Communities of the Province of Alberta, Canada are incorporated as towns, cities and villages or unincorporated (hamlets). Regional rural forms of administration include municipal districts, counties, improvement districts, specialized municipalities and regional municipalities. Another form of organisation is an indian reserve, communities governed by local first nation people under direct federal coordination.
Census Divisions are entities established by Statistics Canada for enumeration purposes, while Census Metropolitan Areas include large cities and the surrounding regions.
The administration of communities is regulated by the Municipal Government Act.[1]
As of 2008, Alberta had a population of 3,512,368 .[2]
[edit] Cities
Distribution of cities in Alberta To qualify as a city in Alberta, a sufficient population size of over 10,000 people must be present and a majority of the buildings are on parcels of land smaller than 1,850 m2 (19,913.2 sq ft).[3]
Alberta's Cities | City | Population (2009) | Area (sq km) | Notes |
| Airdrie | 34,116 | 34 | Part of Calgary Metropolitan Area |
| Brooks | 13,581 | 17 | |
| Calgary | 1,042,892 | 721 | |
| Camrose | 16,543 | 32 | |
| Cold Lake | 12,860 | 59 | |
| Edmonton | 752,412 | 700 | |
| Fort Saskatchewan | 16,793 | 48 | Part of Edmonton Capital Region |
| Grande Prairie | 50,227 | 62 | |
| Leduc | 20,529 | 37 | Part of Edmonton Capital Region |
| Lethbridge | 83,960 | 127 | |
| Lloydminster | 25,523 | 42 | City stretches into Saskatchewan |
| Medicine Hat | 60,426 | 120 | |
| Red Deer | 87,716 | 71 | |
| Spruce Grove | 19,496 | 26 | Part of Edmonton Capital Region |
| St. Albert | 58,501 | 50 | Part of Edmonton Capital Region |
| Wetaskiwin | 11,673 | 19 | |
- Sources: Population and area from Alberta 2009 Official Road Map
- Note: Metropolitan Areas are formed around Calgary and Edmonton; Census Agglomerations are formed around Brooks, Cold Lake, Camrose, Grande Prairie, Lethbridge, Lloydminster, Medicine Hat, Red Deer, Wetaskiwin and Wood Buffalo.
[edit] Special centres
These are large unincorporated settlements. In other words they are large enough to be cities but instead are part of a larger entity with one unified municipal government.
Distribution of town and cities in Alberta.
Alberta has a total of 111 towns, with a population totaling 406,108 in 2005.[4] Towns are formed from communities with populations of at least 1,000 people. When a town's population exceeds 10,000 people, the council may request a change to city status, but the change in incorporation level is not mandatory.[3] Communities with shrinking populations are allowed to retain town status even if the number of residents falls below the 1,000 limit.
Athabasca · Banff · Barrhead · Bashaw · Bassano · Beaumont · Beaverlodge · Bentley · Black Diamond · Blackfalds · Bon Accord · Bonnyville · Bow Island · Bowden · Bruderheim · Calmar · Canmore · Cardston · Carstairs · Castor · Chestermere · Claresholm · Coaldale · Coalhurst · Cochrane · Coronation · Crossfield · Crowsnest Pass, Municipality of · Daysland · Devon · Didsbury · Drayton Valley · Drumheller · Eckville · Edson · Elk Point · Fairview · Falher · Fort Macleod · Fox Creek · Gibbons · Grande Cache · Granum · Grimshaw · Hanna · Hardisty · High Level · High Prairie · High River · Hinton · Innisfail · Irricana · Killam · Lac La Biche · Lacombe · Magrath · Manning · Mayerthorpe · McLennan · Milk River · Millet · Morinville · Mundare · Nanton · Okotoks · Olds · Onoway · Oyen · Peace River · Penhold · Picture Butte · Pincher Creek · Ponoka · Provost · Rainbow Lake · Raymond · Redcliff · Redwater · Rimbey · Rocky Mountain House · Sedgewick · Sexsmith · Slave Lake · Smoky Lake · Spirit River · St. Paul · Stavely · Stettler · Stony Plain · Strathmore · Sundre · Swan Hills · Sylvan Lake · Taber · Three Hills · Tofield · Trochu · Turner Valley · Two Hills · Valleyview · Vauxhall · Vegreville · Vermilion · Viking · Vulcan · Wainwright · Wembley · Westlock · Whitecourt
[edit] Villages
Alberta has a total of 100 communities incorporated as villages, with a cumulative population of 38,906 (as of 2005).[4]Villages are incorporated under the provisions of the Municipal Government Act.[1], if requested by more than 30% of the electors of a community with more than 300 people.[3] Administration is shared and coordinated with the larger municipal districts.
Acme · Alberta Beach · Alix · Alliance · Amisk · Andrew · Arrowwood · Barnwell · Barons · Bawlf · Beiseker · Berwyn · Big Valley · Bittern Lake · Botha · Boyle · Breton · Carbon · Carmangay · Caroline · Cereal · Champion · Chauvin · Chipman · Clive · Clyde · Consort · Coutts · Cowley · Cremona · Czar · Delburne · Delia · Derwent · Dewberry · Donalda · Donnelly · Duchess · Eckville · Edberg · Edgerton · Elnora · Empress · Ferintosh · Foremost · Forestburg · Gadsby · Galahad · Girouxville · Glendon · Glenwood · Halkirk · Hay Lakes · Heisler · Hill Spring · Hines Creek · Holden · Hughenden · Hussar · Hythe · Innisfree · Irma · Kinuso · Kitscoty · Linden · Lomond · Longview · Lougheed · Mannville · Marwayne · Milo · Minburn · Morrin · Munson · Myrnam · Nampa · New Norway · New Sarepta · Nobleford · Paradise Valley · Rockyford · Rosalind · Rosemary · Rycroft · Ryley · Sangudo · Spring Lake · Standard · Stirling · Strome · Thorhild · Thorsby · Tilley · Veteran · Vilna · Wabamun · Warburg · Warner · Waskatenau · Willingdon · Youngstown
[edit] Summer villages
Betula Beach · Birch Cove · Birchcliff · Bondiss · Bonnyville Beach · Burnstick Lake · Castle Island · Crystal Springs · Ghost Lake · Golden Days · Grandview · Gull Lake · Half Moon Bay · Horseshoe Bay · Island Lake · Island Lake South · Itaska Beach · Jarvis Bay · Kapasiwin · Lakeview · Larkspur · Ma-Me-O-Beach · Mewatha Beach · Nakamun Park · Norglenwold · Norris Beach · Parkland Beach · Pelican Narrows · Point Alison · Poplar Bay · Rochon Sands · Ross Haven · Sandy Beach · Seba Beach · Silver Beach · Silver Sands · South Baptiste · South View · Sunbreaker Cove · Sundance Beach · Sunrise Beach · Sunset Beach · Sunset Point · Val Quentin · Waiparous · West Baptiste · West Cove · Whispering Hills · White Sands · Yellowstone
[edit] Hamlets
Hamlets are designated by the council of a municipal district or county when a community has a generally accepted name and boundary.[3] Hamlets can contain non-residential areas within their boundaries, and are administered by the municipal districts. When their population reaches 300, hamlets can be incorporated as villages.
Abee · Acadia Valley · Aden · Aetna · Alcomdale · Alcurve · Alder Flats · Aldersyde · Alexo · Alhambra · Alsike · Altario · Antler Lake · Anzac · Ardenode · Ardley · Ardmore · Ardrossan · Armena · Ashmont · Atikameg · Atmore · Balzac · Bay Tree · Beach Corner · Bearberry · Bear Canyon · Beauvallon · Beaver Crossing · Beaverdam · Beaver Lake · Beaver Mines · Beazer · Bellevue · Bellis · Benalto · Benchlands · Bergen · Bezanson · Big Stone · Bindloss · Bircham · Blackfoot · Blackie · Blairmore · Bloomsbury · Blueberry Mountain · Blue Ridge · Bluesky · Bluffton · Bodo · Bonanza · Bottrel · Boyne Lake · Bragg Creek · Brant · Brazeau · Breynat · Brocket · Brosseau · Brownfield · Brownvale · Bruce · Brule · Buck Creek · Buck Lake · Buffalo · Buffalo Head Prairie · Buford · Burdett · Burmis · Busby · Byemoor · Cadogan · Cadomin · Cadotte Lake · Calahoo · Calais · Calling Lake · Camp Creek · Campsie · Canyon Creek · Carbondale · Carcajou · Cardiff · Carnwood · Carrot Creek · Carseland · Carvel · Carway · Caslan · Castle Mountain · Cayley · Cessford · Chancellor · Chard · Chateh · Cheadle · Cherhill · Cherry Grove · Cherry Point · Chief Mountain · Chin · Chinook · Chinook Valley · Chisholm · Clairmont · Clandonald · Cleardale · Cluny · Cochrane Lake · Coleman · Colinton · College Heights · Collingwood Cove · Compeer · Condor · Conklin · Conrich · Craigmyle · Cranford · Crestomere · Chisholm · Crooked Creek · Cynthia · Dalemead · Dalroy · Dalum · Dapp · Darwell · De Winton · Dead Man's Flats · Deadwood · DeBolt · Del Bonita · Delacour · Demmitt · Denwood · Desmarais · Diamond City · Dimsdale · Dickson · Dixonville · Donatville · Dorothy · Driftpile · Duffield · Duhamel · Dunmore · Dunvegan · Duvernay · Eagle Hill · Eaglesham · East Coulee · Edwant · Egremont · Elkton · Elkwater · Ellscott · Elmworth · Enchant · Endiang · Enilda · Ensign · Entrance · Entwistle · Erskine · Esther · Etzikom · Eureka River · Evansburg · Exshaw · Fabyan · Fairview · Fallis · Falun · Faust · Fawcett · Fenn · Finnegan · Fisher Home · Fitzgerald · Flat Lake · Flatbush · Fleet · Foisy · Fork Lake · Fort Assiniboine · Fort Chipewyan · Fort Kent · Fort MacKay · Fort McMurray · Fort Vermilion · Fox Lake · Franchere · Frank · Frog Lake · Gainford · Gem · Genesee · Gleichen · Glenevis · Goodfare · Goodfish Lake · Goodridge · Goose Lake · Gordondale · Grassland · Grassy Lake · Green Court · Greenshields · Gregoire Lake Estates · Grouard · Grouard Mission · Grovedale · Gunn · Gurneyville · Guy · Gwynne · Habay · Hairy Hill · Half Moon Lake · Hamlin · Hastings Lake · Harvie Heights · Haynes · Hays · Hayter · Heath · Heinsburg · Heritage Pointe · Herronton · Hesketh · Hilda · Hillcrest Mines · Hilliard · Hoadley · Hobbema · Hondo · Hoselaw · Hotchkiss · Huallen · Huxley · Hylo · Iddesleigh · Imperial Mills · Indian Cabins · Indus · Iron River · Iron Springs · Irvine · Islay · James River Bridge · Janet · Jarvie · Jasper · Jean Cote · Jefferson · Jenner · Joffre · John D'Or Prairie · Josephburg · Joussard · Kananaskis · Kananaskis Village · Kathleen · Kathyrn · Kavanagh · Keephills · Keg River · Kelsey · Keoma · Kimball · Kingman · Kinsella · Kirkcaldy · Kirriemuir · La Corey · La Crête · La Glace · Lac des Arcs · Lafond · Lake Isle · Lake Louise · Lamoureux · Landry Heights · Langdon · Lavoy · Lea Park · Leavitt · Leedale · Leslieville · Lindbergh · Lindbrook · Linn Valley · Little Buffalo · Little Smoky · Lodgepole · Lone Pine · Long Lake · Looma · Loon Lake · Lottie Lake · Lousana · Lowland Heights · Lundbreck · Lyalta · Lymburn · MacKay · Madden · Maleb · Mallaig · Manola · Manyberries · Mariana Lake · Marie Reine · Markerville · Marlboro · Marten Beach · McLaughlin · McRae · Meander River · Meanook · Mearns · Meeting Creek · Metiskow · Michichi · Millarville · Millicent · Mirror · Mission Beach · Monarch · Monitor · Moon River Estates · Morecambe · Morley · Morningside · Mossleigh · Mountain View · Mulhurst Bay · Musidora · Nacmine · Namaka · Namao · Neerlandia · Nestow · Nevis · New Brigden · New Dayton · New Fish Creek · Newbrook · Nightingale · Nisku · Niton Junction · Nojack · Nordegg · North Cooking Lake · North Star · Notikewin · Ohaton · Onefour · Opal · Orion · Orton · Parkland · Patricia · Peace Point · Peerless Lake · Peers · Pekisko · Pelican Point · Peoria · Perryvale · Pibroch · Pickardville · Pincher Station · Pine Lake · Pine Sands · Pinedale · Pipestone · Plamondon · Pocahontas · Poplar Ridge · Poe · Pollockville · Priddis · Priddis Greens · Purple Springs · Queenstown · Radway · Rainer · Ralston · Ranfurly · Raven · Red Earth Creek · Red Willow · Redwood Meadows · Reno · Ribstone · Rich Lake · Rich Valley · Richdale · Ridgevalley · Rivercourse · Riverview · Rivière Qui Barre · Robb · Rochester · Rochfort Bridge · Rocky Lane · Rocky Rapids · Rolling Hills · Rolly View · Rosebud · Rosedale · Rossington · Round Hill · Rowley · Rumsey · Saddle Lake · Sandy Lake · Saprae Creek · Saskatchewan River Crossing · Scandia · Schuler · Scotfield · Sedalia · Seebe · Seven Persons · Shaughnessy · Sheerness · Shepard · Sherwood Park · Shouldice · Sibbald · Silver Valley · Skiff · Smith · South Cooking Lake · Spedden · Spring Coulee · Springbrook · Spruce View · Sputinow · St. Brides · St. Edouard · St. Francis · St. Isidore · St. Lina · St. Michael · St. Vincent · Stand Off · Star · Stauffer · Steen River · Streamstown · Sturgeon Heights · Suffield · Sunnybrook · Sunnynook · Sunnyslope · Sunset House · Swalwell · Tangent · Tawatinaw · Teepee Creek · Tees · Telfordville · Therien · Throne · Tillicum Beach · Tiger Lily · Tomahawk · Torrington · Trout Lake · Tulliby Lake · Turin · Twin Butte · Twin Lakes · Valhalla Centre · Venice · Vega · Veinerville · Village at Pigeon Lake · Villeneuve · Vimy · Violet Grove · Wabasca · Wabasca-Desmarais · Wagner · Walsh · Wandering River · Wanham · Wardlow · Warspite · Warwick · Water Valley · Waterton Park · Watino · Wayne · Wedgewood · Welling · Westerose · Westward Ho · White Gull · Whitford · Whitelaw · Widewater · Wild Horse · Wildwood · Wimborne · Winfield · Withrow · Woking · Woodhouse · Woolford · Worsley · Wostok · Wrentham · Zama City
[edit] Ghost towns
A ghost town is a town that once had a considerable population, that has since dwindled in numbers causing some or all its business to close, either due to the rerouting of a highway, train tracks being pulled, or exhaustion of some natural resource.
Alderson · Alexo · Allerston · Allingham · Anthracite · Ardenode · Ardley · Bankhead · Bardo · Battle Bend · Beazer · Bindloss · Bulwark · Butte · Caldwell · Del Bonita · Dorothy · Grand Centre · Lille · Luscar · Maybutt · Mintlaw · Mountain Park · Nemiscam · Nordegg · Orion · Pakowki · Pendant d'Oreille · Retlaw · Tail Creek · Taylor Siding · Travers · Twin River · Wardlow · Whisky Gap · Whitford · Whitla · Wimborne · Winnifred · Woolford · Wostok
[edit] Municipal districts
Municipal districts (in some cases called counties) are governing organizations for rural areas including farmlands and unincorporated places such as hamlets. As of 2006, there were sixty-four municipal districts and counties in Alberta.[3]
- Municipal districts and counties
Acadia · Athabasca · Barrhead · Beaver · Bighorn · Big Lakes · Birch Hills · Bonnyville · Brazeau · Camrose · Cardston · Clear Hills · Clearwater · Cypress · Fairview · Flagstaff · Foothills · Forty Mile · Grande Prairie · Greenview · Kananaskis · Kneehill · Lac Ste. Anne · Lac La Biche County · Lacombe · Lamont · Leduc · Lesser Slave River · Lethbridge · Mackenzie · Minburn · Mountain View · Newell · Northern Lights · Northern Sunrise · Opportunity · Paintearth · Parkland · Peace · Pincher Creek · Ponoka · Provost · Ranchland · Red Deer · Rocky View · Saddle Hills · Smoky Lake · Smoky River · Spirit River · Starland · Stettler · St. Paul · Strathcona · Sturgeon · Taber · Thorhild · Two Hills · Vermilion River · Vulcan · Wainwright · Warner · Westlock · Wetaskiwin · Wheatland · Willow Creek · Wood Buffalo · Woodlands · Yellowhead
- Specialized municipalities
Crowsnest Pass · Jasper · Municipal District of Mackenzie · Wood Buffalo · Strathcona County
- Improvement districts
4-Waterton Lakes National Park · 5-Kananaskis Country · 9-Banff National Park · 12-Jasper National Park · 13-Elk Island National Park · 24-Wood Buffalo National Park · 25-Willmore Wilderness Park
- Special areas
Special Area 2 · Special Area 3 · Special Area 4
[edit] First Nations settlements
Reserves in Alberta cover a total area of 1,622,630 acres (6,566.69 km2) and range from 1,089 acres (4.41 km2) to 354,667 acres (1,435 km2) in size.[3] Under the British North America Act, legislative authority over Indian reserves is placed exclusively with the national parliament and specifically the Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development. Local administration is placed with local native governments.
[edit] Indian reserves
Blood · Desmarais · Little Buffalo · Samson · Stoney · Stony Plain · Tsuu T'ina Nation ·
[edit] Metis settlements
Buffalo Lake · East Prairie · Elizabeth · Fishing Lake · Gift Lake · Kikino · Paddle Prairie · Peavine
[edit] See also
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