We are a Municipal District of roughly 3,500 hearty souls spread out across 30,187 square kilometres of Municipal and First Nations Reserve lands, four Hamlets, and eight Localities in North Central Alberta.

Get to know us.

Welcome to Opportunity

We are the only Indigenous-majority municipality in Alberta. Proudly.

Home of Cree (Bigstone Nation) and Métis traditions and ways of life. A community that generates its oil & gas, energy, forestry, and recreational tourism economy from the natural environment, with a wealth of land-based Indigenous experiential offerings and local creator and entrepreneurial resources on the rise.

Notices

2604, 2026

Affordable Broadband coming to Sandy Lake

Arrow Technology Group, in an effort to bring reliable and affordable broadband Internet to underserved communities, we will be constructing a new Fiber to the Home (FTTH) network within your communities. This network will [...]

2604, 2026

Affordable Broadband coming to Calling Lake

Arrow Technology Group, in an effort to bring reliable and affordable broadband Internet to underserved communities, we will be constructing a new Fiber to the Home (FTTH) network within your communities. This network will [...]

1004, 2026

Road Protection Committee Order

PERCENTAGE AXLE WEIGHT ORDER NO. W-26-01 Issued under the authority of Bylaw 96-02. The Road Protection Committee herby orders that effective 8am Thursday April 2, 2026 percentage axle weight for vehicles operated on highways under [...]

Events

Seize the opportunity to go places
and familiarize yourself with the land.

Campground

Planning a visit?

This is encouragement and inspiration to lose yourself in the clear waters, rugged woods, wild brush, and thick berry patches of the Municipality in order to take the time to find a deeper, more meaningful connection to nature, to each other, and to the centre of your soul.

Starting a Business?

Opportunity abounds for the bold and ambitious enough to roll up their sleeves and work to build a life and a career here. Be the solution we seek as we work to build and support local entrepreneurship, business start-ups, land-based Indigenous tourism, and the birth of new industries.

Business