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 2018 with 352 municipalities. Of these, at least 38 () conducted a municipal census in 2018. Alberta Municipal Affairs recognized those conducted by 37 of these municipalities. By municipal status, it recognized those conducted by 9 of Alberta's 18 cities, 11 of 109 towns, 4 of 86 villages, 3 of its 6 specialized municipalities, 1 of 63 municipal districts, 1 of its 8 improvement districts, and all 8 Metis settlements.
Some municipalities achieved population milestones as a result of their 2018 censuses. Blackfalds exceeded 10,000 residents, making it eligible for city status, while the Municipal District of Greenview No. 16 grew beyond the 6,000 mark for the first time.
Municipal census results The following summarizes the results of the numerous municipal censuses conducted in 2018.
2018 municipal census summary 2016 federal census comparison Previous municipal census comparisonMunicipalityStatusCensusdate2018pop.2016pop.AbsolutegrowthAbsolutechangeAnnualgrowthratePrev.pop.Prev.censusyearAbsolutegrowthAnnualgrowthrate Airdrie City 2017 Beaumont Town 2017 Blackfalds Town 2017 Boyle Village 2009 Bruderheim Town 2014 Buffalo Lake Metis settlement 2015 Calgary City 2017 Cardston Town 2007 Chestermere City 2017 Coalhurst Town 2015 Cochrane Town 2017 Crossfield Town 2017 East Prairie Metis settlement 2015 Eckville Town 2007 Elizabeth Metis settlement 2015 Empress Village 2017 Fishing Lake Metis settlement 2015 Fort Saskatchewan City 2017 Gift Lake Metis settlement 2015 Grande Prairie City 2015 Greenview No. 16MD of Greenview No. 16 Municipal district 2013 Improvement District No. 4 (Waterton) Improvement district Kikino Metis settlement 2015 Leduc City 2017 Lethbridge City 2017 Mackenzie County Specialized municipality 2015 Okotoks Town 2015 Paddle Prairie Metis settlement 2015 Peavine Metis settlement 2015 Raymond Town 2017 Rocky View County Municipal district 2013 Spruce Grove City 2017 St. Albert City 2016 Stirling Village 2017 Strathcona County Specialized municipality 2015 Strathmore Town 2015 Waskatenau Village 2000 Wood BuffaloRM of Wood Buffalo Specialized municipality 2015
Breakdowns Urban and rural service areas
Strathcona County 2018 municipal census summary 2015 municipal census comparisonArea2018populationPreviouspopulationAbsolutegrowthAnnualgrowth rate Sherwood Park urban service area Rural service area Total Strathcona County
Wood Buffalo 2018 municipal census summary 2015 municipal census comparisonArea2018populationPreviouspopulationAbsolutegrowthAnnualgrowth rate Fort McMurray urban service area Rural service area Total RM of Wood Buffalo
Hamlets The following is a list of hamlet and other unincorporated community populations determined by the 2018 municipal censuses conducted by Rocky View County, Strathcona County and the Regional Municipality (RM) of Wood Buffalo excluding the urban service areas of Fort McMurray and Sherwood Park that are presented above.
2018 municipal census summary Previous census comparisonHamlet/unincorporatedcommunityMunicipality2018populationPreviouspopulationPreviouscensus yearAbsolutegrowthAnnualgrowth rate Antler Lake Strathcona County 2015 Anzac Wood BuffaloRM of Wood Buffalo 2015 Ardrossan Strathcona County 2015 Bottrel Rocky View County Bragg Creek Rocky View County 2013 Cochrane Lake Rocky View County 2013 Collingwood Cove Strathcona County 2015 Conklin Wood BuffaloRM of Wood Buffalo 2015 Conrich Rocky View County 2013 Dalemead Rocky View County 2013 Dalroy Rocky View County 2013 Delacour Rocky View County Fort Chipewyan Wood BuffaloRM of Wood Buffalo 2015 Fort MacKay Wood BuffaloRM of Wood Buffalo 2015 Gregoire Lake Estates Wood BuffaloRM of Wood Buffalo 2015 Half Moon Lake Strathcona County 2015 Harmony Rocky View County Hastings Lake Strathcona County 2015 Indus Rocky View County 2013 Janvier Wood BuffaloRM of Wood Buffalo 2015 Josephburg Strathcona County 2015 Kathyrn Rocky View County 2013 Keoma Rocky View County 2013 Langdon Rocky View County 2013 Madden Rocky View County 2013 North Cooking Lake Strathcona County 2015 Saprae Creek Wood BuffaloRM of Wood Buffalo 2015 South Cooking Lake Strathcona County 2015
Shadow population counts 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." Improvement District No. 4 (Wateron) and the RM of Wood Buffalo conducted shadow population counts in 2018. The following presents the results of these counts for comparison with their concurrent municipal census results.
MunicipalityStatusMunicipalcensuspopulationShadowpopulationCombinedpopulation Improvement District No. 4 (Wateron) Improvement district Wood BuffaloRM of Wood Buffalo Specialized municipality
See also List of communities in Alberta
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References
External links Alberta Municipal Affairs: Municipal Census & Population Lists Statistics Canada: Census Program