Peavine Metis Settlement | |
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Metis Settlement | |
Location within
Alberta | |
Coordinates: 55°51′N 116°16′W / 55.850°N 116.267°W | |
Country | Canada |
Province | Alberta |
Region | Northern Alberta |
Census division | 17 |
Government | |
• Chair | Kenneth Noskey |
• Governing body | Peavine Metis Council |
Area (2021)
[2] | |
• Land | 328.42 km2 (126.80 sq mi) |
Population (2021)
[2] | |
• Total | 310 |
• Density | 0.9/km2 (2/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC−7 ( MST) |
• Summer ( DST) | UTC−6 (MDT) |
Peavine Metis Settlement |
Peavine Metis Settlement is a Metis settlement in northern Alberta, Canada within Big Lakes County. [3] It is located on Highway 750 to the northeast of High Prairie.
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Peavine had a population of 387 living in 150 of its 201 total private dwellings, a change of -36.2% from its 2016 population of 607. With a land area of 798.95 km2 (308.48 sq mi), it had a population density of 0.5/km2 (1.3/sq mi) in 2021. [2]
The population of the Peavine Metis Settlement according to its 2018 municipal census is 566, [4] a decrease from its 2015 municipal census population count of 639. [5]
As a designated place in the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Peavine Metis Settlement had a population of 607 living in 192 of its 284 total private dwellings, a change of -12% from its 2011 population of 690. With a land area of 816.38 km2 (315.21 sq mi), it had a population density of 0.7/km2 (1.9/sq mi) in 2016. [6]