 Big Lakes County's 2013 municipal census counted a population of 3,861, a change from its 2002 municipal census population of 4,181.As a census subdivision in the 2011 Census of Population, Big Lakes had a population of 5,912 living in 2,143 of its 2,710 total dwellings, a -1.3% change from its 2006 adjusted population of 5,989.This includes the populations of three Metis settlements, East Prairie (366), Gift Lake (662) and Peavine (690), located within the census subdivision that are municipalities independent of Big Lakes County.