Clearwater County, Alberta

{{short description|Municipal district in Alberta, Canada}}

{{use mdy dates|date=December 2021}}

{{Infobox settlement

| official_name = Clearwater County

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| settlement_type = Municipal district

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| imagesize = 150px

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| image_seal = AB Clearwater County logo.png

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{{Location map+ |CAN AB Clearwater

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|float = center

|places =

{{Location map~ |CAN AB Clearwater

|label = Rocky Mountain House

|mark = Western Canada Map Assets Town.svg

|marksize = 8

|label_size = 110

|position = top

|lat_deg = 52.375278

|lon_deg = -114.921667

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{{Location map~ |CAN AB Clearwater

|label = Caroline

|mark = Western Canada Map Assets Village.svg

|marksize = 6

|position = left

|lat_deg = 52.093389

|lon_deg = -114.739583

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{{Location map~ |CAN AB Clearwater

|label = Nordegg

|mark = Western Canada Map Assets Hamlet.svg

|marksize = 4

|position = left

|lat_deg = 52.470556

|lon_deg = -116.075278

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{{Location map~ |CAN AB Clearwater

|label = Alhambra

|mark = Western Canada Map Assets Hamlet.svg

|marksize = 4

|position = bottom

|lat_deg = 52.343056

|lon_deg = -114.6725

}}

}}

| image_map1 = AB locator CLEARWATER 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 = 9

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| government_footnotes = {{Clearwater County Council (Alberta)|ref}}

| leader_name = {{Clearwater County Council (Alberta)|reeve}}

| leader_title1 = Governing body

| leader_name1 = {{Clearwater County Council (Alberta)}}

| leader_title4 = Reeve

| leader_name4 = Michelle Swanson

| leader_title2 = CAO

| leader_name2 = Rick Emmons

| leader_title3 = Administrative office

| leader_name3 = Rocky Mountain House

| established_title = Incorporated (municipal district)

| established_date = January 1, 1985

| established_title1 = Name change

| established_date1 = July 1, 2000

| established_title2 = Amalgamated

| established_date2 = January 1, 2025

| area_footnotes = (2021)

| area_land_km2 = 18605.71

| population_as_of = 2021

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| population_total = 11865

| population_density_km2 = 0.6

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| timezone = MST

| utc_offset = −7

| timezone_DST = MDT

| utc_offset_DST = −6

| coordinates = {{coord|52|22|31|N|114|55|18|W|region:CA-AB|display=inline,title}}

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| website = {{official website|www.clearwatercounty.ca}}

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Clearwater County is a municipal district in west central Alberta, Canada in Division No. 9. Its northwest boundary is the Brazeau River. The municipal office is located in the Town of Rocky Mountain House. The county has a land area of {{convert|18,691.65|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}} and comprises close to 99% of Census Division No. 9's land area of {{convert|18,921.38|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}. Although the territory excluded is rather small in geographical area, it comprises the major population centre of Rocky Mountain House, which has one-third of Division No. 9's population, in addition to the communities of Burnstick Lake and three Indian reserves. Clearwater County's 2021 census population was 11,865, which was prior to amalgamation with Caroline in 2025.

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