Alberta has provincial legislation allowing its municipalities to conduct municipal censuses. Municipalities choose to conduct their own censuses for multiple reasons such as to better inform municipal service planning and provision or to simply update their populations since the last federal census.
Alberta began the year of 2021 with 345 municipalities, which decreased to 343 with the dissolutions of Improvement District No. 349 on May 1 and the Village of Hythe on July 1. Of these, the only two municipalities to conduct a municipal census in 2021 were the Town of Blackfalds and the Regional Municipality (RM) of Wood Buffalo.
Municipal census results The following summarizes the results of the two municipal censuses conducted in 2021.
2021 municipal census summary 2016 federal census comparison Previous municipal census comparisonMunicipalityStatusCensusdate2021pop.2016pop.AbsolutegrowthAbsolutechangeAnnualgrowthratePrev.pop.Prev.censusyearAbsolutegrowthAnnualgrowthrate Blackfalds Town 2018 Wood BuffaloRM of Wood Buffalo Specialized municipality 2018
Breakdowns Urban and rural service areas
2021 municipal census summary 2018 municipal census comparisonArea2021populationPreviouspopulationAbsolutegrowthAnnualgrowth rate Fort McMurray urban service area Rural service area Total RM of Wood Buffalo
Hamlets The following is a list of hamlet populations determined by the 2021 municipal census conducted by the RM of Wood Buffalo, excluding the Fort McMurray urban service area that is presented above.
2021 municipal census summary Previous municipal census comparisonHamletMunicipality2021populationPreviouspopulationPreviouscensus yearAbsolutegrowthAnnualgrowth rate Anzac Wood BuffaloRM of Wood Buffalo 2018 Conklin Wood BuffaloRM of Wood Buffalo 2018 Fort Chipewyan Wood BuffaloRM of Wood Buffalo 2018 Fort MacKay Wood BuffaloRM of Wood Buffalo 2018 Gregoire Lake Estates Wood BuffaloRM of Wood Buffalo 2018 Janvier Wood BuffaloRM of Wood Buffalo 2018 Saprae Creek Wood BuffaloRM of Wood Buffalo 2018
Shadow population 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." The RM of Wood Buffalo conducted a shadow population count in 2021. The following presents the results of this count for comparison with its concurrent municipal census results.
MunicipalityStatusMunicipalcensuspopulationShadowpopulationCombinedpopulation Wood BuffaloRM of Wood Buffalo Specialized municipality
See also 2021 Alberta municipal elections List of communities in Alberta
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References
External links Alberta Municipal Affairs Statistics Canada Statistics Canada: Census Program