| Smoky Lake | |
| Official Name: | Town of Smoky Lake |
| Settlement Type: | Town |
| Motto: | Pumpkin Capital of Alberta[1] |
| Pushpin Map: | Alberta#Canada |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Smoky Lake in Alberta |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Canada |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | Alberta |
| Subdivision Type2: | Region |
| Subdivision Name2: | Central Alberta |
| Subdivision Type3: | Census division |
| Subdivision Name3: | 12 |
| Subdivision Type4: | Municipal district |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Name: | Amy Cherniwchan |
| Leader Title1: | Governing body |
| Leader Title2: | MP |
| Leader Name2: | Shannon Stubbs |
| Leader Title3: | MLA |
| Leader Name3: | Glenn van Dijken |
| Established Title: | Founded |
| Established Title1: | Incorporated[2] |
| Established Date1: | |
| Established Title2: | • Village |
| Established Date2: | March 26, 1923 |
| Established Title3: | • Town |
| Established Date3: | February 1, 1962 |
| Area Footnotes: | (2021) |
| Area Land Km2: | 4.26 |
| Population As Of: | 2021 |
| Population Total: | 1127 |
| Population Density Km2: | 264.4 |
| Timezone: | MST |
| Utc Offset: | −07:00 |
| Timezone Dst: | MDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | −06:00 |
| Coordinates: | 54.1208°N -112.4733°W |
| Elevation Footnotes: | [3] |
| Elevation M: | 623 |
| Blank Name: | Highways |
| Blank Info: | Highway 28 Highway 855 |
| Blank1 Name: | Waterway |
| Blank1 Info: | North Saskatchewan River Smoky Lake |
Smoky Lake is a town in Central Alberta, Canada. It is located 116km (72miles) northeast of Edmonton at the junction of Highway 28 and Highway 855. It lies between the North Saskatchewan River, Smoky Creek, and White Earth Creek, in a mainly agricultural area. The provincial historic site of Victoria Settlement is nearby. Long Lake Provincial Park is located 60km (40miles) north of the town. The Woods Cree, a First Nations people, named "Smoking Lake" for the smoke from ceremonies performed on the shore; the name Smoky Lake may also be based on the mist that rose from the lake in great quantities at sundown.[4] One of its churches, the St. Onuphrius Ukrainian-Catholic, built in 1907, has been moved to the Canadian Museum of History in Gatineau, Quebec.[5] It is in Census Division No. 12 and is the municipal office for Smoky Lake County.
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Town of Smoky Lake had a population of 1,127 living in 442 of its 518 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 964. With a land area of, it had a population density of in 2021.[6]
In the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Town of Smoky Lake recorded a population of 964 living in 421 of its 499 total private dwellings, a change from its 2011 population of 1,022. With a land area of 4.26km2, it had a population density of in 2016.[7]