Gregoire Lake Estates | |
Settlement Type: | Hamlet |
Pushpin Relief: | yes |
Pushpin Map: | Canada Alberta#Canada |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Gregoire Lake Estates |
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: | 16 |
Subdivision Type4: | Municipal district |
Subdivision Name4: | Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo |
Government Type: | Unincorporated |
Leader Title1: | Governing body |
Leader Name1: | Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo Council |
Established Title: | Established |
Area Footnotes: | (2021) |
Area Land Km2: | 0.41 |
Population As Of: | 2021 |
Population Total: | 138 |
Population Density Km2: | 340.7 |
Timezone: | MST |
Utc Offset: | −07:00 |
Timezone Dst: | MDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | −06:00 |
Coordinates: | 56.4444°N -111.18°W |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Area Code: | 780, 587, 825 |
Blank Name: | Highways |
Blank1 Name: | Waterways |
Gregoire Lake Estates is a hamlet in northern Alberta, Canada within the Regional Municipality (RM) of Wood Buffalo. It is located on Highway 881, approximately southeast of Fort McMurray.
On May 4, 2016, the hamlet was ordered to be evacuated due to the rapid spread of the 2016 Fort McMurray wildfire.[1]
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Gregoire Lake Estates had a population of 138 living in 52 of its 67 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 165. With a land area of, it had a population density of in 2021.[2]
The population of Gregoire Lake Estates according to the 2018 municipal census conducted by the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo is 204,[3] a decrease from its 2012 municipal census population count of 275.[4]
As a designated place in the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Gregoire Lake Estates had a population of 165 living in 62 of its 81 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2011 population of 188. With a land area of 0.48km2, it had a population density of in 2016.[5]