Sturgeon River at St. Albert water level

Name: Sturgeon River at St. Albert water level (Environment and Climate Change Canada – Water Survey of Canada)
Creator: Environment and Climate Change Canada – Water Survey of Canada
License: https://open.canada.ca/en/open-government-licence-canada

River gauge, Sturgeon River, Alberta, Canada

Directions

Normal for mid-October

Water level

0.70m Up 0.03 m over the last 24 hours

Measured Oct 17, 2026, 01:05 PM MDT (43 min ago)

Flow: 1.98 m³/s

History

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Water level Normal range (10–90 %)

What this means

The gauge at Sturgeon River at St. Albert reads 0.70 m, a normal level for mid-October.

That puts it 0.10 m below the median of 0.79 m for mid-October, based on 13 years of readings.

The water is rising: up 0.03 m over the past 24 hours. Over the past 30 days it has moved between 0.65 m and 0.78 m.

Fall is often low-water season on rivers, until steadier rain returns.

Compared with 13 years of daily readings for this time of year. How to read levels

Key numbers

Median for this date: 0.79 m0.10 m below the median for this date
Normal for this date: 0.45 m – 1.23 m8 years in 10 fall in this range (13 years of records)
Lowest and highest in 30 days: 0.65 m – 0.78 m
Lowest and highest in 12 months: 0.66 m – 0.78 m

Conditions at Sturgeon River at St. Albert

Paddlers should check the trend as well as the level; summer storms can raise rivers quickly.

Flood advisories come from the provincial river forecast centre.

About the Sturgeon River

The Sturgeon River is a river located in Kenora District in northwestern Ontario, Canada. It travels 81 km (50 mi) south from its head to the English River.

Weather at the gauge

Rain in the last 3 days: 1.2 mm. Rain that falls upstream can take hours or days to show up at a river gauge.

17 Sat 16° 6° – Wind 29 km/h

18 Sun 12° 3° – Wind 23 km/h

19 Mon 11° 2° – Wind 8 km/h

20 Tue 12° 1° – Wind 13 km/h

21 Wed 10° 3° – Wind 13 km/h

22 Thu 11° 0° – Wind 11 km/h

23 Fri 4° 1° 3.8 mm, 29% Wind 22 km/h

Forecast: Open-Meteo

Sunrise 08:06 AM Sunset 06:35 PM Daylight 10 hr, 29 min First quarter 43%

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Other gauges on the Sturgeon River

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
Sturgeon River near VilleneuveRiver gauge, Sturgeon River	0.88 m	Normal	±0	9.2 km
Sturgeon River near Fort SaskatchewanRiver gauge, Sturgeon River	3.79 m	Normal	−0.03 m	32 km
Sturgeon River near Magnolia BridgeRiver gauge, Sturgeon River	0.91 m	High	+0.01 m	82 km

Nearby gauges

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
Carrot Creek near the MouthRiver gauge, Carrot Creek	8.30 m	Very high	−0.01 m	4.7 km
North Saskatchewan River at EdmontonRiver gauge, North Saskatchewan River	2.91 m	Very low	−0.15 m	14 km
Whitemud Creek at EdmontonRiver gauge, Whitemud Creek	5.29 m	Normal	−0.01 m	18 km
Atim Creek at Century RoadRiver gauge, Atim Creek	8.59 m	Normal	±0	18 km
Whitemud Creek near EllerslieRiver gauge, Whitemud Creek	1.22 m	High	±0	25 km
Blackmud Creek near EllerslieRiver gauge, Blackmud Creek	0.53 m	Low	−0.01 m	26 km
Kilini Creek at Twp Road No 543River gauge, Kilini Creek	8.64 m	Very low	−0.11 m	34 km
Strawberry Creek near the MouthRiver gauge, Strawberry Creek	0.22 m	Low	±0	46 km

Questions and answers

What is a normal level for the Sturgeon River at St. Albert in mid-October?

The median for mid-October is 0.79 m. In 8 years out of 10 the reading falls between 0.45 m and 1.23 m, based on 13 years of records.

Is the river level the same as the depth of the water?

No. The reading is measured from a fixed zero mark at the gauge, so 0.70 m on the gauge does not mean the water is that deep.

What is the water level of Sturgeon River at St. Albert today?

On Oct 17, 2026, 01:05 PM MDT, the water level was 0.70 m. Up 0.03 m over the last 24 hours.

Is Sturgeon River at St. Albert rising or falling?

Up 0.03 m over the last 24 hours. Up 0.03 m over the last 7 days.

Is the level of Sturgeon River at St. Albert normal?

Normal for mid-October. Compared with 13 years of daily readings for this time of year.

How often is this data updated?

Environment and Climate Change Canada – Water Survey of Canada publishes a new reading every hour. This page refreshes within minutes of each update.

Where does this data come from?

The values come directly from Environment and Climate Change Canada – Water Survey of Canada, the official operator of this gauge, and are published under the Open Government Licence – Canada. We do not estimate or model live values.

For specialists

Station codes, datum, parameters, data quality and downloads

Operator: Environment and Climate Change Canada – Water Survey of Canada
Station code: eccc:05EA002 (Agency page)
Coordinates: 53.63583, -113.62722 (WGS84)
Vertical datum: station datum (assumed datum)
Update interval: every hour
Licence: Open Government Licence – Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada

Published series

Parameter	Last value	Time (UTC)	Quality
Water level	0.70 m	2026-10-17 19:05	Provisional
Flow	1.98 m³/s	2026-10-17 19:05	Provisional

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Environment and Climate Change Canada – Water Survey of Canada: Sturgeon River at St. Albert (eccc:05EA002). Accessed October 17, 2026 via Nivelmap, https://nivelmap.com/en/canada/alberta/sturgeon-river-at-st-albert

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Readings are provisional, can be delayed or wrong and are not a flood warning. Read the disclaimer