Obed | |
Settlement Type: | Unincorporated community |
Pushpin Map: | Canada Alberta |
Pushpin Label Position: | none |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Obed in Alberta |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 220 |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Canada |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Alberta |
Subdivision Type2: | Census division |
Subdivision Name2: | No. 14 |
Subdivision Type3: | Municipal district |
Subdivision Name3: | Yellowhead County |
Government Type: | Unincorporated |
Leader Title1: | Governing body |
Area Footnotes: | (2021) |
Area Land Km2: | 0.67 |
Population As Of: | 2021 |
Population Total: | 34 |
Population Density Km2: | 50.9 |
Timezone: | MST |
Utc Offset: | −7 |
Timezone Dst: | MDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | −6 |
Coordinates: | 53.5519°N -117.2353°W |
Obed is an unincorporated community in west-central Alberta, Canada within Yellowhead County. It lies 50 km west of Edson via the Yellowhead Highway.
Obed Lake and Obed Lake Provincial Park are located immediately east of the community.
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Obed had a population of 34 living in 13 of its 13 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 10. With a land area of, it had a population density of in 2021.[1]
As a designated place in the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Obed had a population of 10 living in 6 of its 7 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2011 population of 17. With a land area of 0.71km2, it had a population density of in 2016.[2]