| Rycroft | |
| Official Name: | Village of Rycroft |
| Settlement Type: | Village |
| Motto: | Hub of the Peace |
| Pushpin Map: | Canada Alberta |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Rycroft in 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: | Municipal District of Spirit River No. 133 |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Name: | Diahann Potrebenko |
| Leader Title1: | Governing body |
| Leader Name1: | Rycroft Village Council |
| Established Title: | Founded |
| Established Title1: | Incorporated[1] |
| Established Date1: | |
| Established Title2: | • Village |
| Established Date2: | March 15, 1944 |
| Area Footnotes: | (2021) |
| Area Land Km2: | 1.85 |
| Population As Of: | 2021 |
| Population Total: | 550 |
| Population Density Km2: | 297.1 |
| Timezone: | MST |
| Utc Offset: | −7 |
| Timezone Dst: | MDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | −6 |
| Coordinates: | 55.7578°N -118.6967°W |
| Elevation M: | 600 |
| Blank Name: | Highways |
| Blank Info: | 2 49 |
| Blank1 Name: | Waterways |
| Blank1 Info: | Spirit River |
Rycroft is a village in northern Alberta, Canada. It is approximately 68km (42miles) north of Grande Prairie and 7km (04miles) east of Spirit River. Dunvegan Provincial Park is located 20 km north of the community.
The post office was originally known as Spirit River. The name was changed to Roycroft in 1920 to honour R.H. Roycroft, a prominent local citizen, and was altered to Rycroft in 1933.[2]
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Village of Rycroft had a population of 550 living in 243 of its 299 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 612. With a land area of, it had a population density of in 2021.[3]
In the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Village of Rycroft recorded a population of 612 living in 274 of its 316 total private dwellings, a change from its 2011 population of 628. With a land area of 1.92km2, it had a population density of in 2016.[4]