Faust | |
Settlement Type: | Hamlet |
Pushpin Relief: | yes |
Pushpin Map: | Canada Alberta#Canada |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Faust |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Canada |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Alberta |
Subdivision Type2: | Region |
Subdivision Name2: | Northern Alberta |
Subdivision Type3: | Census division |
Subdivision Name3: | 17 |
Subdivision Type4: | Municipal district |
Subdivision Name4: | Big Lakes County |
Government Type: | Unincorporated |
Leader Title1: | Governing body |
Leader Name1: | Big Lakes County Council |
Established Title: | Established |
Area Footnotes: | (2021) |
Area Land Km2: | 4.42 |
Population As Of: | 2021 |
Population Total: | 282 |
Population Density Km2: | 63.7 |
Timezone: | MST |
Utc Offset: | −07:00 |
Timezone Dst: | MDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | −06:00 |
Coordinates: | 55.3158°N -115.6275°W |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Area Code: | 780, 587, 825 |
Blank Name: | Highways |
Blank1 Name: | Waterways |
Faust is a hamlet in northern Alberta within Big Lakes County, located north of Highway 2, approximately northwest of Edmonton (309 km by road).
The community has the name of E. T. Faust, a railroad officer.[1]
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Faust had a population of 282 living in 133 of its 167 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 261. With a land area of, it had a population density of in 2021.[2]
As a designated place in the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Faust had a population of 261 living in 117 of its 152 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2011 population of 275. With a land area of 4.59km2, it had a population density of in 2016.[3]