| Chipewyan Lake | |
| Settlement Type: | Designated place |
| Pushpin Relief: | yes |
| Pushpin Map: | CAN AB Opportunity#Canada Alberta#Canada |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Chipewyan Lake in M.D. of Opportunity##Location of Chipewyan Lake in Alberta##Location of Chipewyan Lake in Canada |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Canada |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | Alberta |
| Subdivision Type2: | Region |
| Subdivision Name2: | Northern Alberta |
| Subdivision Type3: | Census division |
| Subdivision Name3: | 17 |
| Subdivision Type4: | Municipal district |
| Subdivision Name4: | Municipal District of Opportunity No. 17 |
| Government Type: | Unincorporated |
| Leader Title1: | Governing body |
| Leader Name1: | Municipal District of Opportunity No. 17 Council |
| Established Title: | Established |
| Area Footnotes: | (2021) |
| Area Land Km2: | 4.29 |
| Population As Of: | 2021 |
| Population Total: | 72 |
| Population Density Km2: | 16.8 |
| Timezone: | MST |
| Utc Offset: | −07:00 |
| Timezone Dst: | MDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | −06:00 |
| Coordinates: | 56.9403°N -113.4733°W |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Area Code: | 780, 587, 825 |
| Blank Name: | Highways |
| Blank1 Name: | Waterways |
Chipewyan Lake is an unincorporated community in northern Alberta within the Municipal District of Opportunity No. 17. It is located on the southern shore of Chipewyan Lake approximately north of Wabasca and west of Fort McMurray. The community is not accessible by Alberta's provincial highway system. It is however accessible by using the Laricina Energy/Shell Canada S-4 access road.
Chipewyan Lake was placed under mandatory evacuation order on May 30, 2019, due to out-of-control wildfires in the area.[1] It was placed under another mandatory evacuation order on May 14, 2023 due to an out-of-control wildfire north of the community.[2]
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Chipewyan Lake had a population of 72 living in 22 of its 28 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 86. With a land area of, it had a population density of in 2021.[3]
As a designated place in the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Chipewyan Lake had a population of 0 living in 2 of its 6 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2011 population of 38. With a land area of 2.39km2, it had a population density of in 2016.[4]