Woking, Alberta

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|subdivision_name2 = No. 19

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|subdivision_name3 = Saddle Hills County

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|leader_name = Saddle Hills County Council

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| area_land_km2 = 0.55

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| population_total = 62

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Woking is a hamlet in northwestern Alberta, Canada within Saddle Hills County.{{AltaML}} It is named for the town of Woking in Surrey, England.{{cite book|last1=Marden|first1=Ernest G.|last2=Marden|first2=Austin|title=Community Place Names of Alberta|date=2010|page=357|publisher=Lulu.com|isbn=978-1897472170|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jbIYAwAAQBAJ|access-date=2 September 2017}}

It is located in the Peace River Country north of the Town of Sexsmith and south of the Village of Rycroft and the Town of Spirit River.

The hamlet is located in Census Division No. 19 and in the federal riding of Peace River.

Demographics

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| source = Statistics Canada
{{1951CDNcuipr}}{{1956CDNcuipr}}{{1961CDNcuipr}}{{1966CDNcuipr}}{{1971CDNcuipr}}{{1976CDNcuipr}}{{1981CDNcuipr}}{{1986CDNcuipr}}{{1991CDNcuipr}}{{1996CDNcdplr}}{{cite web | url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/english/census01/products/standard/popdwell/Table-CSD-D.cfm?PR=48 | title=Population and Dwelling Counts, for Canada, Provinces and Territories, and Census Divisions, 2001 and 1996 Censuses - 100% Data (Alberta) | publisher=Statistics Canada | date=August 15, 2012 | accessdate=September 19, 2024}}{{cite web | url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2006/dp-pd/hlt/97-550/Index.cfm?TPL=P1C&Page=RETR&LANG=Eng&T=1302&SR=1&S=1&O=A&RPP=9999&PR=48&CMA=0 | title=Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and designated places, 2006 and 2001 censuses - 100% data (Alberta) | publisher=Statistics Canada | date=July 20, 2021 | accessdate=September 19, 2024}}{{cite web | url=http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2011/dp-pd/hlt-fst/pd-pl/Table-Tableau.cfm?LANG=Eng&T=1302&PR=48&S=51&O=A&RPP=25 | title=Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and designated places, 2011 and 2006 censuses (Alberta) | publisher=Statistics Canada | date=February 8, 2012 | access-date=September 19, 2024}}

|1951|87

|1956|113

|1961|157

|1966|100

|1971|85

|1976|80

|1981|106

|1986|77

|1991|91

|1991{{abbr|A|adjusted}}|92

|1996|80

|2001|87

|2006|99

|2011|106

|2016|102

|2021|62

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In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Woking had a population of 62 living in 31 of its 36 total private dwellings, a change of {{percentage|{{#expr:62-102}}|102|1}} from its 2016 population of 102. With a land area of {{cvt|0.55|km2}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|62|0.55|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, Woking had a population of 102 living in 43 of its 55 total private dwellings, a change of {{percentage|{{#expr:102-106}}|106|1}} from its 2011 population of 106. With a land area of {{convert|0.55|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|102|0.55|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}}