Vaala is a municipality in Finland, located in the North Ostrobothnia region. It was established in 1954 and is unilingually Finnish. The municipality has a population of 2,544 and covers an area of 1,764.04 square kilometres, of which 461.45 square kilometres is water. The population density is 1.95 inhabitants per square kilometre.
Vaala was previously part of the Kainuu region but was transferred to Northern Ostrobothnia on 1 January 2016.