Editing Fort Chipewyan (section)

== Demographics ==
[[File:Alberta 1890s fur trader.jpg|thumb|right|Fort Chipewyan fur trader 1890s with $35,000 worth of furs]]
{{Historical populations
| title       = Population history of Fort Chipewyan
| type        = Canada
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| cols        = 2
| percentages =
| footnote    = 
| source      = [[Statistics Canada]]<br/><ref name=1951census>{{1951CDNcuipr}}</ref><ref name=1956census>{{1956CDNcuipr}}</ref><ref name=1961census>{{1961CDNcuipr}}</ref><ref name=1966census>{{1966CDNcuipr}}</ref><ref name=1971census>{{1971CDNcuipr}}</ref><ref name=1976census>{{1976CDNcuipr}}</ref><ref name=1981census>{{1981CDNcuipr}}</ref><ref name=1986census>{{1986CDNcuipr}}</ref><ref name=1991census>{{1991CDNcuipr}}</ref><ref name=1996census>{{1996CDNcdplr}}</ref><ref name=2001census>{{cite web | url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/english/census01/products/standard/popdwell/Table-CSD-D.cfm?PR=48 | title=Population and Dwelling Counts, for Canada, Provinces and Territories, and Census Divisions, 2001 and 1996 Censuses - 100% Data (Alberta) | publisher=[[Statistics Canada]] | date=August 15, 2012 | accessdate=September 19, 2024}}</ref><ref name=2006census>{{cite web | url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2006/dp-pd/hlt/97-550/Index.cfm?TPL=P1C&Page=RETR&LANG=Eng&T=1302&SR=1&S=1&O=A&RPP=9999&PR=48&CMA=0 | title=Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and designated places, 2006 and 2001 censuses - 100% data (Alberta) | publisher=[[Statistics Canada]] | date=July 20, 2021 | accessdate=September 19, 2024}}</ref><ref name=2011census>{{cite web | url=http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2011/dp-pd/hlt-fst/pd-pl/Table-Tableau.cfm?LANG=Eng&T=1302&PR=48&S=51&O=A&RPP=25 | title=Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and designated places, 2011 and 2006 censuses (Alberta) | publisher=Statistics Canada | date=February 8, 2012 | access-date=September 19, 2024}}</ref><ref name="2016census" /><ref name=2021census/>
|1941|441
|1951|466
|1956|304
|1961|717
|1966|1026
|1971|1122
|1976|1179
|1981|944
|1986|922
|1991|537
|1991{{abbr|A|adjusted}}|1004
|[[1996 Canadian census|1996]]|935
|[[2001 Canadian census|2001]]|902
|[[2006 Canadian census|2006]]|756
|[[2011 Canadian census|2011]]|847
|[[2016 Canadian census|2016]]|852
|[[2021 Canadian census|2021]]|798
}}

In the [[2021 Canadian census|2021 Census of Population]] conducted by [[Statistics Canada]], Fort Chipewyan had a population of 798 living in 309 of its 387 total private dwellings, a change of {{percentage|{{#expr:798-852}}|852|1}} from its 2016 population of 852. With a land area of {{cvt|9.93|km2}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|798|9.93|km2|sqmi|prec=1}} in 2021.<ref name=2021census>{{cite web |title=Fort Chipewyan, Unincorporated place (UNP) Alberta [Designated place] Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&DGUIDlist=2021A0006480243&GENDERlist=1,2,3&STATISTIClist=1,4&HEADERlist=0 |website=www12.statcan.gc.ca |publisher=Government of Canada - Statistics Canada |access-date=24 January 2025}}</ref>

The population of Fort Chipewyan according to the [[2018 Alberta municipal censuses|2018 municipal census]] conducted by the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo is 918,<ref name=2018WoodBuffalo>{{cite web | url=http://www.rmwb.ca/Assets/Departments/Planning+and+Development/Planning+$!26+Development+Documents/Census+Report+2018.pdf | title=census2018 Municipal Census Report | publisher=Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo | access-date=September 25, 2021 | archive-date=September 10, 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200910173454/https://www.rmwb.ca/Assets/Departments/Planning+and+Development/Planning+$!26+Development+Documents/Census+Report+2018.pdf | url-status=dead }}</ref> a decrease from its 2012 municipal census population count of 1,008.<ref name=2012popRMWB>{{cite web|url=http://www.woodbuffalo.ab.ca/Assets/Corporate/Census+Reports/Census+reports+Part+1.pdf |title=Municipal Census 2012: Count Yourself In! |publisher=Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo |page=24 |access-date=January 26, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130326055550/http://www.woodbuffalo.ab.ca/Assets/Corporate/Census%2BReports/Census%2Breports%2BPart%2B1.pdf |archive-date=March 26, 2013 }}</ref>

As a designated place in the [[2016 Canadian census|2016 Census of Population]] conducted by Statistics Canada, Fort Chipewyan had a population of 852 living in 295 of its 372 total private dwellings, a change of {{percentage|{{#expr:852-847}}|847|1}} from its 2011 population of 847. With a land area of {{convert|10.7|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|852|10.7|km2|sqmi|prec=1}} in 2016.<ref name=2016census>{{cite web | url=http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/hlt-fst/pd-pl/Table.cfm?Lang=Eng&T=1301&SR=1&S=45&O=A&RPP=9999&PR=48&CMA=0#tPopDwell | title=Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and designated places, 2016 and 2011 censuses – 100% data (Alberta) | publisher=[[Statistics Canada]] | date=February 8, 2017 | access-date=February 13, 2017}}</ref>

The hamlet's population is predominantly made up of [[Cree]] and [[Chipewyan]] ([[Dene]]) First Nations and [[Métis people (Canada)|Métis people]].