White Sands | |
Official Name: | Summer Village of White Sands |
Settlement Type: | Summer village |
Pushpin Map: | Alberta |
Pushpin Label Position: | none |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of White Sands in Alberta |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 220 |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Canada |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Alberta |
Subdivision Type3: | Census division |
Subdivision Name3: | No. 7 |
Government Type: | Municipal incorporation |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Lorne Thurston |
Leader Title1: | Governing body |
Leader Name1: | White Sands Summer Village Council |
Area Footnotes: | (2021) |
Area Land Km2: | 1.61 |
Population As Of: | 2021 |
Population Total: | 174 |
Population Density Km2: | 108.1 |
Timezone: | MST |
Utc Offset: | −7 |
Timezone Dst: | MDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | −6 |
Coordinates: | 52.4667°N -112.8166°W |
White Sands is a summer village in Alberta, Canada. It is located on the southeast shore of Buffalo Lake, northwest from the Town of Stettler and east of the Summer Village of Rochon Sands and Rochon Sands Provincial Park.
The summer village is within the municipal boundaries of the County of Stettler No. 6.[1]
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Summer Village of White Sands had a population of 174 living in 82 of its 304 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 120. With a land area of, it had a population density of in 2021.[2]
In the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Summer Village of White Sands had a population of 120 living in 59 of its 253 total private dwellings, a change from its 2011 population of 91. With a land area of 1.58km2, it had a population density of in 2016.[3]