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Rural and specialized municipalities, cities, towns, and select hamlets in Alberta
Locations of Alberta's specialized and rural municipalities
Distribution of Alberta's 6 specialized municipalities (red) and 74 rural municipalities, which include municipal districts that are often branded as counties (orange), improvement districts (dark green) and special areas (light green) (2020)

The province of Alberta, Canada, is divided into ten types of local governments – urban municipalities (including cities, towns, villages and summer villages), specialized municipalities, rural municipalities (including municipal districts (often named as counties), improvement districts, and special areas), Métis settlements, and Indian reserves. All types of municipalities are governed by local residents and were incorporated under various provincial acts, with the exception of improvement districts (governed by either the provincial or federal government), and Alberta's Indian reserves (governed by local band governments under federal jurisdiction).

Alberta also has numerous unincorporated communities (including urban service areas, hamlets and a townsite) that are not independent municipalities in their own right. However, they are all recognized as sub-municipal entities by Ministry of Municipal Affairs under the jurisdiction of specialized municipalities or rural municipalities, with the exception of the lone townsite (its jurisdiction is shared with an Indian reserve that surrounds it).

With the exception of Métis settlements, Statistics Canada recognizes all of Alberta's municipalities as census subdivisions and groups them into 19 census divisions based on geography. Within census divisions, Statistics Canada groups some of Alberta's municipalities/census subdivisions into two census metropolitan areas (CMAs) or 12 census agglomerations (CAs) for enumeration purposes. All CMAs include large urban centres and surrounding census subdivisions. All CAs also include large urban centres and in some cases their surrounding census subdivisions.

With the exception of Indian reserves, the administration of municipalities in Alberta is regulated by the Municipal Government Act,[1] the Special Areas Act[2] and the Metis Settlements Act.[3]

As of 2019, the combined unofficial population of all of Alberta's municipalities was 4,271,759.[4]

Municipalities

Urban municipalities

Cities

Main article: List of cities in Alberta

According to Section 82 of the Municipal Government Act (MGA), an area may incorporate as a city if:

  • it has a population of 10,000 people or more; and
  • the majority of its buildings are on parcels of land smaller than 1,850 m2 (19,900 sq ft).[1]

Essentially, cities are formed from urban communities with populations of at least 10,000 people.[5]

Alberta currently has a total of 19 cities with a combined population totalling 2,959,559 as of 2019.[4]

Name Region Incorporation
date (city)[6] 		Council
size[6] 		2021 Census of Population[7]
Population
(2021) 		Population
(2016) 		Change
(%) 		Land
area
(km2) 		Population
density
(per km2)
Airdrie Calgary Metro Jan 1, 1985 7 74,100 61,581 +20.3% 84.39 878.1
Beaumont[AB 1] Edmonton Metro Jan 1, 2019 7 20,888 17,457 +19.7% 24.70 845.7
Brooks[AB 2] Southern Sep 1, 2005 7 14,924 14,451 +3.3% 18.21 819.5
Calgary[AB 3] Calgary Metro Jan 1, 1894 15 1,306,784 1,239,220 +5.5% 820.62 1,592.4
Camrose Central Jan 1, 1955 9 18,772 18,742 +0.2% 41.67 450.5
Chestermere[AB 4] Calgary Metro Jan 1, 2015 7 22,163 19,887 +11.4% 32.83 675.1
Cold Lake North Oct 1, 2000 7 15,661 14,976 +4.6% 66.61 235.1
Edmonton[AB 5] Edmonton Metro Oct 8, 1904 13 1,010,899 933,088 +8.3% 765.61 1,320.4
Fort Saskatchewan Edmonton Metro Jul 1, 1985 7 27,088 24,169 +12.1% 56.50 479.4
Grande Prairie Northern Jan 1, 1958 9 64,141 63,166 +1.5% 132.71 483.3
Lacombe Central Sep 5, 2010 7 13,396 13,057 +2.6% 20.59 650.6
Leduc Edmonton Metro Sep 1, 1983 7 34,094 29,993 +13.7% 42.25 807.0
Lethbridge Southern May 9, 1906 9 98,406 92,729 +6.1% 121.12 812.5
Lloydminster (part)[AB 6] Central Jan 1, 1958 7 19,739 19,645 +0.5% 23.98 823.1
Medicine Hat Southern May 9, 1906 9 63,271 63,260 0.0% 111.97 565.1
Red Deer Central Mar 25, 1913 9 100,844 100,418 +0.4% 104.34 966.5
Spruce Grove Edmonton Metro Mar 1, 1986 7 37,645 34,108 +10.4% 37.52 1,003.3
St. Albert Edmonton Metro Jan 1, 1977 7 68,232 65,589 +4.0% 47.84 1,426.3
Wetaskiwin[AB 7] Central May 9, 1906 7 12,594 12,655 −0.5% 18.75 671.7
Total cities — — 157 3,023,641 2,838,191 +6.5% 2,572.21 1,175.5


Towns

Main article: List of towns in Alberta

According to Section 81 of the Municipal Government Act (MGA), an area may incorporate as a town if:

  • it has a population of 1,000 people or more; and
  • the majority of its buildings are on parcels of land smaller than 1,850 m2 (19,900 sq ft).[1]

Essentially, towns are formed from urban communities with populations of at least 1,000 people. When a town's population exceeds 10,000 people, its council may apply to change its status to that of a city, but the change in incorporated status is not mandatory.[5]

Communities with shrinking populations are allowed to retain town status even if the number of residents falls below the 1,000 limit. Some of Alberta's towns have never reached a population of 1,000 people, but were incorporated as towns before the current requirement to have a population of 1,000 or more.

Alberta currently has a total of 107 towns, with a combined population totalling 466,470 as of 2019.[4]

List of towns in Alberta

Villages

Main article: List of villages in Alberta

According to Section 80 of the Municipal Government Act (MGA), an area may incorporate as a village if:

  • it has a population of 300 people or more; and
  • the majority of its buildings are on parcels of land smaller than 1,850 m2 (19,900 sq ft).[1]

Essentially, villages are formed from urban communities with populations of at least 300 people. When a village's population exceeds 1,000 people, its council may apply to change its status to that of a town, but the change in incorporated status is not mandatory.

Communities with shrinking populations are allowed to retain village status even if the number of residents falls below the 300 limit. Some of Alberta's villages have never reached a population of 300 people, but were incorporated as villages before there was a requirement to have a population of 300 or more.

Alberta currently has a total of 81 villages, with a combined population totalling 34,600 as of 2021.[8]

List of villages in Alberta

Summer villages

Main article: List of summer villages in Alberta

According to former Section 79 of the Municipal Government Act (MGA), a summer village is an area that:

  • has at least 60 parcels of land developed with dwelling buildings; and
  • has a population of less than 300 persons where the majority of the persons who would be electors do not permanently reside in that area.

As a result of Section 79 being repealed,[1] summer villages can no longer be formed in Alberta.[5]

Essentially, summer villages were once formed from urban communities with populations of less than 300 people and significant non-permanent populations. When a summer village's population exceeds 300 people, its council may apply to change its status to that of a village, but the change in incorporated status is not mandatory.

Alberta currently has a total of 51 summer villages, with a combined population totalling 5,200 as of 2019.[4]

Summer villages of Alberta

Specialized municipalities

Main article: List of specialized municipalities in Alberta

According to Section 83 of the Municipal Government Act (MGA), a municipality may incorporate as a specialized municipality under one of the following three scenarios:

  • where the Minister of Alberta Municipal Affairs (AMA) is satisfied that the other incorporated statuses under the MGA do not meet the needs of the municipality's residents;
  • to form a local government that, in the opinion of the Minister of AMA, will provide for the orderly development of the municipality in a similar fashion to the other incorporated statuses within the MGA; or
  • for any other circumstances that are deemed appropriate by the Minister of AMA.[1]

Essentially, specialized municipalities are municipalities that are unconventional in nature compared to other municipalities in Alberta, and they are incorporated under the authority of the existing MGA instead of relying on the creation of their own separate acts (i.e., the Special Areas Act[2] allowed the incorporation of Alberta's three special areas and the Metis Settlements Act[3] allowed the incorporation of Alberta's eight Métis settlements).[5]

Alberta's six specialized municipalities have a combined population totalling 242,395 as of 2019.[4]

List of specialized municipalities in Alberta
Name Region Incorporation date
(specialized
municipality)[9] 		Council
size[9] 		Municipal
census
population
(year)[10] 		2021 Census of Population[11]
Population
(2021) 		Population
(2016) 		Change
(%) 		Land
area
(km2) 		Population
density
(/km2)
Crowsnest Pass, Municipality of Southern Alberta January 16, 2008 7   5,695 5,589 +1.9% 370.15 15.4
Jasper, Municipality of Alberta's Rockies July 20, 2001 7 4,584[a]
(2011)		 4,738 4,590 +3.2% 921.90 5.1
Lac La Biche County[b] Northern Alberta January 1, 2018 9 8,544
(2016)		 7,673 8,330 −7.9% 12,527.48 0.6
Mackenzie County Northern Alberta June 23, 1999 10 11,750
(2015)		 12,804 11,171 +14.6% 79,629.26 0.2
Strathcona County Edmonton Metro January 1, 1996 9 95,597
(2015)		 99,225 98,044 +1.2% 1,170.65 84.8
Wood Buffalo, Regional Municipality of Northern Alberta April 1, 1995 11 81,948[c]
(2015)		 72,326 71,589 +1.0% 60,843.88 1.2
Total specialized municipalities — 53 — 202,461 199,298 +1.6% 155,463.32 1.3
Province of Alberta — — —| 4,262,635 4,067,175 +4.8% 634,658.27 6.7

Rural municipalities

Municipal districts

Main article: List of municipal districts in Alberta

According to Section 78 of the Municipal Government Act (MGA), a municipal district is an area in which:

  • the majority of the buildings used as dwellings are on parcels of land with an area of at least 1,850 m2 (19,900 sq ft); and
  • there is a population of 1,000 or more.[1]

Essentially, municipal districts are large rural areas in which their citizens reside on farms, country residential subdivisions or unincorporated communities (i.e., hamlets, localities and other settlements).[5]

In Alberta, the term county is synonymous with the term municipal district – it is not its own incorporated municipal status that is different from that of a municipal district. As such, Alberta Municipal Affairs provides municipal districts with the opportunity to brand themselves either as municipal districts or counties in their official names.

Of Alberta's 63 municipal districts, 46 of them brand themselves as counties. Over the past 30 years, Alberta has observed a trend of numerous municipal districts rebranding themselves as counties through official name changes. Some of the reasons why a municipal district would rebrand itself as a county include that the term county is: more recognizable by the general public; has a more traditional appeal; and is more marketable from an economic development perspective.

The last municipal district (MD) to rebrand itself as a county was the MD of Foothills No. 31, which was renamed as Foothills County on January 1, 2019.[12]

Alberta's 63 municipal districts have a combined population totalling 471,852 as of 2019.[4]

Municipal districts of Alberta
Municipal district (MD) Incorporation
date[13] 		Census
division 		Council
size[13] 		Municipal
census
population
(year)[14] 		Population
(2016)[15] 		Population
(2011)[15] 		Change
(%)[15] 		Land
area
(km2)[15] 		Population
density
(per km2)[15]
AcadiaMD of Acadia No. 34 December 9, 1913 4 5 493 495 −0.4 1,082.60 0.5
Athabasca County January 1, 1947 13 9 7,869 7,662 2.7 6,124.43 1.3
Barrhead County of Barrhead No. 11 January 1, 1955 13 7 6,288 6,096 3.1 2,406.25 2.6
Beaver County February 1, 1943 10 5 5,905 5,689 3.8 3,317.57 1.8
Big Lakes Big Lakes County January 1, 1995 17 9 3,861
(2013)		 5,672 5,912 −4.1 13,942.43 0.4
Bighorn MD of Bighorn No. 8 January 1, 1988 15 5 1,334 1,341 −0.5 2,761.18 0.5
Birch Hills County January 1, 1995 19 7 1,553 1,582 −1.8 2,859.60 0.5
Bonnyville MD of Bonnyville No. 87 January 1, 1955 12 7 11,836
(2014)		 13,575 11,191 21.3 6,064.73 2.2
Brazeau County July 1, 1988 11 7 7,771 7,132 9.0 3,005.35 2.6
Camrose County January 1, 1944 10 7 8,458 8,004 5.7 3,324.21 2.5
Cardston County January 1, 1954 3 7 4,481 4,167 7.5 3,429.82 1.3
Clear Hills County January 1, 1995 17 7 2,829
(2012)		 3,023 2,801 7.9 15,125.49 0.2
Clearwater County January 1, 1985 9 7 11,947 12,278 −2.7 18,682.45 0.6
Cypress County January 1, 1985 1 9 7,662 7,214 6.2 13,173.25 0.6
Fairview MD of Fairview No. 136 December 9, 1914 19 5 1,604 1,673 −4.1 1,387.58 1.2
Flagstaff County January 1, 1944 7 7 3,738 3,591 4.1 4,067.58 0.9
Foothills County January 1, 1954 6 7 22,766 21,248 7.1 3,636.8 6.3
Forty Mile County of Forty Mile No. 8 January 1, 1954 1 7 3,581 3,336 7.3 7,249.31 0.5
Grande Prairie County of Grande Prairie No. 1 December 21, 1943 19 9 22,303 19,724 13.1 5,802.21 3.8
Greenview MD of Greenview No. 16 January 1, 1994 18 8 5,583 5,299 5.4 32,984.24 0.2
Kneehill County January 1, 1944 5 7 5,001 4,921 1.6 3,381.02 1.5
Lac Ste. Anne County January 1, 1944 13 7 10,899 10,260 6.2 2,850.38 3.8
Lacombe County January 1, 1944 8 7 10,343 10,307 0.3 2,765.16 3.7
Lamont County January 1, 1944 10 5 3,899 3,872 0.7 2,385.09 1.6
Leduc County January 1, 1944 11 7 13,780 13,494 2.1 2,601.49 5.3
Lesser Slave River MD of Lesser Slave River No. 124 January 1, 1995 17 7 2,803 2,929 −4.3 10,074.39 0.3
Lethbridge County January 1, 1954 2 7 10,353 10,046 3.1 2,836.64 3.6
Minburn County of Minburn No. 27 January 30, 1942 10 7 3,188 3,383 −5.8 2,913.02 1.1
Mountain View County January 1, 1944 6 7 13,074 12,359 5.8 3,782.64 3.5
Newell County of Newell January 1, 1953 2 10 7,524 7,138 5.4 5,904.67 1.3
Northern Lights County of Northern Lights January 1, 1995 17 7 4,200 4,117 2.0 20,755.37 0.2
Northern Sunrise County April 1, 1994 17 6 1,933
(2013)		 1,891 1,791 5.6 21,150.97 0.1
Opportunity MD of Opportunity No. 17 August 1, 1995 17 11 2,639
(2016)		 3,181 3,074 3.5 29,142.10 0.1
Paintearth County of Paintearth No. 18 January 1, 1944 7 7 2,102 2,029 3.6 3,283.36 0.6
Parkland County January 1, 1969 11 7 32,097 30,568 5.0 2,390.23 13.4
Peace MD of Peace No. 135 December 11, 1916 19 5 1,747 1,446 20.8 847.47 2.1
Pincher Creek MD of Pincher Creek No. 9 January 1, 1944 3 5 2,965 3,158 −6.1 3,482.05 0.9
Ponoka County January 1, 1952 8 5 9,806 8,856 10.7 2,814.26 3.5
Provost MD of Provost No. 52 March 1, 1943 7 7 2,205 2,288 −3.6 3,628.39 0.6
Ranchland MD of Ranchland No. 66 January 1, 1995 15 3 104
(2013)		 92 79 16.5 2,638.70 0
Red Deer County January 1, 1944 8 7 19,541 18,316 6.7 3,961.85 4.9
Rocky View County January 1, 1955 6 9 38,055[16]
(2013)		 39,407 35,754 10.2 3,836.33 10.3
Saddle Hills County January 1, 1995 19 7 2,225 2,288 −2.8 5,838.15 0.4
Smoky Lake County March 1, 1943 12 5 4,107 3,910 5.0 3,412.92 1.2
Smoky River MD of Smoky River No. 130 January 1, 1952 19 6 2,023 2,126 −4.8 2,840.14 0.7
Spirit River MD of Spirit River No. 133 December 11, 1916 19 4 700 713 −1.8 683.60 1
St. Paul County of St. Paul No. 19 January 30, 1942 12 7 6,168
(2012)		 5,827 5,405 7.8 3,309.44 1.8
Starland County February 1, 1943 5 5 2,071
(2013)		 2,066 2,057 0.4 2,559.95 0.8
Stettler County of Stettler No. 6 March 1, 1943 7 7 5,322 5,103 4.3 4,018.84 1.3
Sturgeon County January 1, 1955 11 7 20,495 19,578 4.7 2,090.13 9.8
Taber MD of Taber January 1, 1954 2 7 7,173
(2016)		 7,098 6,851 3.6 4,201.65 1.7
Thorhild County January 1, 1955 13 5 3,254 3,417 −4.8 2,001.74 1.6
Two Hills County of Two Hills No. 21 January 1, 1944 10 5 3,322 3,160 5.1 2,637.18 1.3
Vermilion River County of Vermilion River January 1, 1944 10 7 8,116
(2015)		 8,267 7,905 4.6 5,519.75 1.5
Vulcan County January 1, 1951 5 7 3,839
(2012)		 3,984 3,875 2.8 5,433.43 0.7
Wainwright MD of Wainwright No. 61 January 30, 1942 7 7 4,479 4,138 8.2 4,156.56 1.1
Warner County of Warner No. 5 January 1, 1954 2 7 3,847 3,841 0.2 4,531.55 0.8
Westlock County February 1, 1943 13 7 7,220 7,644 −5.5 3,171.83 2.3
Wetaskiwin County of Wetaskiwin No. 10 February 1, 1943 11 7 11,181 10,866 2.9 3,132.06 3.6
Wheatland County January 1, 1955 5 7 8,788 8,285 6.1 4,545.92 1.9
Willow Creek MD of Willow Creek No. 26 January 1, 1954 3 7 5,179 5,107 1.4 4,558.14 1.1
Woodlands County January 1, 1994 13 7 4,612
(2014)		 4,754 4,306 10.4 7,669.13 0.6
Yellowhead County January 1, 1994 14 9 10,995 10,469 5.0 22,293.16 0.5
Total municipal districts — — 437 — 479,167 4,560,664 5.1 399,087.25 1.2

Improvement districts

According to Section 581 of the Municipal Government Act (MGA), Alberta's Lieutenant Governor in Council, on the recommendation of the Minister of Municipal Affairs, may form an improvement district. Section 582 of the MGA requires that the order to form an improvement district must describe its boundaries and give it an official name.

Alberta currently has seven improvement districts, which have a combined population totaling 2,146.[17] With some exceptions, their boundaries are coterminous with that of a national or provincial park. Five of them are located within national parks, and two are within provincial parks.

Improvement districts of Alberta
Name Incorporation date
(improvement district)[18] 		Population
(2011)[17] 		Population
(2006)[17] 		Change (%)[17] Land
area
(km2)[17] 		Population
density
(per km2)[17] 		Remarks
004Improvement District No. 4 (Waterton) January 1, 1944 88 160 −45.0 480.58 0.18 Coincident with Waterton Lakes National Park
009Improvement District No. 9 (Banff) April 1, 1945 1,175 938 25.3 6,782.23 0.17 Coincident with Banff National Park excluding the Town of Banff
012Improvement District No. 12 (Jasper National Park) April 1, 1945 34 24 41.7 10,181.58 0.003 Coincident with Jasper National Park excluding the Municipality of Jasper
013Improvement District No. 13 (Elk Island) April 1, 1958 10 21 −52.4 165.28 0.06 Coincident with Elk Island National Park
024Improvement District No. 24 (Wood Buffalo) January 1, 1967 590 422 39.8 33,412.25 0.02 Coincident with the Alberta portion of Wood Buffalo National Park excluding Peace Point 222
025Improvement District No. 25 (Willmore Wilderness) January 2, 1994 0 0 — 4,604.97 0.0 Coincident with Willmore Wilderness Park
KananaskisKananaskis Improvement District January 1, 1983 249 429 −42.0 4,210.72 0.06 Consists mostly of Kananaskis Country
Total improvement districts — 2,463 1,994 7.6 65,642.17 0.03 —

Special areas

Main article: Special Areas Board

Special areas are rural municipalities created in 1938 under the authority of the Special Areas Act.[2][5] A special area is not to be confused with a specialized municipality, which is a completely different municipal status.

Alberta's three special areas had a combined population totalling 4,184 in 2016.[4]

Special areas of Alberta

Unincorporated communities

Urban service areas

An urban service area is a type of hamlet that is not officially defined under the Municipal Government Act (MGA). However, the province of Alberta recognizes it as equivalent to a city for the purposes of program delivery and grant eligibility according to the Orders in Council that established the Regional Municipality (RM) of Wood Buffalo and Strathcona County as specialized municipalities.[19][20]

These Orders in Council (see Schedule 1, Section 7[19] and Schedule 1, Section 3[20] respectively) also state that:

  • the specialized municipalities shall provide to the province of Alberta any information required to administer programs or to determine the amount of grants which would have been paid if the urban service areas were incorporated cities; and
  • for the purposes of enactments affecting roads, culverts, ditches, drains, and highways, the urban service areas are deemed to be cities.

Essentially, urban services areas meet the eligibility requirements of the MGA to incorporate as a city. As such, they are Alberta's largest hamlets.

There are currently two urban services areas in Alberta:

Fort McMurray, within the jurisdiction of the RM of Wood Buffalo, was formerly a city prior its amalgamation with Improvement District No. 143 on April 1, 1995. It was designated an urban service area at the time of the amalgamation.[19]

Sherwood Park has always been an unincorporated community under the jurisdiction of Strathcona County. It became an urban service area when Strathcona County changed its status from a municipal district to a specialized municipality on January 1, 1996.[20]

Hamlets

Main article: List of hamlets in Alberta

According to Section 59 of the Municipal Government Act (MGA), hamlets are unincorporated communities that:

  • consist of five or more buildings used as dwellings, a majority of which are on parcels of land smaller than 1,850 m2 (19,900 sq ft);
  • have a generally accepted boundary and name; and
  • contain parcels of land that are used for non‑residential purposes.[1]

Further, Section 59 of the MGA provides the councils of municipal districts (or counties) and specialized municipalities the authority to designate unincorporated communities within its boundaries as hamlets.[1][5] Hamlets may also be designated within improvement districts and special areas by the Minister of Municipal Affairs pursuant to Section 590 of the MGA and Section 10 of the Special Areas Act respectively.[1][2]

When a hamlet's population reaches 300, it becomes eligible to incorporated as a village under Section 80 of the MGA, so long as the majority of the buildings are still on parcels of land smaller than 1,850 m2 (19,900 sq ft).[1] However, it is a modern-day rarity for a hamlet to incorporate as a village – Barnwell and Wabamun were the last two to do so both on January 1, 1980. It is much more common these days for villages to revert to hamlet status through the dissolution process instead.

There are currently 403 hamlets in Alberta, two of which are the urban services areas presented above.[21]

Hamlets of Alberta

Townsites

A townsite is a type of unincorporated community that is not officially defined under the Municipal Government Act (MGA), but it is generally regarded as an independent urban area within an Indian reserve that is comparable in population, land area, services, and built form, to that of Alberta's incorporated towns. Essentially, townsites would meet the eligibility requirements of the MGA to incorporate as a town if they were not on Indian reserve lands under federal jurisdiction.

Redwood Meadows is Alberta's only townsite at this time and is located within the Tsuutʼina Nation.

Other unincorporated communities

Main article: List of localities in Alberta

Métis settlements

Main article: Métis in Alberta

Métis settlements are rural areas inhabited by the indigenous Métis in Alberta and were established and recognized in 1936 under the Métis Population Betterment Act. The settlements provide an autonomous land base, allow better access to education, health and other social services, and provide economic development opportunities for the only recognized Métis land-base in Canada.[3] Métis settlements now operate under the authority of the Métis Settlements Act.[5] These eight Métis settlements are governed by a unique Métis government known as the Métis Settlements General Council (MSGC).

Alberta currently has eight Métis settlements, all of which are in the northern half of the province. The official names of the eight settlements, and the municipal districts they are within, are as follows:

Métis settlements of Alberta List of Metis settlements in Alberta
Name Municipal district
or specialized
municipality[22] 		2021 Census of Population[11]
Population
(2021) 		Population
(2016) 		Change
(%) 		Land
area
(km2) 		Population
density
(/km2)
Buffalo Lake Smoky Lake County 379 712 −46.8% 335.68 1.1
East Prairie Big Lakes County 310 304 +2.0% 328.42 0.9
Elizabeth BonnyvilleMD of Bonnyville No. 87 594 653 −9.0% 246.45 2.4
Fishing Lake BonnyvilleMD of Bonnyville No. 87 414 446 −7.2% 348.64 1.2
Gift Lake[d] Big Lakes County
Northern Sunrise County		 625 658 −5.0% 803.29 0.8
Kikino[e] Smoky Lake County
Lac La Biche County		 978 934 +4.7% 441.69 2.2
Paddle Prairie Northern LightsCounty of Northern Lights 551 544 +1.3% 1,726.45 0.3
Peavine Big Lakes County 387 607 −36.2% 798.95 0.5
Total Metis settlements 4,238 4,858 −12.8% 5,029.57 0.8
Province of Alberta 4,262,635 4,067,175 +4.8% 634,658.27 6.7
*Areas generated from provincial Métis settlement boundary data.

Very small portions of the Gift Lake Métis Settlement and the Kikino Métis Settlement are also located within Northern Sunrise County and Lac La Biche County respectively.

Alberta's eight Métis settlements have a combined population totalling 5,632 as of 2018.[4]

Indian reserves

Main article: List of Indian reserves in Alberta

Indian reserves in Alberta cover a total area of 656,660 ha (1,622,630 acres) and range in size from 441 ha (1,089 acres) to 143,529 ha (354,667 acres).[5] Under the Constitution Act, 1982, legislative authority over Indian reserves is allocated to the Parliament of Canada. The Government of Canada exercises executive authority over Indian reserves through Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Local administration is exercised by Band councils whose members are elected by members of the reserve.

Indian reserves of Alberta
List of Indian reserves in Alberta

See also

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Canadian Provinces and Territories
Communities in Canada's provinces and territories

Notes

  1. ^ Beaumont is Alberta's newest city, incorporated on January 1, 2019. Based on 2016 data, Beaumont is Alberta's smallest city by land area, but in 2017 its area increased to nearly 2,400 hectares, making it larger than Wetaskiwin and Lacombe.[6]
  2. ^ Brooks is Alberta's smallest city by land area.
  3. ^ Calgary is Canada's third-largest city, Alberta's largest city by both population and area, and was Alberta's first city, incorporated on January 1, 1894. The Calgary census metropolitan area (CMA) includes the cities of Airdrie, Calgary and Chestermere.
  4. ^ Chestermere was known as Chestermere Lake prior to March 1, 1993.[6]
  5. ^ Edmonton is Canada's fifth-largest city and Alberta's capital. The Edmonton CMA includes the cities of Beaumont, Edmonton, Fort Saskatchewan, Leduc, Spruce Grove and St. Albert.
  6. ^ The balance of Lloydminster is located within Saskatchewan.
  7. ^ Wetaskiwin is Alberta's smallest city by population.
  1. ^ Jasper's 2011 municipal census also counted a shadow (non-permanent resident) population of 652 for a combined population of 5,236.
  2. ^ Excludes the unpopulated land area of the portion of the Kikino Metis Settlement that is within Lac La Biche County.
  3. ^ Wood Buffalo's 2015 municipal census also counted a shadow population of 43,084 for a combined population of 125,032.
  4. ^ Gift Lake comprises two parts. The majority is located within Big Lakes County, while the balance is located within Northern Sunrise County. The Big Lakes County portion (part "A") had a population of 625 living on 802.46 km2 (309.83 sq mi) in 2021, while the Northern Sunrise County portion (part "B") had a population of 0 living on 0.83 km2 (0.32 sq mi).[11]
  5. ^ Kikino comprises two parts. The majority is located within Smoky Lake County, while the balance is located within Lac La Biche County. The Smoky Lake County portion (part "A") had a population of 978 living on 440.92 km2 (170.24 sq mi) in 2021, while the Lac La Biche County portion (part "B") had a population of 0 living on 0.77 km2 (0.30 sq mi).[11]

References

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  2. ^ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 "Special Areas Act". Alberta Queen's Printer. Retrieved December 6, 2009.
  3. ^ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Metis Settlements Act". Alberta Queen's Printer. Retrieved December 6, 2009.
  4. ^ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 "2019 Municipal Affairs Population List" (PDF). Alberta Municipal Affairs. November 22, 2012. Retrieved March 6, 2013.
  5. ^ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 5.7 5.8 "Types of municipalities in Alberta". Alberta Municipal Affairs and Housing. 2021. Retrieved July 31, 2021.
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  10. ^ 2015 Municipal Affairs Population List (PDF). Alberta Municipal Affairs. ISBN 978-1-4601-2630-1. Retrieved February 21, 2016.
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  14. ^ 2016 Municipal Affairs Population List (PDF). Alberta Municipal Affairs. ISBN 978-1-4601-3127-5. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 16, 2017. Retrieved February 7, 2017.
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  20. ^ 20.0 20.1 20.2 "Order in Council 761/95 (Strathcona County status change to specialized municipality)" (PDF). Province of Alberta. December 6, 1995. Retrieved February 15, 2010.
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