| Buffalo Lake | |
| Official Name: | Buffalo Lake Metis Settlement |
| Settlement Type: | Metis Settlement |
| Image Map1: | 0286 Buffalo Lake Metis Settlement, Alberta Locator.svg |
| Map Caption1: | Location within Smoky Lake County |
| Pushpin Map: | Canada Alberta |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location within Alberta |
| Coordinates: | 54.4833°N -138°W |
| 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: | North Saskatchewan |
| Subdivision Type4: | Municipal district |
| Subdivision Name4: | Smoky Lake |
| Leader Title: | Chair |
| Leader Name: | Horace Patenaude |
| Leader Title1: | Governing body |
| Leader Name1: | Buffalo Lake Metis Council |
| Area Footnotes: | (2021) |
| Area Land Km2: | 440.92 |
| Population As Of: | 2021 |
| Population Total: | 978 |
| Population Density Km2: | 2.2 |
| Timezone1: | MST |
| Utc Offset1: | −7 |
| Timezone1 Dst: | MDT |
| Utc Offset1 Dst: | −6 |
| Website: | buffalolakems.ca |
Buffalo Lake Metis Settlement is a Metis settlement in northern Alberta, Canada within Smoky Lake County.[1] It is located along Highway 855, approximately 125km (78miles) northeast of Edmonton.
As a designated place in the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Buffalo Lake had a population of 379 living in 128 of its 131 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 712. With a land area of, it had a population density of in 2021.[2]
The population of the Buffalo Lake Metis Settlement according to its 2018 municipal census is 702,[3] an increase from its 2015 municipal census population count of 676.[4]
As a designated place in the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Buffalo Lake Metis Settlement had a population of 712 living in 225 of its 240 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2011 population of 492. With a land area of 336.97km2, it had a population density of in 2016.[5]