{{short description|Municipal district in Alberta, Canada}} {{Use Canadian English|date=January 2026}} {{use mdy dates|date=December 2021}} {{Infobox settlement | official_name = Yellowhead County | other_name = | native_name = | nickname = | settlement_type = Municipal district | motto = | image_skyline = | imagesize = 180px | image_caption = | image_map = {{Location map+ |CAN AB Yellowhead |caption = |float = center |places = {{Location map~ |CAN AB Yellowhead |label = '''Edson''' |mark = Western Canada Map Assets Town.svg |marksize = 6 |position = bottom |lat_deg = 53.581667 |lon_deg = -116.434444}} {{Location map~ |CAN AB Yellowhead |label = '''Hinton''' |mark = Western Canada Map Assets Town.svg |marksize = 6 |position = left |lat_deg = 53.411389 |lon_deg = -117.563889}} {{Location map~ |CAN AB Yellowhead |label = Evansburg |mark = Western Canada Map Assets Hamlet.svg |marksize = 4 |position = bottom |lat_deg = 53.602222 |lon_deg = -115.019444}} {{Location map~ |CAN AB Yellowhead |label = Wildwood |mark = Western Canada Map Assets Hamlet.svg |marksize = 4 |position = left |lat_deg = 53.609444 |lon_deg = -115.2375}} {{Location map~ |CAN AB Yellowhead |label = Cadomin |mark = Western Canada Map Assets Hamlet.svg |marksize = 4 |position = right |lat_deg = 53.03246 |lon_deg = -117.32652}} {{Location map~ |CAN AB Yellowhead |label = Robb |mark = Western Canada Map Assets Hamlet.svg |marksize = 4 |position = right |lat_deg = 53.2333 |lon_deg = -116.9786}} }} | image_map1 = AB locator YELLOWHEAD COUNTY.svg | mapsize1 = 200 | map_caption1 = Location within Alberta | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = Canada | subdivision_type1 = Province | subdivision_name1 = Alberta | subdivision_type2 = Region | subdivision_name2 = Central Alberta | subdivision_type3 = Census division | subdivision_name3 = 14 | government_footnotes = <ref name="council">{{Yellowhead County Council|ref}}</ref> | government_type = | leader_title = Mayor | leader_name = Wade Williams | leader_title1 = Governing body | leader_name1 = {{Yellowhead County Council}} | leader_title2 = CAO | leader_name2 = Luc Mercier | leader_title3 = Administrative&nbsp;office | leader_name3 = Edson | established_title = Established | established_date = 1994 | established_title2 = Incorporated | established_date2 = 1994 | area_footnotes = &nbsp;(2021)<ref name=2021census/> | area_land_km2 = 22238.56 | population_as_of = 2021 | population_footnotes = <ref name=2021census/> | population_note = | population_total = 10426 <!-- 2021 StatCan census population only per WP:CANPOP; do not replace with latest municipal census population count; this municipal census population count can go in the population_blank1_title and population_blank1 parameters further below and can be noted in the article body (so long as it doesn't replace the 2021 StatCan census population in the body). --> | population_density_km2 = 0.5 | population_blank1_title = | population_blank1 = | population_blank2_title = | population_blank2 = | timezone = MST | utc_offset = −7 | timezone_DST = MDT | utc_offset_DST = −6 | elevation_footnotes = <!--for references: use<ref> </ref> tags--> | elevation_m = | coordinates = {{coord|53|34|54|N|116|26|4|W|region:CA-AB|display=inline,title}} | postal_code_type = | postal_code = | area_code = | website = {{official website|www.yhcounty.ca|yhcounty.ca}} | footnotes = }}

[[File:Yellowhead County AB Entrance on Yellowhead Highway.jpg|thumb|right|Entering Yellowhead County on the Yellowhead Highway]] [[File:Embarrasbarn.jpg|thumb|right|Winter at Embarras]]

'''Yellowhead County''' is a municipal district in west central Alberta, Canada. It is the only municipal district within Alberta census division No. 14.

== History == *1994: Established as a ''Municipal District of Yellowhead No. 94'' on January 1. *1998: The name changed to ''Yellowhead County'' on July 8.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.municipalaffairs.gov.ab.ca/cfml/profiles/data/0482_1.htm|title=Yellowhead County municipal profile|author=Alberta Municipal Affairs|access-date=2008-04-16|archive-date=April 26, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090426043343/http://www.municipalaffairs.gov.ab.ca/cfml/profiles/data/0482_1.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> *1998: Evansburg dissolved as a village, and became part of Yellowhead Municipal District on June 30.

== Geography == === Communities and localities === <div style="width:70%"> {{col-begin}} {{col-break}} The following urban municipalities are surrounded by Yellowhead County.<ref name=communities>{{AltaML}}</ref> ;Cities *none ;Towns *Edson *Hinton ;Villages *none ;Summer villages *none {{col-break}} The following hamlets are located within Yellowhead County.<ref name=communities/> ;Hamlets *Brule *Cadomin *Evansburg *Marlboro *Niton Junction *Peers *Robb *Wildwood {{col-end}}

The following localities are located within Yellowhead County.<ref name=localities>{{cite web | url=http://stds.statcan.gc.ca/sgc-cgt/2006/ersl-rerl-fin-eng.asp?criteria=4814003 | title=Standard Geographical Classification (SGC) 2006, Economic Regions: 4814003 - Yellowhead County, geographical codes and localities, 2006 | publisher=Statistics Canada | date=2010-03-05 | access-date=2012-08-12 | archive-date=May 25, 2013 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130525211528/http://stds.statcan.gc.ca/sgc-cgt/2006/ersl-rerl-fin-eng.asp?criteria=4814003 | url-status=live }}</ref> ;Localities {{col-begin}} {{col-break}} *Ansell *Balkan *Basing *Bickerdike *Branch Inn Trailer Court *Brule Mines *Brûlé Mines *Bryan *Calvert *Carrot Creek *Chip Lake *Coal Valley *Coalspur *Dalehurst *Diss *Drinnan *Embarras *Entrance *Erith *Erith Tie *Fidler {{col-break}} *Foothills *Galloway *Granada *Grave Flats *Gregg Subdivision *Haddock *Hanlon *Hansonville *Hargwen *Hattonford *Hoff *Holloway *Hornbeck *Kaydee *Leaman *Leyland *Lobstick *Lovettville *Luscar *MacKay (held hamlet designation from 1979 to 2019)<ref name=hamlet1979>{{cite web | url=https://yellowheadcounty.civicweb.net/FileStorage/FE6600B4046841E289371A3F46045997-Bylaw%2003.19%20to%20Repeal%20Bylaw%201.79%20Establishment%20.pdf | title=Bylaw 03.19 to Repeal Bylaw 1.79 Establishment of Hamlet Boundaries (MacKay) | publisher=Yellowhead County | date=February 26, 2019 | accessdate=August 1, 2021 | archive-date=August 1, 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210801195617/https://yellowheadcounty.civicweb.net/FileStorage/FE6600B4046841E289371A3F46045997-Bylaw%2003.19%20to%20Repeal%20Bylaw%201.79%20Establishment%20.pdf | url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=hamlet2019>{{cite web | url=https://yellowheadcounty.civicweb.net/document/31645 | title=Council Meeting Minutes | publisher=Yellowhead County | date=February 26, 2019 | accessdate=August 1, 2021}}</ref> {{col-break}} *Mahaska *Matthews Crossing *McLeod River *McLeod Valley *Medicine Lodge *Mercoal *Mountain Park *Mountain View Estates *Niton *Nojack or No Jack *Northville *Obed *Oke *Old Entrance *Park Court *Pedley *Pembina Forks *Pine Dale Subdivision *Pine Shadows *Pinedale (held hamlet designation from 1987 to 2019)<ref name=hamlet1987>{{cite web | url=https://yellowheadcounty.civicweb.net/FileStorage/707A2EAC4FFC4B45B7370CC250A73C15-Bylaw%2004.19%20to%20repeal%20Bylaw%202.87%20Establishment%20.pdf | title=Bylaw 04.19 to repeal Bylaw 2.87 Establishment of Hamlet Boundaries (Pinedale) | publisher=Yellowhead County | date=February 26, 2019 | accessdate=August 1, 2021 | archive-date=August 1, 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210801200255/https://yellowheadcounty.civicweb.net/FileStorage/707A2EAC4FFC4B45B7370CC250A73C15-Bylaw%2004.19%20to%20repeal%20Bylaw%202.87%20Establishment%20.pdf | url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=hamlet2019/> {{col-break}} *Pinedale Estates *Pioneer *Rangeton *Ravine *Reco *Rosevear *Shaw *Shining Bank *Solomon *Steeper *Sterco *Styal *Swan Landing *Trade Winds Trailer Court *Two Rivers Estates *Weald *Wild Hay *Wolf Creek *Yates {{col-end}} The former Village of Tollerton is also located in Yellowhead County.</div>

== 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 {{percentage|{{#expr:10426-10995}}|10995|1}} from its 2016 population of 10,995. With a land area of {{cvt|22238.56|km2}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|10426|22238.56|km2|sqmi|prec=1}} in 2021.<ref name=2021census>{{cite web | url=https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=9810000202&geocode=A000248 | title=Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities) | publisher=Statistics Canada | date=February 9, 2022 | accessdate=February 9, 2022 | archive-date=March 7, 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230307040244/https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=9810000202&geocode=A000248 | url-status=live }}</ref>

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 {{percentage|{{#expr:10995-10469}}|10469|1}} change from its 2011 population of 10,469. With a land area of {{convert|22293.16|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|10995|22293.16|km2|sqmi|prec=1}} in 2016.<ref name=2016censusABmunis>{{cite web | url=http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/hlt-fst/pd-pl/Table.cfm?Lang=Eng&T=302&SR=1&S=86&O=A&RPP=9999&PR=48 | title=Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), 2016 and 2011 censuses – 100% data (Alberta) | publisher=Statistics Canada | date=February 8, 2017 | access-date=February 8, 2017 | archive-date=February 11, 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170211082610/http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/hlt-fst/pd-pl/Table.cfm?Lang=Eng&T=302&SR=1&S=86&O=A&RPP=9999&PR=48 | url-status=live }}</ref>

== See also == *List of communities in Alberta *List of municipal districts in Alberta

== References == {{Reflist}}

== External links == {{Commons category|Yellowhead County, Alberta}} *{{official website}}

{{Geographic location | Northwest = Municipal District of Greenview No. 16 | North = Woodlands County | Northeast = Lac Ste. Anne County | West = Willmore Wilderness Park | Centre = Yellowhead County | East = Parkland County | Southwest = Jasper National Park | South = Clearwater County | Southeast = Brazeau County }} {{Alberta|RM=yes}}

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