Tucked along Highway 63 in the northern reaches of Alberta, Boyle sits roughly 163 kilometres north of Edmonton within Athabasca County. The community traces its roots back to 1916 and carries the name of John Robert Boyle (1871-1936), a former Alberta Minister of Education and Justice who left his mark on the province’s early history.
According to the 2021 Census conducted by Statistics Canada, Boyle had a population of 825 residents occupying 368 of its 433 private dwellings. That figure represents a modest decline of 2.4% from the 845 people recorded in the 2016 Census, which itself was down 7.8% from the 916 residents counted in 2011. The village covers a land area of 7.12 square kilometres, giving it a population density of approximately 115.9 people per square kilometre. Among those who have called Boyle home are mixed martial artist Tim Hague and sports broadcaster Bryan Mudryk, two notable figures connected to this small northern Alberta community.