title: Northern Sunrise County
text: # Northern Sunrise County
  
  Northern Sunrise County is a municipal district in northern Alberta, Canada. Located in Census Division 17, its municipal office is located east of the Town of Peace River at the intersection of Highway 2 and Highway 688.
  
  ## History
  
  On July 10, 2002, the name changed from Municipal District of East Peace No. 131 to Northern Sunrise County.
  
  ## Demographics
  
  In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Northern Sunrise County had a population of 1,711 living in 658 of its 765 total private dwellings, a change of -10.9% from its 2016 population of 1,921. With a land area of 20,915.18 $km^2$ (8,075.40 sq mi), it had a population density of $0.1/km^2$ (0.2/sq mi) in 2021.
  
  In the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Northern Sunrise County had a population of 1,891 living in 712 of its 798 total private dwellings, a 5.6% change from its 2011 population of 1,791. With a land area of 21,150.97 $km^2$ (8,166.44 sq mi), it had a population density of $0.1/km^2$ (0.2/sq mi) in 2016.
  
  Northern Sunrise County's 2013 municipal census counted a population of 1,933, a -9.4% change from its 2011 municipal census population of 2,133. A shadow population count also occurred at the same time as its 2013 municipal census, which counted an additional non-permanent population of 592 for a combined 2013 population of 2,525.
  
  ## Government
  
  Northern Sunrise County has six councilors, one for each of the following wards:
  
  * Ward 1 - Reno / Harmon Valley
  * Ward 2 - Nampa
  * Ward 3 - Marie Reine / Judah
  * Ward 4 - St. Isidore
  * Ward 5 - Three Creeks / Wesley Creek
  * Ward 6 - Cadotte Lake / Little Buffalo
  
  The reeve is appointed from among the elected councilors.
  
  