In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the MD of Smoky River No. 130 had a population of 1,895 living in 664 of its 878 total private dwellings, a change of -5.5% from its 2016 population of 2,006. With a land area of 2,834.18 km2 (1,094.28 sq mi), it had a population density of 0.7/km2 (1.7/sq mi) in 2021.[3][2]
In the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the MD of Smoky River No. 130 had a population of 2,023 living in 720 of its 891 total private dwellings, a -4.8% change from its 2011 population of 2,126. With a land area of 2,840.14 km2 (1,096.58 sq mi), it had a population density of 0.7/km2 (1.8/sq mi) in 2016.[13]
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