| Red Earth Creek | |
| Settlement Type: | Hamlet |
| Pushpin Map: | CAN AB Opportunity#Canada Alberta |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Canada |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | Alberta |
| Subdivision Type2: | Census division |
| Subdivision Type3: | Municipal district |
| Subdivision Name3: | Opportunity No. 17 |
| Government Type: | Unincorporated |
| Leader Title: | Governing body |
| Leader Name: | M.D. of Opportunity No. 17 Council |
| Area Footnotes: | (2021) |
| Area Land Km2: | 29.6 |
| Population As Of: | 2021 |
| Population Total: | 315 |
| Population Density Km2: | 10.6 |
| Timezone: | MST |
| Utc Offset: | −7 |
| Timezone Dst: | MDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | −6 |
| Coordinates: | 56.5406°N -115.2853°W |
| Elevation M: | 520 |
Red Earth Creek is a hamlet in Alberta, Canada within the Municipal District of Opportunity No. 17. It is located east of Highway 88, between the town of Slave Lake and the hamlet of Fort Vermilion, and has an elevation of 520m (1,710feet).
This hamlet is in Census Division No. 17 and in the federal riding of Fort McMurray-Athabasca. It is also the administrative centre of the Loon River First Nation reserve.
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Red Earth Creek had a population of 315 living in 113 of its 145 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 353. 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, Red Earth Creek had a population of 294 living in 111 of its 200 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2011 population of 337. With a land area of 38.66km2, it had a population density of in 2016.[2]