Yellowhead County is a municipal district in west central Alberta, Canada. It is the only municipal district within Alberta census division No. 14.
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History
1994: Established as a Municipal District of Yellowhead No. 94 on January 1.
1998: The name changed to Yellowhead County on July 8.
1998: Evansburg dissolved as a village, and became part of Yellowhead Municipal District on June 30.
Geography
Demographics
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Yellowhead County had a population of 10,426 living in 4,160 of its 4,859 total private dwellings, a change of −5.2% from its 2016 population of 10,995. With a land area of 22,238.56 km2 (8,586.36 sq mi), it had a population density of 0.5/km2 (1.2/sq mi) in 2021.
In the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Yellowhead County had a population of 10,995 living in 4,309 of its 5,048 total private dwellings, a 5% change from its 2011 population of 10,469. With a land area of 22,293.16 km2 (8,607.44 sq mi), it had a population density of 0.5/km2 (1.3/sq mi) in 2016.