Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo

Wood Buffalo
Wood Buffalo
Specialized municipality
	Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo
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	Fort McMurray Fort Chipewyan Fort McKay Anzac Conklin Janvier South
	Location within Alberta
Country	Canada
Province	Alberta
Region	Northern Alberta
Planning region	Lower Athabasca
Specialized municipality	April 1, 1995
Name change	August 14, 1996
Administrative office	Fort McMurray
Government
• Mayor	Sandy Bowman
• Governing body	Wood Buffalo Municipal Council Ken Ball; Funky Banjoko; Lance Bussieres; M. Shafiq Dogar; Allan Grandison; Nicholas Keith McGrath; Kendrick Cardinal; Loretta Waquan; Stu Wigle; Jane Stroud;
• CAO	Jamie Doyle
Area (2021)
• Land	60,843.88 km2 (23,491.95 sq mi)
Population (2021)
• Total	82,400
• Density	1.2/km2 (3/sq mi)
• Municipal census (2021)	75,555
Time zone	UTC−7 (MST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−6 (MDT)
Website	rmwb.ca

The Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo (abbreviated RMWB)^[5]^[6] is a specialized municipality in northeast Alberta, Canada. It is the largest municipality in North America by area^[7] and is home to oil sand deposits known as the Athabasca oil sands.

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^ "Municipal Officials Search". Alberta Municipal Affairs. May 9, 2019. Retrieved October 1, 2021.
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^ "Website Abbreviation". Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo. Retrieved May 8, 2016.
^ "RMWB @RMWoodBuffalo Twitter Profile". Twitter. Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo. Retrieved May 8, 2016.
^ "Population and dwelling counts, for Canada and census subdivisions (municipalities), 2006 and 2001 censuses - 100% data". Statistics Canada. January 6, 2010. Retrieved October 3, 2011.