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Grassy Lake Alberta Information

Grassy Lake is a hamlet in Alberta, Canada within the Municipal District of Taber. It is located on the Crowsnest Highway (Highway 3), midway between the cities of Lethbridge to the west and Medicine Hat to the east. It is approximately 13 km (8.1 mi) west of Burdett and 34 km (21 mi) east of Taber. It has an elevation of 810 metres (2,660 ft). It was formerly incorporated as a village, dissolving into the Municipal District of Taber on July 1, 1996. _x000D_ The hamlet is located in Census Division No. 2 and in the federal riding of Medicine Hat. _x000D_ Grassy Lake was named for a nearby lake of the same name, which has since been drained. _x000D_ In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Grassy Lake had a population of 856 living in 199 of its 208 total private dwellings, a change of 7.1% from its 2016 population of 799. With a land area of 1.55 km2 (0.60 sq mi), it had a population density of 552.3/km2 (1,430.3/sq mi) in 2021. _x000D_ As a designated place in the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Grassy Lake had a population of 799 living in 179 of its 187 total private dwellings, a change of 23.1% from its 2011 population of 649. With a land area of 1.55 km2 (0.60 sq mi), it had a population density of 515.5/km2 (1,335.1/sq mi) in 2016. _x000D_ The Municipal District of Taber’s 2016 municipal census counted a population of 815 in Grassy Lake, a 4.8% change from the hamlet’s 2013 municipal census population of 778. _x000D_ _x000D_ Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grassy_Lake,_Alberta