Fort McMurray—Cold Lake

Fort McMurray—Cold Lake is a federal electoral district in Alberta, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 2015. It was created in 2012, mostly from the more urbanized portion of Fort McMurray—Athabasca (78%) combined with a portion of Westlock—St. Paul (22%).

Fort McMurray—Cold Lake
Alberta electoral district
Fort McMurray—Cold Lake in relation to other Alberta federal electoral districts as of the 2013 Representation Order.
Federal electoral district
LegislatureHouse of Commons
MP
 
 
 
Laila Goodridge
Conservative
District created2013
First contested2015
Last contested2021
District webpageprofile, map
Demographics
Population (2011)101,538
Electors (2019)78,157
Area (km²)147,412
Pop. density (per km²)0.69
Census division(s)Division No. 12, Division No. 16, Division No. 17
Census subdivision(s)Bonnyville No. 87, Cold Lake, Lac La Biche, Opportunity No. 17, Wood Buffalo

The new riding consists of the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo, the city of Cold Lake, and Lac La Biche County. It also contains CFB Cold Lake and most of the Athabasca oil sands.

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