Hines Creek | |
Official Name: | Village of Hines Creek |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Motto: | End of Steel |
Pushpin Map: | Canada Alberta |
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: | Upper Peace |
Subdivision Type4: | Municipal district |
Subdivision Name4: | Clear Hills County |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Hazel Reintjes |
Leader Title1: | Governing body |
Leader Name1: | Hines Creek Village Council |
Established Title: | Founded |
Established Title1: | Incorporated[1] |
Established Date1: | |
Established Title2: | • Village |
Established Date2: | December 31, 1951 |
Area Footnotes: | (2021) |
Area Land Km2: | 4.88 |
Population As Of: | 2021 |
Population Total: | 335 |
Population Density Km2: | 68.7 |
Timezone: | MST |
Utc Offset: | −7 |
Timezone Dst: | MDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | −6 |
Coordinates: | 56.2461°N -118.5939°W |
Elevation M: | 655 |
Blank Name: | Highways |
Blank Info: | 64 |
Blank1 Name: | Waterways |
Blank1 Info: | George Lake |
Hines Creek is a village in northern Alberta, Canada. It is located 67 km west of Grimshaw and 28 km north of Fairview, along Highway 64.
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Village of Hines Creek had a population of 335 living in 149 of its 184 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 346. With a land area of, it had a population density of in 2021.[2]
In the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Village of Hines Creek recorded a population of 346 living in 146 of its 151 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2011 population of 380. With a land area of 5.33km2, it had a population density of in 2016.[3]
Hines Creek Composite School is the only school in Hines Creek and features Grade K-12. It is administered by the Peace River School Division.
Post secondary education is available in the neighbouring town of Fairview at Grande Prairie Regional Fairview Campus.