Janvier 194 is an

Indian reserve In Canada, an Indian reserve () or First Nations reserve () is defined by the '' Indian Act'' as a "tract of land, the legal title to which is vested in Her Majesty, that has been set apart by Her Majesty for the use and benefit of a band." ...

of the Chipewyan Prairie First Nation in

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, Canada that is surrounded by the

Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo The Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo (abbreviated RMWB) is a specialized municipality in northeast Alberta, Canada. It is the largest regional municipality in Canada by area (105650.88km2 , this number includes Wood Buffalo Nation Park o ...

. It is southwest of

Fort McMurray Fort McMurray ( ) is an urban service area in the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo in Alberta, Canada. It is located in northeast Alberta, in the middle of the Athabasca oil sands, surrounded by boreal forest. It has played a significa ...

History

People began migrating to the Janvier area in the 1920s.

Geography

The

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of Janvier is on the Janvier 194 reserve.https://docs2.cer-rec.gc.ca/ll-eng/llisapi.dll/fetch/2000/90464/90550/554112/915551/942200/941456/A3G6W8_%2D_Attach_07i_%2D_Appendix08_TraditionalKnowledge.pdf?nodeid=941843&vernum=-2

Demographics

In the

2016 Canadian Census The 2016 Canadian census was an enumeration of Canadian residents, which counted a population of 35,151,728, a change from its 2011 population of 33,476,688. The census, conducted by Statistics Canada, was Canada's seventh quinquennial census. ...

, it recorded a population of 414 living in 126 of its 143 total private dwellings.

References

Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo Indian reserves in Alberta {{Alberta-IndianReserve-stub