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 (which  includes lands on either side of the Jean Baptiste Gambler 183 Indian reserve) and Centre Calling Lake (which is between the designated place of Calling Lake to the north and Calling Lake Provincial Park to the south). Infrastructure. Health services are provided by the Aspen Regional Health Authority, and the community is served by the Calling Lake Airport . Demographics. In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Calling Lake 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 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.