Official Name: | Lac Ste. Anne County |
Settlement Type: | Municipal district |
Seal Type: | Logo |
Image Map1: | AB locator LAC STE ANNE COUNTY.svg |
Mapsize1: | 200 |
Map Caption1: | Location within Alberta |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Lac Ste Anne County in Alberta |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Canada |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Type2: | Region |
Subdivision Name1: | Alberta |
Subdivision Name2: | Central Alberta |
Subdivision Type3: | Planning region |
Subdivision Name3: | Upper Athabasca |
Established Title: | Established |
Established Date: | 1944 |
Established Title2: | Incorporated |
Established Date2: | 1965 |
Leader Title: | Reeve |
Leader Name: | Joe Blakeman |
Leader Title1: | Governing body |
Leader Name1: | Lac Ste. Anne County Council[1] Joe Blakeman Nick Gelych Lorne Olsvik George Vaughan Steve Hoyda Ross Bohnet Lloyd Giebelhaus |
Area Footnotes: | (2021) |
Area Land Km2: | 2845.84 |
Population As Of: | 2021 |
Population Total: | 10832 |
Population Density Km2: | 3.8 |
Website: | lsac.ca |
Leader Title2: | Manager |
Leader Name2: | Mike Primeau |
Leader Title3: | Administrative office |
Leader Name3: | Sangudo |
Timezone: | MST |
Utc Offset: | −07:00 |
Timezone Dst: | MDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | −06:00 |
Lac Ste. Anne County is a municipal district in central Alberta, Canada.
It is located in Census Division 13, north west of Edmonton. Highway 43 stretches across this county. Its municipal office is located in the Hamlet of Sangudo.
The county was named after Lac Ste. Anne, which in turn was named for Saint Anne.
The following urban municipalities are surrounded by Lac Ste. Anne County.
The following hamlets are located within Lac Ste. Anne County.
The following localities are located within Lac Ste. Anne County.[2]
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Lac Ste. Anne County had a population of 10,832 living in 4,373 of its 5,566 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 10,899. With a land area of, it had a population density of in 2021.[3]
In the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Lac Ste. Anne County had a population of 10,899 living in 4,346 of its 5,385 total private dwellings, a change from its 2011 population of 10,260. With a land area of 2850.38km2, it had a population density of in 2016.[4]
The municipality of Lac Ste. Anne maintains the Lessard Lake Campground, the Lessard Lake Outdoor Ed Centre, the Riverside Campground, and the Paddle River Dam Campground.
Many summer villages are established, especially on lake shores (such as Lac Ste. Anne, Lac la Nonne, Nakamun Lake, and Lake Isle).
Protected and recreational areas in the county include Lily Lake Provincial Natural Area, Pembina River Provincial Natural Area, Majeau Lake Provincial Natural Area (with two campgrounds), Paddle River Dam Picnic Site, Park Court Provincial Natural Area, Lily Lake Provincial Natural Area and Prefontaine and Brock Lake Provincial Natural Area.