 With a land area of , the census subdivision had a population density of in 2016.Excluding the two Métis settlements, Smoky Lake County had a population of 2,461 in 2016, a change of from its 2011 population of 2,459.As a census subdivision in the 2011 Census of Population, Smoky Lake County had a population of 3,910 living in 1,481 of its 1,920 total dwellings, a 16.5% change from its 2006 population of 3,357.