Map of Canada with Alberta highlighted in red
Location of Alberta in Canada
Locations of Alberta's specialized and rural municipalities
Distribution of Alberta's 6 specialized municipalities (red) and 73 rural municipalities, which include municipal districts (orange), improvement districts (dark green) and special areas (light green)

Alberta is the fourth-most populous province in Canada with 4,262,635 residents as of 2021 Census of Population and is the fourth-largest in land area at 634,658 km2 (245,043 sq mi).[1] Alberta's 344 municipalities cover 99.7% of the province's land mass and are home to 99% of its population.[2][lower-alpha 1] These municipalities provide local government services, including roads, water, sewer and garbage collection among others, and a variety of programs to their residents.[4][5]

According to the Municipal Government Act (MGA), which was enacted in 2000, a municipality in Alberta is "a city, town, village, summer village, municipal district or specialized municipality, a town under the Parks Towns Act, or a municipality formed by special Act".[6] The MGA also recognizes improvement districts and special areas as municipal authorities while Metis settlements are recognized as municipalities by the Government of Alberta's Ministry of Municipal Affairs.[6][7] Cities, towns, villages, summer villages, municipal districts, specialized municipalities and improvement districts are formed under the provincial authority of the MGA.[6] Special areas and Metis settlements are formed under the provincial authority of the Special Areas Act (SAA) and the Metis Settlements Act (MSA) respectively, of which both were enacted in 2000.[8][9] As provincial law, the MGA, the SAA and the MSA were passed by the Legislative Assembly of Alberta with royal assent granted by the Lieutenant Governor.[10]

Of Alberta's 344 municipalities, 257 of them are urban municipalities (19 cities, 106 towns, 81 villages and 51 summer villages), 6 are specialized municipalities, 73 are rural municipalities (63 municipal districts, 7 improvement districts and 3 special areas) and 8 are Metis settlements.[2] The MGA, the SAA and the MSA stipulate governance of these municipalities.[6][8][9] Alberta's Ministry of Municipal Affairs is responsible for providing provincial services to municipalities.[11]

Over half of Alberta's population resides in its two largest cities. Calgary, the largest city, is home to 30.7% of the province's population (1,306,784 residents), while Edmonton, Alberta's capital city, is home to 23.7% (1,010,899 residents).[3] Improvement District No. 13 (Elk Island). Improvement District No. 12 (Jasper National Park) and Improvement District No. 25 (Willmore Wilderness) are Alberta's smallest municipalities by population; they are unpopulated according to the 2021 Census of Population.[3][lower-alpha 2] The largest municipality by land area is Mackenzie County at 79,629.26 km2 (30,745.03 sq mi), while the smallest by land area is the Summer Village of Castle Island at 0.05 km2 (0.019 sq mi).[3]

Urban municipalities

Locations of Alberta's urban municipalities
Distribution of Alberta's 260 urban municipalities including 19 cities (black), 106 towns (dark purple), 81 villages (light purple) and 51 summer villages (pink) (2011)

Alberta's Municipal Government Act (MGA), enacted in 2000, defines urban municipality as a "city, town, village or summer village."[6] For federal census purposes, Statistics Canada recognizes all four urban municipality types as census subdivisions.[13]

Combined, Alberta has 257 urban municipalities comprising 19 cities, 106 towns, 81 villages and 51 summer villages.[2] The 257 urban municipalities have a total population of 3,533,377, a total land area of 4,052.34 km2 (1,564.62 sq mi). These totals represent 83% of Alberta's population yet only 0.6% of its land area.

Cities

The MGA stipulates that an area may incorporate as a city if it has a population of 10,000 people or more and the majority of its buildings are on parcels of land smaller than 1,850 m2 (19,900 sq ft).[6] Alberta has 19 cities that had a cumulative population of 3,023,641 in the 2021 Census of Population.[2][3] These 19 cities include Lloydminster, of which a portion is located within the neighbouring province of Saskatchewan.[14] Alberta's largest city by population and land area is Calgary with 1,306,784 and 820.62 km2 (316.84 sq mi), while Wetaskiwin is its smallest city by population with 12,594 and land area at 18.75 km2 (7.24 sq mi).[3] Beaumont is Alberta's newest city; it became Alberta's 19th city on January 1, 2019.[15]

Towns

The MGA stipulates that an area may incorporate as a town if it has a population of 1,000 people or more and the majority of its buildings are on parcels of land smaller than 1,850 m2 (19,900 sq ft).[6] Alberta has 105 towns that had a cumulative population of 471,028 in the 2021 Census of Population.[2][3][16] The province's largest and smallest towns by population are Cochrane and Rainbow Lake with 32,199 and 495 respectively, while its largest and smallest by land area are Drumheller and Eckville with 107.56 km2 (41.53 sq mi) and 1.61 km2 (0.62 sq mi) respectively.[3] Diamond Valley is Alberta's newest town, formed by the amalgamation of Black Diamond and Turner Valley on January 1, 2023.[17]

Villages

The MGA stipulates that an area may incorporate as a village if it has a population of 300 people or more and the majority of its buildings are on parcels of land smaller than 1,850 m2 (19,900 sq ft).[6] Alberta has 81 villages that had a cumulative population of 32,753 in the 2021 Census of Population.[2][3] The province's largest and smallest villages by population are Stirling and Halkirk with 1,164 and 92 respectively, while its largest and smallest by land area are Chipman and Edberg with 9.60 km2 (3.71 sq mi) and 0.35 km2 (0.14 sq mi) respectively.[3] The last communities to incorporate as villages were Alberta Beach and Spring Lake, which both changed from summer villages to villages on January 1, 1999.[18]

Summer villages

Under previous legislation, a community could incorporate as a summer village if it had "a minimum of 50 separate buildings occupied as dwellings at any time during a six-month period".[19] A community can no longer incorporate as a summer village under the MGA.[6][20]

Alberta has 51 summer villages that had a cumulative population of 5,955 in the 2021 Census of Population.[2][3] The province's largest summer village by population is Norglenwold with 306, while Castle Island is Alberta's smallest summer village with a population of 15.[3] The province's largest and smallest summer villages by land area are Silver Sands and Castle Island with 2.51 km2 (0.97 sq mi) and 0.05 km2 (0.019 sq mi) respectively.[3] Gull Lake and Kapasiwin were the last communities in Alberta to incorporate as summer villages. Both were incorporated on September 1, 1993.[21] Since then, two summer villages have incorporated as villages (Alberta Beach and Edmonton Beach, now named Spring Lake) and one has dissolved (White Gull).[18][22]

List of urban municipalities

List of urban municipalities in Alberta
Name Status[2] Incorporation date
(current status)
[23][24][18][21]		 2021 Census of Population[3]
Population
(2021)		 Population
(2016)		 Change
(%)		 Land
area
(km2)		 Population
density
(/km2)
Acme VillageJuly 7, 1910606 653 −7.2%2.49243.4
Airdrie CityJanuary 1, 198574,100 61,581 +20.3%84.39878.1
Alberta Beach VillageJanuary 1, 1999864 1,018 −15.1%2.02427.7
Alix VillageJune 3, 1907774 734 +5.4%3.11248.9
Alliance VillageAugust 26, 1918166 159 +4.4%0.62267.7
Amisk VillageJanuary 1, 1956219 204 +7.4%0.76288.2
Andrew VillageJune 24, 1930366 425 −13.9%1.18310.2
Argentia Beach Summer villageJanuary 1, 196739 27 +44.4%0.6262.9
Arrowwood VillageMay 13, 1926188 207 −9.2%0.75250.7
Athabasca TownSeptember 19, 19112,759 2,965 −6.9%17.79155.1
Banff TownJanuary 1, 19908,305 7,851 +5.8%4.082,035.5
Barnwell VillageJanuary 1, 1980978 947 +3.3%1.50652.0
Barons VillageMay 6, 1910313 341 −8.2%0.81386.4
Barrhead TownNovember 26, 19464,320 4,579 −5.7%8.20526.8
Bashaw TownMay 1, 1964848 830 +2.2%2.72311.8
Bassano TownJanuary 16, 19111,216 1,206 +0.8%5.23232.5
Bawlf VillageOctober 12, 1906412 422 −2.4%0.89462.9
Beaumont CityJanuary 1, 201920,888 17,457 +19.7%24.70845.7
Beaverlodge TownJanuary 24, 19562,271 2,465 −7.9%5.38422.1
Beiseker VillageFebruary 23, 1921754 819 −7.9%2.85264.6
Bentley TownJanuary 1, 20011,042 1,078 −3.3%2.24465.2
Berwyn VillageNovember 28, 1936577 538 +7.2%1.57367.5
Betula Beach Summer villageJanuary 1, 196027 16 +68.8%0.23117.4
Big Valley VillageMarch 9, 1942331 346 −4.3%1.86178.0
Birch Cove Summer villageDecember 31, 198867 45 +48.9%0.29231.0
Birchcliff Summer villageJanuary 1, 1972211 117 +80.3%0.97217.5
Bittern Lake VillageNovember 2, 1904216 220 −1.8%6.5732.9
Black Diamond TownJanuary 1, 19562,730 2,705 +0.9%6.82400.3
Blackfalds TownApril 1, 198010,470 9,328 +12.2%16.58631.5
Bon Accord TownNovember 20, 19791,461 1,529 −4.4%3.99366.2
Bondiss Summer villageJanuary 1, 1983124 110 +12.7%1.18105.1
Bonnyville TownFebruary 3, 19486,404 5,975 +7.2%14.17451.9
Bonnyville Beach Summer villageJanuary 1, 195870 84 −16.7%0.23304.3
Bow Island TownFebruary 1, 19122,036 1,983 +2.7%5.68358.5
Bowden TownSeptember 1, 19811,280 1,240 +3.2%3.46369.9
Boyle VillageDecember 31, 1953825 845 −2.4%7.12115.9
Breton VillageJanuary 1, 1957567 574 −1.2%1.72329.7
Brooks CitySeptember 1, 200514,924 14,451 +3.3%18.21819.5
Bruderheim TownSeptember 17, 19801,329 1,323 +0.5%9.28143.2
Burnstick Lake Summer villageDecember 31, 199121 15 +40.0%0.18116.7
Calgary CityJanuary 1, 18941,306,784 1,239,220 +5.5%820.621,592.4
Calmar TownJanuary 19, 19542,183 2,228 −2.0%4.67467.5
Camrose CityJanuary 1, 195518,772 18,742 +0.2%41.67450.5
Canmore TownJune 1, 196615,990 13,992 +14.3%68.47233.5
Carbon VillageNovember 18, 1912492 454 +8.4%1.99247.2
Cardston TownJuly 2, 19013,724 3,585 +3.9%8.58434.0
Carmangay VillageMarch 4, 1936269 242 +11.2%1.80149.4
Caroline VillageDecember 31, 1951470 512 −8.2%2.04230.4
Carstairs TownSeptember 1, 19664,898 4,077 +20.1%11.77416.1
Castle Island Summer villageJanuary 1, 195515 10 +50.0%0.05300.0
Castor TownJune 27, 1910803 929 −13.6%2.61307.7
Champion VillageMay 27, 1911351 317 +10.7%0.88398.9
Chauvin VillageDecember 30, 1912304 335 −9.3%2.22136.9
Chestermere CityJanuary 1, 201522,163 19,887 +11.4%32.83675.1
Chipman VillageOctober 21, 1913246 274 −10.2%9.6025.6
Claresholm TownAugust 31, 19053,804 3,790 +0.4%10.51361.9
Clive VillageJanuary 9, 1912775 715 +8.4%2.17357.1
Clyde VillageJanuary 28, 1914415 430 −3.5%1.28324.2
Coaldale TownJanuary 7, 19528,771 8,331 +5.3%13.58645.9
Coalhurst TownJune 1, 19952,869 2,668 +7.5%3.08931.5
Cochrane TownFebruary 15, 197132,199 25,853 +24.5%31.581,019.6
Cold Lake CityOctober 1, 200015,661 14,976 +4.6%66.61235.1
Consort VillageSeptember 23, 1912644 729 −11.7%3.02213.2
Coronation TownApril 29, 1912868 940 −7.7%3.57243.1
Coutts VillageJanuary 1, 1960224 245 −8.6%1.18189.8
Cowley VillageAugust 16, 1906216 209 +3.3%1.36158.8
Cremona VillageJanuary 1, 1955437 444 −1.6%1.93226.4
Crossfield TownAugust 1, 19803,599 2,983 +20.7%11.89302.7
Crystal Springs Summer villageJanuary 1, 195774 51 +45.1%0.45164.4
Czar VillageNovember 12, 1917248 202 +22.8%1.12221.4
Daysland TownApril 2, 1907789 824 −4.2%1.77445.8
Delburne VillageJanuary 17, 1913919 892 +3.0%3.79242.5
Delia VillageJuly 20, 1914152 216 −29.6%1.33114.3
Devon TownFebruary 24, 19506,545 6,578 −0.5%14.26459.0
Didsbury TownSeptember 27, 19065,070 5,268 −3.8%16.12314.5
Donalda VillageDecember 30, 1912226 219 +3.2%0.97233.0
Donnelly VillageJanuary 1, 1956338 359 −5.8%1.26268.3
Drayton Valley TownFebruary 1, 19577,291 7,235 +0.8%30.90236.0
Drumheller TownJanuary 1, 19987,909 7,982 −0.9%107.5673.5
Duchess VillageMay 12, 19211,053 1,085 −2.9%1.93545.6
Eckville TownJuly 1, 19661,014 1,125 −9.9%1.61629.8
Edberg VillageFebruary 4, 1930126 151 −16.6%0.35360.0
Edgerton VillageSeptember 11, 1917385 384 +0.3%2.01191.5
Edmonton CityOctober 8, 19041,010,899 933,088 +8.3%765.611,320.4
Edson TownSeptember 21, 19118,374 8,414 −0.5%29.43284.5
Elk Point TownJanuary 1, 19621,399 1,452 −3.7%4.91284.9
Elnora VillageJuly 22, 1929288 298 −3.4%1.50192.0
Empress VillageFebruary 5, 1914148 135 +9.6%1.5893.7
Fairview TownApril 25, 19492,817 2,998 −6.0%10.67264.0
Falher TownJanuary 1, 19551,001 1,047 −4.4%2.83353.7
Foremost VillageDecember 31, 1950630 541 +16.5%2.13295.8
Forestburg VillageAugust 21, 1919807 880 −8.3%4.04199.8
Fort Macleod TownMarch 29, 19123,297 2,967 +11.1%22.54146.3
Fort Saskatchewan CityJuly 1, 198527,088 24,169 +12.1%56.50479.4
Fox Creek TownSeptember 1, 19831,639 1,971 −16.8%12.26133.7
Ghost Lake Summer villageDecember 31, 195382 82 0.0%0.62132.3
Gibbons TownApril 1, 19773,218 3,159 +1.9%9.46340.2
Girouxville VillageDecember 31, 1951278 219 +26.9%0.66421.2
Glendon VillageJanuary 1, 1956338 493 −31.4%1.99169.8
Glenwood VillageJanuary 1, 1961272 316 −13.9%1.37198.5
Golden Days Summer villageJanuary 1, 1965248 160 +55.0%2.13116.4
Grande Prairie CityJanuary 1, 195864,141 63,166 +1.5%132.71483.3
Grandview Summer villageJanuary 1, 1967143 109 +31.2%0.45317.8
Grimshaw TownFebruary 2, 19532,601 2,718 −4.3%7.08367.4
Gull Lake Summer villageSeptember 1, 1993226 176 +28.4%0.70322.9
Half Moon Bay Summer villageJanuary 1, 197865 42 +54.8%0.12541.7
Halkirk VillageFebruary 10, 191292 112 −17.9%0.61150.8
Hanna TownApril 14, 19142,394 2,559 −6.4%8.40285.0
Hardisty TownNovember 9, 1910548 554 −1.1%4.50121.8
Hay Lakes VillageApril 17, 1928456 495 −7.9%0.59772.9
Heisler VillageJanuary 1, 1961135 160 −15.6%0.63214.3
High Level TownSeptember 1, 19833,922 3,159 +24.2%28.70136.7
High Prairie TownJanuary 10, 19502,380 2,564 −7.2%7.01339.5
High River TownFebruary 12, 190614,324 13,594 +5.4%22.19645.5
Hill Spring VillageJanuary 1, 1961168 162 +3.7%0.96175.0
Hines Creek VillageDecember 31, 1951335 346 −3.2%4.8868.6
Hinton TownDecember 29, 19589,817 9,882 −0.7%33.32294.6
Holden VillageApril 14, 1909338 350 −3.4%1.55218.1
Horseshoe Bay Summer villageJanuary 1, 198581 49 +65.3%0.9882.7
Hughenden VillageDecember 27, 1917213 243 −12.3%0.78273.1
Hussar VillageApril 20, 1928164 190 −13.7%0.70234.3
Innisfail TownNovember 20, 19037,985 7,847 +1.8%19.39411.8
Innisfree VillageMarch 11, 1911187 193 −3.1%1.00187.0
Irma VillageMay 30, 1912477 521 −8.4%1.32361.4
Irricana TownJune 9, 20051,179 1,216 −3.0%3.23365.0
Island Lake Summer villageJanuary 1, 1958174 228 −23.7%1.55112.3
Island Lake South Summer villageJanuary 1, 198381 61 +32.8%0.48168.8
Itaska Beach Summer villageJune 30, 195330 23 +30.4%0.26115.4
Jarvis Bay Summer villageJanuary 1, 1986213 213 0.0%0.55387.3
Kapasiwin Summer villageSeptember 1, 199324 10 +140.0%0.3372.7
Killam TownMay 1, 1965918 989 −7.2%6.40143.4
Kitscoty VillageMarch 22, 1911852 925 −7.9%1.51564.2
Lacombe CitySeptember 5, 201013,396 13,057 +2.6%20.59650.6
Lakeview Summer villageOctober 25, 191329 30 −3.3%0.3290.6
Lamont TownMay 31, 19681,744 1,774 −1.7%9.14190.8
Larkspur Summer villageJanuary 1, 198553 44 +20.5%0.26203.8
Leduc CitySeptember 1, 198334,094 29,993 +13.7%42.25807.0
Legal TownJanuary 1, 19981,232 1,345 −8.4%3.18387.4
Lethbridge CityMay 9, 190698,406 92,729 +6.1%121.12812.5
Linden VillageJanuary 1, 1964704 828 −15.0%2.55276.1
Lloydminster (part) CityJanuary 1, 195819,739 19,645 +0.5%23.98823.1
Lomond VillageFebruary 16, 1916178 166 +7.2%1.19149.6
Longview VillageJanuary 1, 1964297 307 −3.3%1.10270.0
Lougheed VillageNovember 7, 1911225 256 −12.1%2.00112.5
Magrath TownJuly 24, 19072,481 2,374 +4.5%5.88421.9
Ma-Me-O Beach Summer villageDecember 31, 1948162 110 +47.3%0.56289.3
Manning TownJanuary 1, 19571,126 1,183 −4.8%3.71303.5
Mannville VillageDecember 29, 1906765 828 −7.6%1.64466.5
Marwayne VillageDecember 31, 1952543 564 −3.7%1.60339.4
Mayerthorpe TownMarch 20, 19611,259 1,320 −4.6%4.39286.8
McLennan TownFebruary 11, 1948695 701 −0.9%3.58194.1
Medicine Hat CityMay 9, 190663,271 63,260 0.0%111.97565.1
Mewatha Beach Summer villageJanuary 1, 1978103 90 +14.4%0.79130.4
Milk River TownFebruary 7, 1956824 827 −0.4%2.42340.5
Millet TownSeptember 1, 19831,890 1,955 −3.3%6.62285.5
Milo VillageMay 7, 1931136 91 +49.5%0.96141.7
Morinville TownApril 21, 191110,385 9,848 +5.5%11.15931.4
Morrin VillageApril 16, 1920205 240 −14.6%0.67306.0
Mundare TownJanuary 4, 1951689 852 −19.1%4.12167.2
Munson VillageMay 5, 1911170 192 −11.5%2.5666.4
Myrnam VillageAugust 22, 1930257 339 −24.2%2.7593.5
Nakamun Park Summer villageJanuary 1, 196678 96 −18.7%0.43181.4
Nampa VillageJanuary 1, 1958367 364 +0.8%1.69217.2
Nanton TownAugust 9, 19072,167 2,181 −0.6%5.11424.1
Nobleford TownFebruary 28, 20181,438 1,278 +12.5%1.69850.9
Norglenwold Summer villageJanuary 1, 1965306 273 +12.1%0.62493.5
Norris Beach Summer villageDecember 31, 198871 38 +86.8%0.19373.7
Okotoks TownJune 1, 190430,405 29,016 +4.8%38.55788.7
Olds TownJuly 1, 19059,209 9,184 +0.3%14.92617.2
Onoway TownSeptember 1, 2005966 1,029 −6.1%3.31291.8
Oyen TownSeptember 1, 1965917 1,001 −8.4%5.15178.1
Paradise Valley VillageJanuary 1, 1964153 179 −14.5%0.63242.9
Parkland Beach Summer villageJanuary 1, 1984168 153 +9.8%0.94178.7
Peace River TownDecember 1, 19196,619 6,842 −3.3%25.34261.2
Pelican Narrows Summer villageJuly 1, 1979158 151 +4.6%0.74213.5
Penhold TownSeptember 1, 19803,484 3,287 +6.0%11.20311.1
Picture Butte TownJanuary 1, 19601,930 1,810 +6.6%3.02639.1
Pincher Creek TownMay 12, 19063,622 3,642 −0.5%9.87367.0
Point Alison Summer villageDecember 31, 195018 10 +80.0%0.1994.7
Ponoka TownOctober 15, 19047,331 7,229 +1.4%17.22425.7
Poplar Bay Summer villageJanuary 1, 1967113 103 +9.7%0.71159.2
Provost TownDecember 29, 19521,900 1,998 −4.9%4.75400.0
Rainbow Lake TownSeptember 1, 1995495 795 −37.7%10.7646.0
Raymond TownJuly 1, 19034,199 3,713 +13.1%7.63550.3
Red Deer CityMarch 25, 1913100,844 100,418 +0.4%104.34966.5
Redcliff TownAugust 5, 19125,581 5,600 −0.3%16.15345.6
Redwater TownDecember 31, 19502,115 2,053 +3.0%19.93106.1
Rimbey TownDecember 13, 19482,470 2,567 −3.8%11.38217.0
Rochon Sands Summer villageMay 17, 192997 86 +12.8%2.0347.8
Rocky Mountain House TownAugust 31, 19396,765 6,635 +2.0%13.05518.4
Rockyford VillageMarch 28, 1919395 316 +25.0%1.04379.8
Rosalind VillageJanuary 1, 1966162 188 −13.8%0.62261.3
Rosemary VillageDecember 31, 1951370 396 −6.6%0.59627.1
Ross Haven Summer villageJanuary 1, 1962126 160 −21.3%0.70180.0
Rycroft VillageMarch 15, 1944550 612 −10.1%1.85297.3
Ryley VillageApril 2, 1910484 483 +0.2%2.53191.3
Sandy Beach Summer villageJanuary 1, 1956278 278 0.0%2.41115.4
Seba Beach Summer villageAugust 20, 1920229 169 +35.5%0.53432.1
Sedgewick TownMay 1, 1966761 811 −6.2%2.71280.8
Sexsmith TownOctober 15, 19792,427 2,620 −7.4%13.01186.5
Silver Beach Summer villageDecember 31, 195355 65 −15.4%0.6190.2
Silver Sands Summer villageJanuary 1, 1969214 160 +33.7%2.5185.3
Slave Lake TownAugust 2, 19656,836 6,651 +2.8%14.31477.7
Smoky Lake TownFebruary 1, 19621,127 964 +16.9%4.26264.6
South Baptiste Summer villageJanuary 1, 198370 66 +6.1%0.9176.9
South View Summer villageJanuary 1, 197072 67 +7.5%0.44163.6
Spirit River TownSeptember 18, 1951849 995 −14.7%3.11273.0
Spring Lake VillageJanuary 1, 1999711 699 +1.7%2.28311.8
Spruce Grove CityMarch 1, 198637,645 34,108 +10.4%37.521,003.3
St. Albert CityJanuary 1, 197768,232 65,589 +4.0%47.841,426.3
St. Paul TownDecember 15, 19365,863 5,827 +0.6%8.64678.6
Standard VillageApril 29, 1922353 353 0.0%2.34150.9
Stavely TownMay 25, 1912544 541 +0.6%1.78305.6
Stettler TownNovember 23, 19065,695 5,952 −4.3%13.19431.8
Stirling VillageSeptember 3, 19011,164 978 +19.0%2.70431.1
Stony Plain TownDecember 10, 190817,993 17,189 +4.7%35.45507.6
Strathmore TownJuly 6, 191114,339 13,756 +4.2%26.98531.5
Sunbreaker Cove Summer villageDecember 31, 1990131 81 +61.7%0.47278.7
Sundance Beach Summer villageJanuary 1, 197042 73 −42.5%0.4397.7
Sundre TownJanuary 1, 19562,672 2,729 −2.1%10.84246.5
Sunrise Beach Summer villageDecember 31, 1988153 135 +13.3%1.6692.2
Sunset Beach Summer villageMay 1, 197755 49 +12.2%0.8763.2
Sunset Point Summer villageJanuary 1, 1959257 169 +52.1%1.17219.7
Swan Hills TownJanuary 1, 19671,201 1,301 −7.7%25.8746.4
Sylvan Lake TownMay 20, 194615,995 14,816 +8.0%23.09692.7
Taber TownJuly 1, 19078,862 8,428 +5.1%19.32458.7
Thorsby TownJanuary 1, 2017967 985 −1.8%3.80254.5
Three Hills TownJanuary 1, 19293,042 3,212 −5.3%6.74451.3
Tofield TownSeptember 10, 19092,045 2,081 −1.7%8.21249.1
Trochu TownAugust 1, 1962998 1,058 −5.7%2.78359.0
Turner Valley TownSeptember 1, 19772,611 2,559 +2.0%5.75454.1
Two Hills TownJanuary 1, 19551,416 1,352 +4.7%3.11455.3
Val Quentin Summer villageJanuary 1, 1966158 252 −37.3%0.29544.8
Valleyview TownFebruary 5, 19571,673 1,863 −10.2%9.17182.4
Vauxhall TownJanuary 1, 19611,286 1,222 +5.2%2.71474.5
Vegreville TownAugust 15, 19065,689 5,708 −0.3%14.08404.0
Vermilion TownAugust 27, 19063,948 4,084 −3.3%12.72310.4
Veteran VillageJune 30, 1914214 207 +3.4%0.84254.8
Viking TownNovember 10, 1952986 1,083 −9.0%3.45285.8
Vilna VillageJune 23, 1923268 290 −7.6%0.96279.2
Vulcan TownJune 15, 19211,769 1,917 −7.7%6.28281.7
Wainwright TownJuly 14, 19106,606 6,285 +5.1%12.17542.8
Waiparous Summer villageJanuary 1, 198657 49 +16.3%0.41139.0
Warburg VillageDecember 31, 1953676 766 −11.7%2.56264.1
Warner VillageNovember 12, 1908364 373 −2.4%1.16313.8
Waskatenau VillageMay 19, 1932247 186 +32.8%0.59418.6
Wembley TownAugust 1, 19801,432 1,516 −5.5%4.74302.1
West Baptiste Summer villageJanuary 1, 198346 38 +21.1%0.5485.2
West Cove Summer villageJanuary 1, 1963222 149 +49.0%1.30170.8
Westlock TownJanuary 7, 19474,921 5,101 −3.5%13.37368.1
Wetaskiwin CityMay 9, 190612,594 12,655 −0.5%18.75671.7
Whispering Hills Summer villageJanuary 1, 1983128 142 −9.9%1.6478.0
White Sands Summer villageJanuary 1, 1980174 120 +45.0%1.61108.1
Whitecourt TownDecember 20, 19719,927 10,209 −2.8%29.51336.4
Yellowstone Summer villageJanuary 1, 1965117 137 −14.6%0.28417.9
Youngstown VillageDecember 31, 1936171 154 +11.0%1.11154.1
Sub-total cities 3,023,641 2,838,191 +6.5% 2,572.21 1,175.5
Sub-total towns 471,028 455,389 +3.4% 1,294.84 363.8
Sub-total villages 32,753 33,800 −3.1% 146.36 223.8
Sub-total summer villages 5,955 5,171 +15.2% 38.93 153.0
Total urban municipalities 3,533,377 3,332,551 +6.0% 4,052.34 871.9
Province of Alberta 4,262,635 4,067,175 +4.8% 634,658.27 6.7

Specialized municipalities

Locations of Alberta's specialized municipalities
Distribution of Alberta's six specialized municipalities and three urban service areas (2020)
Residential area in Sherwood Park
Sherwood Park is an urban service area within Strathcona County.
Aerial view of Fort McMurray
Fort McMurray is an urban service area within the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo.

Specialized municipalities in Alberta are unique local governments.[25] Alberta's Municipal Government Act (MGA), enacted in 2000, provides the authority to form a specialized municipality under the following scenarios:[6]

  • where the Minister of Municipal Affairs is satisfied that the other incorporated statuses under the MGA do not meet the needs of the proposed municipality's residents;
  • to form a local government that, in the opinion of the Minister of Municipal Affairs, will provide for the orderly development of the municipality in a similar fashion to the other incorporated statuses within the MGA, including other previously incorporated specialized municipalities; or
  • for any other circumstances that are deemed appropriate by the Minister of Municipal Affairs.

Alberta has six specialized municipalities, which are recognized as census subdivisions by Statistics Canada.[2][13] In the 2021 Census of Population, they had a cumulative population of 202,461, a total land area of 155,463.32 km2 (60,024.72 sq mi).[3] These totals represent 5% of Alberta's population yet 24.5% of its land area.

The province's largest and smallest specialized municipalities by population are Strathcona County and the Municipality of Jasper with 99,225 and 4,738 respectively, while its largest and smallest by land area are Mackenzie County and the Municipality of Crowsnest Pass with 79,629.26 km2 (30,745.03 sq mi) and 370.15 km2 (142.92 sq mi) respectively.[3] Lac La Biche County is Alberta's newest specialized municipality, which was formed on January 1, 2018.[26] Alberta's first specialized municipality was the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo, which formed on April 1, 1995.[26]

Strathcona County and the Regional Municipality (RM) of Wood Buffalo are home to the unincorporated hamlets of Sherwood Park and Fort McMurray respectively.[27] These communities are designated urban service areas, which are deemed equivalents of cities.[28][29] Excluding Sherwood Park and Fort McMurray, 18 other unincorporated communities, also recognized as hamlets by Alberta Municipal Affairs, are distributed among Mackenzie County, Strathcona County and the RM of Wood Buffalo.[27]

List of specialized municipalities in Alberta
Name Region Incorporation date
(specialized
municipality)[26]		 Council
size[26]		 Municipal
census
population
(year)[30]		 2021 Census of Population[31]
Population
(2021)		 Population
(2016)		 Change
(%)		 Land
area
(km2)		 Population
density
(/km2)
Crowsnest Pass, Municipality of Southern Alberta January 16, 20087 5,695 5,589 +1.9%370.1515.4
Jasper, Municipality of Alberta's Rockies July 20, 200174,584[lower-alpha 3]
(2011)		4,738 4,590 +3.2%921.905.1
Lac La Biche County[lower-alpha 4] Northern Alberta January 1, 201898,544
(2016)		7,673 8,330 −7.9%12,527.480.6
Mackenzie County Northern Alberta June 23, 19991011,750
(2015)		12,804 11,171 +14.6%79,629.260.2
Strathcona County Edmonton Metro January 1, 1996995,597
(2015)		99,225 98,044 +1.2%1,170.6584.8
Wood Buffalo, Regional Municipality of Northern Alberta April 1, 19951181,948[lower-alpha 5]
(2015)		72,326 71,589 +1.0%60,843.881.2
Total specialized municipalities — 53 — 202,461 199,298 +1.6% 155,463.32 1.3
Province of Alberta — — —| 4,262,635 4,067,175 +4.8% 634,658.27 6.7

Rural municipalities

Locations of Alberta's rural municipalities
Distribution of Alberta's 73 rural municipalities as of May 2021 including 63 municipal districts (orange), 7 improvement districts (green) and 3 special areas (brown)

Rural municipalities in Alberta include municipal districts, improvement districts and special areas.[32] For federal census purposes, Statistics Canada recognizes all three rural municipality types as census subdivisions.[13] However, Statistics Canada embeds Alberta's eight Metis settlements, a separate type of municipality, into the census subdivisions for six municipal districts.[33]

Combined, Alberta has 73 rural municipalities comprising 63 municipal districts, 7 improvement districts and 3 special areas.[2] The 73 rural municipalities have a total population of 481,120, a total land area of 468,246.83 km2 (180,791.11 sq mi).[3][lower-alpha 6] These totals represent 11% of Alberta's population yet 73.8% of its land area.

Municipal districts

In Alberta, a municipal district, typically branded as a county, is a type of rural municipality.[32] The MGA, enacted in 2000, stipulates that an area may incorporate as a municipal district if it has a population of 1,000 people or more and the majority of its buildings are on parcels of land larger than 1,850 m2 (19,900 sq ft).[6]

Alberta has 63 municipal districts that had a cumulative population of 470,620 in the 2021 Census of Population.[2][3] The province's largest and smallest municipal districts by population are Rocky View County and the Municipal District (MD) of Ranchland No. 66 with 41,028 and 110 respectively, while its largest and smallest by land area are the MD of Greenview No. 16 and the MD of Spirit River No. 133 with 32,925.53 km2 (12,712.62 sq mi) and 679.86 km2 (262.50 sq mi) respectively.[3] Unincorporated communities recognized as hamlets by Alberta Municipal Affairs are located within every municipal district with the exception of Mountain View County, the MD of Ranchland No. 66 and the MD of Spirit River No. 133.[27]

Improvement districts

In Alberta, an improvement district is a type of rural municipality that can be incorporated by the Lieutenant Governor in Council on the recommendation of Alberta's Minister of Municipal Affairs under the authority of the MGA.[6][32] Improvement districts are administered by the Province of Alberta through its Ministry of Municipal Affairs.[32]

Alberta had eight improvement districts that had a cumulative population of 2,024 in the 2021 Census of Population.[2][3] The number of improvement districts was reduced to seven on May 1, 2021 when Improvement District (ID) No. 349 dissolved by way of annexation to the MD of Bonnyville No. 87.[34] Five of Alberta's improvement districts are within national parks while two are within provincial parks.[32] Alberta's largest improvement district by population is ID No. 9, located within Banff National Park, with 1,004, while its largest by land area is ID No. 24, located within Wood Buffalo National Park, at 33,053.78 km2 (12,762.14 sq mi).[3][32] ID No. 13 (Elk Island), ID No. 12 (Jasper National Park) and ID No. 25 (Willmore Wilderness) are unpopulated,[lower-alpha 2] while its smallest by land area is ID No. 13 (Elk Island) at 165.00 km2 (63.71 sq mi).[3] Alberta Municipal Affairs recognizes two unincorporated communities within improvement districts as hamlets – Lake Louise within ID No. 9 (Banff National Park) and Waterton Park within ID No. 4 (Waterton Lakes National Park).[27]

Special areas

In Alberta, a special area is a type of rural municipality that can be incorporated by the Lieutenant Governor in Council under the authority of the Special Areas Act, which was enacted in 2000.[8][32] They were originally created in 1938 as a result of hardship brought upon a particular area in southeastern Alberta during the drought of the 1930s.[32]

Alberta has three special areas that had a cumulative population of 4,238 in the 2021 Census of Populations.[2][3] The province's largest by population and land area is Special Area (SA) No. 2 with 1,860 and 9,195.06 km2 (3,550.23 sq mi) respectively. Alberta's smallest by population is SA No. 3 with 1,142, while its smallest by land area is SA No. 4 with 4,299.80 km2 (1,660.16 sq mi).[3] The last special area to form was SA No. 4, which incorporated on January 1, 1969 through the removal of certain lands from SA No. 3.[35] The three special areas are administered as a single unit by the Special Areas Board, and are home to 16 unincorporated communities recognized as hamlets by Alberta Municipal Affairs.[32][35]

List of rural municipalities

List of rural municipalities in Alberta
Name Status[2] Incorporation date
(current status)
[35][36][37]		 2021 Census of Population[3]
Population
(2021)		 Population
(2016)		 Change
(%)		 Land
area
(km2)		 Population
density
(/km2)
MD of Acadia No. 34 Municipal districtDecember 9, 1913494 493 +0.2%1,070.920.5
Athabasca County Municipal districtJanuary 1, 19476,959 7,869 −11.6%6,111.301.1
County of Barrhead No. 11 Municipal districtJanuary 1, 19555,877 6,288 −6.5%2,385.282.5
Beaver County Municipal districtFebruary 1, 19435,868 5,905 −0.6%3,219.741.8
Big Lakes County[lower-alpha 7] Municipal districtJanuary 1, 19953,664 3,780 −3.1%12,259.290.3
MD of Bighorn No. 8 Municipal districtJanuary 1, 19881,598 1,324 +20.7%2,678.800.6
Birch Hills County Municipal districtJanuary 1, 19951,516 1,553 −2.4%2,848.750.5
MD of Bonnyville No. 87[lower-alpha 8][lower-alpha 9] Municipal districtJanuary 1, 195512,912 12,745 +1.3%11,631.871.1
Brazeau County Municipal districtJuly 1, 19887,179 7,771 −7.6%3,000.142.4
Camrose County Municipal districtJanuary 1, 19448,504 8,660 −1.8%3,291.752.6
Cardston County Municipal districtJanuary 1, 19544,856 4,481 +8.4%3,358.391.4
Clear Hills County Municipal districtJanuary 1, 19953,006 3,018 −0.4%15,025.540.2
Clearwater County Municipal districtJanuary 1, 198511,865 11,947 −0.7%18,605.710.6
Cypress County Municipal districtJanuary 1, 19857,524 7,662 −1.8%12,977.990.6
MD of Fairview No. 136 Municipal districtDecember 9, 19141,580 1,604 −1.5%1,373.661.2
Flagstaff County Municipal districtJanuary 1, 19443,694 3,728 −0.9%3,959.780.9
Foothills County Municipal districtJanuary 1, 195423,199 22,616 +2.6%3,604.766.4
County of Forty Mile No. 8 Municipal districtJanuary 1, 19543,471 3,581 −3.1%7,163.610.5
County of Grande Prairie No. 1 Municipal districtDecember 21, 194323,769 22,502 +5.6%5,790.594.1
MD of Greenview No. 16 Municipal districtJanuary 1, 19948,584 9,154 −6.2%32,925.530.3
Improvement District No. 4 Improvement districtJanuary 1, 1944158 105 +50.5%482.540.3
Improvement District No. 9 Improvement districtApril 1, 19451,004 1,028 −2.3%6,751.090.1
Improvement District No. 12 Improvement districtApril 1, 19450 53 −100.0%10,118.550.0
Improvement District No. 13 Improvement districtApril 1, 19580 0 NA165.000.0
Improvement District No. 24 Improvement districtJanuary 1, 1967706 648 +9.0%33,053.780.0
Improvement District No. 25 Improvement districtJanuary 2, 19940 0 NA4,601.520.0
Kananaskis Improvement District Improvement districtJanuary 1, 1983156 221 −29.4%4,203.240.0
Kneehill County Municipal districtJanuary 1, 19444,992 5,001 −0.2%3,373.401.5
Lac Ste. Anne County Municipal districtJanuary 1, 194410,832 10,899 −0.6%2,845.843.8
Lacombe County Municipal districtJanuary 1, 194410,283 10,343 −0.6%2,759.123.7
Lamont County Municipal districtJanuary 1, 19443,754 3,884 −3.3%2,385.581.6
Leduc County Municipal districtJanuary 1, 194414,416 13,177 +9.4%2,502.595.8
MD of Lesser Slave River No. 124 Municipal districtJanuary 1, 19952,861 2,803 +2.1%10,041.790.3
Lethbridge County Municipal districtJanuary 1, 195410,120 10,237 −1.1%2,815.663.6
County of Minburn No. 27 Municipal districtJanuary 30, 19423,014 3,188 −5.5%2,850.371.1
Mountain View County Municipal districtJanuary 1, 194412,981 13,074 −0.7%3,763.423.4
County of Newell Municipal districtJanuary 1, 19537,465 7,524 −0.8%5,810.151.3
County of Northern Lights[lower-alpha 10] Municipal districtJanuary 1, 19953,601 3,656 −1.5%18,900.570.2
Northern Sunrise County[lower-alpha 11] Municipal districtApril 1, 19941,711 1,921 −10.9%20,914.350.1
MD of Opportunity No. 17 Municipal districtAugust 1, 19953,382 3,253 +4.0%28,857.880.1
County of Paintearth No. 18 Municipal districtJanuary 1, 19441,990 2,102 −5.3%3,239.580.6
Parkland County Municipal districtJanuary 1, 196932,205 32,737 −1.6%2,375.6713.6
MD of Peace No. 135 Municipal districtDecember 11, 19161,581 1,752 −9.8%847.221.9
MD of Pincher Creek No. 9 Municipal districtJanuary 1, 19443,240 2,965 +9.3%3,455.750.9
Ponoka County Municipal districtJanuary 1, 19529,998 9,806 +2.0%2,807.993.6
MD of Provost No. 52 Municipal districtMarch 1, 19432,071 2,205 −6.1%3,571.120.6
MD of Ranchland No. 66 Municipal districtJanuary 1, 1995110 92 +19.6%2,636.750.0
Red Deer County Municipal districtJanuary 1, 194419,933 19,531 +2.1%3,919.255.1
Rocky View County Municipal districtJanuary 1, 195541,028 39,407 +4.1%3,828.8510.7
Saddle Hills County Municipal districtJanuary 1, 19952,338 2,225 +5.1%5,827.700.4
Smoky Lake County[lower-alpha 12] Municipal districtMarch 1, 19432,939 3,145 −6.6%2,265.411.3
MD of Smoky River No. 130 Municipal districtJanuary 1, 19521,684 2,006 −16.1%2,834.180.6
Special Area No. 2 Special areaApril 7, 19591,860 1,905 −2.4%9,195.060.2
Special Area No. 3 Special areaApril 7, 19591,142 1,153 −1.0%6,469.330.2
Special Area No. 4 Special areaJanuary 1, 19691,236 1,237 −0.1%4,299.800.3
MD of Spirit River No. 133 Municipal districtDecember 11, 1916649 700 −7.3%679.861.0
County of St. Paul No. 19 Municipal districtJanuary 30, 19426,306 6,036 +4.5%3,280.401.9
Starland County Municipal districtFebruary 1, 19431,821 2,066 −11.9%2,540.850.7
County of Stettler No. 6 Municipal districtMarch 1, 19435,666 5,566 +1.8%3,969.651.4
Sturgeon County Municipal districtJanuary 1, 195520,061 20,495 −2.1%2,084.249.6
MD of Taber Municipal districtJanuary 1, 19547,447 7,098 +4.9%4,160.471.8
Thorhild County Municipal districtJanuary 1, 19553,042 3,254 −6.5%1,997.171.5
County of Two Hills No. 21 Municipal districtJanuary 1, 19443,412 3,641 −6.3%2,600.151.3
County of Vermilion River Municipal districtJanuary 1, 19447,994 8,453 −5.4%5,420.131.5
Vulcan County Municipal districtJanuary 1, 19514,237 3,984 +6.4%5,356.650.8
MD of Wainwright No. 61 Municipal districtJanuary 30, 19424,276 4,464 −4.2%4,095.291.0
County of Warner No. 5 Municipal districtJanuary 1, 19544,290 3,942 +8.8%4,462.201.0
Westlock County Municipal districtFebruary 1, 19437,186 7,220 −0.5%3,169.662.3
County of Wetaskiwin No. 10 Municipal districtFebruary 1, 194311,212 11,176 +0.3%3,121.983.6
Wheatland County Municipal districtJanuary 1, 19558,738 8,788 −0.6%4,505.051.9
MD of Willow Creek No. 26 Municipal districtJanuary 1, 19546,081 5,575 +9.1%4,485.051.4
Woodlands County Municipal districtJanuary 1, 19944,558 4,744 −3.9%7,599.520.6
Yellowhead County Municipal districtJanuary 1, 199410,426 10,995 −5.2%22,238.560.5
Sub-total municipal districts 470,620 470,304 +0.1% 383,878.12 1.2
Sub-total improvement districts 2,024 2,055 −1.5% 59,375.72 0.0
Sub-total special areas 4,238 4,295 −1.3% 19,964.19 0.2
Total rural municipalities 481,120 481,512 −0.1% 468,246.83 1.0
Province of Alberta 4,262,635 4,067,175 +4.8% 634,658.27 6.7

Metis settlements

Locations of Alberta's Metis settlements
Distribution of Alberta's 8 Metis settlements among its 63 municipal districts (2020)

Metis settlements are unique local governments dedicated to Alberta's Metis people.[38][lower-alpha 13] The settlements were originally created in 1938 under the authority of the Metis Population Betterment Act with land and governance being transferred to the settlements in 1989.[38] Metis settlements are presently under the jurisdiction of the Metis Settlements Act, which was enacted in 2000.[9]

Alberta has eight Metis settlements.[2] Unlike the other types of municipalities, Metis settlements are not recognized as census subdivisions by Statistics Canada for federal census purposes.[13] Rather, Statistics Canada recognizes them as designated places embedded within six municipal districts.[33]

Alberta's eight Metis settlements had a cumulative population of 4,238 in the 2021 Census of Population.[31][39] The province's largest and smallest Metis settlements by population are Kikino and East Prairie with 978 and 310 respectively, while the largest and smallest by land area are Paddle Prairie and Elizabeth at 1,726.45 km2 (666.59 sq mi) and 246.45 km2 (95.15 sq mi) respectively.[31]

List of Metis settlements in Alberta
Name Municipal district
or specialized
municipality[27]		 2021 Census of Population[31]
Population
(2021)		 Population
(2016)		 Change
(%)		 Land
area
(km2)		 Population
density
(/km2)
Buffalo Lake Smoky Lake County379 712 −46.8%335.681.1
East Prairie Big Lakes County310 304 +2.0%328.420.9
Elizabeth BonnyvilleMD of Bonnyville No. 87594 653 −9.0%246.452.4
Fishing Lake BonnyvilleMD of Bonnyville No. 87414 446 −7.2%348.641.2
Gift Lake[lower-alpha 14] Big Lakes County
Northern Sunrise County		625 658 −5.0%803.290.8
Kikino[lower-alpha 15] Smoky Lake County
Lac La Biche County		978 934 +4.7%441.692.2
Paddle Prairie Northern LightsCounty of Northern Lights551 544 +1.3%1,726.450.3
Peavine Big Lakes County387 607 −36.2%798.950.5
Total Metis settlements 4,238 4,858 −12.8% 5,029.57 0.8
Province of Alberta 4,262,635 4,067,175 +4.8% 634,658.27 6.7

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ The remaining 1% of Alberta's population resides on Indian reserves or Indian settlements, which occupy the remaining 0.3% of the province's land mass.[3]
  2. 1 2 Actual population may not be 0 as Statistics Canada, to protect privacy, rounds population to the nearest 5 in the event a geographic area's actual population is less than 15.[12]
  3. ↑ Jasper's 2011 municipal census also counted a shadow (non-permanent resident) population of 652 for a combined population of 5,236.
  4. ↑ Excludes the unpopulated land area of the portion of the Kikino Metis Settlement that is within Lac La Biche County.
  5. ↑ Wood Buffalo's 2015 municipal census also counted a shadow population of 43,084 for a combined population of 125,032.
  6. ↑ Statistics presented for six municipal districts (the Big Lakes County, the MD of Bonnyville No. 87, Lac La Biche County, the County of Northern Lights, Northern Sunrise County and Smoky Lake County) differ from statistics for their corresponding census subdivisions published by Statistics Canada to recognize that Alberta's eight Metis settlements, which are designated places located within these six municipal districts, are separate municipalities.[33] The statistics presented for total municipal districts and total rural municipalities therefore exclude the statistics associated with the eight Metis settlements.
  7. ↑ Excludes the populations and land areas of the East Prairie and Peavine Metis settlements and the portion of the Gift Lake Metis Settlement that are within Big Lakes County.
  8. ↑ Includes the population and land area of the former Improvement District No. 349 that dissolved by way of annexation to the MD of Bonnyville No. 87 on May 1, 2021.[34]
  9. ↑ Excludes the populations and land areas of the Elizabeth and Fishing Lake Metis settlements that are within the Municipal District of Bonnyville No. 87.
  10. ↑ Excludes the population and land area of the Paddle Prairie Metis Settlement that is within the County of Northern Lights.
  11. ↑ Excludes the unpopulated land area of the portion of the Gift Lake Metis Settlement that is within Northern Sunrise County.
  12. ↑ Excludes the populations and land areas of the Buffalo Lake Metis Settlement and the portion of the Kikino Metis Settlement that are within Smoky Lake County.
  13. ↑ The Metis are descendants of people of mixed First Nations and European heritage.
  14. ↑ Gift Lake comprises two parts. The majority is located within Big Lakes County, while the balance is located within Northern Sunrise County. The Big Lakes County portion (part "A") had a population of 625 living on 802.46 km2 (309.83 sq mi) in 2021, while the Northern Sunrise County portion (part "B") had a population of 0 living on 0.83 km2 (0.32 sq mi).[31]
  15. ↑ Kikino comprises two parts. The majority is located within Smoky Lake County, while the balance is located within Lac La Biche County. The Smoky Lake County portion (part "A") had a population of 978 living on 440.92 km2 (170.24 sq mi) in 2021, while the Lac La Biche County portion (part "B") had a population of 0 living on 0.77 km2 (0.30 sq mi).[31]

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