2024 Alberta municipal censuses

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2024 Alberta municipal censuses
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  2023
2025 

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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]

Contents

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.

Municipal census results

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]
MunicipalityStatusCensus
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] 74,10011,7056.4%80,64920235,1566.4%
Alix Village May 7, 2024 [10] 781 [10] 77470.3%775199860.0%
Blackfalds Town 11,415 [11] 10,4709452.9%11,015 [12] 20214001.2%
Bonnyville Town 6,675 [13] 6,4042711.4%6,42220172530.1%
Carstairs Town 5,313 [14] 4,8984152.7%2,50120052,8124.0%
Cochrane Town 37,011 [15] 32,1994,8124.8%29,27720197,7344.8%
Fort Saskatchewan City April 1, 2024 [16] 29,857 [16] 27,0882,7693.3%28,62420231,2334.3%
County of Grande Prairie No. 1 Municipal district April 3, 2024 [17] 26,701 [18] 24,6232,0782.7%17,98920068,7122.2%
Mackenzie County Specialized municipality 14,380 [19] 12,8041,5763.9%12,51220181,8682.3%
Penhold Town 3,854 [20] 3,4843703.4%3,56320192911.6%
St. Albert City 72,316 [21] 68,2324,0842.0%66,08220186,2341.5%
Strathcona County Specialized municipality 103,829 [22] 99,2254,6041.5%100,36220223,4671.7%
Sylvan Lake Town16,275 [23] 15,9952800.6%13,01520133,2602.1%

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.
2024 municipal census summary [22] 2022 municipal census comparison [22]
Area2024
population
Previous
population
Absolute
growth
Annual
growth rate
Sherwood Park urban service area [a] 75,57573,0002,5751.7%
Rural service area [b] 28,25327,3628911.6%
Total Strathcona County 103,829100,3623,4671.7%

Hamlets

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.

2024 municipal census summary [25] Previous census comparison [26] [27]
Hamlet Municipality2024
population [25] [17]
Previous
population
Previous
census year
Absolute
growth
Annual
growth rate
Antler Lake Strathcona County 4394282022111.3%
Ardrossan Strathcona County 1,238919202231916.1%
Bezanson County of Grande Prairie No. 1 1461332021133.2%
Clairmont County of Grande Prairie No. 1 6,1235,13520219886.0%
Collingwood Cove Strathcona County 3713752022−4−0.5%
Fort Vermilion Mackenzie County 7727532021190.8%
Half Moon Lake Strathcona County 2061872022195.0%
Hastings Lake Strathcona County 110102202283.8%
Hythe County of Grande Prairie No. 1 8358542021−19−0.7%
Josephburg Strathcona County 122117202252.1%
La Crete Mackenzie County 4,0103,85620211541.3%
La Glace County of Grande Prairie No. 1 1741792021−5−0.9%
North Cooking Lake Strathcona County 5348202255.1%
South Cooking Lake Strathcona County 2912772022142.5%
Valhalla Centre County of Grande Prairie No. 1 38402021−2−1.7%
Wedgewood County of Grande Prairie No. 1 7367522021−16−0.7%

See also

Notes

  1. The Sherwood Park urban service area is deemed equivalent to a city. [24]
  2. Strathcona County's rural service area is deemed equivalent to a municipal district. [24]

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References

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