White Sands
Summer village
Summer Village of White Sands
Location of White Sands in Alberta
Coordinates: 52°28′00″N 112°49′00″W / 52.46667°N 112.81663°W / 52.46667; -112.81663
Country	Canada
Province	Alberta
Census division	No. 7
Government [1]
• Type	Municipal incorporation
• Mayor	Lorne Thurston
• Governing body	White Sands Summer Village Council
Area  (2021)[2]
• Land	1.61 km2 (0.62 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]
• Total	174
• Density	108.1/km2 (280/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC−7 (MST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−6 (MDT)
Website	Official website

White Sands is a summer village in Alberta, Canada. It is located on the southeast shore of Buffalo Lake, northwest from the Town of Stettler and east of the Summer Village of Rochon Sands and Rochon Sands Provincial Park.

The summer village is within the municipal boundaries of the County of Stettler No. 6.^[3]

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Summer Village of White Sands had a population of 174 living in 82 of its 304 total private dwellings, a change of 45% from its 2016 population of 120. With a land area of 1.61 km² (0.62 sq mi), it had a population density of 108.1/km² (279.9/sq mi) in 2021.^[2]

In the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Summer Village of White Sands had a population of 120 living in 59 of its 253 total private dwellings, a 31.9% change from its 2011 population of 91. With a land area of 1.58 km² (0.61 sq mi), it had a population density of 75.9/km² (196.7/sq mi) in 2016.^[4]