2012 Alberta municipal censuses

2012 Alberta municipal censuses

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Distribution of Alberta's 269 urban municipalities as of August 31, 2013

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 had 359 municipalities between April 1 and June 30, 2012,[a] up from 358 during the same three-month period in 2011.[b] At least 58 of these municipalities (16.2%) conducted a municipal census in 2012. Alberta Municipal Affairs recognized those conducted by 55 of these municipalities.[6] By municipal status, it recognized those conducted by 8 of Alberta's 17 cities, 23 of 108 towns, 8 of 95 villages, 4 of 51 summer villages, 1 of 5 specialized municipalities, 3 of 64 municipal districts and all 8 Metis settlements.[6][c] In addition to those recognized by Municipal Affairs, censuses were conducted by the City of St. Albert, the Village of Beiseker and Strathcona County (a specialized municipality).

Some municipalities achieved population milestones as a result of their 2011 censuses. Calgary surpassed 1.1 million while the cities of Leduc and Fort Saskatchewan surpassed the 25,000 and the 20,000 marks respectively. Chestermere, Alberta's fourth-largest town, surpassed 15,000 residents.

View of Calgary' skyline
Calgary's population surpassed 1.1 million in 2013.
  1. ^ "Municipal Government Act: Revised Statutes of Alberta 2000 Chapter M-26 (Office Consolidation)". Alberta Queen's Printer. November 24, 2010. Retrieved June 24, 2013.
  2. ^ "Municipal Government Act: Determination of Population Regulation, Alberta Regulation 63/2001 (Office Consolidation)" (PDF) (PDF). Alberta Queen's Printer. 2013. p. 3. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 26, 2013. Retrieved December 30, 2013.
  3. ^ Municipal Census Manual: Requirements and Guidelines for Conducting a Municipal Census (PDF) (PDF). Alberta Municipal Affairs. January 2013. p. 7. ISBN 978-1-4601-0359-3. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 1, 2013. Retrieved June 24, 2013.
  4. ^ "Order in Council (O.C.) 328/2012". Province of Alberta. October 17, 2012. Retrieved December 31, 2013.
  5. ^ "O.C. 419/2011". Province of Alberta. September 9, 2011. Retrieved January 1, 2014.
  6. ^ a b c 2012 Municipal Affairs Population List (PDF) (PDF). Alberta Municipal Affairs. November 22, 2013. ISBN 978-1-4601-0645-7. Retrieved December 25, 2013.


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