Gift Lake Metis Settlement | |
Settlement Type: | Metis Settlement |
Pushpin Map: | Canada Alberta |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Gift Lake Metis Settlement in Alberta |
Coordinates: | 55.8833°N -163°W |
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 |
Leader Title: | Chair |
Leader Name: | Arthur Tomkins |
Leader Title1: | Governing body |
Leader Name1: | Gift Lake Metis Council |
Area Footnotes: | (2021) |
Population As Of: | 2021 |
Population Density Km2: | 1.2 |
Timezone1: | MST |
Utc Offset1: | −7 |
Timezone1 Dst: | MDT |
Utc Offset1 Dst: | −6 |
Gift Lake Metis Settlement is a Metis settlement in northern Alberta, Canada within Big Lakes County.[1] It is located along Highway 750, approximately 203km (126miles) northeast of Grande Prairie.
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Gift Lake (parts A and B combined) had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of, it had a population density of in 2021.[2]
The population of the Gift Lake Metis Settlement according to its 2018 municipal census is 812,[3] an increase from its 2015 municipal census population count of 651.[4]
As a designated place in the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, by combining parts "A" and "B", the Gift Lake Metis Settlement had a population of 658 living in 186 of its 236 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2011 population of 662. With a land area of 812.73km2, it had a population density of in 2016.[5]