Widewater | |
Settlement Type: | Hamlet |
Pushpin Relief: | yes |
Pushpin Map: | Canada Alberta#Canada |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Widewater |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Canada |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Alberta |
Subdivision Type2: | Region |
Subdivision Name2: | Northern Alberta |
Subdivision Type3: | Census division |
Subdivision Name3: | 17 |
Subdivision Type4: | Municipal district |
Subdivision Name4: | Municipal District of Lesser Slave River No. 124 |
Government Type: | Unincorporated |
Leader Title1: | Governing body |
Leader Name1: | Municipal District of Lesser Slave River No. 124 Council |
Established Title: | Established |
Area Footnotes: | (2021) |
Area Land Km2: | 3.69 |
Population As Of: | 2021 |
Population Total: | 405 |
Population Density Km2: | 109.6 |
Timezone: | MST |
Utc Offset: | −07:00 |
Timezone Dst: | MDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | −06:00 |
Coordinates: | 55.3667°N -117°W |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Area Code: | 780, 587, 825 |
Blank Name: | Highways |
Blank1 Name: | Waterways |
Widewater is a hamlet in northern Alberta, Canada within the Municipal District of Lesser Slave River No. 124. It is located on Highway 2, approximately northwest of Edmonton.
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Widewater had a population of 405 living in 153 of its 174 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 392. 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, Widewater had a population of 348 living in 128 of its 138 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2011 population of 351. With a land area of 2.06km2, it had a population density of in 2016.[2]