Chipewyan Lake Alberta Information

Chipewyan Lake is an unincorporated community in northern Alberta within the Municipal District of Opportunity No. 17. It is located on the southern shore of Chipewyan Lake approximately 110 kilometres (68 mi) north of Wabasca and 128 kilometres (80 mi) west of Fort McMurray. The community is not accessible by Alberta’s provincial highway system. It is however accessible by using the Laricina Energy/Shell Canada S-4 access road. _x000D_ Chipewyan Lake was placed under mandatory evacuation order on May 30, 2019, due to out-of-control wildfires in the area. It was placed under another mandatory evacuation order on May 14, 2023 due to an out-of-control wildfire north of the community. _x000D_ In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Chipewyan Lake had a population of 72 living in 22 of its 28 total private dwellings, a change of -16.3% from its 2016 population of 86. With a land area of 4.29 km2 (1.66 sq mi), it had a population density of 16.8/km2 (43.5/sq mi) in 2021. _x000D_ As a designated place in the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Chipewyan Lake had a population of 0 living in 2 of its 6 total private dwellings, a change of -100% from its 2011 population of 38. With a land area of 2.39 km2 (0.92 sq mi), it had a population density of 0.0/km2 (0.0/sq mi) in 2016. _x000D_ This Northern Alberta location article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it._x000D_ _x000D_ Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chipewyan_Lake