We are a Municipal District of roughly 3,500 hearty souls spread out across 30,187 square kilometres of Municipal and First Nations Reserve lands, four Hamlets, and eight Localities in North Central Alberta.

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Welcome to Opportunity

We are the only Indigenous-majority municipality in Alberta. Proudly.

Home of Cree (Bigstone Nation) and Métis traditions and ways of life. A community that generates its oil & gas, energy, forestry, and recreational tourism economy from the natural environment, with a wealth of land-based Indigenous experiential offerings and local creator and entrepreneurial resources on the rise.

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609, 2025

Call for Municipal Election Workers

The MD of Opportunity No. 17 is currently seeking workers (Polling clerks and Deputy Returning Officers) for the General Municipal Election: Wabasca - 6 Calling Lake - 5 Red Earth Creek - 2 Trout Lake [...]

1108, 2025

Live Cattle in Wabasca Fireguard

Please do not open the gates or cut the fences, a cattle guard has been put up so recreational vehicles can still pass through. Loose cattle is a traffic hazard.

Read our Proclamation of Support - Truth and Reconciliation Commission's 94 Calls to Action

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and familiarize yourself with the land.

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Planning a visit?

This is encouragement and inspiration to lose yourself in the clear waters, rugged woods, wild brush, and thick berry patches of the Municipality in order to take the time to find a deeper, more meaningful connection to nature, to each other, and to the centre of your soul.

Starting a Business?

Opportunity abounds for the bold and ambitious enough to roll up their sleeves and work to build a life and a career here. Be the solution we seek as we work to build and support local entrepreneurship, business start-ups, land-based Indigenous tourism, and the birth of new industries.

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