Brazeau County

Brazeau County is a municipal district in central Alberta, Canada. It is located in Census Division 11. The municipal district was incorporated on July 1, 1988 from Improvement District No. 222. On October 1, 2002, the name was changed from Municipal District of Brazeau No. 77 to Brazeau County.

It is named for the Brazeau River, in turn named for Joseph Brazeau, a linguist associated with the Palliser Expedition.

History
Brazeau County encompasses an area that was originally under the jurisdiction of three neighbouring municipalities. In the mid-1980s, residents of the southwest portion of Parkland County and the west portion of Leduc County were growing weary of perceived poor service provision as a result of being located significant distances from their municipal headquarters in Stony Plain and Leduc respectively. After much lobbying and petitions over approximately five years, lands were severed from Parkland County and Leduc County, as well as a small portion of Yellowhead County to the west, to create Improvement District No. 222 on December 31, 1987, which incorporated as the Municipal District of Brazeau No. 77 six months later on July 1, 1988. The municipality subsequently changed its name to Brazeau County on October 1, 2002.

Communities and localities
The following urban municipalities are surrounded by Brazeau County.
 * Cities
 * none
 * Towns
 * Drayton Valley
 * Villages
 * Breton
 * Summer villages
 * none

The following hamlets are located within Brazeau County.
 * Hamlets
 * Buck Creek
 * Cynthia
 * Lodgepole
 * Poplar Ridge
 * Rocky Rapids
 * Violet Grove

The following localities are located within Brazeau County.
 * Localities


 * Alsike
 * Antross
 * Beaver Estates
 * Berrymoor
 * Birch Field Estates
 * Birchwood Village Greens
 * Boggy Hall
 * Brazeau Dam
 * Carnwood
 * Cottonwood Subdivision
 * Country Classic Estates
 * Country Style Trailer Court
 * Easyford


 * Fairway Meadows
 * Lindale
 * Meadow Land Acres
 * Parview Estates
 * Pembina
 * Pleasant View
 * Rex Block
 * River Ridge Subdivision
 * Round Valley
 * Valley Drive
 * Valley Drive Acres
 * West Bank Acres

Demographics
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Brazeau County had a population of 7,179 living in 2,860 of its 3,167 total private dwellings, a change of NaN% from its 2016 population of 7,771. With a land area of 3000.14 km2, it had a population density of in 2021.

In the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Brazeau County had a population of 7,771 living in 2,930 of its 3,194 total private dwellings, a NaN% change from its 2011 population of 7,132. With a land area of 3005.35 km2, it had a population density of in 2016.