2018 Alberta municipal censuses

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2018 Alberta municipal censuses
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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 2018 with 352 municipalities. [4] Of these, at least 38 (

Some municipalities achieved population milestones as a result of their 2018 censuses. Blackfalds exceeded 10,000 residents, making it eligible for city status, while the Municipal District of Greenview No. 16 grew beyond the 6,000 mark for the first time.

Municipal census results

The following summarizes the results of the numerous municipal censuses conducted in 2018.

2018 municipal census summary [5] [6] 2016 federal census comparison [7] Previous municipal census comparison [8] [9] [10]
MunicipalityStatusCensus
date		2018
pop.		2016
pop.		Absolute
growth		Absolute
change		Annual
growth
rate		Prev.
pop.		Prev.
census
year		Absolute
growth		Annual
growth
rate
Airdrie City April 1, 201868,09161,5816,5105.2%64,92220173,1694.9%
Beaumont Town May 1, 201818,82917,3961,4334.0%18,32020175092.8%
Blackfalds Town May 15, 201810,1259,3287974.2%9,91620172092.1%
Boyle Village June 4, 2018925845804.6%918200970.1%
Bruderheim Town April 1, 20181,3951,308873.3%1,3482014470.9%
Buffalo Lake Metis settlement June 5, 2018702712−10−0.7%6762015261.3%
Calgary City April 1, 20181,267,3441,239,22028,1241.1%1,246,337201721,0071.7%
Cardston Town June 18, 20183,9093,5853244.4%3,57820073310.8%
Chestermere City May 1, 201820,73219,8878452.1%20,33120174012.0%
Coalhurst Town May 22, 20182,7672,668991.8%2,52220152453.1%
Cochrane Town April 3, 201827,96025,8532,1074.0%26,32020171,6406.2%
Crossfield Town May 1, 20183,3082,9833255.3%3,05520172538.3%
East Prairie Metis settlement June 5, 201849130418727.1%4592015322.3%
Eckville Town May 24, 20181,1631,125381.7%1,00220071611.4%
Elizabeth Metis settlement June 5, 2018639653−14−1.1%6902015−51−2.5%
Empress Village June 1, 2018155135207.2%160 [11] 2017−5−3.1%
Fishing Lake Metis settlement June 5, 2018436446−10−1.1%4912015−55−3.9%
Fort Saskatchewan City April 2, 201826,32824,1492,1794.4%25,53320177953.1%
Gift Lake Metis settlement June 5, 201881265815411.1%65120151617.6%
Grande Prairie City April 16, 201869,08863,1665,9224.6%68,55620155,9220.3%
MD of Greenview No. 16 Municipal district April 30, 20186,0445,5834614.0%5,24220138022.9%
Improvement District No. 4 (Waterton) Improvement district June 22, 201810810531.4%
Kikino Metis settlement June 5, 2018928934−6−0.3%9182015100.4%
Leduc City April 1, 201832,44829,9932,4554.0%31,13020171,3184.2%
Lethbridge City April 1, 201899,76992,7297,0403.7%98,19820171,5711.6%
Mackenzie County Specialized municipality April 18, 201812,512 [12] 11,1711,3415.8%11,75020157622.1%
Okotoks Town May 2, 201829,00228,8811210.2%28,01620159861.2%
Paddle Prairie Metis settlement June 5, 2018536544−8−2.3%530201560.4%
Peavine Metis settlement June 5, 2018566607−41−3.4%6392015−73−4.0%
Raymond Town May 1, 20184,2523,7085447.1%4,03720172155.3%
Rocky View County Municipal district 36,776 [13] [lower-alpha 2] 39,407−2,631−3.4%38,0552013−1,279−0.7%
Spruce Grove City April 4, 201835,76634,0661,7002.5%34,88120178852.5%
St. Albert City May 1, 201866,08265,5894930.4%64,64520161,4371.1%
Stirling Village June 1, 20181,26997829113.9%1,269201700.0%
Strathcona County Specialized municipality May 1, 201898,38198,0443370.2%95,59720152,7841.0%
Strathmore Town April 1, 201813,52813,756−228−0.8%13,32720152010.5%
Waskatenau Village April 30, 20182271864110.5%2602000−33−0.8%
RM of Wood Buffalo Specialized municipality April 1, 201875,00971,5893,4202.4%81,9482015−6,939−2.9%

Breakdowns

Urban and rural service areas

Sherwood Park is an urban service area within Strathcona County. Sherwood Park.jpg
Sherwood Park is an urban service area within Strathcona County.
Fort McMurray is the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo's urban service area. Fort mcmurray aerial.jpg
Fort McMurray is the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo's urban service area.

Strathcona County

2018 municipal census summary [14] 2015 municipal census comparison [14]
Area2018
population		Previous
population		Absolute
growth		Annual
growth rate
Sherwood Park urban service area [lower-alpha 3] 71,33268,7822,5501.2%
Rural service area [lower-alpha 4] 27,04926,8152340.3%
Total Strathcona County 98,38195,5972,7841.0%

Wood Buffalo

2018 municipal census summary [17] 2015 municipal census comparison
Area2018
population		Previous
population		Absolute
growth		Annual
growth rate
Fort McMurray urban service area [lower-alpha 3] 72,05678,382−6,326−2.8%
Rural service area [lower-alpha 4] 2,9533,566−613−6.1%
Total RM of Wood Buffalo 75,00981,948−6,939−2.9%

Hamlets

The following is a list of hamlet and other unincorporated community populations determined by the 2018 municipal censuses conducted by Rocky View County, Strathcona County and the Regional Municipality (RM) of Wood Buffalo excluding the urban service areas of Fort McMurray and Sherwood Park that are presented above.

2018 municipal census summaryPrevious census comparison
Hamlet/unincorporated
community		Municipality2018
population
[13] [18] [17] 		Previous
population
[19] [20] 		Previous
census year
Absolute
growth		Annual
growth rate
Antler Lake Strathcona County 4354692015−34−2.5%
Anzac RM of Wood Buffalo 6597632015−104−4.8%
Ardrossan Strathcona County 53241220151208.9%
Bottrel Rocky View County 5
Bragg Creek Rocky View County 459454201350.2%
Cochrane Lake Rocky View County 7697922013−23−0.6%
Collingwood Cove Strathcona County 3763602015161.5%
Conklin RM of Wood Buffalo 2293762015−147−15.2%
Conrich Rocky View County 21262013−5−4.2%
Dalemead Rocky View County 2927201321.4%
Dalroy Rocky View County 46502013−4−1.7%
Delacour Rocky View County 10
Fort Chipewyan RM of Wood Buffalo 9181,0142015−96−3.3%
Fort MacKay RM of Wood Buffalo 5951201585.0%
Gregoire Lake Estates RM of Wood Buffalo 2042322015−28−4.2%
Half Moon Lake Strathcona County 2141952015193.1%
Harmony Rocky View County 249
Hastings Lake Strathcona County 104872015176.1%
Indus Rocky View County 32362013−4−2.3%
Janvier RM of Wood Buffalo 1411552015−14−2.3%
Josephburg Strathcona County 118117201510.3%
Kathyrn Rocky View County 13202013−7−8.3%
Keoma Rocky View County 8985201340.9%
Langdon Rocky View County 5,3644,89720134671.8%
Madden Rocky View County 2621201354.4%
North Cooking Lake Strathcona County 57592015−2−1.1%
Saprae Creek RM of Wood Buffalo 7159772015−262−9.9%
South Cooking Lake Strathcona County 2703022015−32−3.7%

Shadow population counts

Alberta Municipal Affairs defines shadow population as "temporary residents of a municipality who are employed by an industrial or commercial establishment in the municipality for a minimum of 30 days within a municipal census year." [3] Improvement District No. 4 (Wateron) and the RM of Wood Buffalo conducted shadow population counts in 2018. The following presents the results of these counts for comparison with their concurrent municipal census results.

MunicipalityStatusMunicipal
census
population [5] 		Shadow
population [5] 		Combined
population [5]
Improvement District No. 4 (Wateron) Improvement district 108405513
RM of Wood Buffalo Specialized municipality 75,00936,678111,687

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ No censuses were conducted among Alberta's 3 special areas and 51 summer villages. [5]
  2. ↑ Rocky View County was unable to enumerate 1,455 or
  3. 1 2 The Fort McMurray and Sherwood Park urban service areas are deemed equivalents of cities. [15] [16]
  4. 1 2 Strathcona County's and the RM of Wood Buffalo's rural service areas are deemed equivalents of municipal districts. [15] [16]

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References

  1. ↑ "Municipal Government Act: Revised Statutes of Alberta 2000 Chapter M-26 (Office Consolidation)" (PDF). Alberta Queen's Printer. July 1, 2018. Retrieved July 28, 2018.
  2. ↑ "Municipal Government Act: Determination of Population Regulation, Alberta Regulation 63/2001 (Office Consolidation)" (PDF). Alberta Queen's Printer. 2017. p. 3. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 26, 2013. Retrieved July 28, 2018.
  3. 1 2 Municipal Census Manual: Requirements and Guidelines for Conducting a Municipal Census (PDF). Alberta Municipal Affairs. February 2018. p. 8. ISBN   978-1-4601-3770-3 . Retrieved July 28, 2018.
  4. ↑ "2018 Municipal Codes" (PDF). Alberta Municipal Affairs. April 20, 2018. Retrieved July 27, 2018.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 2018 Municipal Affairs Population List (PDF). Alberta Municipal Affairs. December 2018. ISBN   978-1-4601-4254-7 . Retrieved December 20, 2018.
  6. ↑ "2019 Municipal Affairs Population List" (PDF). Alberta Municipal Affairs. December 2019. ISBN   978-1-4601-4623-1 . Retrieved September 28, 2021.
  7. ↑ "Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), 2016 and 2011 censuses – 100% data (Alberta)". Statistics Canada. February 8, 2018. Retrieved July 28, 2018.
  8. ↑ 2017 Municipal Affairs Population List (PDF). Alberta Municipal Affairs. ISBN   978-1-4601-3652-2 . Retrieved July 28, 2018.
  9. ↑ 2011 Municipal Affairs Population List (PDF). Alberta Municipal Affairs. October 5, 2011. ISBN   978-0-7785-9738-4 . Retrieved July 28, 2018.
  10. ↑ "2001 Official Population List" (PDF). Alberta Municipal Affairs. September 4, 2001. Retrieved December 23, 2018.
  11. ↑ "2017 Municipal Census". Village of Empress. Archived from the original on January 14, 2018. Retrieved June 2, 2017.
  12. ↑ "2018 Municipal census" (PDF). Mackenzie County. August 29, 2018. p. 87. Retrieved September 3, 2018.
  13. 1 2 3 "2018 Rocky View County Census Results" (PDF). Rocky View County. November 13, 2018. pp. 249–254. Retrieved November 10, 2018.
  14. 1 2 "Census population results: Strathcona County historical population". Strathcona County. August 30, 2018. Retrieved September 3, 2018.
  15. 1 2 "Order in Council 817/94" (PDF). Province of Alberta. December 21, 1994. p. 2. Retrieved December 29, 2013.
  16. 1 2 "Order in Council 761/95" (PDF). Province of Alberta. December 6, 1995. pp. 2–3. Retrieved December 29, 2013.
  17. 1 2 "census2018 Municipal Census Report" (PDF). Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo. Retrieved March 9, 2019.
  18. ↑ "Census 2018 Results Report" (PDF). Strathcona County. August 30, 2018. pp. 3–4. Retrieved September 4, 2018.
  19. ↑ "Census 2015: Overall Results" (PDF). Strathcona County. p. 4. Retrieved June 1, 2016.
  20. ↑ "The Municipal Census 2015 Report" (PDF). Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo. p. 50. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 5, 2016. Retrieved June 1, 2016.
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