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, inform an electoral boundary review, or to simply update their populations since the last federal census.
Alberta began the year of 2024 with 342 municipalities. Of these, 24 notified Alberta Municipal Affairs of their intentions to conduct a municipal census in 2024. Censuses were ultimately conducted by five cities, ten towns, two villages, two specialized municipalities, three municipal districts, and one improvement district.
Municipal census results The following summarizes the results of those 23 municipal censuses conducted in 2024.
2024 municipal census summary 2021 federal census comparison Previous municipal census comparisonMunicipalityStatusCensusdate2024pop.2021pop.AbsolutegrowthAbsolutechangeAnnualgrowthratePrev.pop.Prev.censusyearAbsolutegrowthAnnualgrowthrate Airdrie City 2023 Alix Village 1998 Blackfalds Town 2021 Bonnyville Town 2017 Carmangay Village 2017 Carstairs Town 2005 Chestermere City 2018 Cochrane Town 2019 Crossfield Town 2018 Falher Town 1990 Flagstaff County Municipal district 1984 Fort Saskatchewan City 2023 Fox Creek Town 2019 Grande Prairie City 2018 Grande Prairie No. 1County of Grande Prairie No. 1 Municipal district 2006 Improvement District No. 4 (Waterton) Improvement district 2018 Lesser Slave River No. 124 of Lesser Slave River No. 124 Municipal district 2019 Mackenzie County Specialized municipality 2018 Mundare Town 2009 Oyen Town 2017 Penhold Town 2019 St. Albert City 2018 Strathcona County Specialized municipality 2022 Sylvan Lake Town 2013
Breakdowns Urban and rural service areas
2024 municipal census summary 2022 municipal census comparisonArea2024populationPreviouspopulationAbsolutegrowthAnnualgrowth rate Sherwood Park urban service area Rural service area Total Strathcona County
Hamlets The following is a list of hamlet populations determined by the 2024 municipal census conducted by Strathcona County, excluding the Sherwood Park urban service area that is presented above.
2024 municipal census summary Previous census comparisonHamletMunicipality2024populationPreviouspopulationPreviouscensus yearAbsolutegrowthAnnualgrowth rate Antler Lake Strathcona County 2022 Ardrossan Strathcona County 2022 Bezanson County of Grande Prairie No. 1 2021 Buffalo Lakes County of Grande Prairie No. 1 Clairmont County of Grande Prairie No. 1 2021 Collingwood Cove Strathcona County 2022 Demmitt County of Grande Prairie No. 1 Dimsdale County of Grande Prairie No. 1 Elmworth County of Grande Prairie No. 1 Fort Vermilion Mackenzie County 2021 Goodfare County of Grande Prairie No. 1 Halcourt County of Grande Prairie No. 1 Half Moon Lake Strathcona County 2022 Hastings Lake Strathcona County 2022 Huallen County of Grande Prairie No. 1 Hythe County of Grande Prairie No. 1 2021 Josephburg Strathcona County 2022 La Crete Mackenzie County 2021 La Glace County of Grande Prairie No. 1 2021 Lymburn County of Grande Prairie No. 1 North Cooking Lake Strathcona County 2022 South Cooking Lake Strathcona County 2022 Teepee Creek County of Grande Prairie No. 1 Valhalla Centre County of Grande Prairie No. 1 2021 Wedgewood County of Grande Prairie No. 1 2021
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." Three municipalities conducted a shadow population count in 2024. The following presents the results of these count for comparison with their concurrent municipal census results.
MunicipalityStatusMunicipalcensuspopulationShadowpopulationCombinedpopulation Improvement District No. 4 (Waterton) Improvement district Fox Creek Town Oyen Town
See also List of communities in Alberta
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References
External links Alberta Municipal Affairs Statistics Canada Statistics Canada: Census Program