Calling Lake, Alberta


Calling Lake is a hamlet in northern Alberta, Canada within the Municipal District of Opportunity No. 17. It is located on Highway 813 along the eastern shore of Calling Lake, immediately north of Calling Lake Provincial Park. It is approximately north of Athabasca and south of Wabasca and has an elevation of.
The hamlet is located in the federal riding of Fort McMurray-Athabasca. The hamlet is the seat of the Jean Baptiste Gambler 183 Indian reserve of the Bigstone Cree Nation.
Calling Lake is recognized as two separate designated places by Statistics Canada – Calling Lake and Centre Calling Lake.

Infrastructure

Health services are provided by the Aspen Regional Health Authority, and the community is served by the Calling Lake Airport.

Demographics

As a designated place in the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, by combining the designated places of "Calling Lake" and "Centre Calling Lake", Calling Lake recorded a population of 448 living in 159 of its 419 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2011 population of 369. With a land area of, it had a population density of in 2016.
In the 2011 Census, by combining the designated places of "Calling Lake" and "Centre Calling Lake", Calling Lake had a population of 369 living in 134 of its 376 total dwellings, a 10.8% change from its 2006 population of 333. With a land area of, it had a population density of in 2011.
The population of Calling Lake according to the M.D. of Opportunity No. 17's 2007 municipal census is 415.

Climate