2017 Alberta municipal censuses

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2017 Alberta municipal censuses
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  2016 April 1 – June 30, 2017 2018  

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Distribution of Alberta's 269 urban municipalities

Alberta has provincial legislation allowing its municipalities to conduct municipal censuses between April 1 and June 30 inclusive. [1] [2] Municipalities choose to conduct their own censuses for multiple reasons such as to better inform municipal service planning and provision, to capitalize on per capita based grant funding from higher levels of government, or to simply update their populations since the last federal census. [3]

Contents

Alberta began the year of 2017 with 354 municipalities. [4] Of these, 35 (

Some municipalities achieved population milestones as a result of their 2017 censuses. Fort Saskatchewan exceeded 25,000 residents, while Chestermere surpassed 20,000 people and Crossfield grew beyond the 3,000 mark for the first time.

Municipal census results

The following summarizes the results of the numerous municipal censuses conducted in 2017.

2017 municipal census summary [5] 2016 federal census comparison [6] Previous municipal census comparison [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12]
MunicipalityStatusCensus
date
2017
pop.
2016
pop.
Absolute
growth
Absolute
change
Annual
growth
rate
Prev.
pop.
Prev.
census
year
Absolute
growth
Annual
growth
rate
Airdrie City April 1, 201764,92261,5813,3415.4%61,84220163,0805.0%
Banff Town June 12, 20178,8757,8511,02413.0%8,42120144541.8%
Beaumont Town April 15, 201718,32017,3969245.3%17,72020166003.4%
Big Valley Village May 1, 201734934630.9%347201520.3%
Blackfalds Town May 15, 20179,9169,3285886.3%9,51020164064.3%
Bonnyville Town April 1, 20176,4225,975 [13] 4477.5%6,9212014−499−2.5%
Bow Island Town April 1, 20172,0431,983603.0%1,86820071750.9%
Calgary City April 1, 20171,246,3371,239,2207,1170.6%1,235,171201611,1660.9%
Carbon Village May 1, 20175004544610.1%5012000−10.0%
Carmangay Village May 19, 201725024283.3%2622013−12−1.2%
Chestermere City May 1, 201720,33119,8874442.2%19,71520166163.1%
Cochrane Town April 3, 201726,32025,8534671.8%25,12220161,1984.8%
Crossfield Town May 8, 20173,0552,983722.4%2,91820141371.5%
Edgerton Village May 10, 20174253844110.7%4012012241.2%
Empress Village 160 [14] 1352518.5%2541983−94−1.4%
Fort Saskatchewan City April 3, 201725,53324,1491,3845.7%24,56920169643.9%
Girouxville Village May 1, 20172892197032.0%3151976−26−0.2%
High Level Town May 1, 20173,9923,15983326.4%3,82320151692.2%
Horseshoe Bay Summer village May 1, 201773492449.0%462001272.9%
Innisfree Village May 15, 20172231933015.5%2671977−44−0.4%
Leduc City April 1, 201731,13029,9931,1373.8%30,49820166322.1%
Lethbridge City April 1, 201798,19892,7295,4695.9%96,82820161,3701.4%
Magrath Town April 24, 20172,4352,374612.6%2,3982015370.8%
Marwayne Village May 15, 2017606564427.4%6672013−61−2.4%
McLennan Town May 1, 20177917019012.8%9571997−166−0.9%
Oyen Town June 5, 20171,0221,001212.1%1,0062015160.8%
Raymond Town April 10, 20174,0373,7083298.9%4,2022016−165−3.9%
Rosemary Village [lower-alpha 2] 3964212012
Spruce Grove City April 5, 201734,88134,0668152.4%33,64020161,2413.7%
St. Paul Town April 10, 20175,9635,8271362.3%6,0042014−41−0.2%
County of St. Paul No. 19 Municipal district April 18, 20176,4686,0364327.2%6,16820123001.0%
Stirling Village June 1, 20171,26997829129.8%1,14720131222.6%
Thorsby Town April 1, 20171,015985303.0%1,0252015−10−0.5%
Two Hills Town May 15, 20171,4431,352916.7%1,4312012120.2%
Vermilion Town April 1, 20174,1504,084661.6%4,5452012−395−1.8%
Veteran Village May 29, 20172392073215.5%3181982−79−0.8%

See also

Notes

  1. No censuses were conducted among Alberta's 5 specialized municipalities, 3 special areas and 8 improvement districts. [5]
  2. The Village of Rosemary indicated it was going to conduct a municipal census in 2017, [15] though no completion of this census was reported by Alberta Municipal Affairs. [5]

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References

  1. "Municipal Government Act: Revised Statutes of Alberta 2000 Chapter M-26 (Office Consolidation)" (PDF). Alberta Queen's Printer. November 24, 2010. Retrieved February 4, 2017.
  2. "Municipal Government Act: Determination of Population Regulation, Alberta Regulation 63/2001 (Office Consolidation)" (PDF). Alberta Queen's Printer. 2013. p. 3. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 26, 2013. Retrieved February 4, 2017.
  3. "Municipal Census Manual: Requirements and Guidelines for Conducting a Municipal Census" (PDF). Alberta Municipal Affairs. February 2015. p. 7. ISBN   978-1-4601-2127-6 . Retrieved February 4, 2017.
  4. "2017 Municipal Codes" (PDF). Alberta Municipal Affairs. January 12, 2017. Retrieved February 4, 2017.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 "2017 Municipal Affairs Population List" (PDF). Alberta Municipal Affairs. ISBN   978-1-4601-3652-2 . Retrieved January 12, 2018.
  6. "Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), 2016 and 2011 censuses (Alberta)". Statistics Canada. February 8, 2017.
  7. "2016 Municipal Affairs Population List" (PDF). Alberta Municipal Affairs. ISBN   978-1-4601-3127-5 . Retrieved February 4, 2017.
  8. "2011 Municipal Affairs Population List" (PDF). Alberta Municipal Affairs. October 5, 2011. ISBN   978-0-7785-9738-4 . Retrieved April 19, 2017.
  9. "2001 Official Population List" (PDF). Alberta Municipal Affairs. September 4, 2001. ISBN   978-0-7785-9738-4 . Retrieved April 20, 2017.
  10. "1986 Official Population" (PDF). Alberta Municipal Affairs. Retrieved April 20, 2017.
  11. "1977 Official Population" (PDF). Alberta Municipal Affairs. Retrieved January 13, 2018.
  12. "1976 Official Population" (PDF). Alberta Municipal Affairs. Retrieved January 13, 2018.
  13. "Population and dwelling count amendments, 2016 Census". Statistics Canada. October 6, 2017. Retrieved January 12, 2018.
  14. "2017 Municipal Census". Village of Empress. Archived from the original on January 14, 2018. Retrieved June 2, 2017.
  15. Michelle Gietz. "Area population up over 5% since 2011". Brooks Bulletin. Archived from the original on February 18, 2017. Retrieved February 17, 2017. That census counted 421 people in the Village of Rosemary compared to 396 people recorded by Statistics Canada in 2016. "We are going to have another municipal census this year to confirm the numbers," comments Zacharias.