2019 Alberta municipal censuses

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2019 Alberta municipal censuses
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  2018 April 1 – June 30, 2019 2020  

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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 2019 with 351 municipalities. [4] Of these, at least 18 (

Lethbridge became the fourth city in Alberta to surpass a population of 100,000. Lethbridge downtown.jpg
Lethbridge became the fourth city in Alberta to surpass a population of 100,000.

Some municipalities achieved population milestones as a result of their 2019 censuses. Lethbridge both exceeded 100,000 residents and surpassed Red Deer as Alberta's third largest city after counting 101,482 residents. [5] Airdrie, now the fifth-largest city in the province after passing Grande Prairie (which last calculated its population in the 2018 Alberta municipal censuses), grew beyond the 70,000-mark. [6]

Municipal census results

The following summarizes the results of the numerous municipal censuses conducted in 2019.

2019 municipal census summary [7] 2016 federal census comparison [8] Previous municipal census comparison [9] [10]
MunicipalityStatusCensus
date
2019
pop.
2016
pop.
Absolute
growth
Absolute
change
Annual
growth
rate
Prev.
pop.
Prev.
census
year
Absolute
growth
Annual
growth
rate
Airdrie City April 1, 201970,56461,5818,9834.6%68,09120182,4733.6%
Beaumont City May 1, 201919,23617,3961,8403.4%18,82920184072.2%
Calgary City April 1, 20191,285,7111,239,22046,4911.2%1,267,344201818,3671.4%
Coaldale Town April 1, 20198,6918,2154761.9%7,52620131,1652.4%
Coalhurst Town May 21, 20192,7842,6681161.4%2,7672018170.6%
Cochrane Town April 1, 201929,27725,8533,4244.2%27,96020181,3174.7%
Crossfield Town May 1, 20193,3772,9833944.2%3,3082018692.1%
Edmonton City April 1, 2019972,223932,54639,6771.4%899,447201672,7762.6%
Fort Saskatchewan City April 1, 201926,94224,1492,7933.7%26,32820186142.3%
Fox Creek Town June 3, 20192,1891,9712183.6%2,1122013771.4%
High River Town April 1, 201914,05213,5844681.1%11,78320102,2692.0%
Lac La Biche County Specialized municipality April 17, 20198,6548,3303241.3%8,54420161100.4%
Lacombe City April 2, 201913,98513,0579282.3%12,72820141,2571.9%
Leduc City April 1, 201933,03229,9933,0393.3%32,44820185841.8%
Municipal District of Lesser Slave River No. 124 Municipal district May 1, 20192,8112,80380.1%3,0742014−263−1.8%
Lethbridge City April 1, 2019101,48292,7298,7533.1%99,76920181,7131.7%
Penhold Town April 1, 20193,5633,2772862.8%2,84220147214.6%
Raymond Town May 15, 20194,2413,7085334.6%4,2522018−11−0.3%
Red Deer City April 1, 2019101,002100,4185840.2%99,83220161,1700.4%
Stony Plain Town May 1, 201917,84217,1896531.3%16,12720151,7152.6%
Sturgeon County Municipal district April 15, 201920,50620,495110.0%19,16520081,3410.6%

Breakdowns

Hamlets

The following is a list of hamlet populations determined by 2019 municipal censuses conducted by Lac La Biche County and Sturgeon County.

2019 municipal census summaryPrevious census comparison
Hamlet Municipality2019
population
[11]
Previous
population
[12] [13]
Previous
census year
[12] [13]
Absolute
growth
Annual
growth rate
Alcomdale Sturgeon County 502008
Beaver Lake Lac La Biche County 501527 2016 −26−1.7%
Calahoo Sturgeon County 2102008
Carbondale Sturgeon County 2008
Cardiff Sturgeon County 1,1902008
Hylo Lac La Biche County 3133 2016 −2−2.1%
Lac La Biche Lac La Biche County 2,8372,682 2016 1551.9%
Lamoureux Sturgeon County 2008
Mearns Sturgeon County 2008
Namao Sturgeon County 102008
Pine Sands Sturgeon County 2008
Plamondon Lac La Biche County 373348 2016 252.3%
Riviere Qui Barre Sturgeon County 1002008
Venice Lac La Biche County 1722 2016 −5−8.2%
Villeneuve Sturgeon County 2252008

See also

Notes

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    3. "Municipal Census Manual: Requirements and Guidelines for Conducting a Municipal Census" (PDF). Alberta Municipal Affairs. January 2019. p. 8. ISBN   978-1-4601-4308-7 . Retrieved March 17, 2019.
    4. "2019 Municipal Codes" (PDF). Alberta Municipal Affairs. January 8, 2019. Retrieved March 17, 2019.
    5. Mamta Lulla (June 24, 2019). "2019 census results: Red Deer loses 3rd largest city title to Lethbridge". Red Deer Advocate . Black Press Group Ltd. Retrieved August 5, 2019.
    6. Jennifer Will (July 8, 2019). "Airdrie City Council briefs - census results announced". Airdrie Echo. Sun Media Community Newspapers. Retrieved August 5, 2019.
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    9. "2018 Municipal Affairs Population List" (PDF). Alberta Municipal Affairs. December 2018. ISBN   978-1-4601-4254-7 . Retrieved December 20, 2018.
    10. "2011 Municipal Affairs Population List" (PDF). Alberta Municipal Affairs. October 5, 2011. ISBN   978-0-7785-9738-4 . Retrieved July 28, 2018.
    11. "Lac La Biche County 2019 Municipal Census Report". Lac La Biche County. April 17, 2019. p. 13. Retrieved July 1, 2021.
    12. 1 2 "Lac La Biche County 2016 Municipal Census Report". Lac La Biche County. p. 13. Archived from the original on September 8, 2020. Retrieved January 17, 2017.
    13. 1 2 "Planning Toolkit, Module 5 – Implementation Guidelines for Growth Areas Outside of Priority Growth Areas (PGAs) and Cluster Country Residential Areas (CCRAs)" (PDF). Capital Region Board. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 25, 2016. Retrieved March 24, 2019.