Land for sale in the Lloydminster–Camrose area, Alberta

About the Lloydminster–Camrose area

The area

This page covers Statistics Canada's census division No. 10, in east-central Alberta between the Edmonton region and the Saskatchewan border: about 20,100 km² with about 95,500 people in 2021. Most of it is farmland, split among Camrose County (about 8,500 people), the County of Vermilion River (about 8,000), Beaver County (about 5,900), Lamont County (about 3,800), the County of Two Hills No. 21 (about 3,400) and the County of Minburn No. 27 (about 3,000). Lloydminster straddles the provincial border; only its Alberta side, about 19,700 of the city's roughly 31,600 people, is counted here. Camrose (about 18,800) is the other city, followed by Vegreville (about 5,700) and Vermilion (about 3,900).

History

Lloydminster names its land as Treaty 6 territory and the traditional lands of the Cree, Dene, Saulteaux and Métis. About 2,600 settlers from England, the Barr Colonists, founded it in 1903; the 1905 provincial boundary on the fourth meridian cut it in two, and the halves rejoined as one town in 1930. Scandinavian and American homesteaders settled around Camrose from about 1900, and Lamont County calls itself the cradle of Ukrainian settlement in Canada.

Services and access

Lloydminster Hospital, on the Saskatchewan side of the city, has a 24-hour emergency department and a primary stroke centre. In Alberta, St. Mary's Hospital in Camrose has 24-hour emergency care, surgery and obstetrics, and St. Joseph's General Hospital in Vegreville and the Vermilion Health Centre also run 24-hour emergency departments. The Yellowhead Highway (Highway 16) crosses the division; the County of Vermilion River sits about 240 km east of Edmonton along it. Scheduled flights leave from Edmonton International Airport. Lloydminster lists energy, trades and agriculture as its main sectors, and the County of Vermilion River pairs farming with oil and gas.

Land and climate

The North Saskatchewan River crosses the northeast corner of the County of Vermilion River and the Battle River forms its southern edge. Alberta's Water Act lets a household with groundwater or a lake or stream draw up to 1,250 m³ a year without a licence. The County of Vermilion River runs its own natural gas utility.

Before you buy

Each county sets zoning in its land use bylaw and issues development permits; building, electrical, gas, plumbing and private sewage permits are separate. In the County of Vermilion River, farm uses on parcels over 32 ha need no development permit, and Municipal Planning Services, an Edmonton firm, decides subdivisions. Alberta's flood maps show floodway and flood fringe for a 1-in-100 flood, but many places are unmapped and can still flood. Buyers who are not Canadian citizens or permanent residents, and foreign-controlled companies, may hold at most two parcels totalling 20 acres of controlled land, meaning private land outside cities, towns and villages.

Sources

• Statistics Canada, 2021 Census population and dwelling counts (tables 98-10-0002, 98-10-0007)
• City of Lloydminster, history and heritage
• City of Lloydminster, the city
• City of Camrose, history of Camrose
• Lamont County
• County of Vermilion River, about us, development and subdivision
• Alberta Health Services, Lloydminster Hospital and Vermilion Health Centre
• Covenant Health, St. Mary's Hospital and St. Joseph's General Hospital
• Edmonton International Airport, flights
• Government of Alberta, water allocations and household use
• Government of Alberta, Flood Awareness Map
• Government of Alberta, foreign ownership of land

Written by AcreScout from the sources listed; facts checked October 1, 2026. Rules change: confirm anything that matters with the municipality.