List of former urban municipalities in Alberta

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The Province of Alberta currently has 255 urban municipalities including 19 cities, 105 towns, 80 villages and 51 summer villages. [1] In addition, there are 102 communities that previously held some form of urban municipality status. These include 2 former cities, 18 former towns, 2 former new towns, 81 former villages, and 1 former summer village. These communities no longer exist as independent urban municipalities due to amalgamation, annexation or dissolution.

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Former urban
municipality		Former
status		Original
name		Dissolution
date
Albert Park Village August 1, 1935 [2]
Alderson VillageCarlstadtJanuary 31, 1936 [3]
Bellevue Village January 1, 1979 [4]
Bellis Village January 1, 1946 [5]
Beverly Town December 30, 1961 [6]
Black Diamond TownJanuary 1, 2023 [7]
Blackie Village August 31, 1997 [8]
Blairmore Town January 1, 1979 [4]
Botha VillageSeptember 1, 2017 [9]
Bow City Village April 17, 1918 [10]
Bowness Town August 15, 1964 [11]
Burdett Village January 1, 2003 [12]
Cadogan Village January 1, 1946 [5]
Cayley Village June 1, 1996 [13]
Cereal Village January 1, 2021 [14]
Chinook Village April 1, 1977 [15]
Clairmont Village January 1, 1946 [5]
Cluny Village September 15, 1995 [16]
Coleman Town January 1, 1979 [4]
Commerce VillageCoalgateMay 13, 1926 [17]
Compeer Village December 31, 1936 [18]
Craigmyle Village January 1, 1972 [19]
Crescent Heights Village January 1, 1911 [20]
Cynthia New town May 1, 1959 [21]
Derwent Village September 1, 2010 [22]
Dewberry Village January 1, 2021 [23]
Diamond City Town June 30, 1937 [24]
Drinnan Village April 1, 1957 [25]
Dunmore Village February 4, 1919 [26]
Eaglesham Village December 31, 1996 [27]
East Calgary Village July 17, 1919 [28]
Enchant Village February 1, 1945 [29]
Entwistle Village December 31, 2000 [30]
Erskine Village May 10, 1946 [31]
Evansburg Village June 30, 1998 [32]
Evarts Village May 27, 1916 [33]
Ferintosh Village January 1, 2020 [34]
Forest Lawn Town December 30, 1961 [35]
Fort Assiniboine Village December 31, 1991 [36]
Fort McMurray CityMcMurrayApril 1, 1995 [37]
Frank Village January 1, 1979 [4]
Gadsby Village February 1, 2020 [38]
Galahad Village January 1, 2016 [39]
Gleichen Town March 31, 1998 [40]
Grande Cache Town January 1, 2019 [41]
Grand Centre Town October 1, 1996
Granum Town February 1, 2020 [42]
Grassy Lake Village July 1, 1996 [43]
Grouard Village January 15, 1944 [44]
Hairy Hill Village December 31, 1996 [45]
Hythe Village July 1, 2021 [46]
Irvine Town December 31, 1996 [47]
Islay Village March 15, 1944 [48]
Jasper Place TownWest Jasper PlaceAugust 17, 1964 [6]
Jenner Village June 25, 1943 [49]
Kinuso Village September 1, 2009 [50]
Lac La Biche Town August 1, 2007 [51]
Langdon Village January 1, 1946 [5]
Lavoy Village April 30, 1999 [52]
Lille Village 1919 [53]
Lodgepole New town March 1, 1970 [54]
Lundbreck Village April 30, 1906 [55]
Minburn Village July 1, 2015 [56]
Mirror Village January 1, 2004 [57]
Monarch Village December 31, 1938 [58]
Monitor Village January 1, 1946 [5]
Montgomery Town August 15, 1963 [59]
Mountain View Village September 9, 1915 [60]
New Norway Village November 1, 2012 [61]
New Sarepta Village September 1, 2010 [62]
Newcastle Village May 21, 1931 [63]
North Edmonton Village July 22, 1912 [64]
North Red Deer Village December 31, 1947 [65]
Ohaton Village January 1, 1946 [5]
Pincher City Village May 3, 1932 [66]
Plamondon Village May 1, 2002 [67]
Port Cornwall Village September 11, 1917 [68]
Radway Village December 31, 1996 [69]
Ranfurly Village January 1, 1946 [5]
Retlaw Village March 1, 1939 [70]
Richdale Village June 2, 1931 [71]
Riverside Village 
Rosebud Village January 1, 1946 [5]
Rouleauville Village 
Rumsey Village April 1, 1995 [36]
Sangudo Village September 16, 2007 [51]
Stafford Village January 1, 1913 [72]
Strathcona CitySouth EdmontonFebruary 1, 1912 [6]
Strome Village January 1, 2016 [73]
Suffield Village January 1, 1930 [74]
Swalwell Village January 1, 1946 [5]
Thorhild Village April 1, 2009 [50]
Tilley Village August 31, 2013 [75]
Tollerton Village January 26, 1918[ citation needed ]
Torrington Village December 31, 1997 [76]
Turner Valley TownJanuary 1, 2023 [7]
Wabamun Village January 1, 2021 [77]
Walsh Village May 4, 1925 [78]
Wanham Village December 31, 1999 [52]
Warspite Village June 1, 2000 [30]
West Edmonton VillageCalderApril 5, 1917 [79]
White Gull Summer village January 1, 2003 [80]
Wildwood Village December 31, 1990 [81]
Willingdon Village September 1, 2017 [82]

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