2017 Alberta municipal censuses

2017 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 2017 with 354 municipalities.[4] Of these, 35 (9.9%) conducted a municipal census in 2017. Alberta Municipal Affairs recognized those conducted by 34 of these municipalities.[5] By municipal status, it recognized those conducted by 7 of Alberta's 18 cities, 16 of 107 towns, 10 of 87 villages, 1 of its 51 summer villages, and 1 of 64 municipal districts.[5][a]

Some municipalities achieved population milestones as a result of their 2017 censuses. Fort Saskatchewan exceeded 25,000 residents, while Chestermere surpassed 20,000 people and Crossfield grew beyond the 3,000 mark for the first time.

  1. ^ "Municipal Government Act: Revised Statutes of Alberta 2000 Chapter M-26 (Office Consolidation)" (PDF). Alberta Queen's Printer. November 24, 2010. Retrieved February 4, 2017.
  2. ^ "Municipal Government Act: Determination of Population Regulation, Alberta Regulation 63/2001 (Office Consolidation)" (PDF). Alberta Queen's Printer. 2013. p. 3. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 26, 2013. Retrieved February 4, 2017.
  3. ^ "Municipal Census Manual: Requirements and Guidelines for Conducting a Municipal Census" (PDF). Alberta Municipal Affairs. February 2015. p. 7. ISBN 978-1-4601-2127-6. Retrieved February 4, 2017.
  4. ^ "2017 Municipal Codes" (PDF). Alberta Municipal Affairs. January 12, 2017. Retrieved February 4, 2017.
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