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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]
Alberta is a western province of Canada. With an estimated population of 4,067,175 as of 2016 census, it is Canada's fourth most populous province and the most populous of Canada's three prairie provinces. Its area is about 660,000 square kilometres (250,000 sq mi). Alberta and its neighbour Saskatchewan were districts of the Northwest Territories until they were established as provinces on September 1, 1905. The premier has been Rachel Notley since May 2015.
Four provinces and territories in Canada have legislation that allow municipalities to conduct a municipal census. These include the provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan and the territories of Nunavut and Yukon. Of these four provinces and territories, municipalities in Alberta were the only ones that exercise the option to conduct a municipal census as of 2006.
A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. The term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common censuses include agriculture, business, and traffic censuses. The United Nations defines the essential features of population and housing censuses as "individual enumeration, universality within a defined territory, simultaneity and defined periodicity", and recommends that population censuses be taken at least every 10 years. United Nations recommendations also cover census topics to be collected, official definitions, classifications and other useful information to co-ordinate international practice.
Alberta had 357 municipalities between April 1 and June 30, 2014, down from 358 as at June 30, 2013, [lower-alpha 1] which marked the closure of the 2014 legislated municipal census period. At least 39 of these municipalities (10.9%) conducted a municipal census in 2014. Alberta Municipal Affairs recognized those conducted by 37 of these municipalities. [5] By municipal status, it recognized those conducted by 13 of Alberta's 17 cities, 18 of 108 towns, 3 of 93 villages, 1 of 51 summer villages and 2 of 64 municipal districts. [5] [lower-alpha 2] In addition to those recognized by Municipal Affairs, censuses were conducted by the Town of Drayton Valley and the Municipal District of Lesser Slave River No. 124. [6] [7]
Events from the year 2014 in Canada.
Alberta Municipal Affairs is a ministry of the Executive Council of Alberta. Its major responsibilities include assisting municipalities in the provision of local government, administering the assessment of linear property in Alberta, administering a safety system for the construction and maintenance of buildings and equipment, and managing Alberta's network of municipal and library system boards.
Drayton Valley is a town in central Alberta, Canada. It is located on Highway 22, approximately 133 kilometres (83 mi) southwest of Edmonton. It is surrounded by Brazeau County, known for its vast oil fields. The town is located between the North Saskatchewan River and the Pembina River.
Some municipalities achieved population milestones as a result of their 2014 censuses. Airdrie and Cochrane grew beyond the 50,000 and 20,000 marks respectively, while both Beaumont and Cold Lake exceeded 15,000. The towns of Morinville, St. Paul and Raymond surpassed 9,000, 6,000 and 4,000 residents respectively, while the Municipal District (MD) of Lesser Slave River No. 124 exceeded 3,000.
Airdrie is a city in Alberta, Canada within the Calgary Region. It is located north of Calgary within the Calgary–Edmonton Corridor at the intersection of Queen Elizabeth II Highway and Highway 567.
Cochrane is a town in the Canadian province of Alberta. The town is located 18 km (11 mi) west of the Calgary city limits along Highway 1A. With a population of 26,320 in 2017, Cochrane is the second largest town in Alberta and one of the fastest growing communities in Canada. It is part of Calgary's census metropolitan area and a member community of the Calgary Regional Partnership (CRP). The town is surrounded by Rocky View County.
Beaumont is a city in Leduc County within the Edmonton Metropolitan Region of Alberta, Canada. It is located at the intersection of Highway 625 and Highway 814, adjacent to the City of Edmonton and 6.0 kilometres (3.7 mi) northeast of the City of Leduc. The Nisku Industrial Park and the Edmonton International Airport are located 4.0 kilometres (2.5 mi) to the west and 8.0 kilometres (5.0 mi) to the southwest respectively.
The following summarizes the results of the numerous municipal censuses conducted in 2014.
2014 municipal census summary [5] | 2011 federal census comparison [8] [9] | Previous municipal census comparison | |||||||||
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Municipality | Status | Census date | 2014 pop. | 2011 pop. | Absolute growth | Absolute change | Annual growth rate | Prev. pop. [9] [10] [11] [12] | Prev. census year [9] [10] [11] [12] | Absolute growth | Annual growth rate |
Airdrie | City | April 15, 2014 | 54,891 | 42,564 | 12,327 | 29% | 8.8% | 49,560 | 2013 | 5,331 | 10.8% |
Banff | Town | June 16, 2014 | 8,421 | 7,584 | 837 | 11% | 3.6% | 7,251 | 2011 | 1,170 | 5.1% |
Barons | Village | June 16, 2014 | 318 | 315 | 3 | 1% | 0.3% | 326 | 2010 | −8 | 0.6% |
Beaumont | Town | May 1, 2014 | 15,828 | 13,284 | 2,544 | 19.2% | 6.0% | 14,916 | 2013 | 912 | 6.1% |
Bentley | Town | May 1, 2014 | 1,122 | 1,073 | 49 | 4.6% | 1.5% | 1,132 | 2009 | −10 | −0.2% |
Blackfalds | Town | June 30, 2014 | 7,858 | 6,300 | 1,558 | 24.7% | 7.6% | 7,275 | 2013 | 583 | 8.0% |
Bonnyville | Town | April 1, 2014 | 6,921 | 6,216 | 705 | 11.3% | 3.6% | 6,837 | 2012 | 84 | 0.6% |
MD of Bonnyville No. 87 | Municipal district | April 1, 2014 | 11,836 | 10,101 | 1,735 | 17.2% | 5.4% | ||||
Boyle | Village | June 4, 2014 | 948 | 916 | 32 | 3.5% | 1.2% | 918 | 2009 | 30 | 0.6% |
Bruderheim | Town | April 1, 2014 | 1,348 | 1,155 | 193 | 16.7% | 5.3% | 1,298 | 2012 | 50 | 1.9% |
Calgary | City | April 1, 2014 | 1,195,194 | 1,096,833 | 98,361 | 9% | 2.9% | 1,156,686 [13] [lower-alpha 3] | 2013 | 38,508 | 3.3% |
Calmar | Town | June 7, 2014 | 2,101 | 1,970 | 131 | 6.6% | 2.2% | 2,033 | 2009 | 68 | 0.7% |
Camrose | City | April 1, 2014 | 18,038 | 17,286 | 752 | 4.4% | 1.4% | 17,236 | 2011 | 802 | 1.5% |
Canmore | Town | May 21, 2014 | 13,077 | 12,288 | 789 | 6.4% | 2.1% | 12,317 | 2011 | 760 | 2.0% |
Chestermere | Town | May 1, 2014 | 17,203 | 14,824 | 2,379 | 16% | 5.1% | 15,762 | 2013 | 1,441 | 9.1% |
Cochrane | Town | April 1, 2014 | 20,708 | 17,580 | 3,128 | 17.8% | 5.6% | 18,750 | 2013 | 1,958 | 10.4% |
Cold Lake | City | April 1, 2014 | 15,736 | 13,839 | 1,897 | 13.7% | 4.4% | 14,400 | 2012 | 1,336 | 4.5% |
Crossfield | Town | May 1, 2014 | 2,918 | 2,853 | 65 | 2.3% | 0.8% | 2,861 | 2010 | 57 | 0.5% |
Devon | Town | June 5, 2014 | 6,650 | 6,510 | 140 | 2.2% | 0.7% | 6,534 | 2009 | 116 | 0.4% |
Drayton Valley [6] | Town | April 30, 2014 | 7,049 | 6,579 | 2006 | ||||||
Edmonton | City | April 1, 2014 | 877,926 | 812,201 | 65,725 | 8.1% | 2.6% | 817,498 | 2012 | 60,428 | 3.6% |
Forestburg | Village | April 15, 2014 | 880 | 831 | 49 | 5.9% | 1.9% | 863 | 2004 | 17 | 0.2% |
Fort Saskatchewan | City | April 28, 2014 | 22,808 | 19,051 | 3,757 | 19.7% | 6.2% | 21,795 | 2013 | 1,013 | 4.6% |
Lacombe | City | April 7, 2014 | 12,728 | 11,707 | 1,021 | 8.7% | 2.8% | 11,733 | 2009 | 995 | 1.6% |
Leduc | City | April 28, 2014 | 28,583 | 24,279 | 4,304 | 17.7% | 5.6% | 27,241 | 2013 | 1,342 | 4.9% |
MD of Lesser Slave River No. 124 [7] | Municipal district | May 1, 2014 | 3,074 | 2,929 | 145 | 5% | 1.6% | 2,840 | 2003 | 234 | 0.7% |
Lethbridge | City | April 1, 2014 | 93,004 | 83,517 | 9,487 | 11.4% | 3.7% | 90,417 | 2013 | 2,587 | 2.9% |
Morinville | Town | April 15, 2014 | 9,402 | 8,569 | 833 | 9.7% | 3.1% | 8,504 | 2011 | 898 | 3.4% |
Okotoks | Town | May 7, 2014 | 27,331 | 24,511 | 2,820 | 11.5% | 3.7% | 26,319 | 2013 | 1,012 | 3.8% |
Olds | Town | April 9, 2014 | 8,617 | 8,235 | 382 | 4.6% | 1.5% | 8,511 | 2013 | 106 | 1.2% |
Penhold | Town | May 14, 2014 | 2,842 | 2,375 | 467 | 19.7% | 6.2% | 2,476 | 2012 | 366 | 7.1% |
Raymond | Town | April 14, 2014 | 4,081 | 3,743 | 338 | 9% | 2.9% | 3,982 | 2013 | 99 | 2.5% |
Red Deer | City | May 5, 2014 | 98,585 | 90,564 | 8,021 | 8.9% | 2.9% | 97,109 | 2013 | 1,476 | 1.5% |
Spruce Grove | City | April 1, 2014 | 29,526 | 26,171 | 3,355 | 12.8% | 4.1% | 24,646 | 2010 | 4,880 | 4.6% |
St. Albert | City | April 7, 2014 | 63,255 | 61,466 | 1,789 | 2.9% | 1.0% | 60,994 | 2012 | 2,261 | 1.8% |
St. Paul | Town | May 15, 2014 | 6,004 | 5,400 | 604 | 11.2% | 3.6% | 5,844 | 2012 | 160 | 0.7% |
Waiparous | Summer village | May 21, 2014 | 64 | 42 | 22 | 52.4% | 15.1% | 72 | 2007 | −8 | −1.7% |
Wetaskiwin | City | May 1, 2014 | 12,621 | 12,525 | 96 | 0.8% | 0.3% | 12,285 | 2009 | 336 | 0.5% |
Woodlands County | Municipal district | May 1, 2014 | 4,612 | 4,306 | 306 | 7.1% | 2.3% | 2,980 | 1991 | 1,632 | 1.9% |
The following is a list of hamlets that had populations determined by the 2014 municipal census conducted by their administering municipal districts.
A hamlet is a small human settlement. In different jurisdictions and geographies, hamlets may be the size of a town, village or parish, be considered a smaller settlement or subdivision or satellite entity to a larger settlement. The word and concept of a hamlet have roots in the Anglo-Norman settlement of England, where the old French hamlet came to apply to small human settlements. In British geography, a hamlet is considered smaller than a village and distinctly without a church.
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] The Town of Banff and the MD of Bonnyville No. 87 conducted shadow population counts in 2014. The following presents the results of these counts for comparison with its concurrent municipal census results.
2014 municipal census shadow population summary [5] | ||||
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Municipality | Status | Permanent population | Shadow population | Combined population |
Banff | Town | 8,421 | 965 | 9,386 |
MD of Bonnyville No. 87 | Municipal district | 11,836 | 1,397 | 13,233 |
Bonnyville is a town situated in east-central Alberta between Cold Lake and St. Paul. The surrounding Municipal District (MD) of Bonnyville No. 87's municipal office is located in Bonnyville.
The Municipal District of Bonnyville No. 87 is a municipal district in northeastern Alberta, Canada in Division No. 12. It is located adjacent to the province of Saskatchewan on the east.
Chestermere, originally named Chestermere Lake, is a city in the Canadian province of Alberta, within Rocky View County. It is largely a commuter town of Calgary and is a member municipality of the Calgary Regional Partnership. The city, which surrounds Chestermere Lake, was known as Chestermere Lake from 1977 to 1993.
Crossfield is a town in southern Alberta, Canada within Rocky View County. It is located on Highway 2A 43 km (27 mi) north of the City of Calgary.
Carmangay is a village in southern Alberta, Canada. It is located 62 kilometres (39 mi) north of Lethbridge and 150 kilometres (93 mi) south of Calgary, along the Canadian Pacific Railway, east of Highway 23. It takes its name from C.W. Carman, who bought 1,500 acres (6.1 km2) at $3.50 per acre to grow wheat in 1904, and his wife, Gertrude Gay.
Lougheed is a village in central Alberta, Canada. It is located 94 km south-east of Camrose, along Highway 13.
The Municipal District of Lesser Slave River No. 124 is a municipal district in north-central Alberta, Canada. Its municipal office is located in the Town of Slave Lake. Located in Census Division 17, the municipal district takes its name from Lesser Slave River, which drains Lesser Slave Lake into the Athabasca River.
Point Alison is a summer village in Alberta, Canada. It is located on the northern shore of Wabamun Lake, and south of the Village of Wabamun.
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.