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![]() Distribution of Alberta's 260 urban municipalities |
Alberta has provincial legislation allowing its municipalities to conduct municipal censuses. [1] Municipalities choose to conduct their own censuses for multiple reasons such as to better inform municipal service planning and provision or to simply update their populations since the last federal census. [2]
Alberta began the year of 2024 with 342 municipalities. Of these, 24 notified Alberta Municipal Affairs of their intentions to conduct a municipal census in 2024, [3] including at least five cities, nine towns, one village, two specialized municipalities, and two municipal districts.
The following summarizes the results of those 2024 municipal censuses published to date.
2024 municipal census summary | 2021 federal census comparison [4] | Previous municipal census comparison [5] [6] [7] [8] | |||||||||
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Municipality | Status | Census date | 2024 pop. | 2021 pop. | Absolute growth | Absolute change | Annual growth rate | Prev. pop. | Prev. census year | Absolute growth | Annual growth rate |
Airdrie | City | 85,805 [9] | 74,100 | 11,705 | 15.8% | 6.4% | 80,649 | 2023 | 5,156 | 6.4% | |
Alix | Village | May 7, 2024 [10] | 781 [10] | 774 | 7 | 0.9% | 0.3% | 775 | 1998 | 6 | 0.0% |
Blackfalds | Town | 11,415 [11] | 10,470 | 945 | 9% | 2.9% | 11,015 [12] | 2021 | 400 | 1.2% | |
Bonnyville | Town | 6,675 [13] | 6,404 | 271 | 4.2% | 1.4% | 6,422 | 2017 | 253 | 0.1% | |
Carstairs | Town | 5,313 [14] | 4,898 | 415 | 8.5% | 2.7% | 2,501 | 2005 | 2,812 | 4.0% | |
Cochrane | Town | 37,011 [15] | 32,199 | 4,812 | 14.9% | 4.8% | 29,277 | 2019 | 7,734 | 4.8% | |
Fort Saskatchewan | City | April 1, 2024 [16] | 29,857 [16] | 27,088 | 2,769 | 10.2% | 3.3% | 28,624 | 2023 | 1,233 | 4.3% |
County of Grande Prairie No. 1 | Municipal district | April 3, 2024 [17] | 26,701 [18] | 24,623 | 2,078 | 8.4% | 2.7% | 17,989 | 2006 | 8,712 | 2.2% |
Mackenzie County | Specialized municipality | 14,380 [19] | 12,804 | 1,576 | 12.3% | 3.9% | 12,512 | 2018 | 1,868 | 2.3% | |
Penhold | Town | 3,854 [20] | 3,484 | 370 | 10.6% | 3.4% | 3,563 | 2019 | 291 | 1.6% | |
St. Albert | City | 72,316 [21] | 68,232 | 4,084 | 6% | 2.0% | 66,082 | 2018 | 6,234 | 1.5% | |
Strathcona County | Specialized municipality | 103,829 [22] | 99,225 | 4,604 | 4.6% | 1.5% | 100,362 | 2022 | 3,467 | 1.7% | |
Sylvan Lake | Town | 16,275 [23] | 15,995 | 280 | 1.8% | 0.6% | 13,015 | 2013 | 3,260 | 2.1% | |
2024 municipal census summary [22] | 2022 municipal census comparison [22] | |||
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Area | 2024 population | Previous population | Absolute growth | Annual growth rate |
Sherwood Park urban service area [a] | 75,575 | 73,000 | 2,575 | 1.7% |
Rural service area [b] | 28,253 | 27,362 | 891 | 1.6% |
Total Strathcona County | 103,829 | 100,362 | 3,467 | 1.7% |
The following is a list of hamlet populations determined by the 2024 municipal census conducted by Strathcona County, excluding the Sherwood Park urban service area that is presented above.
Strathcona County is a specialized municipality in the Edmonton Metropolitan Region within Alberta, Canada between Edmonton and Elk Island National Park. It forms part of Census Division No. 11.
Ardrossan is a hamlet in Alberta, Canada, within Strathcona County. It is located on Highway 824, approximately 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) east of Sherwood Park.
South Cooking Lake is a hamlet in Alberta, Canada within Strathcona County. It is located on Highway 14, approximately 19 km (12 mi) southeast of Sherwood Park.
Blackfalds is a town in central Alberta, Canada. It is located along Highway 2A 13.5 km north of Red Deer. The town's name, Waghorn, changed in 1903 to Blackfalds, after Blackfalds, a Scottish hamlet.
Antler Lake is a hamlet in Alberta, Canada within Strathcona County. It is located on the shores of Antler Lake on Range Road 211 and 211A just north of Wye Road, approximately 18 km (11 mi) east of Sherwood Park and 25 km (16 mi) northwest of Tofield.
Collingwood Cove is a hamlet in Alberta, Canada within Strathcona County. It is located at the terminus of Highway 629, approximately 17 kilometres (11 mi) southeast of Sherwood Park.
Hastings Lake is a hamlet in Alberta, Canada within Strathcona County. It is located on the south shore of Hastings Lake, approximately 40 kilometres (25 mi) southeast of Sherwood Park. It is 1.5 kilometres (0.93 mi) north of Highway 14.
Alberta has provincial legislation allowing its municipalities to conduct municipal censuses between April 1 and June 30 inclusive. 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.
Alberta has provincial legislation allowing its municipalities to conduct municipal censuses between April 1 and June 30 inclusive. 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.
Alberta has provincial legislation allowing its municipalities to conduct municipal censuses between April 1 and June 30 inclusive. 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.
Alberta has provincial legislation allowing its municipalities to conduct municipal censuses between April 1 and June 30 inclusive. Due to the concurrency of Statistics Canada conducting the Canada 2016 Census in May 2016, the Government of Alberta offered municipalities the option to alter their 2016 municipal census timeframes to either March 1 through May 31 or May 1 through July 31. 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.
Alberta has provincial legislation allowing its municipalities to conduct municipal censuses between April 1 and June 30 inclusive. 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.
Alberta has provincial legislation allowing its municipalities to conduct municipal censuses between April 1 and June 30 inclusive. 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.
Alberta has provincial legislation allowing its municipalities to conduct municipal censuses. 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.
Alberta has provincial legislation allowing its municipalities to conduct municipal censuses. Municipalities choose to conduct their own censuses for multiple reasons such as to better inform municipal service planning and provision or to simply update their populations since the last federal census.
Alberta has provincial legislation allowing its municipalities to conduct municipal censuses. Municipalities choose to conduct their own censuses for multiple reasons such as to better inform municipal service planning and provision or to simply update their populations since the last federal census.
Alberta has provincial legislation allowing its municipalities to conduct municipal censuses. Municipalities choose to conduct their own censuses for multiple reasons such as to better inform municipal service planning and provision or to simply update their populations since the last federal census.
24 municipalities have notified the ministry that a municipal census will be conducted in 2024.