List of municipalities in Alberta

Map of Canada with Alberta highlighted in red
Location of Alberta in Canada
Locations of Alberta's specialized and rural municipalities
Distribution of Alberta's 5 specialized municipalities (red) and 75 rural municipalities, which include municipal districts (orange), improvement districts (green) and special areas (brown) (2011)

Alberta is the fourth-most populous province in Canada with 3,645,257 residents as of 2011 and is the fourth-largest in land area at approximately 640,000 km2 (250,000 sq mi).[1] Alberta's 354 municipalities cover 98.9% of the province's land mass and are home to 98.6% of its population.[2][3][lower-alpha 1] These municipalities provide local government services, including roads, water, sewer and garbage collection among others, and a variety of programs to their residents.[4][5]

According to the Municipal Government Act (MGA), which was enacted in 2000, a municipality in Alberta is "a city, town, village, summer village, municipal district or specialized municipality, a town under the Parks Towns Act, or a municipality formed by special Act".[6] The MGA also recognizes improvement districts and special areas as municipal authorities while Metis settlements are recognized as municipalities by the Government of Alberta's Ministry of Municipal Affairs.[6][7] Cities, towns, villages, summer villages, municipal districts, specialized municipalities and improvement districts are formed under the provincial authority of the MGA.[6] Special areas and Metis settlements are formed under the provincial authority of the Special Areas Act (SAA) and the Metis Settlements Act (MSA) respectively, of which both were enacted in 2000.[8][9] As provincial law, the MGA, the SAA and the MSA were passed by the Legislative Assembly of Alberta with royal assent granted by the Lieutenant Governor.[10]

Of Alberta's 354 municipalities, 266 of them are urban municipalities (18 cities, 107 towns, 90 villages and 51 summer villages), 5 are specialized municipalities, 75 are rural municipalities (64 municipal districts, 8 improvement districts and 3 special areas) and 8 are Metis settlements.[2] The MGA, the SAA and the MSA stipulate governance of these municipalities.[6][8][9] Alberta's Ministry of Municipal Affairs is responsible for providing provincial services to municipalities.[11]

Over half of Alberta's population resides in its two largest cities. Calgary, the largest city, is home to 30% of the province's population (1,096,833 residents), while Edmonton, Alberta's capital city, is home to 22% (812,201 residents).[3] Improvement District No. 25 (Willmore Wilderness) and Improvement District No. 349 are Alberta's smallest municipalities by population; both are unpopulated.[3][12] The largest municipality by land area is Mackenzie County at 80,478 km2 (31,073 sq mi), while the smallest by land area is the Summer Village of Castle Island at 0.05 km2 (0.019 sq mi).[3]

Urban municipalities

Locations of Alberta's urban municipalities
Distribution of Alberta's 266 urban municipalities including 18 cities (black), 107 towns (dark purple), 90 villages (light purple) and 51 summer villages (pink) (2011)

Alberta's Municipal Government Act (MGA), enacted in 2000, defines urban municipality as a "city, town, village or summer village."[6] For federal census purposes, Statistics Canada recognizes all four urban municipality types as census subdivisions.[13]

Combined, Alberta has 266 urban municipalities comprising 18 cities, 107 towns, 90 villages and 51 summer villages.[2] The 266 urban municipalities have a total population of 2,953,387, a total land area of 3,783 km2 (1,461 sq mi), and an average population of 11,145. These totals represent 81% of Alberta's population yet only 0.6% of its land area.

Cities

The MGA stipulates that an area may incorporate as a city if it has a population of 10,000 people or more and the majority of its buildings are on parcels of land smaller than 1,850 m2 (19,900 sq ft).[6] Alberta has 18 cities that had a cumulative population of 2,474,510 and an average population of 137,472 in the 2011 census.[2][3] These 18 cities include Lloydminster, of which a portion is located within the neighbouring province of Saskatchewan.[14] Alberta's largest city by population and land area is Calgary with 1,096,833 and 825 km2 (319 sq mi), while Lacombe is its smallest city by population with 11,707 and Brooks is its smallest city by land area with 18 km2 (6.9 sq mi).[3] Chestermere is Alberta's newest city, which changed from a town to a city on January 1, 2015.[15]

Of Alberta's 18 cities, Cold Lake and Fort Saskatchewan have less than the current minimum density requirement of 400 residents per square kilometre. Cold Lake and Fort Saskatchewan were incorporated as a town and city respectively prior to the MGA being enacted in 2000.[6][16]

Towns

The MGA stipulates that an area may incorporate as a town if it has a population of 1,000 people or more and the majority of its buildings are on parcels of land smaller than 1,850 m2 (19,900 sq ft).[6] Alberta has 107 towns that had a cumulative population of 437,006 and an average population of 4,084 in the 2011 census.[2][3] The province's largest and smallest towns by population are Okotoks and Granum with 24,511 and 447 respectively, while its largest and smallest by land area are Drumheller and Eckville with 108 km2 (42 sq mi) and 1.6 km2 (0.62 sq mi) respectively.[3] Onoway is Alberta's newest town, which changed from a village to a town on September 1, 2005.[17]

Of Alberta's 107 towns, 14 have populations less than the current minimum population requirement of 1,000 and 61 have less than the current minimum density requirement of 400 residents per square kilometre. All of these were incorporated as either towns or villages prior to the MGA being enacted in 2000.[6][17]

Villages

The MGA stipulates that an area may incorporate as a village if it has a population of 300 people or more and the majority of its buildings are on parcels of land smaller than 1,850 m2 (19,900 sq ft).[6] Alberta has 90 villages that had a cumulative population of 38,223 and an average population of 425 in the 2011 census.[2][3] The province's largest and smallest villages by population are Stirling and Gadsby with 1,090 and 25 respectively, while its largest and smallest by land area are Chipman and Edberg with 9.6 km2 (3.7 sq mi) and 0.4 km2 (0.15 sq mi) respectively.[3] The last communities to incorporate as villages were Alberta Beach and Spring Lake, which both changed from summer villages to villages on January 1, 1999.[18]

Of Alberta's 90 villages, 37 have populations less than the current minimum population requirement of 300 and 75 have less than the current minimum density requirement of 400 residents per square kilometre. All of these were incorporated as villages prior to the MGA being enacted in 2000.[6][18]

Summer villages

Under previous legislation, a community could incorporate as a summer village if it had "a minimum of 50 separate buildings occupied as dwellings at any time during a six-month period".[19] A community can no longer incorporate as a summer village under the MGA.[6][20]

Alberta has 51 summer villages that had a cumulative population of 4,586 and an average population of 90 in the 2011 census.[2][3] The province's largest summer village by population is Island Lake with 243, while Betula Beach and Kapasiwin are Alberta's smallest summer villages with a population of 10 each.[3][lower-alpha 2] The province's largest and smallest summer villages by land area are Sandy Beach and Castle Island with 2.4 km2 (0.93 sq mi) and 0.05 km2 (0.019 sq mi) respectively.[3] Gull Lake and Kapasiwin were the last communities in Alberta to incorporate as summer villages. Both were incorporated on September 1, 1993.[22] Since then, two summer villages have incorporated as villages (Alberta Beach and Edmonton Beach, now named Spring Lake) and one has dissolved (White Gull).[18][23]

List of urban municipalities

Urban municipalities of Alberta
Name Status[2] Incorporation date
(current status)[16]		 Population
(2011)[3]		 Population
(2006)[3]		 Change
(%)[3]		 Land
area
(km²)[3]		 Population
density
(per km²)[3]
Acme Village July 7, 1910 653 656 −0.5 2.47 263.9
Airdrie City January 1, 1985 42,564 28,927 47.1 33.10 1,286.0
Alberta Beach Village January 1, 1999 865 884 −2.1 1.98 436.7
Alix Village June 3, 1907 830 851 −2.5 3.15 263.4
Alliance Village August 26, 1918 174 158 10.1 0.64 270.1
Amisk Village January 1, 1956 207 172 20.3 0.76 272.2
Andrew Village June 24, 1930 379 465 −18.5 1.23 308.7
Argentia Beach Summer village January 1, 1967 15 52 −71.2 0.69 21.6
Arrowwood Village May 13, 1926 188 221 −14.9 0.66 286.1
Athabasca[lower-alpha 3] Town September 19, 1911 2,990 2,580 15.9 17.48 171.1
Banff Town January 1, 1990 7,584 6,700 13.2 4.88 1,555.0
Barnwell Village January 1, 1980 771 618 24.8 1.49 517.2
Barons Village May 6, 1910 315 276 14.1 0.68 462.2
Barrhead Town November 26, 1946 4,432 4,209 5.3 8.10 547.2
Bashaw Town May 1, 1964 873 796 9.7 2.84 306.9
Bassano Town January 16, 1911 1,282 1,345 −4.7 5.16 248.6
Bawlf Village October 12, 1906 403 367 9.8 0.96 418.5
Beaumont Town January 1, 1980 13,284 8,961 48.2 10.50 1,264.8
Beaverlodge Town January 24, 1956 2,365 2,264 4.5 5.58 424.0
Beiseker Village February 23, 1921 785 804 −2.4 2.84 276.8
Bentley Town January 1, 2001 1,073 1,083 −0.9 2.30 466.3
Berwyn Village November 28, 1936 526 516 1.9 1.66 316.7
Betula Beach Summer village January 1, 1960 10 15 −33.3 0.18 54.5
Big Valley Village March 9, 1942 364 351 3.7 1.84 198.3
Birch Cove Summer village December 31, 1988 45 38 18.4 0.29 157.8
Birchcliff Summer village January 1, 1972 112 125 −10.4 0.98 114.0
Bittern Lake[lower-alpha 4] Village November 2, 1904 224 225 −0.4 6.64 33.7
Black Diamond Town January 1, 1956 2,373 1,900 24.9 3.21 740.3
Blackfalds Town April 1, 1980 6,300 4,618 36.4 16.36 385.0
Bon Accord Town November 20, 1979 1,488 1,534 −3.0 2.11 706.2
Bondiss Summer village January 1, 1983 106 131 −19.1 1.33 79.9
Bonnyville Town February 3, 1948 6,216 5,832 6.6 14.10 440.7
Bonnyville Beach Summer village January 1, 1958 95 97 −2.1 0.38 253.2
Botha Village September 5, 1911 175 185 −5.4 1.09 160.7
Bow Island Town February 1, 1912 2,025 1,790 13.1 5.92 342.1
Bowden Town September 1, 1981 1,241 1,210 2.6 2.73 454.7
Boyle Village December 31, 1953 916 854 7.3 7.28 125.8
Breton Village January 1, 1957 496 550 −9.8 1.73 286.5
Brooks City September 1, 2005 13,676 12,508 9.3 18.19 751.9
Bruderheim Town September 17, 1980 1,155 1,215 −4.9 4.23 273.2
Burnstick Lake Summer village December 31, 1991 16 43 −62.8 0.18 89.9
Calgary City January 1, 1894 1,096,833 988,812 10.9 825.29 1,329.0
Calmar Town January 19, 1954 1,970 1,959 0.6 4.65 423.7
Camrose City January 1, 1955 17,286 15,630 10.6 42.50 406.7
Canmore Town June 1, 1966 12,288 12,039 2.1 68.90 178.4
Carbon Village November 18, 1912 592 570 3.9 2.00 295.6
Cardston Town July 2, 1901 3,580 3,452 3.7 8.64 414.1
Carmangay Village March 4, 1936 367 336 9.2 1.86 197.1
Caroline Village December 31, 1951 501 515 −2.7 1.98 252.8
Carstairs Town September 1, 1966 3,442 2,699 27.5 11.53 298.4
Castle Island Summer village January 1, 1955 19 22 −13.6 0.05 361.9
Castor Town June 27, 1910 932 931 0.1 2.72 343.1
Cereal Village August 19, 1914 134 126 6.3 0.95 141.6
Champion Village May 27, 1911 378 364 3.8 0.88 429.7
Chauvin Village December 30, 1912 334 308 8.4 2.32 143.9
Chestermere[lower-alpha 5] City January 1, 2015[15] 14,824 9,923 49.4 32.64 454.1
Chipman Village October 21, 1913 284 253 12.3 9.61 29.5
Claresholm Town August 31, 1905 3,758 3,700 1.6 9.08 414.0
Clive Village January 9, 1912 675 562 20.1 2.12 318.3
Clyde Village January 28, 1914 503 470 7.0 1.36 370.7
Coaldale Town January 7, 1952 7,493 6,177 21.3 7.95 942.8
Coalhurst Town June 1, 1995 1,963 1,523 28.9 2.39 820.3
Cochrane Town February 15, 1971 17,580 13,760 27.8 30.03 585.5
Cold Lake City October 1, 2000 13,839 11,991 15.4 59.30 233.4
Consort Village September 23, 1912 689 739 −6.8 2.83 243.3
Coronation Town April 29, 1912 947 1,015 −6.7 3.73 253.6
Coutts Village January 1, 1960 277 305 −9.2 0.98 283.3
Cowley Village August 16, 1906 236 219 7.8 1.40 168.8
Cremona Village January 1, 1955 457 463 −1.3 1.71 267.8
Crossfield Town August 1, 1980 2,853 2,668 6.9 11.87 240.3
Crystal Springs Summer village January 1, 1957 90 112 −19.6 0.58 156.0
Czar Village November 12, 1917 167 175 −4.6 1.18 141.6
Daysland Town April 2, 1907 807 818 −1.3 1.75 461.2
Delburne Village January 17, 1913 830 765 8.5 3.92 211.5
Delia[lower-alpha 6] Village July 20, 1914 186 207 −10.1 1.31 142.5
Devon Town February 24, 1950 6,510 6,261 4.0 11.72 555.6
Dewberry Village January 1, 1957 201 196 2.6 0.84 238.5
Didsbury Town September 27, 1906 4,957 4,305 15.1 16.08 308.2
Donalda Village December 30, 1912 259 224 15.6 0.99 262.3
Donnelly Village January 1, 1956 305 293 4.1 1.27 239.9
Drayton Valley Town February 1, 1957 7,049 6,893 2.3 12.27 574.3
Drumheller[lower-alpha 7] Town March 2, 1916
January 1, 1998 		8,029 7,932 1.2 107.93 74.4
Duchess Village May 12, 1921 992 978 1.4 1.89 526.2
Eckville Town July 1, 1966 1,125 951 18.3 1.58 710.8
Edberg Village February 4, 1930 168 155 8.4 0.36 470.9
Edgerton Village September 11, 1917 317 373 −15.0 1.89 168.1
Edmonton City October 8, 1904 812,201 730,372 11.2 684.37 1,186.8
Edson Town September 21, 1911 8,475 8,098 4.7 29.58 286.5
Elk Point Town January 1, 1962 1,412 1,487 −5.0 4.88 289.1
Elnora Village July 22, 1929 313 280 11.8 1.48 210.9
Empress Village February 5, 1914 188 136 38.2 1.75 107.6
Fairview Town April 25, 1949 3,162 3,297 −4.1 11.30 279.8
Falher Town January 1, 1955 1,075 941 14.2 2.87 374.7
Ferintosh Village January 9, 1911 181 153 18.3 0.62 290.2
Foremost Village December 31, 1950 526 524 0.4 1.89 277.8
Forestburg Village August 21, 1919 831 895 −7.2 2.75 302.0
Fort Macleod[lower-alpha 8] Town March 29, 1912 3,117 3,072 1.5 23.34 133.5
Fort Saskatchewan City July 1, 1985 19,051 14,957 27.4 48.12 395.9
Fox Creek Town September 1, 1983 1,969 2,278 −13.6 11.54 170.6
Gadsby Village May 6, 1910 25 35 −28.6 0.82 30.5
Ghost Lake Summer village December 31, 1953 81 78 3.8 0.63 129.4
Gibbons Town April 1, 1977 3,030 2,642 14.7 7.39 409.9
Girouxville Village December 31, 1951 266 282 −5.7 0.58 461.2
Glendon Village January 1, 1956 486 421 15.4 1.98 245.1
Glenwood Village January 1, 1961 287 280 2.5 1.46 197.2
Golden Days Summer village January 1, 1965 141 207 −31.9 2.27 62.0
Grande Cache Town September 1, 1983 4,319 3,783 14.2 35.48 121.7
Grande Prairie City January 1, 1958 55,032 47,107 16.8 72.80 755.9
Grandview Summer village January 1, 1967 108 127 −15.0 0.80 135.6
Granum[lower-alpha 9] Town November 7, 1910 447 415 7.7 1.87 239.6
Grimshaw Town February 2, 1953 2,515 2,537 −0.9 7.21 349.0
Gull Lake Summer village September 1, 1993 122 204 −40.2 0.70 174.9
Half Moon Bay Summer village January 1, 1978 38 32 18.8 0.17 229.2
Halkirk Village February 10, 1912 121 113 7.1 0.65 185.7
Hanna Town April 14, 1914 2,673 2,847 −6.1 8.56 312.4
Hardisty Town November 9, 1910 639 760 −15.9 5.48 116.6
Hay Lakes[lower-alpha 10] Village April 17, 1928 425 362 17.4 0.58 730.1
Heisler Village January 1, 1961 151 153 −1.3 0.76 199.9
High Level Town September 1, 1983 3,641 3,887 −6.3 31.99 113.8
High Prairie Town January 10, 1950 2,600 2,785 −6.6 7.92 328.2
High River Town February 12, 1906 12,920 10,716 20.6 14.27 905.5
Hill Spring Village January 1, 1961 186 192 −3.1 1.11 167.2
Hines Creek Village December 31, 1951 380 430 −11.6 4.37 86.9
Hinton Town December 29, 1958 9,640 9,738 −1.0 33.77 285.4
Holden Village April 14, 1909 381 398 −4.3 1.70 224.3
Horseshoe Bay Summer village January 1, 1985 37 214 −82.7 1.04 35.4
Hughenden Village December 27, 1917 230 231 −0.4 0.78 296.6
Hussar Village April 20, 1928 176 187 −5.9 0.99 177.8
Hythe Village August 31, 1929 820 821 −0.1 4.12 198.8
Innisfail Town November 20, 1903 7,876 7,331 7.4 19.53 403.2
Innisfree Village March 11, 1911 220 233 −5.6 1.27 172.6
Irma Village May 30, 1912 457 444 2.9 1.11 410.7
Irricana Town June 9, 2005 1,162 1,243 −6.5 3.18 364.9
Island Lake South Summer village January 1, 1983 72 105 −31.4 0.63 114.3
Island Lake Summer village January 1, 1958 243 351 −30.8 1.45 167.8
Itaska Beach Summer village June 30, 1953 20 35 −42.9 0.28 70.8
Jarvis Bay Summer village January 1, 1986 203 183 10.9 0.55 371.1
Kapasiwin Summer village September 1, 1993 10 15[26] −33.3 0.31 32.3
Killam Town May 1, 1965 981 1,019 −3.7 4.53 216.3
Kitscoty Village March 22, 1911 846 709 19.3 1.54 549.8
Lacombe City September 5, 2010 11,707 10,752 8.9 20.89 560.3
Lakeview Summer village October 25, 1913 26 36 −27.8 0.33 78.8
Lamont Town May 31, 1968 1,753 1,669 5.0 9.27 189.2
Larkspur Summer village January 1, 1985 38 56 −32.1 0.22 172.0
Leduc City September 1, 1983 24,279 16,967 43.1 36.97 656.7
Legal Town January 1, 1998 1,225 1,192 2.8 3.22 381.0
Lethbridge City May 9, 1906 83,517 74,685 11.8 122.36 682.6
Linden Village January 1, 1964 725 660 9.8 2.56 283.3
Lloydminster (part)[lower-alpha 11] City January 1, 1958 18,032 15,910 13.3 24.19 745.6
Lomond Village February 16, 1916 173 175 −1.1 1.28 134.9
Longview Village January 1, 1964 307 300 2.3 1.09 282.1
Lougheed Village November 7, 1911 233 217 7.4 1.92 121.5
Magrath Town July 24, 1907 2,217 2,081 6.5 4.97 446.2
Ma-Me-O Beach Summer village December 31, 1948 113 155 −27.1 0.65 173.4
Manning Town January 1, 1957 1,164 1,493 −22.0 3.42 340.0
Mannville Village December 29, 1906 803 782 2.7 2.15 373.6
Marwayne Village December 31, 1952 612 521 17.5 1.68 364.5
Mayerthorpe Town March 20, 1961 1,398 1,474 −5.2 4.78 292.7
McLennan Town February 11, 1948 809 824 −1.8 3.58 226.2
Medicine Hat City May 9, 1906 60,005 56,997 5.3 112.01 535.7
Mewatha Beach Summer village January 1, 1978 79 167 −52.7 0.78 101.9
Milk River Town February 7, 1956 811 816 −0.6 2.39 339.6
Millet Town September 1, 1983 2,092 2,068 1.2 3.74 558.7
Milo Village May 7, 1931 122 100 22.0 1.04 116.9
Morinville Town April 21, 1911 8,569 6,775 26.5 11.34 755.6
Morrin Village April 16, 1920 245 253 −3.2 0.82 298.9
Mundare Town January 4, 1951 855 712 20.1 4.20 203.6
Munson Village May 5, 1911 204 217 −6.0 2.60 78.5
Myrnam Village August 22, 1930 370 362 2.2 2.76 134.2
Nakamun Park Summer village January 1, 1966 36 88 −59.1 0.41 88.7
Nampa Village January 1, 1958 362 360 0.6 1.86 194.9
Nanton Town August 9, 1907 2,132 2,055 3.7 4.80 443.9
Nobleford Village February 28, 1918 1,000 689 45.1 1.54 647.8
Norglenwold Summer village January 1, 1965 232 270 −14.1 0.67 345.2
Norris Beach Summer village December 31, 1988 46 40 15.0 0.16 285.5
Okotoks Town June 1, 1904 24,511 17,150 42.9 19.24 1,273.8
Olds Town July 1, 1905 8,235 7,253 13.5 14.87 553.8
Onoway Town September 1, 2005 1,039 875 18.7 3.34 311.5
Oyen Town September 1, 1965 973 1,015 −4.1 4.93 197.4
Paradise Valley Village January 1, 1964 174 183 −4.9 0.57 306.9
Parkland Beach Summer village January 1, 1984 124 135 −8.1 0.93 133.8
Peace River[lower-alpha 12] Town December 1, 1919 6,729[28] 6,315 6.6 25.92 259.6
Pelican Narrows Summer village July 1, 1979 162 141 14.9 0.70 230.0
Penhold Town September 1, 1980 2,375 1,971 20.5 5.33 445.3
Picture Butte Town January 1, 1960 1,650 1,592 3.6 2.90 569.5
Pincher Creek Town May 12, 1906 3,685 3,625 1.7 10.19 361.6
Point Alison Summer village December 31, 1950 15 15 0.0 0.16 92.9
Ponoka Town October 15, 1904 6,773 6,576 3.0 13.05 519.2
Poplar Bay Summer village January 1, 1967 80 84 −4.8 0.79 101.0
Provost Town December 29, 1952 2,041 2,072 −1.5 4.93 413.8
Rainbow Lake Town September 1, 1995 870 965 −9.8 11.04 78.8
Raymond Town July 1, 1903 3,743 3,225 16.1 6.85 546.1
Red Deer City March 25, 1913 90,564 83,154 8.9 104.29 868.4
Redcliff Town August 5, 1912 5,588 5,116 9.2 16.20 344.9
Redwater Town December 31, 1950 1,915 2,202 −13.0 20.12 95.2
Rimbey Town December 13, 1948 2,378 2,252 5.6 11.34 209.7
Rochon Sands Summer village May 17, 1929 65[28] 66 −1.5 2.32 28.0
Rocky Mountain House Town August 31, 1939 6,933 6,874 0.9 12.99 533.6
Rockyford Village March 28, 1919 325 349 −6.9 1.08 300.0
Rosalind Village January 1, 1966 190 190 0.0 0.59 322.2
Rosemary Village December 31, 1951 342 388 −11.9 0.56 607.8
Ross Haven Summer village January 1, 1962 137 198 −30.8 0.70 194.5
Rycroft Village March 15, 1944 628 638 −1.6 1.69 372.5
Ryley[lower-alpha 13] Village April 2, 1910 497 458 8.5 1.97 251.9
Sandy Beach Summer village January 1, 1956 223 239 −6.7 2.43 91.8
Seba Beach Summer village August 20, 1920 143 203 −29.6 0.71 201.1
Sedgewick Town May 1, 1966 857 891 −3.8 2.60 329.1
Sexsmith Town October 15, 1979 2,418 1,969 22.8 13.43 180.1
Silver Beach Summer village December 31, 1953 52 47 10.6 0.66 78.2
Silver Sands Summer village January 1, 1969 85 173 −50.9 2.35 36.2
Slave Lake Town August 2, 1965 6,782 6,703 1.2 14.18 478.4
Smoky Lake Town February 1, 1962 1,022 1,010 1.2 4.20 243.5
South Baptiste Summer village January 1, 1983 52 69 −24.6 1.05 49.6
South View Summer village January 1, 1970 35 115 −69.6 0.69 51.0
Spirit River Town September 18, 1951 1,025 1,148 −10.7 2.81 365.4
Spring Lake[lower-alpha 14] Village January 1, 1999 533 501 6.4 2.12 251.5
Spruce Grove City March 1, 1986 26,171 19,541 33.9 32.37 808.6
St. Albert City January 1, 1977 61,466 57,764 6.4 48.27 1,273.4
St. Paul[lower-alpha 15] Town December 15, 1936 5,400 5,106 5.8 7.89 684.7
Standard Village April 29, 1922 379 380 −0.3 2.34 162.1
Stavely Town May 25, 1912 505 435 16.1 1.62 311.3
Stettler Town November 23, 1906 5,748 5,445 5.6 13.12 438.2
Stirling Village September 3, 1901 1,090 921 18.3 2.64 413.6
Stony Plain Town December 10, 1908 15,051 12,363 21.7 35.61 422.7
Strathmore Town July 6, 1911 12,305 10,280 19.7 27.28 451.0
Sunbreaker Cove Summer village December 31, 1990 69 137 −49.6 0.49 140.6
Sundance Beach Summer village January 1, 1970 82 102 −19.6 0.42 196.2
Sundre Town January 1, 1956 2,610 2,523 3.4 11.16 233.9
Sunrise Beach Summer village December 31, 1988 149 170 −12.4 1.72 86.4
Sunset Beach Summer village May 1, 1977 44 88 −50.0 0.99 44.4
Sunset Point Summer village January 1, 1959 221 242 −8.7 1.11 198.6
Swan Hills Town January 1, 1967 1,465 1,645 −10.9 25.44 57.6
Sylvan Lake Town May 20, 1946 12,327 10,250 20.3 15.62 789.4
Taber Town July 1, 1907 8,104 7,591 6.8 15.09 537.2
Thorsby Village December 31, 1949 951[28] 945 0.6 3.87 245.7
Three Hills Town January 1, 1929 3,198 3,089 3.5 5.63 567.8
Tofield Town September 10, 1909 2,182 1,876 16.3 8.17 267.1
Trochu Town August 1, 1962 1,072 1,005 6.7 2.82 380.1
Turner Valley Town September 1, 1977 2,167 1,908 13.6 5.45 397.6
Two Hills Town January 1, 1955 1,379 1,047 31.7 3.31 416.3
Val Quentin Summer village January 1, 1966 157 181 −13.3 0.30 522.5
Valleyview Town February 5, 1957 1,761 1,725 2.1 9.66 182.2
Vauxhall Town January 1, 1961 1,288 1,069 20.5 2.88 447.6
Vegreville Town August 15, 1906 5,717 5,519 3.6 13.92 410.6
Vermilion Town August 27, 1906 3,930 4,036 −2.6 13.69 287.0
Veteran Village June 30, 1914 249 293 −15.0 0.84 297.0
Viking Town November 10, 1952 1,041 1,085 −4.1 3.76 277.1
Vilna Village June 23, 1923 249 274 −9.1 0.90 277.5
Vulcan Town June 15, 1921 1,836 1,940 −5.4 6.58 279.0
Wabamun Village January 1, 1980 661 601 10.0 3.24 203.8
Wainwright Town July 14, 1910 5,925 5,426 9.2 8.91 665.4
Waiparous Summer village January 1, 1986 42 49 −14.3 0.41 103.0
Warburg Village December 31, 1953 789 621 27.1 2.70 292.6
Warner Village November 12, 1908 331 307 7.8 1.15 288.5
Waskatenau Village May 19, 1932 255 278 −8.3 0.60 427.6
Wembley Town August 1, 1980 1,383 1,443 −4.2 4.54 304.8
West Baptiste Summer village January 1, 1983 52 104 −50.0 0.60 86.2
West Cove Summer village January 1, 1963 121 169 −28.4 1.21 100.1
Westlock Town January 7, 1947 4,823 5,008 −3.7 13.57 355.3
Wetaskiwin City May 9, 1906 12,525 11,689 7.2 18.20 688.2
Whispering Hills Summer village January 1, 1983 108 125 −13.6 1.73 62.3
White Sands Summer village January 1, 1980 91 120 −24.2 1.60 57.0
Whitecourt Town December 20, 1971 9,605 8,971 7.1 26.14 367.4
Willingdon Village August 31, 1928 275 295 −6.8 0.97 283.8
Yellowstone Summer village January 1, 1965 124 170 −27.1 0.28 438.5
Youngstown Village December 31, 1936 178 170 4.7 1.00 177.7
Total cities — — 2,474,510 2,207,686 12.1 2,335.86 1,059.4
Total towns — — 437,006 394,739 10.7 1,241.04 352.1
Total villages — — 38,223 36,837 3.8 163.87 232.8
Total summer villages — — 4,586 6,140 −25.3 41.06 111.7
Total urban municipalities — — 2,953,387 2,645,467 11.6 3,782.56 780.8
Province of Alberta — — 3,645,257 3,290,350 10.8 640,081.87 5.7

Specialized municipalities

Locations of Alberta's specialized municipalities
Distribution of Alberta's five specialized municipalities and two urban service areas (2011)
Residential area in Sherwood Park
Sherwood Park is an urban service area within Strathcona County.
Aerial view of Fort McMurray
Fort McMurray is an urban service area within the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo.

Specialized municipalities in Alberta are unique local governments.[32] Alberta's Municipal Government Act (MGA), enacted in 2000, provides the authority to form a specialized municipality under the following scenarios:[6]

Alberta has five specialized municipalities, which are recognized as census subdivisions by Statistics Canada.[2][13] In the 2011 census, they had a cumulative population of 178,979, a total land area of 146,595 km2 (56,601 sq mi), and an average population of 35,796.[3] These totals represent 5% of Alberta's population yet 22.9% of its land area.

The province's largest and smallest specialized municipalities by population are Strathcona County and the Municipality of Jasper with 92,490 and 4,432 respectively, while its largest and smallest by land area are Mackenzie County and the Municipality of Crowsnest Pass with 80,478 km2 (31,073 sq mi) and 373 km2 (144 sq mi) respectively.[3][28] The Municipality of Crowsnest Pass is Alberta's newest specialized municipality, which was incorporated as a town prior to January 16, 2008.[33] Alberta's first specialized municipality was the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo, which formed on April 1, 1995.[33]

Strathcona County and the Regional Municipality (RM) of Wood Buffalo are home to the unincorporated hamlets of Sherwood Park and Fort McMurray respectively.[34] These communities are designated urban service areas, which are deemed equivalents of cities.[35][36] Excluding Sherwood Park and Fort McMurray, 18 other unincorporated communities, also recognized as hamlets by Alberta Municipal Affairs, are distributed among Mackenzie County, Strathcona County and the RM of Wood Buffalo.[34]

List of specialized municipalities

Specialized municipalities of Alberta
Name Incorporation date
(specialized
municipality)[33]		 Population
(2011)[3]		 Population
(2006)[3]		 Change
(%)[3]		 Land
area
(km²)[3]		 Population
density
(per km²)[3]
Crowsnest Pass, Municipality of January 16, 2008 5,565 5,749 −3.2 373.07 14.9
Jasper, Municipality of July 20, 2001 4,432[28] 4,265 3.9 925.52 4.8
Mackenzie County June 23, 1999 10,927 10,002 9.2 80,478.12 0.1
Strathcona County January 1, 1996 92,490 82,511 12.1 1,180.56 78.3
Wood Buffalo, Regional Municipality of April 1, 1995 65,565 51,924[26] 26.3 63,637.47 1.0
Total specialized municipalities — 178,979 154,451 15.9 146,594.74 1.2
Province of Alberta — 3,645,257 3,290,350 10.8 640,081.87 5.7

Rural municipalities

Locations of Alberta's rural municipalities
Distribution of Alberta's 75 rural municipalities including 64 municipal districts (orange), 8 improvement districts (green) and 3 special areas (brown) (2011)

Rural municipalities in Alberta include municipal districts (counties), improvement districts and special areas.[37] For federal census purposes, Statistics Canada recognizes all three rural municipality types as census subdivisions.[13] However, Statistics Canada embeds Alberta's eight Metis settlements, a separate type of municipality, into the census subdivisions for six municipal districts.[38]

Combined, Alberta has 75 rural municipalities comprising 64 municipal districts, 8 improvement districts and 3 special areas.[2] The 75 rural municipalities have a total population of 458,966, a total land area of 483,655 km2 (186,740 sq mi), and an average population of 6,120.[3][lower-alpha 16] These totals represent 13% of Alberta's population yet 75.6% of its land area.

Municipal districts

In Alberta, a municipal district, also known as a county, is a type of rural municipality.[37] The MGA, enacted in 2000, stipulates that an area may incorporate as a municipal district if it has a population of 1,000 people or more and the majority of its buildings are on parcels of land larger than 1,850 m2 (19,900 sq ft).[6]

Alberta has 64 municipal districts that had a cumulative population of 452,321 and an average population of 7,068 in the 2011 census.[2][3][lower-alpha 16] The province's largest and smallest municipal districts by population are Rocky View County and the Municipal District (MD) of Ranchland No. 66 with 36,461 and 79 respectively, while its largest and smallest by land area are the MD of Greenview No. 16 and the MD of Spirit River No. 133 with 32,989 km2 (12,737 sq mi) and 684 km2 (264 sq mi) respectively.[3] Lac La Biche County is Alberta's newest municipal district, which was formed on August 1, 2007 through the amalgamation of the former Town of Lac La Biche and the former Lakeland County.[39] Unincorporated communities recognized as hamlets by Alberta Municipal Affairs are located within every municipal district with the exception of Mountain View County, the MD of Ranchland No. 66 and the MD of Spirit River No. 133.[34]

Of Alberta's 64 municipal districts, 3 have populations less than the current minimum population requirement of 1,000. All of these were incorporated as municipal districts prior to the MGA being enacted in 2000.[6][39]

Improvement districts

In Alberta, an improvement district is a type of rural municipality that can be incorporated by the Lieutenant Governor in Council on the recommendation of Alberta's Minister of Municipal Affairs under the authority of the MGA.[6][37] Improvement districts are administered by the Province of Alberta through its Ministry of Municipal Affairs.[37]

Alberta has eight improvement districts that had a cumulative population of 2,146 and an average population of 268 in the 2011 census.[2][3] Five of them are within national parks while two are within provincial parks.[37] Alberta's largest improvement district by population is Improvement District (ID) No. 9, located within Banff National Park, with 1,175, while its largest by land area is ID No. 24, located within Wood Buffalo National Park, with 33,412 km2 (12,900 sq mi).[3][37] ID No. 25 (Willmore Wilderness) and ID No. 349 are Alberta's two unpopulated improvement districts, while its smallest by land area is ID No. 13 (Elk Island) with 165 km2 (64 sq mi).[3][12] ID No. 349 is also Alberta's newest improvement district, which was formed on January 1, 2012 from portions of Lac La Biche County and the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo.[40] Alberta Municipal Affairs recognizes two unincorporated communities within improvement districts as hamlets – Lake Louise within ID No. 9 (Banff National Park) and Waterton Park within ID No. 4 (Waterton Lakes National Park).[34]

Special areas

Main article: Special Areas Board

In Alberta, a special area is a type of rural municipality that can be incorporated by the Lieutenant Governor in Council under the authority of the Special Areas Act, which was enacted in 2000.[8][37] They were originally created in 1938 as a result of hardship brought upon a particular area in southeastern Alberta during the drought of the 1930s.[37]

Alberta has three special areas that had a cumulative population of 4,499 and an average population of 1,500 in the 2011 census.[2][3] The province's largest by population and land area is Special Area (SA) No. 2 with 2,025 and 9,342 km2 (3,607 sq mi) respectively. Alberta's smallest by population is SA No. 3 with 1,122, while its smallest by land area is SA No. 4 with 4,403 km2 (1,700 sq mi).[3] The last special area to form was SA No. 4, which incorporated on January 1, 1969 through the removal of certain lands from SA No. 3.[41] The three special areas are administered as a single unit by the Special Areas Board, and are home to 16 unincorporated communities recognized as hamlets by Alberta Municipal Affairs.[37][41]

List of rural municipalities

Rural municipalities of Alberta
Name Status[2] Incorporation date
(current status)
[39][40][41]		 Population
(2011)[3]		 Population
(2006)[3]		 Change
(%)[3]		 Land
area
(km²)[3]		 Population
density
(per km²)[3]
MD of Acadia No. 34 Municipal district December 9, 1913 495 545 −9.2 1,076.26 0.5
Athabasca County Municipal district January 1, 1947 7,662 7,572 1.2 6,122.75 1.3
County of Barrhead No. 11 Municipal district January 1, 1955 6,096 5,845 4.3 2,404.70 2.5
Beaver County Municipal district February 1, 1943 5,689 5,676 0.2 3,315.84 1.7
Big Lakes County[lower-alpha 16] Municipal district January 1, 1995 4,194[14] 3,995 5.0 11,965.83 0.3
MD of Bighorn No. 8 Municipal district January 1, 1988 1,341 1,264 6.1 2,767.94 0.5
Birch Hills County Municipal district January 1, 1995 1,582 1,470 7.6 2,856.69 0.6
MD of Bonnyville No. 87[lower-alpha 16] Municipal district January 1, 1955 10,101[14] 9,047 11.7 5,451.49 1.9
Brazeau County Municipal district July 1, 1988 7,201 7,040 2.3 3,020.71 2.4
Camrose County Municipal district January 1, 1944 7,721 7,150 8.0 3,320.61 2.3
Cardston County Municipal district January 1, 1954 4,167 4,037 3.2 3,414.87 1.2
Clear Hills County Municipal district January 1, 1995 2,801 2,714 3.2 15,115.03 0.2
Clearwater County Municipal district January 1, 1985 12,278 11,826 3.8 18,691.78 0.7
Cypress County Municipal district January 1, 1985 7,214 6,709 7.5 13,160.44 0.5
MD of Fairview No. 136 Municipal district December 9, 1914 1,673 1,432 16.8 1,389.01 1.2
Flagstaff County Municipal district January 1, 1944 3,591[lower-alpha 17] 3,892 −7.7 4,067.08 0.9
MD of Foothills No. 31 Municipal district January 1, 1954 21,258 19,731 7.7 3,642.90 5.8
County of Forty Mile No. 8 Municipal district January 1, 1954 3,336 3,414 −2.3 7,229.68 0.5
County of Grande Prairie No. 1 Municipal district December 21, 1943 20,347 17,929 13.5 5,862.74 3.5
MD of Greenview No. 16 Municipal district January 1, 1994 5,299 5,464 −3.0 32,989.05 0.2
Improvement District No. 4 (Waterton) Improvement district January 1, 1944 88 160 −45.0 480.58 0.2
Improvement District No. 9 (Banff) Improvement district April 1, 1945 1,175 938 25.3 6,782.23 0.2
Improvement District No. 12 (Jasper National Park) Improvement district April 1, 1945 34 24 41.7 10,181.58 0.0
Improvement District No. 13 (Elk Island) Improvement district April 1, 1958 10 21 −52.4 165.28 0.1
Improvement District No. 24 (Wood Buffalo) Improvement district January 1, 1967 590 422 39.8 33,412.25 0.0
Improvement District No. 25 (Willmore Wilderness) Improvement district January 2, 1994 0 0 — 4,604.97 0.0
Improvement District No. 349 Improvement district January 1, 2012 0[44] — — 5,804.56 0.0
Kananaskis Improvement District Improvement district January 1, 1983 249 429 −42.0 4,210.72 0.1
Kneehill County Municipal district January 1, 1944 4,921 5,218 −5.7 3,380.04 1.5
Lac La Biche County[lower-alpha 16] Municipal district August 1, 2007 8,397[14] 9,118 −7.9 16,299.60 0.5
Lac Ste. Anne County Municipal district January 1, 1944 10,260 9,880 3.8 2,845.61 3.6
Lacombe County Municipal district January 1, 1944 10,312 10,394 −0.8 2,766.65 3.7
Lamont County Municipal district January 1, 1944 3,872 3,905 −0.8 2,385.91 1.6
Leduc County Municipal district January 1, 1944 13,524[28] 13,135 3.1 2,607.56 5.2
MD of Lesser Slave River No. 124 Municipal district January 1, 1995 2,929 2,820 3.9 10,075.88 0.3
Lethbridge County Municipal district January 1, 1954 10,061 10,254 −1.9 2,837.80 3.5
County of Minburn No. 27 Municipal district January 30, 1942 3,383[lower-alpha 18] 3,319 1.9 2,910.71 1.2
Mountain View County Municipal district January 1, 1944 12,359 12,308 0.4 3,779.34 3.3
County of Newell Municipal district January 1, 1953 6,786 6,852 −1.0 5,904.72 1.1
County of Northern Lights[lower-alpha 16] Municipal district January 1, 1995 3,555 3,556 −0.0 19,027.69 0.2
Northern Sunrise County[lower-alpha 16] Municipal district April 1, 1994 1,791[14] 1,747 2.5 21,140.10 0.1
MD of Opportunity No. 17 Municipal district August 1, 1995 3,074 2,847 8.0 29,140.78 0.1
County of Paintearth No. 18 Municipal district January 1, 1944 2,029 2,126 −4.6 3,287.24 0.6
Parkland County Municipal district January 1, 1969 30,568 29,220 4.6 2,387.68 12.8
MD of Peace No. 135 Municipal district December 11, 1916 1,446[28] 1,487 −9.6 850.88 1.6
MD of Pincher Creek No. 9 Municipal district January 1, 1944 3,158 3,309 −4.6 3,480.91 0.9
Ponoka County Municipal district January 1, 1952 8,856 8,640 2.5 2,807.94 3.2
MD of Provost No. 52 Municipal district March 1, 1943 2,288 2,547 −10.2 3,625.2 0.6
MD of Ranchland No. 66 Municipal district January 1, 1995 79 86 −8.1 2,639.16 0.0
Red Deer County Municipal district January 1, 1944 18,351 18,649 −1.6 3,949.00 4.6
Rocky View County Municipal district January 1, 1955 36,461 33,173 9.9 3,885.41 9.4
Saddle Hills County Municipal district January 1, 1995 2,288 2,458 −6.9 5,836.92 0.4
Smoky Lake County[lower-alpha 16] Municipal district March 1, 1943 2,459[14] 2,716 −9.5 2,632.92 0.9
MD of Smoky River No. 130 Municipal district January 1, 1952 2,126 2,442 −12.9 2,842.59 0.7
Special Area No. 2 Special area April 7, 1959 2,025 2,074 −2.4 9,342.42 0.2
Special Area No. 3 Special area April 7, 1959 1,122 1,266 −11.4 6,623.96 0.2
Special Area No. 4 Special area January 1, 1969 1,352 1,389 −2.7 4,403.03 0.3
MD of Spirit River No. 133 Municipal district December 11, 1916 713 662 7.7 684.14 1.0
County of St. Paul No. 19 Municipal district January 30, 1942 5,831 5,925 −1.6 3,296.72 1.8
Starland County Municipal district February 1, 1943 2,057 2,371 −13.2 2,557.7 0.8
County of Stettler No. 6 Municipal district March 1, 1943 5,103[28] 5,189 −1.9 4,005.10 1.3
Sturgeon County Municipal district January 1, 1955 19,578 18,566 5.5 2,088.55 9.4
MD of Taber Municipal district January 1, 1954 6,851 6,275 9.2 4,203.79 1.6
Thorhild County Municipal district January 1, 1955 3,417 3,547 −3.7 2,000.05 1.7
County of Two Hills No. 21 Municipal district January 1, 1944 3,160 2,918 8.3 2,631.33 1.2
County of Vermilion River Municipal district January 1, 1944 7,905 7,462 5.9 5,518.18 1.4
Vulcan County Municipal district January 1, 1951 3,875 3,718 4.2 5,429.50 0.7
MD of Wainwright No. 61 Municipal district January 30, 1942 4,138 3,558 16.3 4,153.72 1.0
County of Warner No. 5 Municipal district January 1, 1954 3,841 3,654 5.1 4,517.67 0.9
Westlock County Municipal district February 1, 1943 7,644 6,910 10.6 3,170.71 2.4
County of Wetaskiwin No. 10 Municipal district February 1, 1943 10,866 10,519 3.3 3,129.40 3.5
Wheatland County Municipal district January 1, 1955 8,285 8,109 2.2 4,539.26 1.8
MD of Willow Creek No. 26 Municipal district January 1, 1954 5,107 5,337 −4.3 4,558.89 1.1
Woodlands County Municipal district January 1, 1994 4,306 4,158 3.6 7,668.31 0.6
Yellowhead County Municipal district January 1, 1994 10,469 10,045 4.2 22,296.26 0.5
Total municipal districts[lower-alpha 16] — — 452,426 437,881 3.3 397,642.92 1.1
Total improvement districts — — 2,146 1,994 7.6 65,642.17 0.0
Total special areas — — 4,499 4,729 −4.9 20,369.41 0.2
Total rural municipalities[lower-alpha 16] — — 458,966 444,604 3.2 483,654.5 0.9
Province of Alberta — — 3,645,257 3,290,350 10.8 640,081.87 5.7

Metis settlements

Locations of Alberta's Metis settlements
Distribution of Alberta's 8 Metis settlements among its 64 municipal districts (2011)
Main article: Metis in Alberta

Metis settlements are unique local governments dedicated to Alberta's Metis people.[46][lower-alpha 19] The settlements were originally created in 1938 under the authority of the Metis Population Betterment Act with land and governance being transferred to the settlements in 1989.[46] Metis settlements are presently under the jurisdiction of the Metis Settlements Act, which was enacted in 2000.[9]

Alberta has eight Metis settlements.[2] Unlike the other types of municipalities, Metis settlements are not recognized as census subdivisions by Statistics Canada for federal census purposes.[13] Rather, Statistics Canada recognizes them as designated places embedded within six municipal districts.[38]

Alberta's eight Metis settlements had a cumulative population of 4,826 and an average population of 603 in the 2011 census.[47] The province's largest and smallest Metis settlements by population are Kikino and East Prairie with 964 and 366 respectively, while the largest and smallest by land area are Paddle Prairie and Elizabeth with 1,717 km2 (663 sq mi) and 250 km2 (97 sq mi) respectively.[47]

List of Metis settlements

Metis settlements of Alberta
Name Municipal district[34][38] Population
(2011)[47]		 Population
(2006)[47]		 Change
(%)[47]		 Land
area
(km²)[47]		 Population
density
(per km2)[47]
Buffalo Lake Smoky Lake County 492 248 98.4 336.97 1.5
East Prairie Big LakesBig Lakes County 366 352 4.0 333.87 1.1
Elizabeth BonnyvilleMD of Bonnyville No. 87 654 663 −1.4 250.21 2.6
Fishing Lake BonnyvilleMD of Bonnyville No. 87 436 484 −9.9 355.74 1.2
Gift Lake[lower-alpha 20] Big LakesBig Lakes County
Northern Sunrise County 		662 820 −19.3 812.45 0.8
Kikino[lower-alpha 21] Smoky Lake County
Lac La Biche County 		964 398 142.2 444.27 2.2
Paddle Prairie Northern LightsCounty of Northern Lights 562 216 160.2 1,716.72 0.3
Peavine Big LakesBig Lakes County 690 822 −16.1 817.13 0.8
Total Metis settlements — 4,826 4,003 20.6 5,067.36 3.7
Province of Alberta — 3,645,257 3,290,350 10.8 640,081.87 5.7

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ The remaining 1.4% of Alberta's population resides on Indian reserves or Indian settlements, which occupy the remaining 1.1% of the province's land mass.[3]
  2. ↑ Actual populations may not be 10 as Statistics Canada, to protect privacy, rounds population to the nearest 5 in the event a geographic area's actual population is less than 15.[21]
  3. ↑ Athabasca was formerly known as Athabasca Landing prior to August 4, 1913.[17]
  4. ↑ Bittern Lake was formerly known as Rosenroll prior to December 16, 1911.[24]
  5. ↑ Chestermere was formerly known as Chestermere Lake prior to March 1, 1993.[17]
  6. ↑ Delia was formerly known as Highland prior to December 9, 1915.[25]
  7. ↑ Drumheller originally incorporated as a city on April 3, 1930 but reverted from city status as a result of its amalgamation with the M.D. of Badlands No. 7 in 1998.[17]
  8. ↑ Fort Macleod was formerly known as Macleod prior to April 1, 1952.[17]
  9. ↑ Granum was formerly known as Leavings prior to March 31, 1908.[17]
  10. ↑ Hay Lakes was formerly known as Hay Lake prior to January 1, 1932.[18]
  11. ↑ The balance of Lloydminster is located within Saskatchewan. The 2011 and 2006 populations presented here do not include 9,772 and 8,118 in the Saskatchewan portion of Lloydminster respectively, while the land area also does not include 17.34 km2 (6.70 sq mi) in the Saskatchewan portion. The city's total populations in 2011 and 2006 were 27,804 and 24,028 respectively, while its total land area was 41.53 km2 (16.03 sq mi).[27]
  12. ↑ Peace River was formerly known as Peace River Crossing prior to May 22, 1916.[17]
  13. ↑ Ryley was also known as Equity in 1909.[29]
  14. ↑ Spring Lake was formerly known as Edmonton Beach prior to January 1, 1999.[30]
  15. ↑ St. Paul was originally named St. Paul de Metis.[31]
  16. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Statistics presented for six municipal districts (the Big Lakes County, the MD of Bonnyville No. 87, Lac La Biche County, the County of Northern Lights, Northern Sunrise County and Smoky Lake County) differ from statistics for their corresponding census subdivisions published by Statistics Canada to recognize that Alberta's eight Metis settlements, which are designated places located within these six municipal districts, are separate municipalities.[38] The statistics presented for total municipal districts and total rural municipalities therefore exclude the statistics associated with the eight Metis settlements.
  17. ↑ Figure includes the 119 residents of Galahad and the 228 residents of Strome, which both dissolved from village status on January 1, 2016 to become hamlets under the jurisdiction of the Flagstaff County.[42][43]
  18. ↑ Figure includes the 105 residents of Minburn which dissolved from village status on July 1, 2015 to become a hamlet under the jurisdiction of the County of Minburn No. 27.[45]
  19. ↑ The Metis are descendants of people of mixed First Nations and European heritage.
  20. ↑ Gift Lake comprises two parts. The majority is located within Big Lakes County, while the balance is located within Northern Sunrise County. The Big Lakes County portion had a population of 662 living on 811.30 km2 (313.24 sq mi) in 2011, while the Northern Sunrise County portion had a population of 0 living on 1.15 km2 (0.44 sq mi).[48]
  21. ↑ Kikino comprises two parts. The majority is located within Smoky Lake County, while the balance is located within Lac La Biche County. The Smoky Lake County portion had a population of 959 living on 442.92 km2 (171.01 sq mi) in 2011, while the Lac La Biche County portion had a population of 5 living on 1.35 km2 (0.52 sq mi).[49]

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