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Gift Lake Metis Settlement
Metis Settlement
Location within Big Lakes County
Location within Big Lakes County
Gift Lake Metis Settlement is located in Alberta
Gift Lake Metis Settlement
Gift Lake Metis Settlement
Location in Alberta
Country Canada
Province Alberta
Region Northern Alberta
Census division 17
Area
 (2021)
 • Land 349.41 km2 (134.91 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)
 • Total 414
 • Density 1.2/km2 (3/sq mi)
Time zone UTC−7 (MST)
 • Summer (DST) UTC−6 (MDT)

Gift Lake Metis Settlement is a Metis settlement in northern Alberta, Canada within Big Lakes County. It is located along Highway 750, approximately 203 km (126 mi) northeast of Grande Prairie.

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Gift Lake (parts A and B combined) had a population of 625 living in 182 of its 225 total private dwellings, a change of -5% from its 2016 population of 658. With a land area of 803.29 km2 (310.15 sq mi), it had a population density of 0.8/km2 (2.1/sq mi) in 2021.

The population of the Gift Lake Metis Settlement according to its 2018 municipal census is 812, an increase from its 2015 municipal census population count of 651.

As a designated place in the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, by combining parts "A" and "B", the Gift Lake Metis Settlement had a population of 658 living in 186 of its 236 total private dwellings, a change of -0.6% from its 2011 population of 662. With a land area of 812.73 km2 (313.80 sq mi), it had a population density of 0.8/km2 (2.1/sq mi) in 2016.

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