Cadotte Lake | |
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| Coordinates:56°28′02″N116°22′51″W / 56.46722°N 116.38083°W /56.46722; -116.38083 | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Alberta |
| Region | Northern Alberta |
| Census division | 17 |
| Municipal district | Northern Sunrise County |
| Government | |
| • Type | Unincorporated |
| • Governing body | Northern Sunrise County Council |
| Area (2021)[1] | |
| • Land | 1.39 km2 (0.54 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[1] | |
• Total | 23 |
| • Density | 16.6/km2 (43/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC−07:00 (MST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−06:00 (MDT) |
| Area code(s) | 780,587, 825 |
Cadotte Lake is anunincorporated community inNorthern Sunrise County innorthern Alberta, Canada.[2] It is on the northern shore of the homonymous lake, alongHighway 986, 79 km (49 mi) east ofPeace River and 68 km (42 mi) west of theBicentennial Highway (Highway 88).
It straddles the boundary between theWoodland Cree First Nation Reserve 226 and Northern Sunrise County. The western part of the community, inside the reserve, is known as the Cadotte Lake Indian Settlement,[3] while the eastern part, in Northern Sunrise County, is designated ahamlet.[2]
Cadotte Airport is located 2.7 km (1.7 mi) east of the settlement.
The community is named for the nearby lake, as is the out-flowingCadotte River, which lends its name to theCadotte Member of thePeace River Formation, a stratigraphical unit of theWestern Canadian Sedimentary Basin.
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
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| 1966 | 39 | — |
| 1971 | 192 | +392.3% |
| 1976 | 135 | −29.7% |
| 1981 | 157 | +16.3% |
| 1986 | 241 | +53.5% |
| 1991 | 275 | +14.1% |
| 1991A | 276 | +0.4% |
| 1996 | 40 | −85.5% |
| 2001 | 19 | −52.5% |
| 2006 | 0 | −100.0% |
| 2011 | 39 | — |
| 2016 | 5 | −87.2% |
| 2016R | 61 | +1120.0% |
| 2021 | 23 | −62.3% |
| Following a 1991 land claim in favour of theWoodland Cree First Nation, the majority of the Hamlet of Cadotte Lake was transferred to theWoodland Cree 226 reserve. Source:Statistics Canada [4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][1] | ||
In the2021 Census of Population conducted byStatistics Canada, Cadotte Lake had a population of 23 living in 8 of its 13 total private dwellings, a change of-62.3% from its 2016 population of 61. With a land area of 1.39 km2 (0.54 sq mi), it had a population density of16.5/km2 (42.9/sq mi) in 2021.[1]
As a designated place in the2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Cadotte Lake had a population of 5 living in 1 of its 14 total private dwellings, a change of-87.2% from its 2011 population of 39. With a land area of 1.66 km2 (0.64 sq mi), it had a population density of3.0/km2 (7.8/sq mi) in 2016.[14]
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