List of towns in Alberta

Distribution of Alberta's 105 towns and 13 other communities that meet the legislated population requirements for town status

A town is an urban municipality status type used in the Canadian province of Alberta. Alberta towns are created when communities with populations of at least 1,000 people, where a majority of their buildings are on parcels of land smaller than 1,850 m2, apply to Alberta Municipal Affairs for town status under the authority of the Municipal Government Act.[1] Applications for town status are approved via orders in council made by the Lieutenant Governor in Council under recommendation from the Minister of Municipal Affairs.[1]

Alberta has 105 towns that had a cumulative population of 455,053 and an average population of 4,293 in the 2016 Canadian Census.[2] Alberta's largest and smallest towns are Okotoks and Stavely with populations of 28,881 and 541 respectively.[2] Diamond Valley is Alberta's newest town, which incorporated on January 1, 2023 via amalgamation of the former towns of Black Diamond and Turner Valley.[3]

When a town's population exceeds 10,000 people, the council may request a change to city status, but the change in incorporated status is not mandatory.[4] Towns with populations less than 1,000, whether their populations have declined below 1,000 or they were incorporated as towns prior to the minimum 1,000 population requirement, are permitted to retain town status.

A total of 699 elected town officials (107 mayors and 592 councillors)[needs update] provide town governance throughout the province.[5]

The highest frequency of towns in Alberta is found in the Queen Elizabeth II Highway/Highway 2A corridor between Calgary and Edmonton corridor including, from south to north, Crossfield, Carstairs, Didsbury, Olds, Bowden, Innisfail, Penhold, Blackfalds, Ponoka and Millet.

## Administration

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Pursuant to Part 5, Division 1 of the Municipal Government Act (MGA), each municipality created under the authority of the MGA is governed by a council. As a requirement of the MGA, a town council consists of an odd number of councillors, one of which is the town's chief elected official (CEO) or mayor. A town council consists of seven councillors by default, but it can consist of a higher or lower odd number if council passes a bylaw altering its size (so long as it does not consist of fewer than three councillors).[1] For the 2017–2021 term, 82 towns have a council of seven, and 25 have a council of five.[6]

Town councils are governed by a mayor and an even number of councillors that are elected by popular vote, resulting in a total odd number of members to avoid tie votes on council matters.[1] All council members are elected under the provisions of the Local Authorities Election Act (LAEA).[7] Mayoral or councillor candidates are required to be residents of their municipality for a minimum of six consecutive months prior to nomination day. The last municipal election was October 16, 2017.

Alberta Municipal Affairs, a ministry of the Cabinet of Alberta, is charged with coordination of all levels of local government.

Administrative duties of towns include public safety, local transit, roads, water service, drainage and waste collection, as well as coordination of infrastructure with provincial and regional authorities (including road construction, education, and health).

## List

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The below table is a list of only those urban municipalities in Alberta that are incorporated as towns.

The municipalities of Crowsnest Pass and Jasper are not listed because they are incorporated as specialized municipalities, not towns. For more information on specialized municipalities, see Specialized municipalities of Alberta.

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Name  | Specialized/rural
municipality[8] | Incorporation
date (town)[9] | Municipal
census
population
(year)[10] | Population
(2016)[2] | Population
(2011)[2] | Change
(%)[2] | Land
area
(km2)[2] | Population
density
(per km2)[2]

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Athabasca[N 1] | Athabasca County | Sep 19, 1911 |  | 2,965  | 2,990  | −0.8% | 17.65 | 168.0
Banff | Improvement District No. 9 (Banff) | Jan 1, 1990 | 8,875
(2017) | 7,851  | 7,584  | +3.5% | 4.77 | 1,645.9
Barrhead | Barrhead No. 11, County of | Nov 26, 1946 |  | 4,579  | 4,432  | +3.3% | 8.17 | 560.5
Bashaw | Camrose County | May 1, 1964 |  | 830  | 873  | −4.9% | 2.99 | 277.6
Bassano | Newell, County of | Jan 16, 1911 |  | 1,206  | 1,282  | −5.9% | 5.22 | 231.0
Beaverlodge | Grande Prairie No. 1, County of | Jan 24, 1956 |  | 2,465  | 2,365  | +4.2% | 5.73 | 430.2
Bentley | Lacombe County | Jan 1, 2001 |  | 1,078  | 1,073  | +0.5% | 2.24 | 481.3
Blackfalds | Lacombe County | Apr 1, 1980 | 10,125
(2018) | 9,328  | 6,300  | +48.1% | 16.44 | 567.4
Bon Accord | Sturgeon County | Nov 20, 1979 |  | 1,529  | 1,488  | +2.8% | 2.13 | 717.8
Bonnyville | Bonnyville No. 87, M.D. of | Feb 3, 1948 | 6,422
(2017) | 5,975[11] | 6,216  | −3.9% | 14.18 | 421.4
Bow Island | Forty Mile No. 8, County of | Feb 1, 1912 | 2,043
(2017) | 1,983  | 2,025  | −2.1% | 5.81 | 341.3
Bowden | Red Deer County | Sep 1, 1981 |  | 1,240  | 1,241  | −0.1% | 2.8 | 442.9
Bruderheim | Lamont County | Sep 17, 1980 | 1,395
(2018) | 1,308  | 1,155  | +13.2% | 7.12 | 183.7
Calmar | Leduc County | Jan 19, 1954 |  | 2,228  | 1,970  | +13.1% | 4.68 | 476.1
Canmore | Bighorn No. 8, M.D. of
Kananaskis Improvement District[12] | Jun 1, 1966 |  | 13,992  | 12,288  | +13.9% | 69.43 | 201.5
Cardston | Cardston County | Jul 2, 1901 | 3,909
(2018) | 3,585  | 3,580  | +0.1% | 8.59 | 417.3
Carstairs | Mountain View County | Sep 1, 1966 |  | 4,077  | 3,442  | +18.4% | 11.92 | 342.0
Castor | Paintearth No. 18, County of | Jun 27, 1910 |  | 929  | 932  | −0.3% | 2.63 | 353.2
Claresholm | Willow Creek No. 26, M.D. of | Aug 31, 1905 |  | 3,780  | 3,758  | +0.6% | 8.11 | 466.1
Coaldale | Lethbridge County | Jan 7, 1952 | 8,691
(2019)[13] | 8,215  | 7,493  | +9.6% | 7.99 | 1,028.2
Coalhurst | Lethbridge County | Jun 1, 1995 | 2,784
(2019)[14] | 2,668  | 1,978  | +34.9% | 3.11 | 857.9
Cochrane | Rocky View County | Feb 15, 1971 | 29,277
(2019)[15] | 25,853  | 17,580  | +47.1% | 29.83 | 866.7
Coronation | Paintearth No. 18, County of | Apr 29, 1912 |  | 940  | 947  | −0.7% | 3.62 | 259.7
Crossfield | Rocky View County | Aug 1, 1980 | 3,308
(2018) | 2,983  | 2,853  | +4.6% | 11.96 | 249.4
Daysland | Flagstaff County | Apr 2, 1907 |  | 824  | 807  | +2.1% | 1.75 | 470.9
Devon | Leduc County | Feb 24, 1950 |  | 6,578  | 6,515  | +1.0% | 14.3 | 460.0
Diamond Valley | Foothills County | Jan 1, 2023[3] |  | 5,259  | 4,540  | +15.8% | 9.63 | 546.1
Didsbury | Mountain View County | Sep 27, 1906 |  | 5,268  | 4,957  | +6.3% | 16.37 | 321.8
Drayton Valley | Brazeau County | Feb 1, 1957 |  | 7,235  | 7,118  | +1.6% | 30.72 | 235.5
Drumheller[N 2] | Kneehill County
Special Area No. 2
Starland County
Wheatland County[16] | Mar 2, 1916
January 1, 1998 |  | 7,982  | 8,029  | −0.6% | 108.03 | 73.9
Eckville | Lacombe County | Jul 1, 1966 | 1,163
(2018) | 1,125  | 1,125  | 0.0% | 1.6 | 703.1
Edson | Yellowhead County | Sep 21, 1911 |  | 8,414  | 8,475  | −0.7% | 29.72 | 283.1
Elk Point | St. Paul No. 19, County of | Jan 1, 1962 |  | 1,452  | 1,412  | +2.8% | 4.91 | 295.7
Fairview | Fairview No. 136, M.D. of | Apr 25, 1949 |  | 2,998  | 3,162  | −5.2% | 11.36 | 263.9
Falher | Smoky River No. 130, M.D. of | Jan 1, 1955 |  | 1,047  | 1,075  | −2.6% | 2.78 | 376.6
Fort Macleod[N 3] | Willow Creek No. 26, M.D. of | Mar 29, 1912 |  | 2,967  | 3,117  | −4.8% | 23.41 | 126.7
Fox Creek | Greenview No. 16, M.D. of | Sep 1, 1983 |  | 1,971  | 1,969  | +0.1% | 12.36 | 159.5
Gibbons | Sturgeon County | Apr 1, 1977 |  | 3,159  | 3,030  | +4.3% | 7.5 | 421.2
Grimshaw | Peace No. 135, M.D. of | Feb 2, 1953 |  | 2,718  | 2,515  | +8.1% | 7.09 | 383.4
Hanna | Special Area No. 2 | Apr 14, 1914 |  | 2,559  | 2,673  | −4.3% | 8.81 | 290.5
Hardisty | Flagstaff County | Nov 9, 1910 |  | 554  | 639  | −13.3% | 5.13 | 108.0
High Level | Mackenzie County | Sep 1, 1983 | 3,992
(2017) | 3,159  | 3,641  | −13.2% | 29.2 | 108.2
High Prairie | Big Lakes County | Jan 10, 1950 |  | 2,564  | 2,600  | −1.4% | 7.22 | 355.1
High River | Foothills No. 31, M.D. of | Feb 12, 1906 |  | 13,584  | 12,930  | +5.1% | 21.39 | 635.1
Hinton | Yellowhead County | Dec 29, 1958 |  | 9,882  | 9,640  | +2.5% | 33.52 | 294.8
Innisfail | Red Deer County | Nov 20, 1903 |  | 7,847  | 7,876  | −0.4% | 19.4 | 404.5
Irricana | Rocky View County | Jun 9, 2005 |  | 1,216  | 1,162  | +4.6% | 3.23 | 376.5
Killam | Flagstaff County | May 1, 1965 |  | 989  | 981  | +0.8% | 6.75 | 146.5
Lamont | Lamont County | May 31, 1968 |  | 1,774  | 1,753  | +1.2% | 9.2 | 192.8
Legal | Sturgeon County | Jan 1, 1998 |  | 1,345  | 1,225  | +9.8% | 3.18 | 423.0
Magrath | Cardston County | Jul 24, 1907 | 2,435
(2017) | 2,374  | 2,217  | +7.1% | 5.99 | 396.3
Manning | Northern Lights, County of | Jan 1, 1957 |  | 1,183  | 1,164  | +1.6% | 4.05 | 292.1
Mayerthorpe | Lac Ste. Anne County | Mar 20, 1961 |  | 1,320  | 1,398  | −5.6% | 4.37 | 302.1
McLennan | Smoky River No. 130, M.D. of | Feb 11, 1948 | 791
(2017) | 701  | 809  | −13.3% | 3.71 | 188.9
Milk River | Warner No. 5, County of | Feb 7, 1956 |  | 827  | 811  | +2.0% | 2.33 | 354.9
Millet | Wetaskiwin No. 10, County of | Sep 1, 1983 |  | 1,945  | 2,092  | −7.0% | 3.72 | 522.8
Morinville | Sturgeon County | Apr 21, 1911 | 9,893
(2016) | 9,848  | 8,569  | +14.9% | 11.15 | 883.2
Mundare | Lamont County | Jan 4, 1951 |  | 852  | 855  | −0.4% | 4.21 | 202.4
Nanton | Willow Creek No. 26, M.D. of | Aug 9, 1907 |  | 2,181[11] | 2,132  | +2.3% | 4.87 | 447.8
Nobleford | Lethbridge County | Feb 28, 2018 |  | 1,278  | 1,000  | +27.8% | 1.59 | 803.8
Okotoks | Foothills No. 31, M.D. of | Jun 1, 1904 | 29,002
(2018) | 28,881  | 24,511  | +17.8% | 19.63 | 1,471.3
Olds | Mountain View County | Jul 1, 1905 |  | 9,184  | 8,235  | +11.5% | 14.93 | 615.1
Onoway | Lac Ste. Anne County | Sep 1, 2005 |  | 1,029  | 1,039  | −1.0% | 3.32 | 309.9
Oyen | Special Area No. 3 | Sep 1, 1965 | 1,022
(2017) | 1,001  | 973  | +2.9% | 5.28 | 189.6
Peace River[N 4] | Northern Lights, County of
Northern Sunrise County
Peace No. 135, M.D. of[17] | Dec 1, 1919 |  | 6,842  | 6,729  | +1.7% | 26.26 | 260.5
Penhold | Red Deer County | Sep 1, 1980 |  | 3,277  | 2,375  | +38.0% | 5.29 | 619.5
Picture Butte | Lethbridge County | Jan 1, 1960 |  | 1,810  | 1,650  | +9.7% | 2.85 | 635.1
Pincher Creek | Pincher Creek No. 9, M.D. of | May 12, 1906 |  | 3,642  | 3,685  | −1.2% | 10.09 | 361.0
Ponoka | Ponoka County | Oct 15, 1904 |  | 7,229  | 6,778  | +6.7% | 17.33 | 417.1
Provost | Provost No. 52, M.D. of | Dec 29, 1952 |  | 1,998  | 2,041  | −2.1% | 4.72 | 423.3
Rainbow Lake | Mackenzie County | Sep 1, 1995 |  | 795  | 870  | −8.6% | 10.76 | 73.9
Raymond | Warner No. 5, County of | Jul 1, 1903 | 4,252
(2018) | 3,708  | 3,743  | −0.9% | 6.66 | 556.8
Redcliff | Cypress County | Aug 5, 1912 |  | 5,600  | 5,588  | +0.2% | 16.25 | 344.6
Redwater | Sturgeon County | Dec 31, 1950 |  | 2,053  | 1,915  | +7.2% | 20.03 | 102.5
Rimbey | Ponoka County | Dec 13, 1948 |  | 2,567  | 2,378  | +7.9% | 11.4 | 225.2
Rocky Mountain House | Clearwater County | Aug 31, 1939 |  | 6,635  | 6,933  | −4.3% | 12.71 | 522.0
Sedgewick | Flagstaff County | May 1, 1966 |  | 811  | 857  | −5.4% | 2.72 | 298.2
Sexsmith | Grande Prairie No. 1, County of | Oct 15, 1979 |  | 2,620  | 2,418  | +8.4% | 13.24 | 197.9
Slave Lake | Lesser Slave River No. 124, M.D. of | Aug 2, 1965 |  | 6,651  | 6,782  | −1.9% | 14.44 | 460.6
Smoky Lake | Smoky Lake County | Feb 1, 1962 |  | 964  | 1,022  | −5.7% | 4.26 | 226.3
Spirit River | Spirit River No. 133, M.D. of | Sep 18, 1951 |  | 995  | 1,025  | −2.9% | 3.14 | 316.9
St. Paul[N 5] | St. Paul No. 19, County of | Dec 15, 1936 | 5,963
(2017) | 5,827  | 5,405  | +7.8% | 8.64 | 674.4
Stavely | Willow Creek No. 26, M.D. of | May 25, 1912 |  | 541  | 505  | +7.1% | 1.83 | 295.6
Stettler | Stettler No. 6, County of | Nov 23, 1906 |  | 5,952  | 5,748  | +3.5% | 13.14 | 453.0
Stony Plain | Parkland County | Dec 10, 1908 | 17,842
(2019)[18] | 17,189  | 15,051  | +14.2% | 35.72 | 481.2
Strathmore | Wheatland County | Jul 6, 1911 | 13,528
(2018) | 13,756  | 12,305  | +11.8% | 27.4 | 502.0
Sundre | Mountain View County | Jan 1, 1956 |  | 2,729  | 2,610  | +4.6% | 11.11 | 245.6
Swan Hills | Big Lakes County | Jan 1, 1967 |  | 1,301  | 1,465  | −11.2% | 26.12 | 49.8
Sylvan Lake | Red Deer County | May 20, 1946 |  | 14,816  | 12,362  | +19.9% | 23.36 | 634.2
Taber | Taber, M.D. of | Jul 1, 1907 |  | 8,428  | 8,104  | +4.0% | 15.67 | 537.8
Thorsby | Leduc County | Jan 1, 2017[19] | 1,015
(2017) | 985  | 951  | +3.6% | 3.85 | 255.8
Three Hills | Kneehill County | Jan 1, 1929 |  | 3,212  | 3,198  | +0.4% | 6.75 | 475.9
Tofield | Beaver County | Sep 10, 1909 |  | 2,081  | 2,182  | −4.6% | 8.21 | 253.5
Trochu | Kneehill County | Aug 1, 1962 |  | 1,058  | 1,072  | −1.3% | 2.78 | 380.6
Two Hills | Two Hills No. 21, County of | Jan 1, 1955 | 1,443
(2017) | 1,352  | 1,379  | −2.0% | 3.38 | 400.0
Valleyview | Greenview No. 16, M.D. of | Feb 5, 1957 |  | 1,863  | 1,761  | +5.8% | 9.32 | 199.9
Vauxhall | Taber, M.D. of | Jan 1, 1961 |  | 1,222  | 1,288  | −5.1% | 2.72 | 449.3
Vegreville | Minburn No. 27, County of | Aug 15, 1906 |  | 5,708  | 5,717  | −0.2% | 14.08 | 405.4
Vermilion | Vermilion River, County of | Aug 27, 1906 | 4,150
(2017) | 4,084  | 3,930  | +3.9% | 12.93 | 315.9
Viking | Beaver County | Nov 10, 1952 |  | 1,083  | 1,041  | +4.0% | 3.7 | 292.7
Vulcan | Vulcan County | Jun 15, 1921 |  | 1,917  | 1,836  | +4.4% | 6.34 | 302.4
Wainwright | Wainwright No. 61, M.D. of | Jul 14, 1910 |  | 6,270  | 5,925  | +5.8% | 9.1 | 689.0
Wembley | Grande Prairie No. 1, County of | Aug 1, 1980 |  | 1,516  | 1,383  | +9.6% | 4.75 | 319.2
Westlock | Westlock County | Jan 7, 1947 |  | 5,101  | 4,823  | +5.8% | 13.37 | 381.5
Whitecourt | Woodlands County | Dec 20, 1971 |  | 10,204  | 9,605  | +6.2% | 26.44 | 385.9
Total towns | -- | -- | -- | 454,181 | 420,498 | +8.0% | 1,248.01 | 363.9

## New towns

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New town is a former urban municipal status in Alberta that is no longer in use. The authority to incorporate a community as a new town came from The New Towns Act, which was chapter 39 of the Statutes of Alberta, 1956.

At least 12 communities incorporated as a new town between 1956 and 1967. Cynthia and Drayton Valley were the first communities in Alberta to incorporate as new towns on June 1, 1956.[20][21] Drayton Valley did so after only six months of incorporation as a village,[21] and was also the community that operated under new town status for the shortest period – eight months from June 1, 1956, to February 1, 1957.[22]

The last community to incorporate as a new town was Fox Creek on July 19, 1967.[23] Fox Creek was previously unincorporated prior to this date. It remained a new town for just over sixteen years until September 1, 1983, when it changed to town status.[24]

Rainbow Lake was the last community to be recognized as a new town. Its status was changed to that of a town in 1994 when numerous former acts under the authority of Alberta Municipal Affairs were transitioned into the current Municipal Government Act.[25] Rainbow Lake was also the community that operated under new town status for the longest period – nearly 28 years from September 1, 1966, to May 2, 1994.

Other communities that applied for new town status included Slave Lake and Smith. Slave Lake applied, despite already being incorporated, to access additional provincial funding but the application was denied by the provincial cabinet. In the case of Smith, after applying in 1968, its application was denied after the province's feasibility study for the community determined Smith was unlikely to attract further economic development.[26]

Below is a list of the 12 communities that were once incorporated as a new town. All but one of them are resource communities in northern or west-central Alberta and were recently founded communities at their dates of incorporation as new towns. St. Albert was the only community that was not in northern or west-central Alberta and had been incorporated as its own municipality since December 7, 1899.[27]

Former new town  | Incorporation date
(new town)  | Previous
status  | Subsequent status
change date  | Subsequent
status

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Cynthia | June 1, 1956[20] | Unincorporated | May 1, 1959[28] | Hamlet[N 6]
Drayton Valley | June 1, 1956[21] | Village | February 1, 1957[22] | Town
Fort McMurray | June 30, 1964[29] | Town | September 1, 1980[29] | City[N 7]
Fox Creek | July 19, 1967[23] | Unincorporated | September 1, 1983[24] | Town
Grande Cache | September 1, 1966[31] | Unincorporated | September 1, 1983[32] | Town
High Level | June 1, 1965[33] | Hamlet | September 1, 1983[34] | Town
Hinton | November 1, 1956[35] | Hamlet | December 29, 1958[36] | Town
Lodgepole | July 1, 1956[37] | Unincorporated | March 1, 1970[38] | Hamlet[N 8]
Rainbow Lake | September 1, 1966[39] | Unincorporated | May 2, 1994[25] | Town
St. Albert | January 1, 1957[27] | Town | July 3, 1962[27] | Town[N 9]
Swan Hills | September 1, 1959[41] | Unincorporated | January 1, 1967[42] | Town
Whitecourt | August 15, 1961[43] | Village | December 20, 1971[44] | Town

## Former towns

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All cities in Alberta[45] and the former cities of Fort McMurray[46] and Strathcona[47] previously held town status in their histories. Other communities that previously held town status include Beverly, Big Valley, Blairmore, Bowness, Black Diamond, Carmangay, Coleman, Cynthia, Diamond City, Forest Lawn, Gleichen, Grande Cache, Grand Centre, Grouard, Irvine, Jasper Place, Lac La Biche, Lodgepole, Montgomery, Turner Valley and Youngstown.[48][46][49] Of these, the villages of Big Valley, Carmangay and Youngstown are the only communities that remain incorporated municipalities.[50] The others either amalgamated to form other municipalities (Blairmore, Coleman, Grand Centre and Lac La Biche),[51][52][53] were absorbed through annexation by Calgary (Bowness, Forest Lawn and Montgomery)[54] or Edmonton (Beverly and Jasper Place)[55] or dissolved to become hamlets under the jurisdiction of municipal districts (Cynthia, Diamond City, Gleichen, Grande Cache, Grouard, Irvine and Lodgepole).[48][8]

## Town status eligibility

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The villages of Stirling, Duchess, and Alberta Beach, with population counts of 1,269, 1,085, and 1,018 respectively,[10] meet the legislated population requirements for town status. There are also at least ten hamlets – Cardiff, Clairmont, Dunmore, Fort Chipewyan, Grande Cache, La Crete, Lac La Biche, Langdon, Springbrook, and Wabasca – that meet the population requirements for town status.

## City status eligibility

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There are currently nine towns – Blackfalds, Canmore, Cochrane, High River, Okotoks, Stony Plain, Strathmore, Sylvan Lake and Whitecourt – that are eligible for city status having populations in excess of 10,000.[10] In addition, the Town of Hinton has expressed interest in incorporating as a city once it surpasses 10,000 people.[56] Its population in 2016 was 9,882.[2] In 2016, the Town of Morinville conducted a municipal census in which it anticipated the town would surpass 10,000; thus the town investigated city status as well as a specialized municipality model with Sturgeon County.[57] The census reported a population of 9,893, which was 107 people shy of the milestone.[10]

## Gallery

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Towns in Alberta

* Athabasca

* Banff

* Bowden

* Canmore

* Carstairs

* Cochrane

* Crossfield

* Didsbury

* Fort Macleod

* Innisfail

* Okotoks

* Olds

* Peace River

* Slave Lake

* Stettler

* Taber

* Vauxhall

* Vulcan

* Whitecourt

## Notes

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1. ^ Athabasca was formerly known as Athabasca Landing prior to August 4, 1913.[9]
2. ^ Drumheller originally incorporated as a city on April 3, 1930, but reverted from city status as a result of its amalgamation with the M.D. of Badlands No. 7 in 1998.[9]
3. ^ Fort Macleod, which grew around the NWMP's Fort Macleod barracks (built 1874), was formerly known as Macleod prior to April 1, 1952.[9]
4. ^ Peace River was formerly known as Peace River Crossing prior to May 22, 1916.[9]
5. ^ St. Paul was formerly known as St. Paul de Métis prior to December 15, 1932.
6. ^ Cynthia dissolved as development in Cynthia "did not materialize sufficiently to warrant the attention of a Board of Administrators as appointed under the New Towns Act", and did not have "sufficient population or occupied dwellings ... to allow for its establishment into a town or a village under the provisions of The Towns and Villages Act."[28]
7. ^ Fort McMurray later dissolved from city status on April 1, 1995, and is now designated as an urban service area.[30]
8. ^ Lodgepole dissolved as development in Lodgepole "did not materialize sufficiently to qualify under the provisions of the Municipal Government Act for the formation of a town or village."[38]
9. ^ St. Albert later incorporated as a city on January 1, 1977.[40]

## See also

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* List of census divisions of Alberta
* List of cities in Alberta
* List of communities in Alberta
* List of hamlets in Alberta
* List of municipal districts in Alberta
* List of municipalities in Alberta
* List of population centres in Alberta
* List of summer villages in Alberta
* List of villages in Alberta

## References

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