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Lac Ste. Anne County
Municipal district
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MayerthorpeOnowayAlberta BeachCherhillGlenevisGreen CourtGunnRich ValleyRochfort BridgeSangudoMajor communities
Location within Alberta
Country	Canada
Province	Alberta
Region	Central Alberta
Planning region	Upper Athabasca
Established	1944
Incorporated	1965
Government
• Reeve	Joe Blakeman
• Governing body	Lac Ste. Anne County Council Joe Blakeman Nick Gelych Lorne Olsvik George Vaughan Steve Hoyda Ross Bohnet Lloyd Giebelhaus
• Manager	Mike Primeau
• Administrative office	Sangudo
Area
• Land	2,845.84 km (1,098.78 sq mi)
Population
• Total	11,300
Time zone	UTC−07:00 (MST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−06:00 (MDT)
Website	lsac.ca

Lac Ste. Anne County is a municipal district in central Alberta, Canada.

It is located in Census Division 13, north west of Edmonton. Highway 43 stretches across this county. Its municipal office is located in the Hamlet of Sangudo.

The county was named after Lac Ste. Anne, which in turn was named for Saint Anne.

Geography

Communities and localities

The following localities are located within Lac Ste. Anne County.

Localities

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Lac Ste. Anne County had a population of 11,300 living in 4,547 of its 5,788 total private dwellings, a change of 3.7% from its 2016 population of 10,899. With a land area of 2,845.84 km (1,098.78 sq mi), it had a population density of 4.0/km (10.3/sq mi) in 2021.

In the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Lac Ste. Anne County had a population of 10,899 living in 4,346 of its 5,385 total private dwellings, a 6.2% change from its 2011 population of 10,260. With a land area of 2,850.38 km (1,100.54 sq mi), it had a population density of 3.8/km (9.9/sq mi) in 2016.

Attractions

The municipality of Lac Ste. Anne maintains the Lessard Lake Campground, the Lessard Lake Outdoor Ed Centre, the Riverside Campground, and the Paddle River Dam Campground.

Many summer villages are established, especially on lake shores (such as Lac Ste. Anne, Lac la Nonne, Nakamun Lake, and Lake Isle).

Protected and recreational areas in the county include Lily Lake Provincial Natural Area, Pembina River Provincial Natural Area, Majeau Lake Provincial Natural Area (with two campgrounds), Paddle River Dam Picnic Site, Park Court Provincial Natural Area, Lily Lake Provincial Natural Area and Prefontaine and Brock Lake Provincial Natural Area.

• Lac Ste. Anne Mission
• Lac Ste. Anne Pilgrimage

See also

• List of communities in Alberta
• List of municipal districts in Alberta

References

1. "LSA - Reeve & Councillors". Archived from the original on February 24, 2020. Retrieved February 24, 2020.
2. "Municipal Officials Search". Alberta Municipal Affairs. May 9, 2019. Retrieved October 1, 2021.
3. ^ "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities)". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved February 9, 2022.
4. Cite error: The named reference 2021censuscorrection was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
5. ^ "Specialized and Rural Municipalities and Their Communities" (PDF). Alberta Municipal Affairs. June 3, 2024. Retrieved June 14, 2024.
6. "Standard Geographical Classification (SGC) 2006, Economic Regions: 4813001 - Lac Ste. Anne County, geographical codes and localities, 2006". Statistics Canada. March 5, 2010. Archived from the original on May 18, 2015. Retrieved August 11, 2012.
7. "Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), 2016 and 2011 censuses – 100% data (Alberta)". Statistics Canada. February 8, 2017. Retrieved February 8, 2017.

External links

• Official website

v t e Places adjacent to Lac Ste. Anne County
Woodlands County County of Barrhead No. 11 Westlock County Woodlands County Lac Ste. Anne County Sturgeon County Yellowhead County Parkland County Parkland County

v t e Upper Athabasca Region, Alberta
Towns	Athabasca Barrhead Edson High Prairie Hinton Mayerthorpe Onoway Slave Lake Swan Hills Westlock Whitecourt
Villages	Alberta Beach Boyle Clyde
Summer villages	Birch Cove Bondiss Castle Island Island Lake Island Lake South Larkspur Mewatha Beach Nakamun Park Ross Haven Sandy Beach Silver Sands South Baptiste South View Sunrise Beach Sunset Beach Sunset Point Val Quentin West Baptiste West Cove Whispering Hills Yellowstone
Hamlets	Atmore Blue Ridge Breynat Brule Busby Cadomin Campsie Canyon Creek Caslan Cherhill Chisholm Colinton Dapp Donatville Ellscott Enilda Evansburg Faust Fawcett Flatbush Fort Assiniboine Glenevis Goose Lake Grassland Green Court Grouard Gunn Jarvie Joussard Kinuso MacKay Manola Marlboro Marten Beach Meanook Neerlandia Nestow Niton Junction Peers Perryvale Pibroch Pickardville Pinedale Rich Valley Robb Rochester Rochfort Bridge Sangudo Smith Tawatinaw Thunder Lake Vimy Wagner Wandering River Widewater Wildwood
Métis settlements	East Prairie Peavine Gift Lake
Municipal districts	Athabasca Barrhead Big Lakes Lac Ste. Anne Lesser Slave River Westlock Woodlands Yellowhead
Specialized municipalities	Jasper
Improvement districts	12 (Jasper)
Indian reserves	Alexis 133 Alexis Cardinal River 234 Alexis Elk River 233 Alexis Whitecourt 232 Assineau River 150F Driftpile River 150 Enoch Cree Nation 135A Kapawe'no 150B 150C 150D 229 230 231 Sawridge 150G 150H Sucker Creek 150A Swan River 150E
National parks	Jasper
Provincial parks	Carson-Pegasus Cross Lake Hilliard's Bay Lesser Slave Lake Obed Lake Pembina River Rock Lake Sundance Thunder Lake William A. Switzer Winagami Lake Brazeau Canyon Fort Assiniboine Sandhills Grizzly Ridge Hubert Lake La Biche River Lesser Slave Lake Otter-Orloff Lakes Rock Lake - Solomon Creek Whitehorse Winagami
Other topics	Athabasca Landing Trail Jasper House Lac Ste. Anne Pilgrimage Northern Lakes College
Land-use framework regions of Alberta Treaty 6 Treaty 8

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• Lac Ste. Anne County
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