2024 Alberta municipal censuses

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2024 Alberta municipal censuses
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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, inform an electoral boundary review, or to simply update their populations since the last federal census. [2] [3]

Contents

Alberta began the year of 2024 with 342 municipalities. [4] Of these, 24 notified Alberta Municipal Affairs of their intentions to conduct a municipal census in 2024. [5] Censues were ultimately conducted by five cities, ten towns, two village, two specialized municipalities, three municipal districts, and one improvement district.

Municipal census results

The following summarizes the results of those 23 municipal censuses conducted in 2024.

2024 municipal census summary [6] 2021 federal census comparison [7] [8] Previous municipal census comparison [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16]
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 April 1, 202485,80574,10011,7055.0%80,64920235,1566.4%
Alix Village May 7, 202478177470.3%775199860.0%
Blackfalds Town May 6, 202411,41510,4709452.9%11,015 [17] 20214001.2%
Bonnyville Town May 1, 20246,6756,4042711.4%6,42220172530.1%
Carmangay Village June 19, 2024308269394.6%2502017583.0%
Carstairs Town April 15, 20245,3134,8984152.7%2,50120052,8124.0%
Chestermere City May 1, 202428,12922,1635,9668.3%20,73220187,3975.2%
Cochrane Town April 2, 202437,01132,1994,8124.8%29,27720197,7344.8%
Crossfield Town May 1, 20244,2113,5996125.4%3,37120188344.5%
Falher Town April 15, 20241,0391,001381.2%1,1721990−133−0.4%
Flagstaff County Municipal district May 1, 20243,6603,694−34−0.3%4,5071984−847−0.5%
Fort Saskatchewan City April 1, 202429,85727,0882,7693.3%28,62420231,2334.3%
Fox Creek Town May 10, 20242,0151,7922234.0%1,789 [18] 20192262.4%
Grande Prairie City May 1, 202470,38564,1416,2443.1%69,08820181,2970.3%
County of Grande Prairie No. 1 Municipal district April 3, 202426,70124,6232,0782.7%17,98920068,7122.2%
Improvement District No. 4 (Waterton) Improvement district May 15, 2024166132347.9%1082018587.4%
MD of Lesser Slave River No. 124 Municipal district April 28, 20242,8092,861−52−0.6%2,8112019−20.0%
Mackenzie County Specialized municipality May 13, 202414,38012,8041,5763.9%12,51220181,8682.3%
Mundare Town May 1, 2024858792662.7%8232009350.3%
Oyen Town June 15, 2024970917531.9%1,0222017−52−0.7%
Penhold Town 3,854 [19] 3,4843703.4%3,56320192911.6%
St. Albert City May 6, 202472,31668,2324,0842.0%66,08220186,2341.5%
Strathcona County Specialized municipality May 1, 2024103,829 [20] 99,2254,6041.5%100,36220223,4671.7%
Sylvan Lake Town April 15, 202416,27515,9952800.6%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 [20] 2022 municipal census comparison [20]
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 [22] Previous census comparison [23] [24]
Hamlet Municipality2024
population [22] [25] 		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%
Buffalo Lakes County of Grande Prairie No. 1 5
Clairmont County of Grande Prairie No. 1 6,1235,13520219886.0%
Collingwood Cove Strathcona County 3713752022−4−0.5%
Demmitt County of Grande Prairie No. 1 0
Dimsdale County of Grande Prairie No. 1 29
Elmworth County of Grande Prairie No. 1 5
Fort Vermilion Mackenzie County 7727532021190.8%
Goodfare County of Grande Prairie No. 1 15
Halcourt County of Grande Prairie No. 1 5
Half Moon Lake Strathcona County 2061872022195.0%
Hastings Lake Strathcona County 110102202283.8%
Huallen County of Grande Prairie No. 1 10
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%
Lymburn County of Grande Prairie No. 1 5
North Cooking Lake Strathcona County 5348202255.1%
South Cooking Lake Strathcona County 2912772022142.5%
Teepee Creek County of Grande Prairie No. 1 20
Valhalla Centre County of Grande Prairie No. 1 38402021−2−1.7%
Wedgewood County of Grande Prairie No. 1 7367522021−16−0.7%

Shadow population

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." [2] Three municipalities conducted a shadow population count in 2024. The following presents the results of these count for comparison with their concurrent municipal census results.

MunicipalityStatusMunicipal
census
population [26] 		Shadow
population [26] 		Combined
population [26]
Improvement District No. 4 (Waterton) Improvement district 166384550
Fox Creek Town 2,0154132,428
Oyen Town 9701951,165

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ The Sherwood Park urban service area is deemed equivalent to a city. [21]
  2. ↑ Strathcona County's rural service area is deemed equivalent to a municipal district. [21]

References

  1. ↑ "Municipal Government Act: Revised Statutes of Alberta 2000 Chapter M-26 (Office Consolidation)" (PDF). Alberta Queen's Printer. June 21, 2024. Retrieved July 12, 2024.
  2. 1 2 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 July 12, 2024.
  3. ↑ "County of Grande Prairie 2024 Municipal Census FAQs: Why did the County conduct a municipal census in 2024?". County of Grande Prairie No. 1 . Retrieved August 24, 2025.
  4. ↑ "2024 Municipal Codes" (PDF). Alberta Municipal Affairs. June 3, 2024. Retrieved August 24, 2025.
  5. ↑ "Municipal Musings: Municipal Services Division Newsletter" (PDF). August 2024. p. PDF 61. Retrieved October 6, 2024. 24 municipalities have notified the ministry that a municipal census will be conducted in 2024.
  6. ↑ "2024 Municipal Affairs Population List" (PDF). Alberta Municipal Affairs. February 6, 2025. ISBN   978-1-4601-6200-2 . Retrieved February 16, 2025.
  7. ↑ "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), Alberta". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved July 12, 2024.
  8. ↑ "Population and dwelling count amendments, 2021 Census". Statistics Canada. December 1, 2023. Retrieved September 22, 2024.
  9. ↑ "1986 Official Population" (PDF). Alberta Municipal Affairs. Retrieved April 20, 2017.
  10. ↑ "1991 Official Population" (PDF) (PDF). Alberta Municipal Affairs. 1991. Retrieved December 28, 2013.
  11. ↑ "2001 Official Population List" (PDF). Alberta Municipal Affairs. September 4, 2001. Retrieved July 17, 2024.
  12. ↑ 2006 Official Population List (PDF). Alberta Municipal Affairs. February 5, 2007. ISBN   978-0-7785-4994-9 . Retrieved July 17, 2024.
  13. ↑ "2011 Municipal Affairs Population List" (PDF). Alberta Municipal Affairs. October 5, 2011. ISBN   978-0-7785-9738-4 . Retrieved July 17, 2024.
  14. ↑ "2016 Municipal Affairs Population List" (PDF). Alberta Municipal Affairs. ISBN   978-1-4601-3127-5 . Retrieved July 17, 2024.
  15. ↑ 2019 Municipal Affairs Population List (PDF). Alberta Municipal Affairs. December 2019. ISBN   978-1-4601-4623-1 . Retrieved July 12, 2024.
  16. ↑ 2023 Municipal Affairs Population List (PDF). Municipal Affairs. February 12, 2024. ISBN   978-1-4601-5954-5 . Retrieved July 12, 2024.
  17. ↑ "2021 Census". Town of Blackfalds. Retrieved May 5, 2022.
  18. ↑ "Municipal Census Report" (PDF). July 2019. Retrieved February 16, 2025.
  19. ↑ Josh Hall (August 15, 2024). "Penhold sees population increase with latest census". rdnewsNOW. Pattison Media . Retrieved October 6, 2024.
  20. 1 2 3 Lindsay Morey (September 19, 2024). "Strathcona County's population continues to climb with 3.5% growth". Sherwood Park News. PostMedia . Retrieved October 6, 2024.
  21. 1 2 "Order in Council 761/95" (PDF). Province of Alberta. December 6, 1995. pp. 2–3. Retrieved May 7, 2022.
  22. 1 2 "Strathcona County census results". Strathcona County. November 1, 2024. Retrieved November 2, 2024.
  23. ↑ "Strathcona County Census Results". Strathcona County. October 6, 2023. Retrieved November 2, 2024.
  24. ↑ "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions, census subdivisions (municipalities) and designated places (Alberta)". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved November 7, 2024.
  25. ↑ "County of Grande Prairie 2024 Municipal Census: Demographic Report" (PDF). County of Grande Prairie No. 1. October 23, 2024. Retrieved November 7, 2024.
  26. 1 2 3
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