Calling Lake is a hamlet in northern Alberta, Canada within the Municipal District of Opportunity No. 17. It is located on Highway 813 along the eastern shore of Calling Lake, immediately north of Calling Lake Provincial Park. It is approximately north of Athabasca and south of Wabasca and has an elevation of . The hamlet is located in the federal riding of Fort McMurray-Athabasca. The hamlet is the seat of the Jean Baptiste Gambler 183 Indian reserve of the Bigstone Cree Nation. Calling Lake is recognized as two separate designated places by Statistics Canada – Calling Lake (which includes lands on either side of the Jean Baptiste Gambler 183 Indian reserve) and Centre Calling Lake (which is between the designated place of Calling Lake to the north and Calling Lake Provincial Park to the south). Infrastructure Health services are provided by the Aspen Regional Health Authority, and the community is served by the Calling Lake Airport . Demographics In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Calling Lake had a population of 375 living in 161 of its 410 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 448. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021. As a designated place in the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, by combining the designated places of "Calling Lake" and "Centre Calling Lake", Calling Lake recorded a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2011 population of . With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2016. Climate See also List of communities in Alberta List of designated places in Alberta List of hamlets in Alberta References Hamlets in Alberta Designated places in Alberta Municipal District of Opportunity No. 17