Bluesky, Alberta

Bluesky is a hamlet in Alberta, Canada within the Municipal District of Fairview No. 136. It is located along Highway 2, east of Fairview in northern Alberta.

Heavy oil was discovered in a well east of the hamlet in 1952, in a geological formation named after the community, Bluesky Formation.

Demographics
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Bluesky had a population of 113 living in 53 of its 62 total private dwellings, a change of NaN% from its 2016 population of 127. With a land area of 0.37 km2, it had a population density of in 2021.

As a designated place in the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Bluesky had a population of 127 living in 60 of its 65 total private dwellings, a change of NaN% from its 2011 population of 164. With a land area of 0.37 km2, it had a population density of in 2016.

Events

 * Bluesky Picnic Jam (formerly Bluefest)

Notable residents

 * Hubert Brooks, RCAF officer and Olympic gold medalist