List of towns in Alberta

A town is an urban municipality status type used in the Canadian province of Alberta. Alberta towns are created when communities with populations of at least 1,000 people, where a majority of their buildings are on parcels of land smaller than 1,850 m², apply to Alberta Municipal Affairs for town status under the authority of the Municipal Government Act.[1] Applications for town status are approved via orders in council made by the Lieutenant Governor in Council under recommendation from the Minister of Municipal Affairs.[1]

Distribution of Alberta's 106 towns and 13 other communities that meet the legislated population requirements for town status

Alberta has 106 towns that had a cumulative population of 455,053 and an average population of 4,293 in the 2016 Canadian Census.[2] The number of towns decreased from 107 to 106 on February 1, 2020, when Granum dissolved from town status to become a hamlet.[3] Alberta's largest and smallest towns are Okotoks and Stavely with populations of 28,881 and 541 respectively.[2] Nobleford is Alberta's newest town, incorporating from village status on February 28, 2018.[4]

When a town's population exceeds 10,000 people, the council may request a change to city status, but the change in incorporated status is not mandatory.[5] Towns with populations less than 1,000, whether their populations have declined below 1,000 or they were incorporated as towns prior to the minimum 1,000 population requirement, are permitted to retain town status.

A total of 699 elected town officials (107 mayors and 592 councillors) provide town governance throughout the province.[6]

The highest frequency of towns in Alberta is found in the Queen Elizabeth II Highway/Highway 2A corridor between Calgary and Edmonton corridor including, from south to north, Crossfield, Carstairs, Didsbury, Olds, Bowden, Innisfail, Penhold, Blackfalds, Ponoka and Millet.

Administration

Pursuant to Part 5, Division 1 of the Municipal Government Act (MGA), each municipality created under the authority of the MGA is governed by a council. As a requirement of the MGA, a town council consists of an odd number of councillors, one of which is the town's chief elected official (CEO) or mayor. A town council consists of seven councillors by default, but it can consist of a higher or lower odd number if council passes a bylaw altering its size (so long as it does not consist of fewer than three councillors).[1] For the 2017–2021 term, 82 towns have a council of seven, and 25 have a council of five.[7]

Town councils are governed by a mayor and an even number of councillors that are elected by popular vote, resulting in a total odd number of members to avoid tie votes on council matters.[1] All council members are elected under the provisions of the Local Authorities Election Act (LAEA).[8] Mayoral or councillor candidates are required to be residents of their municipality for a minimum of six consecutive months prior to nomination day. The last municipal election was October 16, 2017.

Alberta Municipal Affairs, a ministry of the Cabinet of Alberta, is charged with coordination of all levels of local government.

Administrative duties of towns include public safety, local transit, roads, water service, drainage and waste collection, as well as coordination of infrastructure with provincial and regional authorities (including road construction, education, and health).

List

The below table is a list of only those urban municipalities in Alberta that are incorporated as towns.

The municipalities of Crowsnest Pass and Jasper are not listed because they are incorporated as specialized municipalities, not towns. For more information on specialized municipalities, see Specialized municipalities of Alberta.

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Municipal census population (year)[11]	Population (2016)[2]	Population (2011)[2]	Change (%)[2]	Land area (km²)[2]	Population density (per km²)[2]
Athabasca[N 1]	Athabasca County	September 19, 1911		style="text-align:center;"|2,965	2,990	−0.8%	17.65	168.0/km^2
Banff	Improvement District No. 9 (Banff)	January 1, 1990	8,875 (2017)	style="text-align:center;"|7,851	7,584	+3.5%	4.77	1,645.9/km^2
Barrhead	Barrhead No. 11, County of	November 26, 1946		style="text-align:center;"|4,579	4,432	+3.3%	8.17	560.5/km^2
Bashaw	Camrose County	May 1, 1964		style="text-align:center;"|830	873	−4.9%	2.99	277.6/km^2
Bassano	Newell, County of	January 16, 1911		style="text-align:center;"|1,206	1,282	−5.9%	5.22	231.0/km^2
Beaverlodge	Grande Prairie No. 1, County of	January 24, 1956		style="text-align:center;"|2,465	2,365	+4.2%	5.73	430.2/km^2
Bentley	Lacombe County	January 1, 2001		style="text-align:center;"|1,078	1,073	+0.5%	2.24	481.3/km^2
Black Diamond	Foothills No. 31, M.D. of	January 1, 1956		style="text-align:center;"|2,700	2,373	+13.8%	3.84	703.1/km^2
Blackfalds	Lacombe County	April 1, 1980	10,125 (2018)	style="text-align:center;"|9,328	6,300	+48.1%	16.44	567.4/km^2
Bon Accord	Sturgeon County	November 20, 1979		style="text-align:center;"|1,529	1,488	+2.8%	2.13	717.8/km^2
Bonnyville	Bonnyville No. 87, M.D. of	February 3, 1948	6,422 (2017)	style="text-align:center;"|5,975[12]	6,216	−3.9%	14.18	421.4/km^2
Bow Island	Forty Mile No. 8, County of	February 1, 1912	2,043 (2017)	style="text-align:center;"|1,983	2,025	−2.1%	5.81	341.3/km^2
Bowden	Red Deer County	September 1, 1981		style="text-align:center;"|1,240	1,241	−0.1%	2.8	442.9/km^2
Bruderheim	Lamont County	September 17, 1980	1,395 (2018)	style="text-align:center;"|1,308	1,155	+13.2%	7.12	183.7/km^2
Calmar	Leduc County	January 19, 1954		style="text-align:center;"|2,228	1,970	+13.1%	4.68	476.1/km^2
Canmore	Bighorn No. 8, M.D. of Kananaskis Improvement District[13]	June 1, 1966		style="text-align:center;"|13,992	12,288	+13.9%	69.43	201.5/km^2
Cardston	Cardston County	July 2, 1901	3,909 (2018)	style="text-align:center;"|3,585	3,580	+0.1%	8.59	417.3/km^2
Carstairs	Mountain View County	September 1, 1966		style="text-align:center;"|4,077	3,442	+18.4%	11.92	342.0/km^2
Castor	Paintearth No. 18, County of	June 27, 1910		style="text-align:center;"|929	932	−0.3%	2.63	353.2/km^2
Claresholm	Willow Creek No. 26, M.D. of	August 31, 1905		style="text-align:center;"|3,780	3,758	+0.6%	8.11	466.1/km^2
Coaldale	Lethbridge County	January 7, 1952	8,691 (2019)[14]	style="text-align:center;"|8,215	7,493	+9.6%	7.99	1,028.2/km^2
Coalhurst	Lethbridge County	June 1, 1995	2,784 (2019)[15]	style="text-align:center;"|2,668	1,978	+34.9%	3.11	857.9/km^2
Cochrane	Rocky View County	February 15, 1971	29,277 (2019)[16]	style="text-align:center;"|25,853	17,580	+47.1%	29.83	866.7/km^2
Coronation	Paintearth No. 18, County of	April 29, 1912		style="text-align:center;"|940	947	−0.7%	3.62	259.7/km^2
Crossfield	Rocky View County	August 1, 1980	3,308 (2018)	style="text-align:center;"|2,983	2,853	+4.6%	11.96	249.4/km^2
Daysland	Flagstaff County	April 2, 1907		style="text-align:center;"|824	807	+2.1%	1.75	470.9/km^2
Devon	Leduc County	February 24, 1950		style="text-align:center;"|6,578	6,515	+1.0%	14.3	460.0/km^2
Didsbury	Mountain View County	September 27, 1906		style="text-align:center;"|5,268	4,957	+6.3%	16.37	321.8/km^2
Drayton Valley	Brazeau County	February 1, 1957		style="text-align:center;"|7,235	7,118	+1.6%	30.72	235.5/km^2
Drumheller[N 2]	Kneehill County Special Area No. 2 Starland County Wheatland County[17]	March 2, 1916 January 1, 1998		style="text-align:center;"|7,982	8,029	−0.6%	108.03	73.9/km^2
Eckville	Lacombe County	July 1, 1966	1,163 (2018)	style="text-align:center;"|1,125	1,125	0.0%	1.6	703.1/km^2
Edson	Yellowhead County	September 21, 1911		style="text-align:center;"|8,414	8,475	−0.7%	29.72	283.1/km^2
Elk Point	St. Paul No. 19, County of	January 1, 1962		style="text-align:center;"|1,452	1,412	+2.8%	4.91	295.7/km^2
Fairview	Fairview No. 136, M.D. of	April 25, 1949		style="text-align:center;"|2,998	3,162	−5.2%	11.36	263.9/km^2
Falher	Smoky River No. 130, M.D. of	January 1, 1955		style="text-align:center;"|1,047	1,075	−2.6%	2.78	376.6/km^2
Fort Macleod[N 3]	Willow Creek No. 26, M.D. of	March 29, 1912		style="text-align:center;"|2,967	3,117	−4.8%	23.41	126.7/km^2
Fox Creek	Greenview No. 16, M.D. of	September 1, 1983		style="text-align:center;"|1,971	1,969	+0.1%	12.36	159.5/km^2
Gibbons	Sturgeon County	April 1, 1977		style="text-align:center;"|3,159	3,030	+4.3%	7.5	421.2/km^2
Grimshaw	Peace No. 135, M.D. of	February 2, 1953		style="text-align:center;"|2,718	2,515	+8.1%	7.09	383.4/km^2
Hanna	Special Area No. 2	April 14, 1914		style="text-align:center;"|2,559	2,673	−4.3%	8.81	290.5/km^2
Hardisty	Flagstaff County	November 9, 1910		style="text-align:center;"|554	639	−13.3%	5.13	108.0/km^2
High Level	Mackenzie County	September 1, 1983	3,992 (2017)	style="text-align:center;"|3,159	3,641	−13.2%	29.2	108.2/km^2
High Prairie	Big Lakes County	January 10, 1950		style="text-align:center;"|2,564	2,600	−1.4%	7.22	355.1/km^2
High River	Foothills No. 31, M.D. of	February 12, 1906		style="text-align:center;"|13,584	12,930	+5.1%	21.39	635.1/km^2
Hinton	Yellowhead County	December 29, 1958		style="text-align:center;"|9,882	9,640	+2.5%	33.52	294.8/km^2
Innisfail	Red Deer County	November 20, 1903		style="text-align:center;"|7,847	7,876	−0.4%	19.4	404.5/km^2
Irricana	Rocky View County	June 9, 2005		style="text-align:center;"|1,216	1,162	+4.6%	3.23	376.5/km^2
Killam	Flagstaff County	May 1, 1965		style="text-align:center;"|989	981	+0.8%	6.75	146.5/km^2
Lamont	Lamont County	May 31, 1968		style="text-align:center;"|1,774	1,753	+1.2%	9.2	192.8/km^2
Legal	Sturgeon County	January 1, 1998		style="text-align:center;"|1,345	1,225	+9.8%	3.18	423.0/km^2
Magrath	Cardston County	July 24, 1907	2,435 (2017)	style="text-align:center;"|2,374	2,217	+7.1%	5.99	396.3/km^2
Manning	Northern Lights, County of	January 1, 1957		style="text-align:center;"|1,183	1,164	+1.6%	4.05	292.1/km^2
Mayerthorpe	Lac Ste. Anne County	March 20, 1961		style="text-align:center;"|1,320	1,398	−5.6%	4.37	302.1/km^2
McLennan	Smoky River No. 130, M.D. of	February 11, 1948	791 (2017)	style="text-align:center;"|701	809	−13.3%	3.71	188.9/km^2
Milk River	Warner No. 5, County of	February 7, 1956		style="text-align:center;"|827	811	+2.0%	2.33	354.9/km^2
Millet	Wetaskiwin No. 10, County of	September 1, 1983		style="text-align:center;"|1,945	2,092	−7.0%	3.72	522.8/km^2
Morinville	Sturgeon County	April 21, 1911	9,893 (2016)	style="text-align:center;"|9,848	8,569	+14.9%	11.15	883.2/km^2
Mundare	Lamont County	January 4, 1951		style="text-align:center;"|852	855	−0.4%	4.21	202.4/km^2
Nanton	Willow Creek No. 26, M.D. of	August 9, 1907		style="text-align:center;"|2,181[12]	2,132	+2.3%	4.87	447.8/km^2
Nobleford	Lethbridge County	February 28, 2018		style="text-align:center;"|1,278	1,000	+27.8%	1.59	803.8/km^2
Okotoks	Foothills No. 31, M.D. of	June 1, 1904	29,002 (2018)	style="text-align:center;"|28,881	24,511	+17.8%	19.63	1,471.3/km^2
Olds	Mountain View County	July 1, 1905		style="text-align:center;"|9,184	8,235	+11.5%	14.93	615.1/km^2
Onoway	Lac Ste. Anne County	September 1, 2005		style="text-align:center;"|1,029	1,039	−1.0%	3.32	309.9/km^2
Oyen	Special Area No. 3	September 1, 1965	1,022 (2017)	style="text-align:center;"|1,001	973	+2.9%	5.28	189.6/km^2
Peace River[N 4]	Northern Lights, County of Northern Sunrise County Peace No. 135, M.D. of[18]	December 1, 1919		style="text-align:center;"|6,842	6,729	+1.7%	26.26	260.5/km^2
Penhold	Red Deer County	September 1, 1980		style="text-align:center;"|3,277	2,375	+38.0%	5.29	619.5/km^2
Picture Butte	Lethbridge County	January 1, 1960		style="text-align:center;"|1,810	1,650	+9.7%	2.85	635.1/km^2
Pincher Creek	Pincher Creek No. 9, M.D. of	May 12, 1906		style="text-align:center;"|3,642	3,685	−1.2%	10.09	361.0/km^2
Ponoka	Ponoka County	October 15, 1904		style="text-align:center;"|7,229	6,778	+6.7%	17.33	417.1/km^2
Provost	Provost No. 52, M.D. of	December 29, 1952		style="text-align:center;"|1,998	2,041	−2.1%	4.72	423.3/km^2
Rainbow Lake	Mackenzie County	September 1, 1995		style="text-align:center;"|795	870	−8.6%	10.76	73.9/km^2
Raymond	Warner No. 5, County of	July 1, 1903	4,252 (2018)	style="text-align:center;"|3,708	3,743	−0.9%	6.66	556.8/km^2
Redcliff	Cypress County	August 5, 1912		style="text-align:center;"|5,600	5,588	+0.2%	16.25	344.6/km^2
Redwater	Sturgeon County	December 31, 1950		style="text-align:center;"|2,053	1,915	+7.2%	20.03	102.5/km^2
Rimbey	Ponoka County	December 13, 1948		style="text-align:center;"|2,567	2,378	+7.9%	11.4	225.2/km^2
Rocky Mountain House	Clearwater County	August 31, 1939		style="text-align:center;"|6,635	6,933	−4.3%	12.71	522.0/km^2
Sedgewick	Flagstaff County	May 1, 1966		style="text-align:center;"|811	857	−5.4%	2.72	298.2/km^2
Sexsmith	Grande Prairie No. 1, County of	October 15, 1979		style="text-align:center;"|2,620	2,418	+8.4%	13.24	197.9/km^2
Slave Lake	Lesser Slave River No. 124, M.D. of	August 2, 1965		style="text-align:center;"|6,651	6,782	−1.9%	14.44	460.6/km^2
Smoky Lake	Smoky Lake County	February 1, 1962		style="text-align:center;"|964	1,022	−5.7%	4.26	226.3/km^2
Spirit River	Spirit River No. 133, M.D. of	September 18, 1951		style="text-align:center;"|995	1,025	−2.9%	3.14	316.9/km^2
St. Paul[N 5]	St. Paul No. 19, County of	December 15, 1936	5,963 (2017)	style="text-align:center;"|5,827	5,405	+7.8%	8.64	674.4/km^2
Stavely	Willow Creek No. 26, M.D. of	May 25, 1912		style="text-align:center;"|541	505	+7.1%	1.83	295.6/km^2
Stettler	Stettler No. 6, County of	November 23, 1906		style="text-align:center;"|5,952	5,748	+3.5%	13.14	453.0/km^2
Stony Plain	Parkland County	December 10, 1908	17,842 (2019)[19]	style="text-align:center;"|17,189	15,051	+14.2%	35.72	481.2/km^2
Strathmore	Wheatland County	July 6, 1911	13,528 (2018)	style="text-align:center;"|13,756	12,305	+11.8%	27.4	502.0/km^2
Sundre	Mountain View County	January 1, 1956		style="text-align:center;"|2,729	2,610	+4.6%	11.11	245.6/km^2
Swan Hills	Big Lakes County	January 1, 1967		style="text-align:center;"|1,301	1,465	−11.2%	26.12	49.8/km^2
Sylvan Lake	Red Deer County	May 20, 1946		style="text-align:center;"|14,816	12,362	+19.9%	23.36	634.2/km^2
Taber	Taber, M.D. of	July 1, 1907		style="text-align:center;"|8,428	8,104	+4.0%	15.67	537.8/km^2
Thorsby	Leduc County	January 1, 2017[20]	1,015 (2017)	style="text-align:center;"|985	951	+3.6%	3.85	255.8/km^2
Three Hills	Kneehill County	January 1, 1929		style="text-align:center;"|3,212	3,198	+0.4%	6.75	475.9/km^2
Tofield	Beaver County	September 10, 1909		style="text-align:center;"|2,081	2,182	−4.6%	8.21	253.5/km^2
Trochu	Kneehill County	August 1, 1962		style="text-align:center;"|1,058	1,072	−1.3%	2.78	380.6/km^2
Turner Valley	Foothills No. 31, M.D. of	September 1, 1977		style="text-align:center;"|2,559	2,167	+18.1%	5.79	442.0/km^2
Two Hills	Two Hills No. 21, County of	January 1, 1955	1,443 (2017)	style="text-align:center;"|1,352	1,379	−2.0%	3.38	400.0/km^2
Valleyview	Greenview No. 16, M.D. of	February 5, 1957		style="text-align:center;"|1,863	1,761	+5.8%	9.32	199.9/km^2
Vauxhall	Taber, M.D. of	January 1, 1961		style="text-align:center;"|1,222	1,288	−5.1%	2.72	449.3/km^2
Vegreville	Minburn No. 27, County of	August 15, 1906		style="text-align:center;"|5,708	5,717	−0.2%	14.08	405.4/km^2
Vermilion	Vermilion River, County of	August 27, 1906	4,150 (2017)	style="text-align:center;"|4,084	3,930	+3.9%	12.93	315.9/km^2
Viking	Beaver County	November 10, 1952		style="text-align:center;"|1,083	1,041	+4.0%	3.7	292.7/km^2
Vulcan	Vulcan County	June 15, 1921		style="text-align:center;"|1,917	1,836	+4.4%	6.34	302.4/km^2
Wainwright	Wainwright No. 61, M.D. of	July 14, 1910		style="text-align:center;"|6,270	5,925	+5.8%	9.1	689.0/km^2
Wembley	Grande Prairie No. 1, County of	August 1, 1980		style="text-align:center;"|1,516	1,383	+9.6%	4.75	319.2/km^2
Westlock	Westlock County	January 7, 1947		style="text-align:center;"|5,101	4,823	+5.8%	13.37	381.5/km^2
Whitecourt	Woodlands County	December 20, 1971		style="text-align:center;"|10,204	9,605	+6.2%	26.44	385.9/km^2
Total towns	—	—	—	454,181	420,498	+8.0%	1,248.01	363.9/km^2

New towns

New town is a former urban municipal status in Alberta that is no longer in use. The authority to incorporate a community as a new town came from The New Towns Act, which was chapter 39 of the Statutes of Alberta, 1956.

At least 12 communities incorporated as a new town between 1956 and 1967. Cynthia and Drayton Valley were the first communities in Alberta to incorporate as new towns on June 1, 1956.[21][22] Drayton Valley did so after only six months of incorporation as a village,[22] and was also the community that operated under new town status for the shortest period – eight months from June 1, 1956 to February 1, 1957.[23]

The last community to incorporate as a new town was Fox Creek on July 19, 1967.[24] Fox Creek was previously unincorporated prior to this date. It remained a new town for just over sixteen years until September 1, 1983 when it changed to town status.[25]

Rainbow Lake was the last community to be recognized as a new town. Its status was changed to that of a town in 1994 when numerous former acts under the authority of Alberta Municipal Affairs were transitioned into the current Municipal Government Act.[26] Rainbow Lake was also the community that operated under new town status for the longest period – nearly 28 years from September 1, 1966 to May 2, 1994.

Other communities that applied for new town status included Slave Lake and Smith. Slave Lake applied, despite already being incorporated, to access additional provincial funding but the application was denied by the provincial cabinet. In the case of Smith, after applying in 1968, its application was denied after the province's feasibility study for the community determined Smith was unlikely to attract further economic development.[27]

Below is a list of the 12 communities that were once incorporated as a new town. All but one of them are resource communities in northern or west–central Alberta and were recently founded communities at their dates of incorporation as new towns. St. Albert was the only community that was not in northern or west–central Alberta and had been incorporated as its own municipality since December 7, 1899.[28]

Former new town	Incorporation date (new town)	Previous status	Subsequent status change date	Subsequent status
Cynthia	June 1, 1956[21]	Unincorporated	May 1, 1959[29]	Hamlet[N 6]
Drayton Valley	June 1, 1956[22]	Village	February 1, 1957[23]	Town
Fort McMurray	June 30, 1964[30]	Town	September 1, 1980[30]	City[N 7]
Fox Creek	July 19, 1967[24]	Unincorporated	September 1, 1983[25]	Town
Grande Cache	September 1, 1966[32]	Unincorporated	September 1, 1983[33]	Town
High Level	June 1, 1965[34]	Hamlet	September 1, 1983[35]	Town
Hinton	November 1, 1956[36]	Hamlet	December 29, 1958[37]	Town
Lodgepole	July 1, 1956[38]	Unincorporated	March 1, 1970[39]	Hamlet[N 8]
Rainbow Lake	September 1, 1966[40]	Unincorporated	May 2, 1994[26]	Town
St. Albert	January 1, 1957[28]	Town	July 3, 1962[28]	Town[N 9]
Swan Hills	September 1, 1959[42]	Unincorporated	January 1, 1967[43]	Town
Whitecourt	August 15, 1961[44]	Village	December 20, 1971[45]	Town

Former towns

All cities in Alberta[46] and the former cities of Fort McMurray[47] and Strathcona[48] previously held town status in their histories. Other communities that previously held town status include Beverly, Big Valley, Blairmore, Bowness, Carmangay, Coleman, Cynthia, Diamond City, Forest Lawn, Gleichen, Grande Cache, Grand Centre, Grouard, Irvine, Jasper Place, Lac La Biche, Lodgepole, Montgomery and Youngstown.[49][47][50] Of these, the villages of Big Valley, Carmangay and Youngstown are the only communities that remain incorporated municipalities.[51] The others either amalgamated to form other municipalities (Blairmore, Coleman, Grand Centre and Lac La Biche),[52][53][54] were absorbed through annexation by Calgary (Bowness, Forest Lawn and Montgomery)[55] or Edmonton (Beverly and Jasper Place)[56] or dissolved to become hamlets under the jurisdiction of municipal districts (Cynthia, Diamond City, Gleichen, Grande Cache, Grouard, Irvine and Lodgepole).[49][9]

Town status eligibility

The villages of Stirling, Duchess, and Alberta Beach, with population counts of 1,269, 1,085, and 1,018 respectively,[11] meet the legislated population requirements for town status. There are also at least ten hamlets – Cardiff, Clairmont, Dunmore, Fort Chipewyan, Grande Cache, La Crete, Lac La Biche, Langdon, Springbrook, and Wabasca – that meet the population requirements for town status.

City status eligibility

There are currently nine towns – Blackfalds, Canmore, Cochrane, High River, Okotoks, Stony Plain, Strathmore, Sylvan Lake and Whitecourt – that are eligible for city status having populations in excess of 10,000.[11] In addition, the Town of Hinton has expressed interest in incorporating as a city once it surpasses 10,000 people.[57] Its population in 2016 was 9,882.[2] In 2016, the Town of Morinville conducted a municipal census in which it anticipated the town would surpass 10,000; thus the town investigated city status as well as a specialized municipality model with Sturgeon County.[58] The census reported a population of 9,893, which was 107 people shy of the milestone.[11]

Gallery

Towns in Alberta

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  Athabasca
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  Banff
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  Bowden
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  Canmore
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  Carstairs
• 
  Cochrane
• 
  Crossfield
• 
  Didsbury
• 
  Fort Macleod
• 
  Innisfail
• 
  Okotoks
• 
  Olds
• 
  Peace River
• 
  Slave Lake
• 
  Stettler
• 
  Taber
• 
  Vauxhall
• 
  Vulcan
• 
  Whitecourt

Notes

1. Athabasca was formerly known as Athabasca Landing prior to August 4, 1913.[10]
2. Drumheller originally incorporated as a city on April 3, 1930 but reverted from city status as a result of its amalgamation with the M.D. of Badlands No. 7 in 1998.[10]
3. Fort Macleod was formerly known as Macleod prior to April 1, 1952.[10]
4. Peace River was formerly known as Peace River Crossing prior to May 22, 1916.[10]
5. St. Paul was formerly known as St. Paul de Métis prior to December 15, 1932.
6. Cynthia dissolved as development in Cynthia "did not materialize sufficiently to warrant the attention of a Board of Administrators as appointed under the New Towns Act", and did not have "sufficient population or occupied dwellings ... to allow for its establishment into a town or a village under the provisions of The Towns and Villages Act."[29]
7. Fort McMurray later dissolved from city status on April 1, 1995 and is now designated as an urban service area.[31]
8. Lodgepole dissolved as development in Lodgepole "did not materialize sufficiently to qualify under the provisions of the Municipal Government Act for the formation of a town or village."[39]
9. St. Albert later incorporated as a city on January 1, 1977.[41]

See also

• List of census divisions of Alberta
• List of cities in Alberta
• List of communities in Alberta
• List of hamlets in Alberta
• List of municipal districts in Alberta
• List of municipalities in Alberta
• List of population centres in Alberta
• List of summer villages in Alberta
• List of villages in Alberta

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External links

• Alberta Municipal Affairs
• Alberta Urban Municipalities Association