Complete your census online!
The Town of Sylvan Lake is conducting a municipal census. It begins Monday April 15, 2024 until July 15, 2024.
Residents can expect the following:
- Door knockers with Information arriving at your home, delivered by enumerators or arriving by mail
- These door knockers will have a Secure Access Code (SAC) for your address ONLY
- Use this code to complete the census online
- Enter your SAC
- Confirm your address
- Answer the questions!
- Enumerators will visit homes between April 27 to July 15 for those that aren’t completed online
Why participate in the census?
- It helps guide decisions. By knowing how many people live here, we can understand what services are needed and how to distribute resources
- It helps attract new business. When companies consider Sylvan Lake, they look at how many people live here. An accurate census shows potential customers for businesses to succeed
- It brings in money from grants and other levels of government. Many funding programs provide dollars based on population. If our census is outdated, we miss out on money that could help us fund important projects like roads and infrastructure
Additional census information
A Federal census, completed in 2021, puts the population of Sylvan Lake at 15,995. This represents an 8% increase over 2016 numbers.
Lost your census tag?
- Call the census coordinator at census@sylvanlake.ca or call 403 887 2141, 201