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 began the year of 2017 with 354 municipalities. Of these, 35 () conducted a municipal census in 2017. Alberta Municipal Affairs recognized those conducted by 34 of these municipalities. By municipal status, it recognized those conducted by 7 of Alberta's 18 cities, 16 of 107 towns, 10 of 87 villages, 1 of its 51 summer villages, and 1 of 64 municipal districts.
Some municipalities achieved population milestones as a result of their 2017 censuses. Fort Saskatchewan exceeded 25,000 residents, while Chestermere surpassed 20,000 people and Crossfield grew beyond the 3,000 mark for the first time.
Municipal census results The following summarizes the results of the numerous municipal censuses conducted in 2017.
2017 municipal census summary 2016 federal census comparison Previous municipal census comparisonMunicipalityStatusCensusdate2017pop.2016pop.AbsolutegrowthAbsolutechangeAnnualgrowthratePrev.pop.Prev.censusyearAbsolutegrowthAnnualgrowthrate Airdrie City 2016 Banff Town 2014 Beaumont Town 2016 Big Valley Village 2015 Blackfalds Town 2016 Bonnyville Town 2014 Bow Island Town 2007 Calgary City 2016 Carbon Village 2000 Carmangay Village 2013 Chestermere City 2016 Cochrane Town 2016 Crossfield Town 2014 Edgerton Village 2012 Empress Village 1983 Fort Saskatchewan City 2016 Girouxville Village 1976 High Level Town 2015 Horseshoe Bay Summer village 2001 Innisfree Village 1977 Leduc City 2016 Lethbridge City 2016 Magrath Town 2015 Marwayne Village 2013 McLennan Town 1997 Oyen Town 2015 Raymond Town 2016 Rosemary Village 2012 Spruce Grove City 2016 St. Paul Town 2014 St. Paul No. 19County of St. Paul No. 19 Municipal district 2012 Stirling Village 2013 Thorsby Town 2015 Two Hills Town 2012 Vermilion Town 2012 Veteran Village 1982
See also List of communities in Alberta
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External links Alberta Municipal Affairs: Municipal Census & Population Lists Statistics Canada: Census Program