County of Northern Lights
The County of Northern Lights is a municipal district in northwest Alberta, Canada. Located in Census Division 17, its municipal office is located in the Town of Manning. The municipality recently changed its name from the "Municipal District (M.D.) of Northern Lights No. 22" to the County of Northern Lights. The Province of Alberta officially approved the name change on February 3, 2010. On April 1, 1995, the M.D. of Northern Lights No. 22 was formed through the incorporation of the former "Improvement District No. 22" as a municipal district. Demographics. As a census subdivision in  the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the County of Northern Lights recorded a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021. As a census subdivision in the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Northern Lights recorded a population of 4,200 living in 1,538 of its 1,846 total private dwellings, a change from its 2011 population of 4,117. This includes the population of the Paddle Prairie Metis Settlement (544), located within the census subdivision  that is a municipality independent of the County of Northern Lights. With a land area of , the census subdivision had a population density of in 2016. Excluding the Paddle Prairie Metis Settlement, the County of Northern Lights had a population of 3,656 in 2016, a change of from its 2011 population of 3,555.