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Athabasca, Alberta

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The town of Athabasca is 1,870 feet [569.98 m] above sea level.<1>

Time Zone: Athabasca lies in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time.

We searched for American and Canadian communities that also have the name of Athabasca, but it seems to be unique to this community.

At the time of the 2006 StatCan Census, Athabasca had a population of 2,575 people<2>. This is an increase of 6.63% since the previous Census (with 2,415 people in 2001).

With 2,575 people, Athabasca represented 0.08% of the total population of Alberta, making it the province's 68th most populous community.

The following is a sample of nearby communities:

 Community DirectionDistance<3>2006
Population
Change
Since 2001
 Colinton   S6 mi [9.66 km]---
 Island Lake South   NW13 mi [20.92 km]10547.89% increase
 Island Lake   NW14 mi [22.53 km]35176.38% increase
 Meanook   S9 mi [14.48 km]---
 Perryvale   S17 mi [27.36 km]---
 South Baptiste   W11 mi [17.7 km]6956.82% increase

To learn more about neighboring communities, please visit the Neighborhood Page for Athabasca.

Website for Athabasca

If you know of a local history or genealogy society for Athabasca, would you please send us the URL for their website? We would like to add their link to our Gazetteer. To contact us, please visit our Feedback Page.




Search for Local Businesses

Google's 'Search-by-Location' is a very useful tool for people who might be planning visits to this area. We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities that are in (or close to) Athabasca. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.

For what it's worth: In addition to helping you submit your own search, clicking 'Other...' will frequently (but not always) show you some popular searches for this area.

Official Website:   www.town.athabasca.ab.ca/
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Restaurants     Auto Repair      
 RV Repair     Churches    
Food/Groceries        
Pharmacy     Auto Parts     Libraries    
  RV Parts     Schools    
Attractions     Motorcycle Parts     Government Offices    
     
Fishing/Hunting     Hospitals      
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  Dentists      
Other...     Veterinarians      

If you find an error or your business wasn't included in the results, please contact Google to help them resolve the issue (we simply link to 'Search-by-Location' and have no control over their results).



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The following websites contain collections of photos taken around Athabasca:

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Looking for more websites and/or information centered on Athabasca? Please visit the Map Page for Athabasca.


Footnotes

<1>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Athabasca - it wil be higher in some places and lower in others.

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<2>Unless noted otherwise, the population counts we use are estimates. Our population values come different sources and should not be considered official.

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<3>Our distances are calculated as a straight-line (or point-to-point) distance between Athabasca and the indicated community. The distance should be treated as an estimate and not as the driving distance.

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