Red Deer County is a

municipal district A municipal district is an administrative entity comprising a clearly-defined territory and its population. It may be a city, a town, a village, a small grouping of them, or a rural area. Brazil In Brazil, municipal districts are, in general, su ...

in central

Alberta Alberta is a Provinces and territories of Canada, province in Canada. It is a part of Western Canada and is one of the three Canadian Prairies, prairie provinces. Alberta is bordered by British Columbia to its west, Saskatchewan to its east, t ...

, Canada within Census Division No. 8 and surrounding the City of Red Deer. The neighbouring municipalities of Red Deer County are Clearwater County to the west,

Lacombe County Lacombe County is a municipal district in Southern Alberta, Canada. It is within Census Division No. 8 north of the City of Red Deer. Its municipal office is west of Highway 2 and the City of Lacombe, and east of the Summer Village of G ...

to the north, the County of Stettler No. 6 to the east,

Kneehill County Kneehill County is a municipal district in central Alberta, Canada within Census Division No. 5. History ''"The municipal history of Kneehill County began in when"'' ic''"the Rural Municipality of Roach formed in 1913... In 1945, the Munici ...

to the southeast and

Mountain View County Mountain View County is a municipal district in Division No. 6 in central Alberta, Canada. Located between the cities of Calgary and Red Deer within the Calgary-Edmonton corridor, its municipal office is located north of the Town of Didsbury. ...

to the south. It is located approximately midway between

Edmonton Edmonton is the capital city of the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Alberta. It is situated on the North Saskatchewan River and is the centre of the Edmonton Metropolitan Region, which is surrounded by Central Alberta ...

and

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, bisected by the Queen Elizabeth II Highway and bounded on the north and east by the

Red Deer River The Red Deer River is a river in Alberta and a small portion of Saskatchewan, Canada. It is a major tributary of the South Saskatchewan River and is part of the larger Saskatchewan / Nelson River, Nelson system that empties into Hudson Bay. T ...

Geography

Communities and localities

The following urban municipalities are surrounded by Red Deer County. ;

Cities A city is a human settlement of a substantial size. The term "city" has different meanings around the world and in some places the settlement can be very small. Even where the term is limited to larger settlements, there is no universally agree ...

Red Deer The red deer (''Cervus elaphus'') is one of the largest deer species. A male red deer is called a stag or Hart (deer), hart, and a female is called a doe or hind. The red deer inhabits most of Europe, the Caucasus Mountains region, Anatolia, Ir ...

;

Towns A town is a type of a human settlement, generally larger than a village but smaller than a city. The criteria for distinguishing a town vary globally, often depending on factors such as population size, economic character, administrative stat ...

* Bowden * Innisfail * Penhold * Sylvan Lake ;

Villages A village is a human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand. Although villages are often located in rural areas, the term urban village ...

* Delburne * Elnora ; Summer villages * Jarvis Bay * Norglenwold The following

hamlets A hamlet is a human settlement that is smaller than a town or village. This is often simply an informal description of a smaller settlement or possibly a subdivision or satellite entity to a larger settlement. Sometimes a hamlet is defined f ...

are located within Red Deer County. ;

Hamlets A hamlet is a human settlement that is smaller than a town or village. This is often simply an informal description of a smaller settlement or possibly a subdivision or satellite entity to a larger settlement. Sometimes a hamlet is defined f ...

* Ardley * Benalto * Dickson * Gasoline Alley * Linn Valley * Lousana * Markerville * Springbrook * Spruce View The following localities are located within Red Deer County. ;Localities *Balmoral ** Hawk Hills (

designated place A designated place (DPL) is a type of community or settlement identified by Statistics Canada that does not meet the criteria used to define municipalities or population centres. DPLs are delineated every 5 years for the Canadian census as the s ...

) ** Balmoral Heights (designated place) *Bouteiller Subdivision or Boutellier Subdivision *Briggs *Broderson Subdivision or Brodersons Subdivision *Brownlee Acreage *Burnt Lake * Canyon Heights (designated place) *

Central Park Central Park is an urban park between the Upper West Side and Upper East Side neighborhoods of Manhattan in New York City, and the first landscaped park in the United States. It is the List of parks in New York City, sixth-largest park in the ...

(designated place) *Coalbanks *Cygnet *Doan *Elspeth * Evarts *Fleming *Garrington *Garrington Acres *Gleniffer *Green Ridge Park *Half Moon Bay *Harrison *Henday *

Herder A herder is a pastoralism, pastoral worker responsible for the care and management of a herd or flock of domestic animals, usually on extensive management, open pasture. It is particularly associated with nomadic pastoralism, nomadic or transhuma ...

(designated place) *High Ridge Properties *Hillsdown *Horseshoe Lake *Kevisville *Knee Hill Valley * Kountry Meadows (designated place) or Kountry Meadow Estates *Kuusamo * Les Trailer Park (designated place) *McKenzie Subdivision *Melody Meadows Trailer Park *Milnerton *Mintlaw *Mountain House *New Hill *Niobe *Nisbet * Pine Lake *Poplar Ridge or Poplar Ridge Subdivision *Prevo *

Raven A raven is any of several large-bodied passerine bird species in the genus '' Corvus''. These species do not form a single taxonomic group within the genus. There is no consistent distinction between crows and ravens; the two names are assigne ...

*Red Deer Junction *Ridgewood Terrace *Riverview Park *Shady Pine Trailer Park *South Park Village * Spruce Lane Acres (designated place) *Trueman Subdivision *Tuttle *West Ridge Estates *Wild Rose * Woodland Hills (designated place) ;Business Parks The following are

business park A business park or office park is a designated area of land in which many office buildings are grouped together. These types of developments are often located in suburban areas where land and building costs are more affordable, and are typically ...

s located within Red Deer County: *Belich Business Park *Blindman Industrial Park *Burnt Lake Business Park *Clearview Industrial Park *Energy Business Park * Gasoline Alley Business Park *Kuusomo Industrial Park *McKenzie Industrial Business Park *Petrolia Business Park *Piper Creek Business Park *Red Deer Industrial Park

Demographics

In the

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conducted by

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, Red Deer County had a population of 19,933 living in 7,430 of its 8,674 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 19,531. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021. In the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Red Deer County had a population of 19,541 living in 7,097 of its 8,440 total private dwellings, a change from its 2011 population of 18,316. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2016.

Economy

Agriculture Agriculture encompasses crop and livestock production, aquaculture, and forestry for food and non-food products. Agriculture was a key factor in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species created ...

plays a role in Red Deer County's economy including livestock and crop production. Red Deer County has dairies that make cheese, U-pick vegetable and fruit farms, and the largest

organic farm Organic farming, also known as organic agriculture or ecological farming or biological farming,Labelling, article 30 o''Regulation (EU) 2018/848 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 2024 on organic production and labelling of ...

in Alberta. It also has

elk The elk (: ''elk'' or ''elks''; ''Cervus canadensis'') or wapiti, is the second largest species within the deer family, Cervidae, and one of the largest terrestrial mammals in its native range of North America and Central and East Asia. ...

, deer, and

apiary An apiary (also known as a bee yard) is a location where Beehive (beekeeping), beehives of honey bees are kept. Apiaries come in many sizes and can be rural or urban depending on the honey production operation. Furthermore, an apiary may refer to ...

farms as well as a mouse farm, which raises white mice for the pet food industry.

Lumber Lumber is wood that has been processed into uniform and useful sizes (dimensional lumber), including beams and planks or boards. Lumber is mainly used for construction framing, as well as finishing (floors, wall panels, window frames). ...

and mineral resources are also present in Red Deer County.

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