About Sylvan Lake
Sylvan Lake is a city in Alberta, Canada with a population of 17,477. It is the 261st largest of the 295 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Canada, and the 28,155th largest worldwide. It lies 2,874 km from Ottawa.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Rank in region
#18of 19
Coordinates
52.311, -114.084
Record updated
29 September 2025
Entry edited, not measured
City population, GeoNames. GeoNames publishes no year for its population figures, so “record updated” is when the entry was last edited — not the date the population was measured. Elevation is modelled from a digital elevation model rather than surveyed, so it is approximate.
Nearby Cities
All 295 in CanadaClosest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.