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Distribution of Alberta's 260 urban municipalities |
Alberta has provincial legislation allowing its municipalities to conduct municipal censuses.[1] 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.[2]
Alberta began the year of 2024 with 342 municipalities. Of these, 18 have conducted or are in the process of conducting a municipal census in 2024, including the five cities, eight towns, one village, two specialized municipalities, and two municipal districts.