Cleardale, Alberta
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Cleardale is a hamlet
Hamlet (place)
A hamlet is usually a rural settlement which is too small to be considered a village, though sometimes the word is used for a different sort of community. Historically, when a hamlet became large enough to justify building a church, it was then classified as a village...

 in northern Alberta
Northern Alberta
Northern Alberta is a region located in the Canadian province of Alberta.Its primary industry is oil and gas, with large heavy oil reserves being exploited at the Athabasca Oil Sands and Wabasca Area in the east of the region...

, Canada
Canada
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 within Clear Hills County
Clear Hills County, Alberta
Clear Hills County is a municipal district in north western Alberta, Canada. It is located in Census Division 17.On Jan 01, 2006, the name was changed from Municipal District of Clear Hills No...

. It is located on Highway 64 approximately 29 kilometres (18 mi) east of the British Columbia
British Columbia
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 border and 98 kilometres (60.9 mi) northwest of Fairview.

The hamlet is located in census division
Census division
Census division is an official term in Canada and the United States. The census divisions of Canada are second-level census geographic unit, below provinces and territories, and above "census subdivisions" and "dissemination areas". In provinces where they exist, the census division may correspond...

 No. 17
Division No. 17, Alberta
Division No. 17 is a census division in Alberta, Canada. It spans the central and northwest portions of northern Alberta and its largest urban community is the Town of Slave Lake. Division No...

.

Demographics

Statistics Canada has not recently published a population for Cleardale.

However, Industry Canada shows that Cleardale's greater rural area had a total population of 407 living in 120 dwellings in 2001. With a land area of 1310.98 km² (506.2 sq mi), its greater rural area has a population density
Population density
Population density is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume. It is frequently applied to living organisms, and particularly to humans...

of 0.3 /km2.

Education

Menno Simons Community School, a K-9 public school under the jurisdiction of the Peace River School Division, is located in Cleardale.
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