2019 Alberta municipal censuses
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 Distribution of Alberta's 269 urban municipalities | ||
Alberta has provincial legislation allowing its municipalities to conduct municipal censuses between April 1 and June 30 inclusive.[1][2] 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.[3]
Alberta began the year of 2019 with 351 municipalities.[4] Of these, at least 18 (5.1%) have published their intentions to conduct a municipal census in 2019.
Some municipalities achieved population milestones as a result of their 2019 censuses. Lethbridge both exceeded 100,000 residents and surpassed Red Deer as Alberta's third largest city after counting 101,482 residents.[5] Airdrie, now the fifth-largest city in the province after passing Grande Prairie (which last calculated its population in the 2018 Alberta municipal censuses), grew beyond the 70,000-mark.[6]
Municipal census results
[edit]The following summarizes the results of the numerous municipal censuses conducted in 2019.
| 2019 municipal census summary[7] | 2016 federal census comparison[8] | Previous municipal census comparison[9][10] | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Municipality | Status | Census date |
2019 pop. |
2016 pop. |
Absolute growth |
Absolute change |
Annual growth rate |
Prev. pop. |
Prev. census year |
Absolute growth |
Annual growth rate |
| Airdrie | City | April 1, 2019 | 70,564 | 61,581 | 8,983 | 14.6% | 4.6% | 68,091 | 2018 | 2,473 | 3.6% |
| Beaumont | City | May 1, 2019 | 19,236 | 17,396 | 1,840 | 10.6% | 3.4% | 18,829 | 2018 | 407 | 2.2% |
| Calgary | City | April 1, 2019 | 1,285,711 | 1,239,220 | 46,491 | 3.8% | 1.2% | 1,267,344 | 2018 | 18,367 | 1.4% |
| Coaldale | Town | April 1, 2019 | 8,691 | 8,215 | 476 | 5.8% | 1.9% | 7,526 | 2013 | 1,165 | 2.4% |
| Coalhurst | Town | May 21, 2019 | 2,784 | 2,668 | 116 | 4.3% | 1.4% | 2,767 | 2018 | 17 | 0.6% |
| Cochrane | Town | April 1, 2019 | 29,277 | 25,853 | 3,424 | 13.2% | 4.2% | 27,960 | 2018 | 1,317 | 4.7% |
| Crossfield | Town | May 1, 2019 | 3,377 | 2,983 | 394 | 13.2% | 4.2% | 3,308 | 2018 | 69 | 2.1% |
| Edmonton | City | April 1, 2019 | 972,223 | 932,546 | 39,677 | 4.3% | 1.4% | 899,447 | 2016 | 72,776 | 2.6% |
| Fort Saskatchewan | City | April 1, 2019 | 26,942 | 24,149 | 2,793 | 11.6% | 3.7% | 26,328 | 2018 | 614 | 2.3% |
| Fox Creek | Town | June 3, 2019 | 2,189 | 1,971 | 218 | 11.1% | 3.6% | 2,112 | 2013 | 77 | 1.4% |
| High River | Town | April 1, 2019 | 14,052 | 13,584 | 468 | 3.4% | 1.1% | 11,783 | 2010 | 2,269 | 2.0% |
| Lac La Biche County | Specialized municipality | April 17, 2019 | 8,654 | 8,330 | 324 | 3.9% | 1.3% | 8,544 | 2016 | 110 | 0.4% |
| Lacombe | City | April 2, 2019 | 13,985 | 13,057 | 928 | 7.1% | 2.3% | 12,728 | 2014 | 1,257 | 1.9% |
| Leduc | City | April 1, 2019 | 33,032 | 29,993 | 3,039 | 10.1% | 3.3% | 32,448 | 2018 | 584 | 1.8% |
| Municipal District of Lesser Slave River No. 124 | Municipal district | May 1, 2019 | 2,811 | 2,803 | 8 | 0.3% | 0.1% | 3,074 | 2014 | −263 | −1.8% |
| Lethbridge | City | April 1, 2019 | 101,482 | 92,729 | 8,753 | 9.4% | 3.1% | 99,769 | 2018 | 1,713 | 1.7% |
| Penhold | Town | April 1, 2019 | 3,563 | 3,277 | 286 | 8.7% | 2.8% | 2,842 | 2014 | 721 | 4.6% |
| Raymond | Town | May 15, 2019 | 4,241 | 3,708 | 533 | 14.4% | 4.6% | 4,252 | 2018 | −11 | −0.3% |
| Red Deer | City | April 1, 2019 | 101,002 | 100,418 | 584 | 0.6% | 0.2% | 99,832 | 2016 | 1,170 | 0.4% |
| Stony Plain | Town | May 1, 2019 | 17,842 | 17,189 | 653 | 3.8% | 1.3% | 16,127 | 2015 | 1,715 | 2.6% |
| Sturgeon County | Municipal district | April 15, 2019 | 20,506 | 20,495 | 11 | 0.1% | 0.0% | 19,165 | 2008 | 1,341 | 0.6% |
Breakdowns
[edit]Hamlets
[edit]The following is a list of hamlet populations determined by 2019 municipal censuses conducted by Lac La Biche County and Sturgeon County.
| 2019 municipal census summary | Previous census comparison | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hamlet | Municipality | 2019 population [11] |
Previous population [12][13] |
Previous census year [12][13] |
Absolute growth |
Annual growth rate |
| Alcomdale | Sturgeon County | 50 | 2008 | |||
| Beaver Lake | Lac La Biche County | 501 | 527 | 2016 | −26 | −1.7% |
| Calahoo | Sturgeon County | 210 | 2008 | |||
| Carbondale | Sturgeon County | 2008 | ||||
| Cardiff | Sturgeon County | 1,190 | 2008 | |||
| Hylo | Lac La Biche County | 31 | 33 | 2016 | −2 | −2.1% |
| Lac La Biche | Lac La Biche County | 2,837 | 2,682 | 2016 | 155 | 1.9% |
| Lamoureux | Sturgeon County | 2008 | ||||
| Mearns | Sturgeon County | 2008 | ||||
| Namao | Sturgeon County | 10 | 2008 | |||
| Pine Sands | Sturgeon County | 2008 | ||||
| Plamondon | Lac La Biche County | 373 | 348 | 2016 | 25 | 2.3% |
| Riviere Qui Barre | Sturgeon County | 100 | 2008 | |||
| Venice | Lac La Biche County | 17 | 22 | 2016 | −5 | −8.2% |
| Villeneuve | Sturgeon County | 225 | 2008 | |||
See also
[edit]Notes
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Municipal Government Act: Revised Statutes of Alberta 2000 Chapter M-26 (Office Consolidation)" (PDF). Alberta Queen's Printer. February 1, 2019. Retrieved March 17, 2019.
- ^ "Municipal Government Act: Determination of Population Regulation, Alberta Regulation 63/2001 (Office Consolidation)" (PDF). Alberta Queen's Printer. 2017. p. 3. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 26, 2013. Retrieved March 17, 2019.
- ^ "Municipal Census Manual: Requirements and Guidelines for Conducting a Municipal Census" (PDF). Alberta Municipal Affairs. January 2019. p. 8. ISBN 978-1-4601-4308-7. Retrieved March 17, 2019.
- ^ "2019 Municipal Codes" (PDF). Alberta Municipal Affairs. January 8, 2019. Retrieved March 17, 2019.
- ^ Mamta Lulla (June 24, 2019). "2019 census results: Red Deer loses 3rd largest city title to Lethbridge". Red Deer Advocate. Black Press Group Ltd. Retrieved August 5, 2019.
- ^ Jennifer Will (July 8, 2019). "Airdrie City Council briefs - census results announced". Airdrie Echo. Sun Media Community Newspapers. Retrieved August 5, 2019.
- ^ "2019 Municipal Affairs Population List" (PDF). Alberta Municipal Affairs. December 2019. ISBN 978-1-4601-4623-1. Retrieved July 1, 2021.
- ^ "Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), 2016 and 2011 censuses – 100% data (Alberta)". Statistics Canada. February 8, 2018. Retrieved July 28, 2018.
- ^ "2018 Municipal Affairs Population List" (PDF). Alberta Municipal Affairs. December 2018. ISBN 978-1-4601-4254-7. Retrieved December 20, 2018.
- ^ "2011 Municipal Affairs Population List" (PDF). Alberta Municipal Affairs. October 5, 2011. ISBN 978-0-7785-9738-4. Retrieved July 28, 2018.
- ^ "Lac La Biche County 2019 Municipal Census Report". Lac La Biche County. April 17, 2019. p. 13. Retrieved July 1, 2021.
- ^ a b "Lac La Biche County 2016 Municipal Census Report". Lac La Biche County. p. 13. Archived from the original on September 8, 2020. Retrieved January 17, 2017.
- ^ a b "Planning Toolkit, Module 5 – Implementation Guidelines for Growth Areas Outside of Priority Growth Areas (PGAs) and Cluster Country Residential Areas (CCRAs)" (PDF). Capital Region Board. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 25, 2016. Retrieved March 24, 2019.