List of census agglomerations in Alberta

A census agglomeration is a census geographic unit in Canada determined by Statistics Canada. A census agglomeration comprises one or more adjacent census subdivisions that has a core population of 10,000 or greater. It is eligible for classification as a census metropolitan area once it reaches a population of 100,000.[1]

At the 2016 Census, the Province of Alberta had 15 census agglomerations,[2] down from 16 in the 2011 Census.[3] At the 2011 Census, the Province of Alberta had 16 census agglomerations,[3] up from 14 in the 2006 Census.[4]

The former CA of Lethbridge was promoted to a census metropolitan area in 2016.

  1. ^ "Census metropolitan area (CMA) and census agglomeration (CA)". Statistics Canada. 2012-01-31. Retrieved 2012-03-04.
  2. ^ "Population and dwelling counts, for census agglomerations".
  3. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference StatCan2011CAs was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
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