Parkland County
municipal district in Alberta, Canada
Parkland County is a municipal district in central Alberta, Canada. Located west of Edmonton in Census Division No. 11, its municipal office, Parkland County Centre, is located 0.25 km (0.16 mi) north of the Town of Stony Plain on Highway 779.
History
2021 wildfire
In May 2021, a wildfire, originating in Tomahawk, was reported. Evacuation orders, spanning from Highway 22 to the west, Township Road 524 to the north, Range Road 63 to the east, and Township Road 510 to the south, were issued on May 5.
Geography
Communities and localities
Other places
Westlake Estates (designated place)
Demographics
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Parkland County had a population of 32,205 living in 11,914 of its 13,544 total private dwellings, a change of −1.6% from its 2016 population of 32,737. With a land area of 2,375.67 km2 (917.25 sq mi), it had a population density of 13.6/km2 (35.1/sq mi) in 2021.
In the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Parkland County had a population of 32,097 living in 11,615 of its 12,910 total private dwellings, a 5% change from its 2011 population of 30,568. With a land area of 2,390.23 km2 (922.87 sq mi), it had a population density of 13.4/km2 (34.8/sq mi) in 2016.
Economy
Parkland County's economic development hub is the Acheson Industrial Area.
Begin with the source’s own compact description: “Parkland County” is municipal district in Alberta, Canada. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through Parkland, County and municipal, not as a finished interpretation.
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The phrase “municipal district in Alberta, Canada” supplies a clear boundary for inquiry. It also exposes the unanswered questions: who defined that boundary, when it became stable and which sources sit outside it.
The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jun 30, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q7138563. VIAF identifies the subject as 132675036. The Library of Congress control number is n93036701. Authority coordinates are 53.530, -114.006. 4 of 5 selected statements include explicit references; 1 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2021, 2016 and 2011.
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This entry incorporates text from “Parkland County” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.