East Prairie Metis Settlement

East Prairie Metis Settlement
Metis Settlement
East Prairie Metis Settlement Location of East Prairie Metis Settlement in Alberta
Coordinates: 55°11′N 116°9′W / 55.183°N 116.150°WCoordinates: 55°11′N 116°9′W / 55.183°N 116.150°W
Country	Canada
Province	Alberta
Region	Northern Alberta
Census division	17
Government[1]
• Chair	Gerald Cunningham
• Governing body	East Prairie Metis Council
Time zone	MST (UTC-7)
• Summer (DST)	MDT (UTC-6)

East Prairie Metis Settlement is a Metis settlement in northern Alberta, Canada within Big Lakes County.^[2] It is located approximately 20 km (12 mi) south of Highway 2 and 168 km (104 mi) east of Grande Prairie. It was founded in 1939.^[3]

Demographics

As a designated place in the 2011 Census, East Prairie had a population of 366 living in 106 of its 135 total dwellings, a 4% change from its 2006 population of 352. With a land area of 333.87 km² (128.91 sq mi), it had a population density of 1.0962/km² (2.839/sq mi) in 2011.^[4]

The population of the East Prairie Metis Settlement according to its 2009 municipal census is 906.^[5]

See also

• List of communities in Alberta
• List of designated places in Alberta

References

1. "Municipal Officials Search". Alberta Municipal Affairs. November 18, 2016. Retrieved November 21, 2016.
2. "Specialized and Rural Municipalities and Their Communities" (PDF). Alberta Municipal Affairs. 2012-11-05. Retrieved 2012-11-20.
3. Federation of Metis Settlement (1979). East Prairie Metis, 1939-1979: 40 Years of Determination. Edmonton. p. 1. ISBN 0-88925-055-3.
4. "Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and designated places, 2011 and 2006 censuses (Alberta)". Statistics Canada. 2012-02-08. Retrieved 2012-04-07.
5. "2010 Official Population List" (PDF). Alberta Municipal Affairs. 2010-09-15. Retrieved 2011-05-21.