Red Earth Creek


Red Earth Creek is a hamlet in Alberta, Canada within the Municipal District of Opportunity No. 17. It is located east of Highway 88, between the Town of Slave Lake and the Hamlet of Fort Vermilion, and has an elevation of.
This hamlet is in census division No. 17 and in the federal riding of Fort McMurray-Athabasca. It is also the administrative centre of the Loon River First Nation reserve.

Demographics

As a designated place in the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Red Earth Creek recorded a population of 294 living in 111 of its 200 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2011 population of 337. With a land area of, it had a population density of in 2016.
As a designated place in the 2011 Census, Red Earth Creek had a population of 337 living in 135 of its 214 total dwellings, a 26.2% change from its 2006 population of 267. With a land area of, it had a population density of in 2011.
The population according to the M.D. of Opportunity No. 17's 2007 municipal census was 398.

Climate