Bluesky is a hamlet in Alberta, Canada within the Municipal District of Fairview No. 136. It is located along Highway 2, east of Fairview in northern Alberta.
Heavy oil was discovered in a well east of the hamlet in 1952, in a geological formation named after the community, Bluesky Formation.
Demographics
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Bluesky had a population of 113 living in 53 of its 62 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 127. 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, Bluesky had a population of 127 living in 60 of its 65 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2011 population of 164. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2016.
Events Bluesky Picnic Jam (formerly Bluefest)
Notable residents Hubert Brooks, RCAF officer and Olympic gold medalist
See also List of communities in Alberta List of designated places in Alberta List of hamlets in Alberta
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