Bluesky | |
Settlement Type: | Hamlet |
Pushpin Map: | CAN AB Fairview#Canada Alberta |
Pushpin Label Position: | none |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Bluesky |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 220 |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Canada |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Alberta |
Subdivision Type2: | Census division |
Subdivision Name2: | No. 19 |
Subdivision Type3: | Municipal district |
Subdivision Name3: | M.D. of Fairview No. 136 |
Government Type: | Unincorporated |
Leader Title: | Governing body |
Leader Name: | Fairview MD Council |
Area Footnotes: | (2021) |
Area Land Km2: | 0.37 |
Population As Of: | 2021 |
Population Total: | 113 |
Population Density Km2: | 306.1 |
Timezone: | MST |
Utc Offset: | −7 |
Timezone Dst: | MDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | −6 |
Coordinates: | 56.0739°N -118.2383°W |
Bluesky is a hamlet in Alberta, Canada within the Municipal District of Fairview No. 136. It is located along Highway 2, east of Fairview in northern Alberta.
Heavy oil was discovered in a well east of the hamlet in 1952, in a geological formation named after the community, Bluesky Formation.
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Bluesky had a population of 113 living in 53 of its 62 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 127. With a land area of, it had a population density of in 2021.[1]
As a designated place in the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Bluesky had a population of 127 living in 60 of its 65 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2011 population of 164. With a land area of 0.37km2, it had a population density of in 2016.[2]