Grassy Lake, Alberta


Grassy Lake is a hamlet in Alberta, Canada within the Municipal District of Taber. It is located on the Crowsnest Highway, midway between the cities of Lethbridge to the west and Medicine Hat to the east. It is approximately west of Burdett and east of Taber. It has an elevation of. It was formerly incorporated as a village, dissolving into the Municipal District of Taber on July 1, 1996.
The hamlet is located in census division No. 2 and in the federal riding of Medicine Hat.
Grassy Lake was named for a nearby lake of the same name, which has since been drained.

Demographics

As a designated place in the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Grassy Lake recorded a population of 799 living in 179 of its 187 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2011 population of 649. With a land area of, it had a population density of in 2016.
The Municipal District of Taber's 2016 municipal census counted a population of 815 in Grassy Lake, a change from the hamlet's 2013 municipal census population of 778.
As a designated place in the 2011 Census, Grassy Lake had a population of 649 living in 149 of its 156 total dwellings, a 46.5% change from its 2006 population of 443. With a land area of, it had a population density of in 2011.