Kinuso
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{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}
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|subdivision_name1 = Alberta
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|subdivision_name2 = Northern Alberta
|subdivision_type3 = Census Division
|subdivision_name3 = No. 17
|subdivision_type4 = Municipal district
|subdivision_name4 = Big Lakes County
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| area_land_km2 = 0.58
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| population_total = 150
| population_density_km2 = 257.8
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Kinuso ({{langx|cr-Cans|ᑭᓄᓭᐤ}}, {{lang|cr-Latn|kinosêw}}) is a hamlet in northern Alberta, Canada within Big Lakes County,{{AltaML}} and surrounded by the Swan River First Nation reserve. It is located approximately {{convert|48|km|mi}} west of Slave Lake and 71 km east of High Prairie along Highway 2, south of the southern shore of Lesser Slave Lake.
The name Kinuso comes from the Cree word {{lang|cr-Latn|kinosêw}} 'fish'.
Kinuso was incorporated as a village until it dissolved on September 1, 2009.{{Cite web|url=http://www.qp.alberta.ca/documents/orders/orders_in_council/2009/709/2009_407.html |title=Order in Council (O.C.) 407/2009 |author=Alberta Queen’s Printer |date=2009-07-21 |access-date=2010-06-20}}
Demographics
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|footnote = Source: Statistics Canada
{{cite book | title=Census of Canada, 1956 | volume=I: Population | year=1958 | publisher=Dominion Bureau of Statistics | location=Ottawa | chapter=Table 6: Population by sex, for census subdivisions, 1956 and 1951}}{{cite book | title=1966 Census of Canada | volume=Population: Divisions and Subdivisions | series=Western Provinces | year=1967 | publisher=Dominion Bureau of Statistics | location=Ottawa | chapter=Table 9: Population by census subdivisions, 1966 by sex, and 1961}}{{cite book | title=1976 Census of Canada | volume=Population: Geographic Distributions | series=Census Divisions and Subdivisions, Western Provinces and the Territories | year=1977 | publisher=Statistics Canada | location=Ottawa | chapter=Table 3: Population for census divisions and subdivisions, 1971 and 1976}}{{cite book | title=1981 Census of Canada | volume=Census subdivisions in decreasing population order | year=1982 | publisher=Statistics Canada | location=Ottawa | chapter=Table 2: Census Subdivisions in Alphabetical Order, Showing Population Rank, Canada, 1981 | isbn=0-660-51563-6}}{{cite book | title=91 Census | volume=Population and Dwelling Counts – Census Divisions and Census Subdivisions | year=1992 | publisher=Statistics Canada | location=Ottawa | pages=100–108 | chapter=Table 2: Population and Dwelling Counts, for Census Divisions and Census Subdivisions, 1986 and 1991 – 100% Data | isbn=0-660-57115-3}}{{cite web | title=Population and Dwelling Counts, for Canada, Provinces and Territories, and Census Divisions, 2001 and 1996 Censuses – 100% Data (Alberta) | url=http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/english/census01/products/standard/popdwell/Table-CSD-D.cfm?PR=48 | publisher=Statistics Canada | access-date=2019-05-25}}{{cite web | title=Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), 2006 and 2001 censuses – 100% data (Alberta) | url=http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2006/dp-pd/hlt/97-550/Index.cfm?TPL=P1C&Page=RETR&LANG=Eng&T=302&SR=1&S=1&O=A&RPP=9999&PR=48&CMA=0 | publisher=Statistics Canada | date=January 6, 2010 | access-date=2019-05-25}}
|1951|238
|1956|306
|1961|323
|1966|376
|1971|267
|1976|305
|1981|285
|1986|282
|1991|230
|1996|258
|2001|231
|2006|219
|2011|276
|2016|182
|2021|150
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In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Kinuso had a population of 150 living in 73 of its 93 total private dwellings, a change of {{percentage|{{#expr:150-182}}|182|1}} from its 2016 population of 182. With a land area of {{cvt|0.58|km2}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|150|0.58|km2|sqmi|prec=1}} in 2021.{{cite web | url=https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/cv.action?pid=9810001201 | title=Population and dwelling counts: Canada and designated places | publisher=Statistics Canada | date=February 9, 2022 | accessdate=February 10, 2022}}
As a designated place in the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Kinuso had a population of 182 living in 77 of its 102 total private dwellings, a change of {{percentage|{{#expr:182-276}}|276|1}} from its 2011 population of 276. With a land area of {{convert|0.59|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|182|0.59|km2|sqmi|prec=1}} in 2016.{{cite web | url=http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/hlt-fst/pd-pl/Table.cfm?Lang=Eng&T=1301&SR=1&S=45&O=A&RPP=9999&PR=48&CMA=0#tPopDwell | title=Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and designated places, 2016 and 2011 censuses – 100% data (Alberta) | publisher=Statistics Canada | date=February 8, 2017 | access-date=February 13, 2017}}