The Province of Alberta currently has 253 urban municipalities including 19 cities, 105 towns, 78 villages and 51 summer villages. [1] In addition, there are 106 communities that previously held some form of urban municipality status. These include 2 former cities, 16 former towns, 2 former new towns, 85 former villages, and 1 former summer village. These communities no longer exist as independent urban municipalities due to amalgamation, annexation or dissolution.
Former urban municipality | Former status | Original name | Dissolution date |
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Albert Park | Village | August 1, 1935 [2] | |
Alderson | Village | Carlstadt | January 31, 1936 [3] |
Bellevue | Village | January 1, 1979 [4] | |
Bellis | Village | January 1, 1946 [5] | |
Beverly | Town | December 30, 1961 [6] | |
Black Diamond | Town | January 1, 2023 [7] | |
Blackie | Village | August 31, 1997 [8] | |
Blairmore | Town | January 1, 1979 [4] | |
Botha | Village | September 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] | |
Caroline | Village | January 1, 2025 [13] | |
Cayley | Village | June 1, 1996 [14] | |
Cereal | Village | January 1, 2021 [15] | |
Chinook | Village | April 1, 1977 [16] | |
Clairmont | Village | January 1, 1946 [5] | |
Cluny | Village | September 15, 1995 [17] | |
Coleman | Town | January 1, 1979 [4] | |
Commerce | Village | Coalgate | May 13, 1926 [18] |
Compeer | Village | December 31, 1936 [19] | |
Craigmyle | Village | January 1, 1972 [20] | |
Crescent Heights | Village | January 1, 1911 [21] | |
Cynthia | New town | May 1, 1959 [22] | |
Derwent | Village | September 1, 2010 [23] | |
Dewberry | Village | January 1, 2021 [24] | |
Diamond City | Town | June 30, 1937 [25] | |
Drinnan | Village | April 1, 1957 [26] | |
Dunmore | Village | February 4, 1919 [27] | |
Eaglesham | Village | December 31, 1996 [28] | |
East Calgary | Village | July 17, 1919 [29] | |
Enchant | Village | February 1, 1945 [30] | |
Entwistle | Village | December 31, 2000 [31] | |
Erskine | Village | May 10, 1946 [32] | |
Evansburg | Village | June 30, 1998 [33] | |
Evarts | Village | May 27, 1916 [34] | |
Ferintosh | Village | January 1, 2020 [35] | |
Forest Lawn | Town | December 30, 1961 [36] | |
Fort Assiniboine | Village | December 31, 1991 [37] | |
Fort McMurray | City | McMurray | April 1, 1995 [38] |
Frank | Village | January 1, 1979 [4] | |
Gadsby | Village | February 1, 2020 [39] | |
Galahad | Village | January 1, 2016 [40] | |
Gleichen | Town | March 31, 1998 [41] | |
Grande Cache | Town | January 1, 2019 [42] | |
Grand Centre | Town | October 1, 1996 | |
Granum | Town | February 1, 2020 [43] | |
Grassy Lake | Village | July 1, 1996 [44] | |
Grouard | Village | January 15, 1944 [45] | |
Hairy Hill | Village | December 31, 1996 [46] | |
Halkirk | Village | January 1, 2025 [47] | |
Hythe | Village | July 1, 2021 [48] | |
Irvine | Town | December 31, 1996 [49] | |
Islay | Village | March 15, 1944 [50] | |
Jasper Place | Town | West Jasper Place | August 17, 1964 [6] |
Jenner | Village | June 25, 1943 [51] | |
Kinuso | Village | September 1, 2009 [52] | |
Lac La Biche | Town | August 1, 2007 [53] | |
Langdon | Village | January 1, 1946 [5] | |
Lavoy | Village | April 30, 1999 [54] | |
Lille | Village | 1919 [55] | |
Lodgepole | New town | March 1, 1970 [56] | |
Lundbreck | Village | April 30, 1906 [57] | |
Minburn | Village | July 1, 2015 [58] | |
Mirror | Village | January 1, 2004 [59] | |
Monarch | Village | December 31, 1938 [60] | |
Monitor | Village | January 1, 1946 [5] | |
Montgomery | Town | August 15, 1963 [61] | |
Mountain View | Village | September 9, 1915 [62] | |
New Norway | Village | November 1, 2012 [63] | |
New Sarepta | Village | September 1, 2010 [64] | |
Newcastle | Village | May 21, 1931 [65] | |
North Edmonton | Village | July 22, 1912 [66] | |
North Red Deer | Village | December 31, 1947 [67] | |
Ohaton | Village | January 1, 1946 [5] | |
Pincher City | Village | May 3, 1932 [68] | |
Plamondon | Village | May 1, 2002 [69] | |
Port Cornwall | Village | September 11, 1917 [70] | |
Radway | Village | December 31, 1996 [71] | |
Ranfurly | Village | January 1, 1946 [5] | |
Retlaw | Village | March 1, 1939 [72] | |
Richdale | Village | June 2, 1931 [73] | |
Riverside | Village | ||
Rosebud | Village | January 1, 1946 [5] | |
Rouleauville | Village | ||
Rumsey | Village | April 1, 1995 [37] | |
Sangudo | Village | September 16, 2007 [53] | |
Stafford | Village | January 1, 1913 [74] | |
Strathcona | City | South Edmonton | February 1, 1912 [6] |
Strome | Village | January 1, 2016 [75] | |
Suffield | Village | January 1, 1930 [76] | |
Swalwell | Village | January 1, 1946 [5] | |
Thorhild | Village | April 1, 2009 [52] | |
Tilley | Village | August 31, 2013 [77] | |
Tollerton | Village | January 26, 1918[ citation needed ] | |
Torrington | Village | December 31, 1997 [78] | |
Turner Valley | Town | January 1, 2023 [7] | |
Wabamun | Village | January 1, 2021 [79] | |
Walsh | Village | May 4, 1925 [80] | |
Wanham | Village | December 31, 1999 [54] | |
Warspite | Village | June 1, 2000 [31] | |
West Edmonton | Village | Calder | April 5, 1917 [81] |
White Gull | Summer village | January 1, 2003 [82] | |
Wildwood | Village | December 31, 1990 [83] | |
Willingdon | Village | September 1, 2017 [84] | |