| Peers | |
| Settlement Type: | Hamlet |
| Pushpin Map: | Canada Alberta |
| Pushpin Label Position: | none |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Peers 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 |
| Leader Title1: | Governing body |
| Area Footnotes: | (2021) |
| Area Land Km2: | 0.9 |
| Population As Of: | 2021 |
| Population Total: | 91 |
| Population Density Km2: | 101.5 |
| Timezone: | MST |
| Utc Offset: | −7 |
| Timezone Dst: | MDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | −6 |
| Coordinates: | 53.6658°N -115.9925°W |
Peers is a hamlet in west-central Alberta, Canada within Yellowhead County. It is located on Highway 32, 8km (05miles) north of the Yellowhead Highway (Highway 16) and approximately 35km (22miles) northeast of Edson. January Creek, a tributary of the McLeod River flows directly adjacent to the hamlet. Peers is also home to the annual Peers Gold Dust Daze, which takes place ~3 miles away from Peers[1]
Statistics Canada recognizes Peers as a designated place.[2]
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Peers had a population of 91 living in 49 of its 62 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 98. With a land area of, it had a population density of in 2021.[3]
As a designated place in the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Peers had a population of 98 living in 48 of its 56 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2011 population of 108. With a land area of 0.91km2, it had a population density of in 2016.[4]