Leader Name2: | Bob Beck |
| Leader Title3: | Administrative office |
| Leader Name3: | Athabasca |
| Established Title: | Established |
| Established Date: | 1947 |
| Established Title2: | Incorporated |
| Established Date2: | 1959 (County) |
| Area Footnotes: | (2021) |
| Area Land Km2: | 6111.3 |
| Population As Of: | 2021 |
| Population Total: | 6959 |
| Population Density Km2: | 1.1 |
| Timezone: | MST |
| Utc Offset: | −7 |
| Timezone Dst: | MDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | −6 |
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.[1]
The following urban municipalities are surrounded by Athabasca County.
The following hamlets are located within Athabasca County.
The following localities are located within Athabasca County.[2]
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.[3]
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 6124.43km2, it had a population density of in 2016.[4]
| Visible minority and Aboriginal population (Canada 2006 Census) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Population group | Population | % of total population | ||
| White | 6,650 | |||
| Visible minority group Source:[5] | South Asian | 0 | ||
| 15 | ||||
| 35 | ||||
| 20 | ||||
| 0 | ||||
| 15 | ||||
| Southeast Asian | 25 | |||
| 0 | ||||
| 0 | ||||
| 15 | ||||
| Visible minority, n.i.e. | 0 | |||
| Multiple visible minority | 0 | |||
| Total visible minority population | 125 | |||
| Aboriginal group Source:[6] | 310 | |||
| 500 | ||||
| 0 | ||||
| Aboriginal, n.i.e. | 0 | |||
| Multiple Aboriginal identity | 0 | |||
| Total Aboriginal population | 810 | |||
| Total population | 7,585 | 100% | ||