Faust, Alberta

Faust is a hamlet in northern Alberta within Big Lakes County, located 1 km north of Highway 2, approximately 241 km northwest of Edmonton (309 km by road).

The community has the name of E. T. Faust, a railroad officer.

Demographics
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Faust had a population of 282 living in 133 of its 167 total private dwellings, a change of NaN% from its 2016 population of 261. With a land area of 4.42 km2, it had a population density of in 2021.

As a designated place in the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Faust had a population of 261 living in 117 of its 152 total private dwellings, a change of NaN% from its 2011 population of 275. With a land area of 4.59 km2, it had a population density of in 2016.