List of communities in Alberta

The province of Alberta, Canada, is divided into ten types of local governments – urban municipalities (including cities, towns, villages and summer villages), specialized municipalities, rural municipalities (including municipal districts (often named as counties), improvement districts, and special areas), Métis settlements, and Indian reserves. All types of municipalities are governed by local residents and were incorporated under various provincial acts, with the exception of improvement districts (governed by either the provincial or federal government), and Alberta's Indian reserves (governed by local band governments under federal jurisdiction).

Alberta also has numerous unincorporated communities (including urban service areas, hamlets and a townsite) that are not independent municipalities in their own right. However, they are all recognized as sub-municipal entities by Ministry of Municipal Affairs under the jurisdiction of specialized municipalities or rural municipalities, with the exception of the lone townsite (its jurisdiction is shared with an Indian reserve that surrounds it).

With the exception of Métis settlements, Statistics Canada recognizes all of Alberta's municipalities as census subdivisions and groups them into 19 census divisions based on geography. Within census divisions, Statistics Canada groups some of Alberta's municipalities/census subdivisions into two census metropolitan areas (CMAs) or 12 census agglomerations (CAs) for enumeration purposes. All CMAs include large urban centres and surrounding census subdivisions. All CAs also include large urban centres and in some cases their surrounding census subdivisions.

With the exception of Indian reserves, the administration of municipalities in Alberta is regulated by the Municipal Government Act,^[1] the Special Areas Act^[2] and the Metis Settlements Act.^[3]

As of 2019, the combined unofficial population of all of Alberta's municipalities was 4,271,759.^[4]

Municipalities

Urban municipalities

Cities

According to Section 82 of the Municipal Government Act (MGA), an area may incorporate as a city if:

it has a population of 10,000 people or more; and
the majority of its buildings are on parcels of land smaller than 1,850 m² (19,900 sq ft).^[1]

Essentially, cities are formed from urban communities with populations of at least 10,000 people.^[5]

Alberta currently has a total of 19 cities with a combined population totalling 2,959,559 as of 2019.^[4]

Name	Region	Incorporation date (city)^[6]	Council size^[6]	2021 Census of Population^[7]
Name	Region	Incorporation date (city)^[6]	Council size^[6]	Population (2021)	Population (2016)	Change (%)	Land area (km²)	Population density (per km²)
Airdrie	Calgary Metro	Jan 1, 1985	7	74,100	61,581	+20.3%	84.39	878.1
Beaumont^{[AB 1]}	Edmonton Metro	Jan 1, 2019	7	20,888	17,457	+19.7%	24.70	845.7
Brooks^{[AB 2]}	Southern	Sep 1, 2005	7	14,924	14,451	+3.3%	18.21	819.5
Calgary^{[AB 3]}	Calgary Metro	Jan 1, 1894	15	1,306,784	1,239,220	+5.5%	820.62	1,592.4
Camrose	Central	Jan 1, 1955	9	18,772	18,742	+0.2%	41.67	450.5
Chestermere^{[AB 4]}	Calgary Metro	Jan 1, 2015	7	22,163	19,887	+11.4%	32.83	675.1
Cold Lake	North	Oct 1, 2000	7	15,661	14,976	+4.6%	66.61	235.1
Edmonton^{[AB 5]}	Edmonton Metro	Oct 8, 1904	13	1,010,899	933,088	+8.3%	765.61	1,320.4
Fort Saskatchewan	Edmonton Metro	Jul 1, 1985	7	27,088	24,169	+12.1%	56.50	479.4
Grande Prairie	Northern	Jan 1, 1958	9	64,141	63,166	+1.5%	132.71	483.3
Lacombe	Central	Sep 5, 2010	7	13,396	13,057	+2.6%	20.59	650.6
Leduc	Edmonton Metro	Sep 1, 1983	7	34,094	29,993	+13.7%	42.25	807.0
Lethbridge	Southern	May 9, 1906	9	98,406	92,729	+6.1%	121.12	812.5
Lloydminster (part)^{[AB 6]}	Central	Jan 1, 1958	7	19,739	19,645	+0.5%	23.98	823.1
Medicine Hat	Southern	May 9, 1906	9	63,271	63,260	0.0%	111.97	565.1
Red Deer	Central	Mar 25, 1913	9	100,844	100,418	+0.4%	104.34	966.5
Spruce Grove	Edmonton Metro	Mar 1, 1986	7	37,645	34,108	+10.4%	37.52	1,003.3
St. Albert	Edmonton Metro	Jan 1, 1977	7	68,232	65,589	+4.0%	47.84	1,426.3
Wetaskiwin^{[AB 7]}	Central	May 9, 1906	7	12,594	12,655	−0.5%	18.75	671.7
Total cities	—	—	157	3,023,641	2,838,191	+6.5%	2,572.21	1,175.5

Towns

According to Section 81 of the Municipal Government Act (MGA), an area may incorporate as a town if:

it has a population of 1,000 people or more; and
the majority of its buildings are on parcels of land smaller than 1,850 m² (19,900 sq ft).^[1]

Essentially, towns are formed from urban communities with populations of at least 1,000 people. When a town's population exceeds 10,000 people, its council may apply to change its status to that of a city, but the change in incorporated status is not mandatory.^[5]

Communities with shrinking populations are allowed to retain town status even if the number of residents falls below the 1,000 limit. Some of Alberta's towns have never reached a population of 1,000 people, but were incorporated as towns before the current requirement to have a population of 1,000 or more.

Alberta currently has a total of 107 towns, with a combined population totalling 466,470 as of 2019.^[4]

Name	Specialized/rural municipality^[8]	Incorporation date (town)^[9]	Municipal census population (year)^[10]	Population (2016)^[11]	Population (2011)^[11]	Change (%)^[11]	Land area (km²)^[11]	Population density (per km²)^[11]
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^[12]	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^[13]	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)^[14]	8,215	7,493	+9.6%	7.99	1,028.2
Coalhurst	Lethbridge County	Jun 1, 1995	2,784 (2019)^[15]	2,668	1,978	+34.9%	3.11	857.9
Cochrane	Rocky View County	Feb 15, 1971	29,277 (2019)^[16]	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^[17]		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^[18]	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^[12]	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^[19]	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)^[20]	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^[21]	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

Villages

According to Section 80 of the Municipal Government Act (MGA), an area may incorporate as a village if:

it has a population of 300 people or more; and
the majority of its buildings are on parcels of land smaller than 1,850 m² (19,900 sq ft).^[1]

Essentially, villages are formed from urban communities with populations of at least 300 people. When a village's population exceeds 1,000 people, its council may apply to change its status to that of a town, but the change in incorporated status is not mandatory.

Communities with shrinking populations are allowed to retain village status even if the number of residents falls below the 300 limit. Some of Alberta's villages have never reached a population of 300 people, but were incorporated as villages before there was a requirement to have a population of 300 or more.

Alberta currently has a total of 81 villages, with a combined population totalling 34,600 as of 2021.^[22]

Name	Rural municipality^[8]	Incorporation date (village)^[9]	Population (2016)^[23]	Population (2011)^[23]	Change (%)^[23]	Land area (km²)^[23]	Population density (per km²)^[23]
Acme	Kneehill County	July 7, 1910	653	653	0.0%	2.48	263.3/km²
Alberta Beach	Lac Ste. Anne County	January 1, 1999	1,018	865	+17.7%	2.01	506.5/km²
Alix	Lacombe County	June 3, 1907	734	830	−11.6%	3.13	234.5/km²
Alliance	Flagstaff County	August 26, 1918	154	174	−11.5%	0.51	302.0/km²
Amisk	Provost No. 52, MD of	January 1, 1956	204	207	−1.4%	0.76	268.4/km²
Andrew	Lamont County	June 24, 1930	425	379	+12.1%	1.17	363.2/km²
Arrowwood	Vulcan County	May 13, 1926	207	188	+10.1%	0.75	276.0/km²
Barnwell	Taber, MD of	January 1, 1980	947	771	+22.8%	1.51	627.2/km²
Barons	Lethbridge County	May 6, 1910	341	315	+8.3%	0.81	421.0/km²
Bawlf	Camrose County	October 12, 1906	422	403	+4.7%	0.89	474.2/km²
Beiseker	Rocky View County	February 23, 1921	819	785	+4.3%	2.85	287.4/km²
Berwyn	Peace No. 135, MD of	November 28, 1936	538	526	+2.3%	1.58	340.5/km²
Big Valley	Stettler No. 6, County of	March 9, 1942	346	364	−4.9%	1.86	186.0/km²
Bittern Lake^[a]	Camrose County	November 2, 1904	220	224	−1.8%	6.57	33.5/km²
Boyle	Athabasca County	December 31, 1953	845	916	−7.8%	7.13	118.5/km²
Breton	Brazeau County	January 1, 1957	574	496	+15.7%	1.72	333.7/km²
Carbon	Kneehill County	November 18, 1912	454	592	−23.3%	1.99	228.1/km²
Carmangay	Vulcan County	March 4, 1936	242	367	−34.1%	1.86	130.1/km²
Caroline	Clearwater County	December 31, 1951	512	501	+2.2%	2.04	251.0/km²
Champion	Vulcan County	May 27, 1911	317	378	−16.1%	0.89	356.2/km²
Chauvin	Wainwright No. 61, MD of	December 30, 1912	335	334	+0.3%	2.24	149.6/km²
Chipman	Lamont County	October 21, 1913	274	284	−3.5%	9.61	28.5/km²
Clive	Lacombe County	January 9, 1912	715	675	+5.9%	2.17	329.5/km²
Clyde	Westlock County	January 28, 1914	430	503	−14.5%	1.31	328.2/km²
Consort	Special Area No. 4	September 23, 1912	729	689	+5.8%	3.05	239.0/km²
Coutts	Warner No. 5, County of	January 1, 1960	245	277	−11.6%	1.24	197.6/km²
Cowley	Pincher Creek No. 9, MD of	August 16, 1906	209	236	−11.4%	1.37	152.6/km²
Cremona	Mountain View County	January 1, 1955	444	457	−2.8%	1.94	228.9/km²
Czar	Provost No. 52, MD of	November 12, 1917	202	167	+21.0%	1.12	180.4/km²
Delburne	Red Deer County	January 17, 1913	892	830	+7.5%	3.98	224.1/km²
Delia^[b]	Starland County	July 20, 1914	216	186	+16.1%	1.33	162.4/km²
Donalda	Stettler No. 6, County of	December 30, 1912	219	259	−15.4%	0.99	221.2/km²
Donnelly	Smoky River No. 130, MD of	January 1, 1956	342	305	+12.1%	1.31	261.1/km²
Duchess	Newell, County of	May 12, 1921	1,085	992	+9.4%	1.96	553.6/km²
Edberg	Camrose County	February 4, 1930	151	168	−10.1%	0.35	431.4/km²
Edgerton	Wainwright No. 61, MD of	September 11, 1917	384	317	+21.1%	2.04	188.2/km²
Elnora	Red Deer County	July 22, 1929	298	313	−4.8%	1.47	202.7/km²
Empress	Special Area No. 2	February 5, 1914	135	188	−28.2%	1.58	85.4/km²
Foremost	Forty Mile No. 8, County of	December 31, 1950	541	526	+2.9%	2.16	250.5/km²
Forestburg	Flagstaff County	August 21, 1919	875	831	+5.3%	2.73	320.5/km²
Girouxville	Smoky River No. 130, MD of	December 31, 1951	219	266	−17.7%	0.67	326.9/km²
Glendon	Bonnyville No. 87, MD of	January 1, 1956	493	486	+1.4%	1.99	247.7/km²
Glenwood	Cardston County	January 1, 1961	316	287	+10.1%	1.37	230.7/km²
Halkirk	Paintearth No. 18, County of	February 10, 1912	112	121	−7.4%	0.61	183.6/km²
Hay Lakes^[c]	Camrose County	April 17, 1928	495	425	+16.5%	0.59	839.0/km²
Heisler	Flagstaff County	January 1, 1961	160	151	+6.0%	0.64	250.0/km²
Hill Spring	Cardston County	January 1, 1961	162	186	−12.9%	0.96	168.8/km²
Hines Creek	Clear Hills County	December 31, 1951	346	380	−8.9%	5.33	64.9/km²
Holden	Beaver County	April 14, 1909	350	381	−8.1%	1.74	201.1/km²
Hughenden	Provost No. 52, MD of	December 27, 1917	243	230	+5.7%	0.78	311.5/km²
Hussar	Wheatland County	April 20, 1928	190	176	+8.0%	0.75	253.3/km²
Innisfree	Minburn No. 27, County of	March 11, 1911	193	220	−12.3%	1.01	191.1/km²
Irma	Wainwright No. 61, MD of	May 30, 1912	521	457	+14.0%	1.34	388.8/km²
Kitscoty	Vermilion River, County of	March 22, 1911	925	846	+9.3%	1.51	612.6/km²
Linden	Kneehill County	January 1, 1964	828	725	+14.2%	2.58	320.9/km²
Lomond	Vulcan County	February 16, 1916	166	173	−4.0%	1.21	137.2/km²
Longview	Foothills County	January 1, 1964	307	307	0.0%	1.1	279.1/km²
Lougheed	Flagstaff County	November 7, 1911	256	233	+9.9%	2.1	121.9/km²
Mannville	Minburn No. 27, County of	December 29, 1906	828	803	+3.1%	1.64	504.9/km²
Marwayne	Vermilion River, County of	December 31, 1952	564	612	−7.8%	1.6	352.5/km²
Milo	Vulcan County	May 7, 1931	91	122	−25.4%	0.98	92.9/km²
Morrin	Starland County	April 16, 1920	240	245	−2.0%	0.67	358.2/km²
Munson	Starland County	May 5, 1911	192	204	−5.9%	2.53	75.9/km²
Myrnam	Two Hills No. 21, County of	August 22, 1930	339	370	−8.4%	2.79	121.5/km²
Nampa	Northern Sunrise County	January 1, 1958	364	362	+0.6%	1.71	212.9/km²
Paradise Valley	Vermilion River, County of	January 1, 1964	179	174	+2.9%	0.63	284.1/km²
Rockyford	Wheatland County	March 28, 1919	316	325	−2.8%	1.08	292.6/km²
Rosalind	Camrose County	January 1, 1966	188	190	−1.1%	0.62	303.2/km²
Rosemary	Newell, County of	December 31, 1951	396	342	+15.8%	0.59	671.2/km²
Rycroft	Spirit River No. 133, MD of	March 15, 1944	612	628	−2.5%	1.92	318.8/km²
Ryley^[d]	Beaver County	April 2, 1910	483	497	−2.8%	2.61	185.1/km²
Spring Lake^[e]	Parkland County	January 1, 1999	699	533	+31.1%	2.33	300.0/km²
Standard	Wheatland County	April 29, 1922	353	379	−6.9%	2.35	150.2/km²
Stirling	Warner No. 5, County of	September 3, 1901	978	1,090	−10.3%	2.71	360.9/km²
Veteran	Special Area No. 4	June 30, 1914	207	249	−16.9%	0.84	246.4/km²
Vilna	Smoky Lake County	June 23, 1923	290	249	+16.5%	0.96	302.1/km²
Warburg	Leduc County	December 31, 1953	766	789	−2.9%	2.68	285.8/km²
Warner	Warner No. 5, County of	November 12, 1908	373	331	+12.7%	1.16	321.6/km²
Waskatenau	Smoky Lake County	May 19, 1932	186	255	−27.1%	0.6	310.0/km²
Youngstown	Special Area No. 3	December 31, 1936	154	178	−13.5%	1.11	138.7/km²
Total villages	—	—	33,773	33,448	+1.0%	146.85	230.0/km²

Summer villages

According to former Section 79 of the Municipal Government Act (MGA), a summer village is an area that:

has at least 60 parcels of land developed with dwelling buildings; and
has a population of less than 300 persons where the majority of the persons who would be electors do not permanently reside in that area.

As a result of Section 79 being repealed,^[1] summer villages can no longer be formed in Alberta.^[5]

Essentially, summer villages were once formed from urban communities with populations of less than 300 people and significant non-permanent populations. When a summer village's population exceeds 300 people, its council may apply to change its status to that of a village, but the change in incorporated status is not mandatory.

Alberta currently has a total of 51 summer villages, with a combined population totalling 5,200 as of 2019.^[4]

Summer villages of Alberta
Name	Rural municipality^[8]	Incorporation date (summer village)^[29]	Population (2016)^[30]	Population (2011)^[30]	Change (%)^[30]	Land area (km²)^[30]	Population density (per km²)^[30]
Argentia Beach	Wetaskiwin No. 10, County of	January 1, 1967	27	15	+80.0%	0.73	37.0/km²
Betula Beach	Parkland County	January 1, 1960	16	10	+60.0%	0.25	64.0/km²
Birch Cove	Lac Ste. Anne County	December 31, 1988	45	45	0.0%	0.3	150.0/km²
Birchcliff	Lacombe County	January 1, 1972	117	112	+4.5%	1.03	113.6/km²
Bondiss	Athabasca County	January 1, 1983	110	106	+3.8%	1.23	89.4/km²
Bonnyville Beach	Bonnyville No. 87, M.D. of	January 1, 1958	84	95	−11.6%	0.17	494.1/km²
Burnstick Lake	Clearwater County	December 31, 1991	15^[31]	16	−6.2%	0.18	83.3/km²
Castle Island	Lac Ste. Anne County	January 1, 1955	10	19	−47.4%	0.05	200.0/km²
Crystal Springs	Wetaskiwin No. 10, County of	January 1, 1957	51	90	−43.3%	0.57	89.5/km²
Ghost Lake	Bighorn No. 8, M.D. of	December 31, 1953	82	81	+1.2%	0.67	122.4/km²
Golden Days	Leduc County	January 1, 1965	160	141	+13.5%	2.28	70.2/km²
Grandview	Wetaskiwin No. 10, County of	January 1, 1967	114	108	+5.6%	0.79	144.3/km²
Gull Lake	Lacombe County	September 1, 1993	176	122	+44.3%	0.7	251.4/km²
Half Moon Bay	Lacombe County	January 1, 1978	42	38	+10.5%	0.11	381.8/km²
Horseshoe Bay	St. Paul No. 19, County of	January 1, 1985	49^[f]	37	+32.4%	1.14	43.0/km²
Island Lake	Athabasca County	January 1, 1958	228	243	−6.2%	1.85	123.2/km²
Island Lake South	Athabasca County	January 1, 1983	61	72	−15.3%	0.67	91.0/km²
Itaska Beach	Leduc County	June 30, 1953	23	20	+15.0%	0.29	79.3/km²
Jarvis Bay	Red Deer County	January 1, 1986	213	203	+4.9%	0.53	401.9/km²
Kapasiwin	Parkland County	September 1, 1993	10	10	0.0%	0.3	33.3/km²
Lakeview	Parkland County	October 25, 1913	30	26	+15.4%	0.35	85.7/km²
Larkspur	Westlock County	January 1, 1985	44	38	+15.8%	0.26	169.2/km²
Ma-Me-O Beach	Wetaskiwin No. 10, County of	December 31, 1948	110	113	−2.7%	0.52	211.5/km²
Mewatha Beach	Athabasca County	January 1, 1978	90	79	+13.9%	0.8	112.5/km²
Nakamun Park	Lac Ste. Anne County	January 1, 1966	96	36	+166.7%	0.45	213.3/km²
Norglenwold	Red Deer County	January 1, 1965	273	232	+17.7%	0.62	440.3/km²
Norris Beach	Wetaskiwin No. 10, County of	December 31, 1988	38	46	−17.4%	0.2	190.0/km²
Parkland Beach	Ponoka County	January 1, 1984	153	124	+23.4%	0.95	161.1/km²
Pelican Narrows	Bonnyville No. 87, M.D. of	July 1, 1979	151	162	−6.8%	0.72	209.7/km²
Point Alison	Parkland County	December 31, 1950	10	15	−33.3%	0.16	62.5/km²
Poplar Bay	Wetaskiwin No. 10, County of	January 1, 1967	103	80	+28.8%	0.67	153.7/km²
Rochon Sands	Stettler No. 6, County of	May 17, 1929	86	65	+32.3%	2.16	39.8/km²
Ross Haven	Lac Ste. Anne County	January 1, 1962	160	137	+16.8%	0.71	225.4/km²
Sandy Beach	Lac Ste. Anne County	January 1, 1956	278	223	+24.7%	2.4	115.8/km²
Seba Beach	Parkland County	August 20, 1920	169	143	+18.2%	0.86	196.5/km²
Silver Beach	Wetaskiwin No. 10, County of	December 31, 1953	65	52	+25.0%	0.64	101.6/km²
Silver Sands	Lac Ste. Anne County	January 1, 1969	160	85	+88.2%	2.41	66.4/km²
South Baptiste	Athabasca County	January 1, 1983	66	52	+26.9%	0.93	71.0/km²
South View	Lac Ste. Anne County	January 1, 1970	67	35	+91.4%	0.41	163.4/km²
Sunbreaker Cove	Lacombe County	December 31, 1990	81	69	+17.4%	0.5	162.0/km²
Sundance Beach	Leduc County	January 1, 1970	73	82	−11.0%	0.44	165.9/km²
Sunrise Beach	Lac Ste. Anne County	December 31, 1988	135	149	−9.4%	1.66	81.3/km²
Sunset Beach	Athabasca County	May 1, 1977	49	44	+11.4%	0.74	66.2/km²
Sunset Point	Lac Ste. Anne County	January 1, 1959	169	221	−23.5%	1.15	147.0/km²
Val Quentin	Lac Ste. Anne County	January 1, 1966	252	157	+60.5%	0.31	812.9/km²
Waiparous	Bighorn No. 8, M.D. of	January 1, 1986	49	42	+16.7%	0.41	119.5/km²
West Baptiste	Athabasca County	January 1, 1983	38	52	−26.9%	0.65	58.5/km²
West Cove	Lac Ste. Anne County	January 1, 1963	149	121	+23.1%	1.33	112.0/km²
Whispering Hills	Athabasca County	January 1, 1983	142	108	+31.5%	1.68	84.5/km²
White Sands	Stettler No. 6, County of	January 1, 1980	120	91	+31.9%	1.58	75.9/km²
Yellowstone	Lac Ste. Anne County	January 1, 1965	137	124	+10.5%	0.28	489.3/km²
Total summer villages	—	—	5,176	4,586	+12.9%	40.79	126.9/km²

Specialized municipalities

According to Section 83 of the Municipal Government Act (MGA), a municipality may incorporate as a specialized municipality under one of the following three scenarios:

where the Minister of Alberta Municipal Affairs (AMA) is satisfied that the other incorporated statuses under the MGA do not meet the needs of the municipality's residents;
to form a local government that, in the opinion of the Minister of AMA, will provide for the orderly development of the municipality in a similar fashion to the other incorporated statuses within the MGA; or
for any other circumstances that are deemed appropriate by the Minister of AMA.^[1]

Essentially, specialized municipalities are municipalities that are unconventional in nature compared to other municipalities in Alberta, and they are incorporated under the authority of the existing MGA instead of relying on the creation of their own separate acts (i.e., the Special Areas Act^[2] allowed the incorporation of Alberta's three special areas and the Metis Settlements Act^[3] allowed the incorporation of Alberta's eight Métis settlements).^[5]

Alberta's six specialized municipalities have a combined population totalling 242,395 as of 2019.^[4]

List of specialized municipalities in Alberta
Name	Region	Incorporation date (specialized municipality)^[33]	Council size^[33]	Municipal census population (year)^[34]	2021 Census of Population^[35]
Name	Region	Incorporation date (specialized municipality)^[33]	Council size^[33]	Municipal census population (year)^[34]	Population (2021)	Population (2016)	Change (%)	Land area (km²)	Population density (/km²)
Crowsnest Pass, Municipality of	Southern Alberta	January 16, 2008	7		5,695	5,589	+1.9%	370.15	15.4
Jasper, Municipality of	Alberta's Rockies	July 20, 2001	7	4,584^[g] (2011)	4,738	4,590	+3.2%	921.90	5.1
Lac La Biche County^[h]	Northern Alberta	January 1, 2018	9	8,544 (2016)	7,673	8,330	−7.9%	12,527.48	0.6
Mackenzie County	Northern Alberta	June 23, 1999	10	11,750 (2015)	12,804	11,171	+14.6%	79,629.26	0.2
Strathcona County	Edmonton Metro	January 1, 1996	9	95,597 (2015)	99,225	98,044	+1.2%	1,170.65	84.8
Wood Buffalo, Regional Municipality of	Northern Alberta	April 1, 1995	11	81,948^[i] (2015)	72,326	71,589	+1.0%	60,843.88	1.2
Total specialized municipalities		—	53	—	202,461	199,298	+1.6%	155,463.32	1.3
Province of Alberta		—	—	—\|	4,262,635	4,067,175	+4.8%	634,658.27	6.7

Rural municipalities

Municipal districts

According to Section 78 of the Municipal Government Act (MGA), a municipal district is an area in which:

the majority of the buildings used as dwellings are on parcels of land with an area of at least 1,850 m² (19,900 sq ft); and
there is a population of 1,000 or more.^[1]

Essentially, municipal districts are large rural areas in which their citizens reside on farms, country residential subdivisions or unincorporated communities (i.e., hamlets, localities and other settlements).^[5]

In Alberta, the term county is synonymous with the term municipal district – it is not its own incorporated municipal status that is different from that of a municipal district. As such, Alberta Municipal Affairs provides municipal districts with the opportunity to brand themselves either as municipal districts or counties in their official names.

Of Alberta's 63 municipal districts, 46 of them brand themselves as counties. Over the past 30 years, Alberta has observed a trend of numerous municipal districts rebranding themselves as counties through official name changes. Some of the reasons why a municipal district would rebrand itself as a county include that the term county is: more recognizable by the general public; has a more traditional appeal; and is more marketable from an economic development perspective.

The last municipal district (MD) to rebrand itself as a county was the MD of Foothills No. 31, which was renamed as Foothills County on January 1, 2019.^[36]

Alberta's 63 municipal districts have a combined population totalling 471,852 as of 2019.^[4]

Municipal districts of Alberta
Municipal district (MD)	Incorporation date^[37]	Census division	Council size^[37]	Municipal census population (year)^[38]	Population (2016)^[39]	Population (2011)^[39]	Change (%)^[39]	Land area (km²)^[39]	Population density (per km²)^[39]
AcadiaMD of Acadia No. 34	December 9, 1913	4	5		493	495	−0.4	1,082.60	0.5
Athabasca County	January 1, 1947	13	9		7,869	7,662	2.7	6,124.43	1.3
Barrhead County of Barrhead No. 11	January 1, 1955	13	7		6,288	6,096	3.1	2,406.25	2.6
Beaver County	February 1, 1943	10	5		5,905	5,689	3.8	3,317.57	1.8
Big Lakes Big Lakes County	January 1, 1995	17	9	3,861 (2013)	5,672	5,912	−4.1	13,942.43	0.4
Bighorn MD of Bighorn No. 8	January 1, 1988	15	5		1,334	1,341	−0.5	2,761.18	0.5
Birch Hills County	January 1, 1995	19	7		1,553	1,582	−1.8	2,859.60	0.5
Bonnyville MD of Bonnyville No. 87	January 1, 1955	12	7	11,836 (2014)	13,575	11,191	21.3	6,064.73	2.2
Brazeau County	July 1, 1988	11	7		7,771	7,132	9.0	3,005.35	2.6
Camrose County	January 1, 1944	10	7		8,458	8,004	5.7	3,324.21	2.5
Cardston County	January 1, 1954	3	7		4,481	4,167	7.5	3,429.82	1.3
Clear Hills County	January 1, 1995	17	7	2,829 (2012)	3,023	2,801	7.9	15,125.49	0.2
Clearwater County	January 1, 1985	9	7		11,947	12,278	−2.7	18,682.45	0.6
Cypress County	January 1, 1985	1	9		7,662	7,214	6.2	13,173.25	0.6
Fairview MD of Fairview No. 136	December 9, 1914	19	5		1,604	1,673	−4.1	1,387.58	1.2
Flagstaff County	January 1, 1944	7	7		3,738	3,591	4.1	4,067.58	0.9
Foothills County	January 1, 1954	6	7		22,766	21,248	7.1	3,636.8	6.3
Forty Mile County of Forty Mile No. 8	January 1, 1954	1	7		3,581	3,336	7.3	7,249.31	0.5
Grande Prairie County of Grande Prairie No. 1	December 21, 1943	19	9		22,303	19,724	13.1	5,802.21	3.8
Greenview MD of Greenview No. 16	January 1, 1994	18	8		5,583	5,299	5.4	32,984.24	0.2
Kneehill County	January 1, 1944	5	7		5,001	4,921	1.6	3,381.02	1.5
Lac Ste. Anne County	January 1, 1944	13	7		10,899	10,260	6.2	2,850.38	3.8
Lacombe County	January 1, 1944	8	7		10,343	10,307	0.3	2,765.16	3.7
Lamont County	January 1, 1944	10	5		3,899	3,872	0.7	2,385.09	1.6
Leduc County	January 1, 1944	11	7		13,780	13,494	2.1	2,601.49	5.3
Lesser Slave River MD of Lesser Slave River No. 124	January 1, 1995	17	7		2,803	2,929	−4.3	10,074.39	0.3
Lethbridge County	January 1, 1954	2	7		10,353	10,046	3.1	2,836.64	3.6
Minburn County of Minburn No. 27	January 30, 1942	10	7		3,188	3,383	−5.8	2,913.02	1.1
Mountain View County	January 1, 1944	6	7		13,074	12,359	5.8	3,782.64	3.5
Newell County of Newell	January 1, 1953	2	10		7,524	7,138	5.4	5,904.67	1.3
Northern Lights County of Northern Lights	January 1, 1995	17	7		4,200	4,117	2.0	20,755.37	0.2
Northern Sunrise County	April 1, 1994	17	6	1,933 (2013)	1,891	1,791	5.6	21,150.97	0.1
Opportunity MD of Opportunity No. 17	August 1, 1995	17	11	2,639 (2016)	3,181	3,074	3.5	29,142.10	0.1
Paintearth County of Paintearth No. 18	January 1, 1944	7	7		2,102	2,029	3.6	3,283.36	0.6
Parkland County	January 1, 1969	11	7		32,097	30,568	5.0	2,390.23	13.4
Peace MD of Peace No. 135	December 11, 1916	19	5		1,747	1,446	20.8	847.47	2.1
Pincher Creek MD of Pincher Creek No. 9	January 1, 1944	3	5		2,965	3,158	−6.1	3,482.05	0.9
Ponoka County	January 1, 1952	8	5		9,806	8,856	10.7	2,814.26	3.5
Provost MD of Provost No. 52	March 1, 1943	7	7		2,205	2,288	−3.6	3,628.39	0.6
Ranchland MD of Ranchland No. 66	January 1, 1995	15	3	104 (2013)	92	79	16.5	2,638.70	0
Red Deer County	January 1, 1944	8	7		19,541	18,316	6.7	3,961.85	4.9
Rocky View County	January 1, 1955	6	9	38,055^[40] (2013)	39,407	35,754	10.2	3,836.33	10.3
Saddle Hills County	January 1, 1995	19	7		2,225	2,288	−2.8	5,838.15	0.4
Smoky Lake County	March 1, 1943	12	5		4,107	3,910	5.0	3,412.92	1.2
Smoky River MD of Smoky River No. 130	January 1, 1952	19	6		2,023	2,126	−4.8	2,840.14	0.7
Spirit River MD of Spirit River No. 133	December 11, 1916	19	4		700	713	−1.8	683.60	1
St. Paul County of St. Paul No. 19	January 30, 1942	12	7	6,168 (2012)	5,827	5,405	7.8	3,309.44	1.8
Starland County	February 1, 1943	5	5	2,071 (2013)	2,066	2,057	0.4	2,559.95	0.8
Stettler County of Stettler No. 6	March 1, 1943	7	7		5,322	5,103	4.3	4,018.84	1.3
Sturgeon County	January 1, 1955	11	7		20,495	19,578	4.7	2,090.13	9.8
Taber MD of Taber	January 1, 1954	2	7	7,173 (2016)	7,098	6,851	3.6	4,201.65	1.7
Thorhild County	January 1, 1955	13	5		3,254	3,417	−4.8	2,001.74	1.6
Two Hills County of Two Hills No. 21	January 1, 1944	10	5		3,322	3,160	5.1	2,637.18	1.3
Vermilion River County of Vermilion River	January 1, 1944	10	7	8,116 (2015)	8,267	7,905	4.6	5,519.75	1.5
Vulcan County	January 1, 1951	5	7	3,839 (2012)	3,984	3,875	2.8	5,433.43	0.7
Wainwright MD of Wainwright No. 61	January 30, 1942	7	7		4,479	4,138	8.2	4,156.56	1.1
Warner County of Warner No. 5	January 1, 1954	2	7		3,847	3,841	0.2	4,531.55	0.8
Westlock County	February 1, 1943	13	7		7,220	7,644	−5.5	3,171.83	2.3
Wetaskiwin County of Wetaskiwin No. 10	February 1, 1943	11	7		11,181	10,866	2.9	3,132.06	3.6
Wheatland County	January 1, 1955	5	7		8,788	8,285	6.1	4,545.92	1.9
Willow Creek MD of Willow Creek No. 26	January 1, 1954	3	7		5,179	5,107	1.4	4,558.14	1.1
Woodlands County	January 1, 1994	13	7	4,612 (2014)	4,754	4,306	10.4	7,669.13	0.6
Yellowhead County	January 1, 1994	14	9		10,995	10,469	5.0	22,293.16	0.5
Total municipal districts	—	—	437	—	479,167	4,560,664	5.1	399,087.25	1.2

Improvement districts

According to Section 581 of the Municipal Government Act (MGA), Alberta's Lieutenant Governor in Council, on the recommendation of the Minister of Municipal Affairs, may form an improvement district. Section 582 of the MGA requires that the order to form an improvement district must describe its boundaries and give it an official name.

Alberta currently has seven improvement districts, which have a combined population totaling 2,146.^[41] With some exceptions, their boundaries are coterminous with that of a national or provincial park. Five of them are located within national parks, and two are within provincial parks.

Improvement districts of Alberta
Name	Incorporation date (improvement district)^[42]	Population (2011)^[41]	Population (2006)^[41]	Change (%)^[41]	Land area (km²)^[41]	Population density (per km²)^[41]	Remarks
004Improvement District No. 4 (Waterton)	January 1, 1944	88	160	−45.0	480.58	0.18	Coincident with Waterton Lakes National Park
009Improvement District No. 9 (Banff)	April 1, 1945	1,175	938	25.3	6,782.23	0.17	Coincident with Banff National Park excluding the Town of Banff
012Improvement District No. 12 (Jasper National Park)	April 1, 1945	34	24	41.7	10,181.58	0.003	Coincident with Jasper National Park excluding the Municipality of Jasper
013Improvement District No. 13 (Elk Island)	April 1, 1958	10	21	−52.4	165.28	0.06	Coincident with Elk Island National Park
024Improvement District No. 24 (Wood Buffalo)	January 1, 1967	590	422	39.8	33,412.25	0.02	Coincident with the Alberta portion of Wood Buffalo National Park excluding Peace Point 222
025Improvement District No. 25 (Willmore Wilderness)	January 2, 1994	0	0	—	4,604.97	0.0	Coincident with Willmore Wilderness Park
KananaskisKananaskis Improvement District	January 1, 1983	249	429	−42.0	4,210.72	0.06	Consists mostly of Kananaskis Country
Total improvement districts	—	2,463	1,994	7.6	65,642.17	0.03	—

Special areas

Special areas are rural municipalities created in 1938 under the authority of the Special Areas Act.^[2]^[5] A special area is not to be confused with a specialized municipality, which is a completely different municipal status.

Alberta's three special areas had a combined population totalling 4,184 in 2016.^[4]

Special areas of Alberta
Special area	Incorporation date (special area)^[43]	Population (2016)^[44]	Population (2011)^[44]	Change (%)^[44]	Area (km²)^[44]	Population density (/km²)^[44]
Special Area No. 2	April 7, 1959	1,905	2,025	−5.9	9,347.57	0.20
Special Area No. 3	April 7, 1959	1,042	1,122	−7.1	6,625.58	0.16
Special Area No. 4	January 1, 1969	1,237	1,352	−8.5	4,402.64	0.28
Total special areas	—	4,184	4,499	−7.0	20,375.79	0.21

Unincorporated communities

Urban service areas

An urban service area is a type of hamlet that is not officially defined under the Municipal Government Act (MGA). However, the province of Alberta recognizes it as equivalent to a city for the purposes of program delivery and grant eligibility according to the Orders in Council that established the Regional Municipality (RM) of Wood Buffalo and Strathcona County as specialized municipalities.^[45]^[46]

These Orders in Council (see Schedule 1, Section 7^[45] and Schedule 1, Section 3^[46] respectively) also state that:

the specialized municipalities shall provide to the province of Alberta any information required to administer programs or to determine the amount of grants which would have been paid if the urban service areas were incorporated cities; and
for the purposes of enactments affecting roads, culverts, ditches, drains, and highways, the urban service areas are deemed to be cities.

Essentially, urban services areas meet the eligibility requirements of the MGA to incorporate as a city. As such, they are Alberta's largest hamlets.

There are currently two urban services areas in Alberta:

Fort McMurray; and
Sherwood Park.

Fort McMurray, within the jurisdiction of the RM of Wood Buffalo, was formerly a city prior its amalgamation with Improvement District No. 143 on April 1, 1995. It was designated an urban service area at the time of the amalgamation.^[45]

Sherwood Park has always been an unincorporated community under the jurisdiction of Strathcona County. It became an urban service area when Strathcona County changed its status from a municipal district to a specialized municipality on January 1, 1996.^[46]

Hamlets

According to Section 59 of the Municipal Government Act (MGA), hamlets are unincorporated communities that:

consist of five or more buildings used as dwellings, a majority of which are on parcels of land smaller than 1,850 m² (19,900 sq ft);
have a generally accepted boundary and name; and
contain parcels of land that are used for non‑residential purposes.^[1]

Further, Section 59 of the MGA provides the councils of municipal districts (or counties) and specialized municipalities the authority to designate unincorporated communities within its boundaries as hamlets.^[1]^[5] Hamlets may also be designated within improvement districts and special areas by the Minister of Municipal Affairs pursuant to Section 590 of the MGA and Section 10 of the Special Areas Act respectively.^[1]^[2]

When a hamlet's population reaches 300, it becomes eligible to incorporated as a village under Section 80 of the MGA, so long as the majority of the buildings are still on parcels of land smaller than 1,850 m² (19,900 sq ft).^[1] However, it is a modern-day rarity for a hamlet to incorporate as a village – Barnwell and Wabamun were the last two to do so both on January 1, 1980. It is much more common these days for villages to revert to hamlet status through the dissolution process instead.

There are currently 403 hamlets in Alberta, two of which are the urban services areas presented above.^[47]

Hamlets of Alberta
Name^[48]	Specialized or rural municipality^[49]	Latest population	Census year
Abee	Thorhild County	27	2009^[50]
Acadia Valley	Acadia No. 34, MD of	143	2021^[51]
Aetna	Cardston County	109
Alcomdale	Sturgeon County	65
Alder Flats	Wetaskiwin No. 10, County of	137
Aldersyde	Foothills County	64	2003^[52]
Alhambra	Clearwater County	64	1991^[53]
Altario	Special Area No. 4	26	1991^[53]
Antler Lake	Strathcona County	439	2024^[54]
Anzac	Wood Buffalo, RM of	506	2021^[51]
Ardenode	Wheatland County	0	2016^[55]
Ardley	Red Deer County	17	1991^[53]
Ardmore	Bonnyville No. 87, MD of	317	2021^[56]
Ardrossan	Strathcona County	1,238	2024^[54]
Armena	Camrose County	37	2021^[51]
Ashmont	St. Paul No. 19, County of	125
Atmore	Athabasca County	10
Balzac	Rocky View County	1	2006^[52]
Beauvallon	Two Hills No. 21, County of	7	1991^[53]
Beaver Crossing	Bonnyville No. 87, MD of	18	1991^[53]
Beaver Lake	Lac La Biche County	467	2021^[51]
Beaver Mines	Pincher Creek No. 9, MD of	85	2021^[51]
Beaverdam	Bonnyville No. 87, MD of	18	2014^[57]
Beazer	Cardston County	11	2008^[52]
Bellis^{[N 6]}	Smoky Lake County	60	2021^[51]
Benalto	Red Deer County	198
Benchlands	Bighorn No. 8, MD of	59
Benton	Special Area No. 3
Bezanson	Grande Prairie No. 1, County of	146	2024^[58]
Bindloss	Special Area No. 2	14	1991^[53]
Bircham	Kneehill County	5	2021^[51]
Blackfoot	Vermilion River, County of	386
Blackie^{[N 7]}	Foothills County	360
Blue Ridge	Woodlands County	211
Bluesky	Fairview No. 136, MD of	113
Bluffton	Ponoka County	140
Bodo	Provost No. 52, MD of	30
Botha	Stettler No. 6, County of	180
Bottrel	Rocky View County	5	2018^[59]
Bow City	Newell, County of	16	2020^[60]
Bragg Creek	Rocky View County	432	2021^[51]
Brant	Vulcan County	78	2007^[52]
Breynat	Athabasca County	22	1991^[53]
Brosseau	Two Hills No. 21, County of	13	1981^[61]
Brownfield	Paintearth No. 18, County of	27	1991^[53]
Brownvale	Peace No. 135, MD of	114	2021^[51]
Bruce	Beaver County	65
Brule	Yellowhead County	127
Buck Creek	Brazeau County	107	2005^[62]
Buck Lake	Wetaskiwin No. 10, County of	60	2021^[51]
Buffalo	Special Area No. 2
Buffalo Lakes	Grande Prairie No. 1, County of	5	2024^[58]
Buford	Leduc County	33	2021^[51]
Burdett^{[N 8]}	Forty Mile No. 8, County of	331
Busby	Westlock County	135
Byemoor	Stettler No. 6, County of	30
Cadogan^{[N 9]}	Provost No. 52, MD of	108
Cadomin	Yellowhead County	54
Cadotte Lake	Northern Sunrise County	23
Calahoo	Sturgeon County	143
Calling Lake	Opportunity No. 17, MD of	375
Campsie	Barrhead No. 11, County of
Canyon Creek	Lesser Slave River No. 124, MD of	318	2021^[51]
Carbondale	Sturgeon County	78
Cardiff	Sturgeon County	1,033
Carolside	Special Area No. 2
Carseland	Wheatland County	542	2021^[51]
Carvel	Parkland County	19	2009^[63]
Carway	Cardston County	2	2008^[52]
Caslan	Athabasca County	23	1991^[53]
Cassils	Newell, County of	22	2020^[60]
Cavendish	Special Area No. 2	26	1986^[64]
Cayley^{[N 10]}	Foothills County	414	2021^[51]
Cereal	Special Area No. 3	111	2021^[65]
Cessford	Special Area No. 2	31	1991^[53]
Chancellor	Wheatland County	5	2021^[51]
Cheadle	Wheatland County	83	2021^[51]
Cherhill	Lac Ste. Anne County	60	2008^[52]
Cherry Grove	Bonnyville No. 87, MD of	405	2014^[57]
Chin	Lethbridge County	83	2021^[51]
Chinook^{[N 11]}	Special Area No. 3	38	1991^[53]
Chisholm	Lesser Slave River No. 124, MD of	15	2021^[51]
Clairmont^{[N 12]}	Grande Prairie No. 1, County of	6,123	2024^[58]
Clandonald	Vermilion River, County of	117	2021^[51]
Cleardale	Clear Hills County	19	2008^[52]
Cluny^{[N 13]}	Wheatland County	50	2021^[51]
Cochrane Lake	Rocky View County	767
Colinton	Athabasca County	169
Collingwood Cove	Strathcona County	371	2024^[54]
Compeer^{[N 14]}	Special Area No. 4	21	1991^[53]
Condor	Clearwater County	99	1991^[53]
Conklin	Wood Buffalo, RM of	154	2021^[51]
Conrich	Rocky View County	15	2021^[51]
Craigmyle^{[N 15]}	Starland County	79	2013^[66]
Cynthia^{[N 16]}	Brazeau County	50	2005^[62]
Dalemead	Rocky View County	25	2021^[51]
Dalroy	Rocky View County	39	2021^[51]
Dalum	Wheatland County
Dapp	Westlock County	30	2021^[51]
Darwell	Lac Ste. Anne County	30	1981^[61]
De Winton	Foothills County	98	2003^[52]
Dead Man's Flats	Bighorn No. 8, MD of	377	2021^[51]
Deadwood	Northern Lights, County of	22	1991^[53]
DeBolt	Greenview No. 16, MD of	132	2021^[51]
Del Bonita	Cardston County	6	2008^[52]
Delacour	Rocky View County	5	2021^[51]
Demmitt	Grande Prairie No. 1, County of	0	2024^[58]
Derwent^{[N 17]}	Two Hills No. 21, County of	96	2021^[51]
Desert Blume	Cypress County	835	2021^[51]
Dewberry	Vermilion River, County of	161	2021^[68]
Diamond City^{[N 18]}	Lethbridge County	204	2021^[51]
Dickson	Red Deer County	50	2021^[51]
Dimsdale	Grande Prairie No. 1, County of	29	2024^[58]
Dixonville	Northern Lights, County of	96	2021^[51]
Donatville	Athabasca County	0	2016^[55]
Dorothy	Special Area No. 2	14	1991^[53]
Duffield	Parkland County	60	2021^[51]
Duhamel	Camrose County	46
Dunmore^{[N 19]}	Cypress County	1,088
Duvernay	Two Hills No. 21, County of	26	1991^[53]
Eaglesham^{[N 20]}	Birch Hills County	76	2021^[51]
Edwand	Smoky Lake County	2	1986^[64]
Egremont	Thorhild County	46	2021^[51]
Ellscott	Athabasca County	5	2021^[51]
Elmworth	Grande Prairie No. 1, County of	5	2024^[58]
Enchant^{[N 21]}	Taber, MD of	259	2016^[69]
Endiang	Stettler No. 6, County of	15	2021^[51]
Enilda	Big Lakes County	145	2021^[51]
Ensign	Vulcan County	26	2007^[52]
Entwistle^{[N 22]}	Parkland County	429	2021^[51]
Erskine^{[N 23]}	Stettler No. 6, County of	319	2021^[51]
Esther	Special Area No. 3
Etzikom	Forty Mile No. 8, County of	54	1991^[53]
Evansburg^{[N 24]}	Yellowhead County	717	2021^[51]
Excel	Special Area No. 3
Exshaw	Bighorn No. 8, MD of	449	2021^[51]
Fabyan	Wainwright No. 61, MD of	100	2007^[52]
Fairview	Lethbridge County	165	2021^[51]
Fallis	Parkland County	54	2009^[63]
Falun	Wetaskiwin No. 10, County of	25	1991^[53]
Faust	Big Lakes County	282	2021^[51]
Fawcett	Westlock County	60	2021^[51]
Federal	Paintearth No. 18, County of	19	1991^[53]
Ferintosh^{[N 25]}	Camrose County	180	2021^[51]
Flatbush	Lesser Slave River No. 124, MD of	30	2021^[51]
Fleet	Paintearth No. 18, County of	28	1991^[53]
Fort Assiniboine^{[N 26]}	Woodlands County	158	2021^[51]
Fort Chipewyan	Wood Buffalo, RM of	798
Fort Kent	Bonnyville No. 87, MD of	254
Fort McKay	Wood Buffalo, RM of	57^{[N 27]}	2021^[70]
Fort McMurray^{[N 28]}	Wood Buffalo, RM of	68,002^{[N 29]}	2021^[71]
Fort Vermilion	Mackenzie County	772	2024^[58]
Gadsby	Stettler No. 6, County of	36	2021^[51]
Gainford	Parkland County	118
Galahad^{[N 30]}	Flagstaff County	125
Gasoline Alley	Red Deer County^[73]
Gem	Newell, County of	29	2020^[60]
Gleichen^{[N 31]}	Wheatland County	314	2021^[51]
Glenevis	Lac Ste. Anne County	49	2008^[52]
Goodfare	Grande Prairie No. 1, County of	15	2024^[58]
Goose Lake^{[N 32]}	Woodlands County	11	unpublished^[74]
Grande Cache^{[N 33]}	Greenview No. 16, MD of	3,276	2021^[51]
Granum	Willow Creek No. 26, MD of	557
Grassland	Athabasca County	46
Grassy Lake^{[N 34]}	Taber, MD of	856
Green Court	Lac Ste. Anne County	51	2008^[52]
Greenshields	Wainwright No. 61, MD of	80	2007^[52]
Gregoire Lake Estates	Wood Buffalo, RM of	138	2021^[51]
Grouard^{[N 35]}	Big Lakes County	166	2021^[51]
Grovedale	Greenview No. 16, MD of	138	unpublished^[74]
Gunn	Lac Ste. Anne County	26	2021^[51]
Guy	Smoky River No. 130, MD of	57	1991^[53]
Gwynne	Wetaskiwin No. 10, County of	93	2021^[51]
Hairy Hill^{[N 36]}	Two Hills No. 21, County of	30^{[N 37]}	2001^[76]
Half Moon Lake^{[N 38]}	Strathcona County	206	2024^[54]
Halcourt	Grande Prairie No. 1, County of	5	2024^[58]
Harmony^[77]	Rocky View County	757	2021^[51]
Hartell	Foothills County	13	1991^[53]
Harvie Heights	Bighorn No. 8, MD of	163	2021^[51]
Hastings Lake	Strathcona County	110	2024^[54]
Haynes	Lacombe County	15	2021^[51]
Hays	Taber, MD of	196
Hayter	Provost No. 52, MD of	84
Heinsburg	St. Paul No. 19, County of	60	1991^[53]
Hemaruka	Special Area No. 4
Heritage Pointe	Foothills County	1,974^{[N 39]}	2021^[71]
Herronton	Vulcan County	10	2007^[52]
Hesketh	Kneehill County	10	2021^[51]
Hilda	Cypress County	40	2021^[51]
Hilliard	Lamont County	35	1991^[53]
Hoadley	Ponoka County	9	1991^[53]
Huallen	Grande Prairie No. 1, County of	10	2024^[58]
Huxley	Kneehill County	75	2021^[51]
Hylo	Lac La Biche County	33	2016^[78]
Hythe	Grande Prairie No. 1, County of	835	2024^[58]
Iddesleigh	Special Area No. 2	14	1991^[53]
Indus	Rocky View County	36	2021^[51]
Iron River	Bonnyville No. 87, MD of
Iron Springs	Lethbridge County	84	2021^[51]
Irvine^{[N 40]}	Cypress County	321	2021^[79]
Islay^{[N 41]}	Vermilion River, County of	177	2021^[51]
Janet	Rocky View County	1	2006^[52]
Janvier South^{[N 42]}	Wood Buffalo, RM of	61	2021^[51]
Jarvie	Westlock County	103	2021^[51]
Jean Cote	Smoky River No. 130, MD of	65	1991^[53]
Jenner^{[N 43]}	Special Area No. 2	35	1986^[64]
Joffre	Lacombe County	128	2021^[51]
Johnson's Addition	Taber, MD of	126	2021^[51]
Josephburg	Strathcona County	122	2024^[54]
Joussard	Big Lakes County	334	2021^[51]
Kathyrn	Rocky View County	21
Kavanagh	Leduc County	39
Keephills	Parkland County	57
Kelsey	Camrose County	15
Keoma	Rocky View County	95
Kimball	Cardston County	26	2008^[52]
Kingman	Camrose County	78	2021^[51]
Kinsella	Beaver County	40	2009^[80]
Kinuso^{[N 44]}	Big Lakes County	150	2021^[51]
Kipp	Lethbridge County	12	1981^[61]
Kirkcaldy	Vulcan County	12	2007^[52]
Kirriemuir	Special Area No. 4	28	1991^[53]
La Corey	Bonnyville No. 87, MD of	59	2014^[57]
La Crete	Mackenzie County	4,010	2024^[58]
La Glace	Grande Prairie No. 1, County of	179	2024^[58]
Lac des Arcs	Bighorn No. 8, MD of	146	2021^[51]
Lac La Biche^{[N 45]}	Lac La Biche County	3,215	2021^[56]
Lafond	St. Paul No. 19, County of	35	1991^[53]
Lake Louise	I.D. No. 9 (Banff)	691	2011^[82]
Lake Newell Resort	Newell, County of	457	2021^[51]
Lamoureux	Sturgeon County	60	2008^[52]
Landry Heights	Greenview No. 16, MD of	114	1991^[53]
Lanfine	Special Area No. 3
Langdon^{[N 46]}	Rocky View County	5,497	2021^[51]
Lavoy^{[N 47]}	Minburn No. 27, County of	108	2001^[83]
Leavitt	Cardston County	59	2008^[52]
Leedale	Ponoka County	11	1991^[53]
Leslieville	Clearwater County	134	2021^[51]
Lindbergh	St. Paul No. 19, County of	50	1991^[53]
Linn Valley	Red Deer County	218	2021^[51]
Little Buffalo	Northern Sunrise County	441	2021^[84]
Little Smoky	Greenview No. 16, MD of	28	1991^[53]
Lodgepole^{[N 48]}	Brazeau County	117	2021^[51]
Long Lake	Thorhild County	81
Looma	Leduc County	33
Lottie Lake	St. Paul No. 19, County of	94^{[N 49]}	1991^[53]
Lousana	Red Deer County	42	2021^[51]
Lowland Heights	Pincher Creek No. 9, MD of	43	2021^[51]
Loyalist	Special Area No. 4	8	1986^[64]
Lundbreck	Pincher Creek No. 9, MD of	289	2021^[51]
Lyalta	Wheatland County	480	2021^[51]
Lymburn	Grande Prairie No. 1, County of	5	2024^[58]
Madden	Rocky View County	10	2021^[51]
Mallaig	St. Paul No. 19, County of	210	2021^[51]
Manola	Barrhead No. 11, County of	29	1991^[53]
Manyberries	Forty Mile No. 8, County of	96	1991^[53]
Marie Reine	Northern Sunrise County	67	2010^[85]
Markerville	Red Deer County	38	2021^[51]
Marlboro	Yellowhead County	97	2021^[51]
Marten Beach	Lesser Slave River No. 124, MD of	38	1991^[53]
Maskwacis (formerly Hobbema)^[86]	Ponoka County	64	2021^[51]
McLaughlin	Vermilion River, County of	41	2015^[87]
Meanook	Athabasca County	35	2021^[51]
Mearns	Sturgeon County	10	2008^[52]
Meeting Creek	Camrose County	0	2021^[51]
Metiskow	Provost No. 52, MD of	65^{[N 50]}	1991^[53]
Michichi	Starland County	34	2013^[66]
Millarville	Foothills County	58	2003^[52]
Minburn^{[N 51]}	Minburn No. 27, County of	78	2021^[51]
Mirror^{[N 52]}	Lacombe County	481	2021^[51]
Mitsue Lake Industrial	Lesser Slave River No. 124, MD of	68	1986^[64]
Monarch^{[N 53]}	Lethbridge County	217	2021^[51]
Monitor^{[N 54]}	Special Area No. 4	60	1991^[53]
Moon River Estates	Willow Creek No. 26, MD of	145	2021^[51]
Morecambe	Two Hills No. 21, County of	23	1981^[61]
Morningside	Lacombe County	85	2021^[51]
Mossleigh	Vulcan County	53	2007^[52]
Mountain View^{[N 55]}	Cardston County	87	2021^[51]
Mulhurst Bay^{[N 56]}	Wetaskiwin No. 10, County of	447	2021^[51]
Musidora	Two Hills No. 21, County of	13	1991^[53]
Namaka	Wheatland County	72	2021^[51]
Namao	Sturgeon County	10	2010^[89]
Naphtha	Foothills County	27	1991^[53]
Neerlandia	Barrhead No. 11, County of	101	1991^[53]
Nestow	Westlock County	5	2021^[51]
Nevis	Stettler No. 6, County of	30	2021^[51]
New Brigden	Special Area No. 3	24	1991^[53]
New Dayton	Warner No. 5, County of	47	1991^[53]
New Norway^{[N 57]}	Camrose County	307	2021^[51]
New Sarepta^{[N 58]}	Leduc County	495
Newbrook	Thorhild County	63
Nightingale	Wheatland County	37
Nisku	Leduc County	30	2005^[92]
Niton Junction	Yellowhead County	88	2021^[51]
Nordegg	Clearwater County	53	1986^[64]
North Cooking Lake	Strathcona County	53	2024^[54]
North Star	Northern Lights, County of	49	1991^[53]
Notikewin	Northern Lights, County of	17	1991^[53]
Ohaton^{[N 59]}	Camrose County	133	2021^[51]
Opal	Thorhild County	24	2009^[50]
Orion	Forty Mile No. 8, County of	11	1991^[53]
Orton	Willow Creek No. 26, MD of	180	2021^[51]
Parkland	Willow Creek No. 26, MD of	50	1991^[53]
Patricia	Newell, County of	78	2021^[51]
Peers	Yellowhead County	91
Pelican Point	Camrose County	117
Peoria	Birch Hills County	12	1986^[64]
Perryvale	Athabasca County	10	2021^[51]
Pibroch	Westlock County	35
Pickardville	Westlock County	303
Pincher Station	Pincher Creek No. 9, MD of	26
Pine Sands	Sturgeon County	30	2008^[52]
Plamondon^{[N 60]}	Lac La Biche County	501	2021^[56]
Poplar Ridge	Brazeau County	604	2005^[62]
Priddis	Foothills County	79	2003^[52]
Priddis Greens	Foothills County	267	2003^[52]
Purple Springs	Taber, MD of	101	2021^[51]
Queenstown	Vulcan County	8	2007^[52]
Radway^{[N 61]}	Thorhild County	231	2021^[51]
Rainier	Newell, County of	22	2020^[60]
Ranfurly^{[N 62]}	Minburn No. 27, County of	71	2021^[51]
Red Earth Creek	Opportunity No. 17, MD of	315
Red Willow	Stettler No. 6, County of	63
Redland	Wheatland County	20
Reno	Northern Sunrise County	20
Rich Valley	Lac Ste. Anne County	32	2008^[52]
Richdale^{[N 63]}	Special Area No. 2	14	1991^[53]
Ridgevalley	Greenview No. 16, MD of	46	1991^[53]
Rivercourse	Vermilion River, County of	16	2015^[93]
Riverview	St. Paul No. 19, County of	49	1991^[53]
Rivière Qui Barre	Sturgeon County	91	2021^[51]
Robb	Yellowhead County	144
Rochester	Athabasca County	72
Rochfort Bridge	Lac Ste. Anne County	71	2008^[52]
Rocky Rapids	Brazeau County	317	2005^[62]
Rolling Hills	Newell, County of	273	2021^[51]
Rolly View	Leduc County	71
Rosebud^{[N 64]}	Wheatland County	112
Roselynn	Special Area No. 2
Round Hill	Camrose County	125	2021^[51]
Rowley	Starland County	8	2013^[66]
Rumsey^{[N 65]}	Starland County	64	2013^[66]
Sandy Lake^{[N 66]}	Opportunity No. 17, MD of	163	2021^[51]
Sangudo^{[N 67]}	Lac Ste. Anne County	298	2021^[51]
Saprae Creek	Wood Buffalo, RM of	658	2021^[70]
Scandia	Newell, County of	169	2021^[51]
Scapa	Special Area No. 2
Schuler	Cypress County	86	2021^[51]
Scotfield	Special Area No. 2
Sedalia	Special Area No. 3	15	1991^[53]
Seven Persons	Cypress County	277	2021^[51]
Shaughnessy	Lethbridge County	388	2021^[51]
Sheerness	Special Area No. 2	25	1986^[64]
Sherwood Park^{[N 68]}	Strathcona County	75,575	2024^[54]
Shouldice	Vulcan County	7	2007^[52]
Sibbald	Special Area No. 3	33	1991^[53]
Skiff	Forty Mile No. 8, County of	10	1991^[53]
Smith	Lesser Slave River No. 124, MD of	227	2021^[51]
South Cooking Lake	Strathcona County	291	2024^[54]
Spedden	Smoky Lake County	56	1991^[53]
Spring Coulee	Cardston County	43	2008^[52]
Springbrook	Red Deer County	1,534	2021^[51]
Spruce View	Red Deer County	138	2021^[51]
St. Edouard	St. Paul No. 19, County of	33	1991^[53]
St. Francis	Leduc County	15	1991^[53]
St. Isidore	Northern Sunrise County	236	2021^[51]
St. Lina	St. Paul No. 19, County of	24	1991^[53]
St. Michael	Lamont County	39
St. Vincent	St. Paul No. 19, County of	43
Stanmore	Special Area No. 2
Star	Lamont County	32	1991^[53]
Streamstown	Vermilion River, County of	20	2015^[94]
Strome^{[N 69]}	Flagstaff County	232	2021^[51]
Suffield^{[N 70]}	Cypress County	190
Sunnybrook	Leduc County	50
Sunnynook	Special Area No. 2	13	1991^[53]
Sunnyslope	Kneehill County	28	2021^[51]
Swalwell^{[N 71]}	Kneehill County	93	2021^[51]
Tangent	Birch Hills County	39	1991^[53]
Tawatinaw	Westlock County	15	2021^[51]
Teepee Creek	Grande Prairie No. 1, County of	20	2024^[58]
Tees	Lacombe County	73	2021^[51]
Telfordville	Leduc County	35	2021^[51]
Therien	Bonnyville No. 87, MD of	71	2014^[57]
Thorhild^{[N 72]}	Thorhild County	391	2021^[51]
Throne	Paintearth No. 18, County of
Thunder Lake	Barrhead No. 11, County of	34	1991^[53]
Tilley^{[N 73]}	Newell, County of	318	2021^[51]
Tillicum Beach	Camrose County	130
Tomahawk	Parkland County	113
Torrington^{[N 74]}	Kneehill County	239	2021^[56]
Travers	Vulcan County	0	2007^[52]
Tulliby Lake	Vermilion River, County of	22	2015^[97]
Turin	Lethbridge County	72	2021^[51]
Twin Butte	Pincher Creek No. 9, MD of	10	2021^[51]
Valhalla Centre	Grande Prairie No. 1, County of	40	2024^[58]
Veinerville	Cypress County	70	2021^[51]
Venice	Lac La Biche County	22	2016^[78]
Village at Pigeon Lake	Wetaskiwin No. 10, County of	77	2006^[52]
Villeneuve	Sturgeon County	260	2021^[51]
Vimy	Westlock County	183	2021^[51]
Violet Grove	Brazeau County	141	2005^[62]
Wabamun	Parkland County	644	2021^[98]
Wabasca^{[N 75]}	Opportunity No. 17, MD of	1,594	2021^[51]
Wagner	Lesser Slave River No. 124, MD of	171^{[N 76]}	1991^[53]
Walsh^{[N 77]}	Cypress County	50	2021^[51]
Wandering River	Athabasca County	63	1991^[53]
Wanham^{[N 78]}	Birch Hills County	141	2021^[51]
Wardlow	Special Area No. 2	28	1991^[53]
Warspite^{[N 79]}	Smoky Lake County	70	2021^[51]
Waterton Park	I.D. No. 4 (Waterton)	132	2021^[56]
Watino	Birch Hills County	22	1991^[53]
Watts	Special Area No. 2
Wedgewood	Grande Prairie No. 1, County of	736	2024^[58]
Welling	Cardston County	30	2008^[52]
Welling Station	Cardston County	18	2008^[52]
Westerose	Wetaskiwin No. 10, County of	63	1991^[53]
Whitelaw	Fairview No. 136, MD of	110	2021^[51]
Whitford	Lamont County	6	1981^[61]
Whitla	Forty Mile No. 8, County of
Widewater	Lesser Slave River No. 124, MD of	405	2021^[51]
Wildwood^{[N 80]}	Yellowhead County	257
Willingdon	Two Hills No. 21, County of	249
Wimborne	Kneehill County	15
Winfield	Wetaskiwin No. 10, County of	193
Winnifred	Forty Mile No. 8, County of	52	1956^[99]
Withrow	Clearwater County	50	1991^[53]
Woking	Saddle Hills County	62	2021^[51]
Woodhouse	Willow Creek No. 26, MD of	15	1991^[53]
Woolford	Cardston County	13	1986^[64]
Worsley	Clear Hills County	28	2008^[52]
Wostok	Lamont County	15	1991^[53]
Wrentham	Warner No. 5, County of	58	1991^[53]
Zama City	Mackenzie County	52	2021^[51]

Townsites

A townsite is a type of unincorporated community that is not officially defined under the Municipal Government Act (MGA), but it is generally regarded as an independent urban area within an Indian reserve that is comparable in population, land area, services, and built form, to that of Alberta's incorporated towns. Essentially, townsites would meet the eligibility requirements of the MGA to incorporate as a town if they were not on Indian reserve lands under federal jurisdiction.

Redwood Meadows is Alberta's only townsite at this time and is located within the Tsuutʼina Nation.

Other unincorporated communities

Métis settlements

Métis settlements are rural areas inhabited by the indigenous Métis in Alberta and were established and recognized in 1936 under the Métis Population Betterment Act. The settlements provide an autonomous land base, allow better access to education, health and other social services, and provide economic development opportunities for the only recognized Métis land-base in Canada.^[3] Métis settlements now operate under the authority of the Métis Settlements Act.^[5] These eight Métis settlements are governed by a unique Métis government known as the Métis Settlements General Council (MSGC).

Alberta currently has eight Métis settlements, all of which are in the northern half of the province. The official names of the eight settlements, and the municipal districts they are within, are as follows:

Métis settlements of Alberta
Name	Municipal district or specialized municipality^[100]	2021 Census of Population^[35]
Name	Municipal district or specialized municipality^[100]	Population (2021)	Population (2016)	Change (%)	Land area (km²)	Population density (/km²)
Buffalo Lake	Smoky Lake County	379	712	−46.8%	335.68	1.1
East Prairie	Big Lakes County	310	304	+2.0%	328.42	0.9
Elizabeth	BonnyvilleMD of Bonnyville No. 87	594	653	−9.0%	246.45	2.4
Fishing Lake	BonnyvilleMD of Bonnyville No. 87	414	446	−7.2%	348.64	1.2
Gift Lake^[j]	Big Lakes County Northern Sunrise County	625	658	−5.0%	803.29	0.8
Kikino^[k]	Smoky Lake County Lac La Biche County	978	934	+4.7%	441.69	2.2
Paddle Prairie	Northern LightsCounty of Northern Lights	551	544	+1.3%	1,726.45	0.3
Peavine	Big Lakes County	387	607	−36.2%	798.95	0.5
Total Metis settlements		4,238	4,858	−12.8%	5,029.57	0.8
Province of Alberta		4,262,635	4,067,175	+4.8%	634,658.27	6.7

*Areas generated from provincial Métis settlement boundary data.

Very small portions of the Gift Lake Métis Settlement and the Kikino Métis Settlement are also located within Northern Sunrise County and Lac La Biche County respectively.

Alberta's eight Métis settlements have a combined population totalling 5,632 as of 2018.^[4]

Indian reserves

Indian reserves in Alberta cover a total area of 656,660 ha (1,622,630 acres) and range in size from 441 ha (1,089 acres) to 143,529 ha (354,667 acres).^[5] Under the Constitution Act, 1982, legislative authority over Indian reserves is allocated to the Parliament of Canada. The Government of Canada exercises executive authority over Indian reserves through Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Local administration is exercised by Band councils whose members are elected by members of the reserve.

Indian reserves of Alberta
Name as used by Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada	First Nation(s)	Ethnic/national group	Tribal council	Treaty	Area		Population^[101]			Notes

Name as used by Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada	First Nation(s)	Ethnic/national group	Tribal council	Treaty	ha	acre	2016	2011	% difference	Notes
Ɂejëre Kʼelnı Kuę́ 196I^[102]	Smith's Landing	Dene		8	213.0	526.3				INAC lists the reserve in Alberta and the band headquartered in Fort Smith, Northwest Territories
Alexander 134^[103]	Alexander	Beaver Hills Cree	Yellowhead Tribal Development Foundation	6	7,280.5	17,990.5	1,099	1,027	7.0%
Alexander 134A^[104]	Alexander	Beaver Hills Cree	Yellowhead Tribal Development Foundation	6	2,303.3	5,691.6
Alexander 134B^[105]	Alexander	Beaver Hills Cree	Yellowhead Tribal Development Foundation	6	3.4	8.4
Alexis 133^[106]	Alexis Nakota Sioux	Nakoda	Yellowhead Tribal Development Foundation	6	6,175.2	15,259.3	755	817	-7.6%
Alexis Cardinal River 234^[107]	Alexis Nakota Sioux	Nakoda	Yellowhead Tribal Development Foundation	6	4,661.0	11,517.6
Alexis Elk River 233^[108]	Alexis Nakota Sioux	Nakoda	Yellowhead Tribal Development Foundation	6	98.0	242.2
Alexis Whitecourt 232^[109]	Alexis Nakota Sioux	Nakoda	Yellowhead Tribal Development Foundation	6	3,544.9	8,759.6
Allison Bay 219^[110]	Mikisew Cree	Woodland Cree		8	1,861.0	4,598.6	127	84	51.2%
Amber River 211^[111]	Dene Tha'	Slavey	North Peace Tribal Council	8	2,332.3	5,763.2
Assineau River 150F^[112]	Swan River	Woods Cree	Lesser Slave Lake Indian Regional Council	8	71.6	176.9
Beaver Lake 131^[113]	Beaver Lake Cree	Cree	Tribal Chiefs Ventures Incorporated	6	6,145.3	15,185.4	414	423	-2.1%
Beaver Ranch 163^[114]	Tallcree Tribal Government	Anishinaabe	North Peace Tribal Council	8	841.7	2,079.9	10	16	-37.5%
Beaver Ranch 163A^[115]	Tallcree Tribal Government	Anishinaabe	North Peace Tribal Council	8	240.0	593.1
Beaver Ranch 163B^[116]	Tallcree Tribal Government	Anishinaabe	North Peace Tribal Council	8	226.0	558.5
Big Horn 144A^[117]	Bearspaw Chiniki Stoney Wesley	Nakoda	Stoney Nakoda - Tsuut'ina Tribal Council	7	2,127.4	5,256.9	237	134	76.9%
Bistcho Lake 213^[118]	Dene Tha'	Slavey	North Peace Tribal Council	8	354.1	875.0
Blood 148^[119]	Blood	Blackfoot Confederacy	Blackfoot Confederacy	7	134,292.9	331,845.0	4,570	4,679	-2.3%
Blood 148A^[120]	Blood	Blackfoot Confederacy	Blackfoot Confederacy	7	1,971.7	4,872.2
Blue Quills First Nation Indian Reserve^[121]	Beaver Lake Cree Cold Lake Frog Lake Heart Lake Kehewin Cree Saddle Lake	Cree Chipewyan Cree Cree Cree Beaver Hills Cree	Tribal Chiefs Ventures Incorporated	6	96.2	237.7
Boyer 164^[122]	Beaver	Dane-zaa	North Peace Tribal Council	8	4,249.3	10,500.2	218	213	2.3%
Buck Lake 133C^[123]	Paul	Cree / Nakoda		6	1,035.2	2,558.0
Bushe River 207^[124]	Dene Tha'	Slavey	North Peace Tribal Council	8	111,675.0	275,954.9	503	492	2.2%
Charles Lake 225^[125]	Mikisew Cree	Woodland Cree		8	64.5	159.4
Child Lake 164A^[126]	Beaver	Dane-zaa	North Peace Tribal Council	8	1,035.2	2,558.0	216	188	14.9%
Chipewyan 201^[127]	Athabasca Chipewyan	Chipewyan	Athabasca Tribal Council	8	20,072.4	49,600.0
Chipewyan 201A^[128]	Athabasca Chipewyan	Chipewyan	Athabasca Tribal Council	8	9,516.2	23,515.0	0	5	-100.0%
Chipewyan 201B^[129]	Athabasca Chipewyan	Chipewyan	Athabasca Tribal Council	8	19.4	47.9
Chipewyan 201C^[130]	Athabasca Chipewyan	Chipewyan	Athabasca Tribal Council	8	18.2	45.0
Chipewyan 201D^[131]	Athabasca Chipewyan	Chipewyan	Athabasca Tribal Council	8	4.3	10.6
Chipewyan 201E^[132]	Athabasca Chipewyan	Chipewyan	Athabasca Tribal Council	8	4,165.5	10,293.2
Chipewyan 201F^[133]	Athabasca Chipewyan	Chipewyan	Athabasca Tribal Council	8	66.4	164.1
Chipewyan 201G^[134]	Athabasca Chipewyan	Chipewyan	Athabasca Tribal Council	8	905.3	2,237.0
Clear Hills 152C^[135]	Horse Lake	Cree / Dane-zaa	Western Cree Tribal Council	8	1,547.1	3,823.0
Clearwater 175^[136]	Fort McMurray #468	Cree / Chipewyan	Athabasca Tribal Council	8	915.4	2,262.0
Cold Lake 149^[137]	Cold Lake	Chipewyan	Tribal Chiefs Ventures Incorporated	6	14,528.1	35,899.7	671	594	13.0%
Cold Lake 149A^[138]	Cold Lake	Chipewyan	Tribal Chiefs Ventures Incorporated	6	71.6	176.9	40	45	-11.1%
Cold Lake 149B^[139]	Cold Lake	Chipewyan	Tribal Chiefs Ventures Incorporated	6	4,134.0	10,215.3	163	149	9.4%
Cold Lake 149C^[140]	Cold Lake	Chipewyan	Tribal Chiefs Ventures Incorporated	6	2,023.5	5,000.2
Collin Lake 223^[141]	Mikisew Cree	Woodland Cree		8	36.4	89.9
Cornwall Lake 224^[142]	Mikisew Cree	Woodland Cree		8	69.3	171.2
Cowper Lake 194A^[143]	Chipewyan Prairie	Chipewyan	Athabasca Tribal Council	8	143.0	353.4
Devil's Gate 220^[144]	Mikisew Cree	Woodland Cree		8	819.1	2,024.0
Dog Head 218^[145]	Mikisew Cree	Woodland Cree		8	34.8	86.0	99	111	-10.8%
Drift Pile River 150^[146]	Driftpile Cree	Cree	Lesser Slave Lake Indian Regional Council	8	6,354.8	15,703.1	828	800	3.5%
Duncans 151A^[147]	Duncan's	Woods Cree	Western Cree Tribal Council	8	2,036.8	5,033.0	150	164	-8.5%
Eden Valley 216^[148]	Bearspaw Chiniki Stoney Wesley	Nakoda	Stoney Nakoda - Tsuut'ina Tribal Council	7	1,690.8	4,178.1	596	587	1.5%
Enoch Cree Nation 135^[149]	Enoch Cree	Beaver Hills Cree		6	5,306.2	13,111.9	1,690	987	71.2%	Was Stony Plain 135
Enoch Cree Nation No. 135A^[150]	Enoch Cree	Beaver Hills Cree		6	2.0	4.9
Ermineskin 138^[151]	Ermineskin Tribe	Cree	Maskwacis Cree Tribal Council	6	10,295.8	25,441.5	2,457	1,874	31.1%
Fitzgerald No. 196^[152]	Salt River First Nation #195	Dene	Akaitcho Territory Government	8	3,715.0	9,180.0				Headquartered in the NWT
Fort McKay 174^[153]	Fort McKay	Cree / Dene	Athabasca Tribal Council	8	3,106.7	7,676.8
Fort McKay 174C^[154]	Fort McKay	Cree / Dene	Athabasca Tribal Council	8	3,381.4	8,355.6
Fort McKay 174D^[155]	Fort McKay	Cree / Dene	Athabasca Tribal Council	8	660.8	1,632.9
Fort Vermilion 173B^[156]	Tallcree Tribal Government	Anishinaabe	North Peace Tribal Council	8	49.7	122.8	96	97	-1.0%
Fox Lake 162^[157]	Little Red River Cree	Woods Cree	North Peace Tribal Council	8	10,438.3	25,793.6	2,032	1,875	8.4%
Gregoire Lake 176^[158]	Fort McMurray #468	Cree / Chipewyan	Athabasca Tribal Council	8	2,231.9	5,515.1	191	274	-30.3%
Gregoire Lake 176A^[159]	Fort McMurray #468	Cree / Chipewyan	Athabasca Tribal Council	8	67.4	166.5	130	0
Gregoire Lake 176B^[160]	Fort McMurray #468	Cree / Chipewyan	Athabasca Tribal Council	8	17.0	42.0
Hay Lake 209^[161]	Dene Tha'	Slavey	North Peace Tribal Council	8	12,355.3	30,530.6	883	949	-7.0%
Heart Lake 167^[162]	Heart Lake	Cree	Tribal Chiefs Ventures Incorporated	6	4,496.2	11,110.4	184	159	15.7%
Heart Lake 167A^[163]	Heart Lake	Cree	Tribal Chiefs Ventures Incorporated	6	8.3	20.5
Hokedhe Túe 196E^[164]	Smith's Landing	Chipewyan		8	440.4	1,088.3				INAC lists the reserve in Alberta and the band headquartered in Fort Smith, Northwest Territories
Horse Lakes 152B^[165]	Horse Lake	Cree / Dane-zaa	Western Cree Tribal Council	8	1,552.0	3,835.1	469	402	16.7%
Jackfish Point 214^[166]	Dene Tha'	Slavey	North Peace Tribal Council	8	103.6	256.0
Janvier 194^[167]	Chipewyan Prairie	Chipewyan	Athabasca Tribal Council	8	2,486.7	6,144.8	414	295	40.3%
Jean Baptiste Gambler 183^[168]	Bigstone Cree	Woods Cree		8	198.7	491.0	253	254	-0.4%
John D'Or Prairie 215^[169]	Little Red River Cree	Woods Cree	North Peace Tribal Council	8	14,034.0	34,678.8	1,196	1,123	6.5%
K'i Túe 196D^[170]	Smith's Landing	Chipewyan		8	484.3	1,196.7				INAC lists the reserve in Alberta and the band headquartered in Fort Smith, Northwest Territories
Kapawe'no First Nation 150B^[171]	Kapawe'no	Woods Cree	Lesser Slave Lake Indian Regional Council	8	29.6	73.1	154	115	33.9%
Kapawe'no First Nation 150C^[172]	Kapawe'no	Woods Cree	Lesser Slave Lake Indian Regional Council	8	21.0	51.9
Kapawe'no First Nation 150D^[173]	Kapawe'no	Woods Cree	Lesser Slave Lake Indian Regional Council	8	390.1	964.0	5	5	0.0%
Kapawe'no First Nation 229^[174]	Kapawe'no	Woods Cree	Lesser Slave Lake Indian Regional Council	8	129.0	318.8
Kapawe'no First Nation 230^[175]	Kapawe'no	Woods Cree	Lesser Slave Lake Indian Regional Council	8	846.0	2,090.5
Kapawe'no First Nation 231^[176]	Kapawe'no	Woods Cree	Lesser Slave Lake Indian Regional Council	8	147.0	363.2
Kehewin 123^[177]	Kehewin Cree	Cree	Tribal Chiefs Ventures Incorporated	6	8,225.0	20,324.4	976	1,065	-8.4%
Li Dezé 196C^[178]	Smith's Landing	Chipewyan		8	729.4	1,802.4				INAC lists the reserve in Alberta and the band headquartered in Fort Smith, Northwest Territories
Loon Lake 235^[179]	Loon River Cree	Woods Cree	Kee Tas Kee Now Tribal Council	8	6,902.3	17,056.0	555	511	8.6%
Loon Prairie 237^[180]	Loon River Cree	Woods Cree	Kee Tas Kee Now Tribal Council	8	259.6	641.5
Louis Bull 138B^[181]	Louis Bull	Beaver Hills Cree	Maskwacis Cree Tribal Council	6	3,388.1	8,372.2	1,177	1,309	-10.1%
Makaoo 120^[182]	Onion Lake Cree	Cree		6	5,626.6	13,903.6	208	180	15.6%	Headquartered in Saskatchewan
Montana 139^[183]	Montana	Cree	Maskwacis Cree Tribal Council	6	2,824.8	6,980.2	630	653	-3.5%
Namur Lake 174B^[184]	Fort McKay	Cree / Dene	Athabasca Tribal Council	8	3,122.2	7,715.1
Namur River 174A^[185]	Fort McKay	Cree / Dene	Athabasca Tribal Council	8	4,614.9	11,403.7
O'Chiese 203^[186]	O'Chiese	Anishinaabe	Yellowhead Tribal Development Foundation	6	14,131.9	34,920.7	789	751	5.1%
O'Chiese Cemetery 203A^[187]	O'Chiese	Anishinaabe	Yellowhead Tribal Development Foundation	6	0.1	0.2
Old Fort 217^[188]	Mikisew Cree	Woodland Cree		8	1,509.0	3,728.8
Peace Point 222^[189]	Mikisew Cree	Woodland Cree		8	518.0	1,280.0
Peerless Trout 238^[190]	Peerless Trout	Woods Cree	Kee Tas Kee Now Tribal Council	8	3,553.2	8,780.1
Peigan Timber Limit "B"^[191]	Piikani	Piegan Blackfeet	Blackfoot Confederacy	7	2,978.6	7,360.3
Pigeon Lake 138A^[192]	Ermineskin Tribe Louis Bull Montana Samson	Beaver Hills Cree Beaver Hills Cree Cree Beaver Hills Cree	Maskwacis Cree Tribal Council	6	1,921.1	4,747.1	429	485	-11.5%
PiikanI^[193]	Piikani	Piegan Blackfeet	Blackfoot Confederacy	7	42,699.2	105,512.0	1,544	1,217	26.9%
Puskiakiwenin 122^[194]	Frog Lake	Cree	Tribal Chiefs Ventures Incorporated	6	10,339.1	25,548.5	531	484	9.7%
Saddle Lake 125^[195]	Saddle Lake Cree	Beaver Hills Cree		6	25,780.6	63,705.2	UN	UN	UN
Samson 137^[196]	Samson	Beaver Hills Cree	Maskwacis Cree Tribal Council	6	13,552.0	33,487.7	3,373	3,746	-10.0%
Samson 137A^[197]	Samson	Beaver Hills Cree	Maskwacis Cree Tribal Council	6	134.4	332.1	26	38	-31.6%
Sandy Point 221^[198]	Mikisew Cree	Woodland Cree		8	204.0	504.1
Sawridge 150G^[199]	Sawridge	Woods Cree	Lesser Slave Lake Indian Regional Council	8	906.5	2,240.0	20	48	-58.3%
Sawridge 150H^[200]	Sawridge	Woods Cree	Lesser Slave Lake Indian Regional Council	8	1,236.8	3,056.2	10	20	-50.0%
Siksika 146^[201]	Siksika	Piegan Blackfeet	Blackfoot Confederacy	7	71,087.5	175,661.0	3,479	2,972	17.1%
Stoney 142-143-144^[202]	Bearspaw Chiniki Stoney Wesley	Nakoda	Stoney Nakoda - Tsuut'ina Tribal Council	7	39,264.5	97,024.7	3,713	3,494	6.3%
Stoney 142B^[203]	Bearspaw Chiniki Stoney Wesley	Nakoda	Stoney Nakoda - Tsuut'ina Tribal Council	7	5,692.4	14,066.2
Sturgeon Lake 154^[204]	Sturgeon Lake Cree	Woods Cree	Western Cree Tribal Council	8	14,814.3	36,606.9	1,447	1,162	24.5%
Sturgeon Lake 154A^[205]	Sturgeon Lake Cree	Woods Cree	Western Cree Tribal Council	8	753.1	1,861.0	53	24	120.8%
Sturgeon Lake 154B^[206]	Sturgeon Lake Cree	Woods Cree	Western Cree Tribal Council	8	97.1	239.9
Sucker Creek 150A^[207]	Sucker Creek	Woods Cree	Lesser Slave Lake Indian Regional Council	8	5,987.0	14,794.2	689	677	1.8%
Sunchild 202^[208]	Sunchild	Beaver Hills Cree	Yellowhead Tribal Development Foundation	6	5,218.1	12,894.2	749	677	10.6%
Swampy Lake 236^[209]	Loon River Cree	Woods Cree	Kee Tas Kee Now Tribal Council	8	14,744.4	36,434.2	413	312	32.4%
Swan River 150E^[210]	Swan River	Woods Cree	Lesser Slave Lake Indian Regional Council	8	4,271.1	10,554.1	250	202	23.8%
Tall Cree 173^[211]	Tallcree Tribal Government	Anishinaabe	North Peace Tribal Council	8	4,031.5	9,962.1	224	163	37.4%
Tall Cree 173A^[212]	Tallcree Tribal Government	Anishinaabe	North Peace Tribal Council	8	2,723.4	6,729.7	28	0
Thabacha Náre 196A^[213]	Smith's Landing	Chipewyan		8	397.2	981.5	20	30	-33.3%	INAC lists the reserve in Alberta and the band headquartered in Fort Smith, Northwest Territories
Thebathi 196^[214]	Smith's Landing	Chipewyan		8	6,524.0	16,121.2				INAC lists the reserve in Alberta and the band headquartered in Fort Smith, Northwest Territories
Tsu K'adhe Túe 196F^[215]	Smith's Landing	Chipewyan		8	231.6	572.3				INAC lists the reserve in Alberta and the band headquartered in Fort Smith, Northwest Territories
Tsu Nedehe Tue 196H^[216]	Smith's Landing	Chipewyan		8	586.0	1,448.0				INAC lists the reserve in Alberta and the band headquartered in Fort Smith, Northwest Territories
Tsu Túe 196G^[217]	Smith's Landing	Chipewyan		8	42.7	105.5				INAC lists the reserve in Alberta and the band headquartered in Fort Smith, Northwest Territories
Tsuu T'ina Nation 145^[218]	Tsuut'ina	Dene	Stoney Nakoda - Tsuut'ina Tribal Council	7	29,417.4	72,692.0	1,643	2,052	-19.9%
Tthejëre Ghaı̨lı̨ 196B^[219]	Smith's Landing	Chipewyan		8	401.1	991.1				INAC lists the reserve in Alberta and the band headquartered in Fort Smith, Northwest Territories
Unipouheos 121^[220]	Frog Lake	Cree	Tribal Chiefs Ventures Incorporated	6	8,506.3	21,019.5	909	813	11.8%
Upper Hay River 212^[221]	Dene Tha'	Slavey	North Peace Tribal Council	8	1,418.0	3,504.0	294	292	0.7%
Utikoomak Lake 155^[222]	Whitefish Lake	Woods Cree	Kee Tas Kee Now Tribal Council	8	6,756.1	16,694.7	723	644	12.3%
Utikoomak Lake 155A^[223]	Whitefish Lake	Woods Cree	Kee Tas Kee Now Tribal Council	8	1,041.0	2,572.4	127	121	5.0%
Utikoomak Lake 155B^[224]	Whitefish Lake	Woods Cree	Kee Tas Kee Now Tribal Council	8	502.6	1,242.0
Wabamun 133A^[225]	Paul	Cree / Nakoda		6	6,116.9	15,115.2	1,592	1,069	48.9%
Wabamun 133B^[226]	Paul	Cree / Nakoda		6	178.5	441.1	30	17	76.5%
Wabasca 166^[227]	Bigstone Cree	Woods Cree		8	8,452.4	20,886.3	160	152	5.3%
Wabasca 166A^[228]	Bigstone Cree	Woods Cree		8	682.1	1,685.5	658	738	-10.8%
Wabasca 166B^[229]	Bigstone Cree	Woods Cree		8	2,413.4	5,963.6	190	250	-24.0%
Wabasca 166C^[230]	Bigstone Cree	Woods Cree		8	3,502.6	8,655.1	188	182	3.3%
Wabasca 166D^[231]	Bigstone Cree	Woods Cree		8	5,817.4	14,375.1	961	885	8.6%
Wadlin Lake 173C^[232]	Tallcree Tribal Government	Anishinaabe	North Peace Tribal Council	8	48.0	118.6
White Fish Lake 128^[233]	Saddle Lake Cree	Beaver Hills Cree		6	4,542.7	11,225.3	1,310	1,188	10.3%
William McKenzie 151K^[234]	Duncan's	Woods Cree	Western Cree Tribal Council	8	389.3	962.0
Winefred Lake 194B^[235]	Chipewyan Prairie	Chipewyan	Athabasca Tribal Council	8	450.0	1,112.0
Woodland Cree 226^[236]	Woodland Cree	Woodland Cree	Kee Tas Kee Now Tribal Council	8	11,660.0	28,812.5	723	706	2.4%
Woodland Cree 227^[237]	Woodland Cree	Woodland Cree	Kee Tas Kee Now Tribal Council	8	660.0	1,630.9
Woodland Cree 228^[238]	Woodland Cree	Woodland Cree	Kee Tas Kee Now Tribal Council	8	3,786.0	9,355.4	150	143	4.9%
Zama Lake 210^[239]	Dene Tha'	Slavey	North Peace Tribal Council	8	2,307.2	5,701.2

Notes

^ Beaumont is Alberta's newest city, incorporated on January 1, 2019. Based on 2016 data, Beaumont is Alberta's smallest city by land area, but in 2017 its area increased to nearly 2,400 hectares, making it larger than Wetaskiwin and Lacombe.^[6]
^ Brooks is Alberta's smallest city by land area.
^ Calgary is Canada's third-largest city, Alberta's largest city by both population and area, and was Alberta's first city, incorporated on January 1, 1894. The Calgary census metropolitan area (CMA) includes the cities of Airdrie, Calgary and Chestermere.
^ Chestermere was known as Chestermere Lake prior to March 1, 1993.^[6]
^ Edmonton is Canada's fifth-largest city and Alberta's capital. The Edmonton CMA includes the cities of Beaumont, Edmonton, Fort Saskatchewan, Leduc, Spruce Grove and St. Albert.
^ The balance of Lloydminster is located within Saskatchewan.
^ Wetaskiwin is Alberta's smallest city by population.

^ Athabasca was formerly known as Athabasca Landing prior to August 4, 1913.^[9]
^ 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]
^ Fort Macleod, which grew around the NWMP's Fort Macleod barracks (built 1874), was formerly known as Macleod prior to April 1, 1952.^[9]
^ Peace River was formerly known as Peace River Crossing prior to May 22, 1916.^[9]
^ St. Paul was formerly known as St. Paul de Métis prior to December 15, 1932.
^ Bellis dissolved from village status on December 31, 1945.
^ Blackie dissolved from village status on August 31, 1997.
^ Burdett dissolved from village status on January 1, 2003.
^ Cadogan dissolved from village status on December 31, 1945.
^ Cayley dissolved from village status on June 1, 1996.
^ Chinook dissolved from village status on April 1, 1977.
^ Clairmont dissolved from village status on December 31, 1945.
^ Cluny dissolved from village status on September 15, 1995.
^ Compeer dissolved from village status on December 31, 1936.
^ Craigmyle dissolved from village status on January 1, 1972.
^ Cynthia dissolved from town status on May 1, 1959.
^ Derwent dissolved from village status on September 1, 2010.^[67]
^ Diamond City dissolved from village status on June 30, 1937.
^ Dunmore dissolved from village status on February 4, 1919.
^ Eaglesham dissolved from village status on December 31, 1996.
^ Enchant dissolved from village status on January 30, 1945.
^ Entwistle dissolved from village status on December 31, 2000.
^ Erskine dissolved from village status on May 20, 1946.
^ Evansburg dissolved from village status on June 30, 1998.
^ Ferintosh dissolved from village status on January 1, 2020.
^ For Assiniboine dissolved from village status on December 31, 1991.
^ Fort McKay's population does not include portion of community on Indian reserve.
^ Fort McMurray is one of two hamlets designated an urban service area.
^ Fort McMurray's population is that of its population centre as delineated by Statistics Canada.^[71]
^ Galahad dissolved from village status on January 1, 2016.^[72]
^ Gleichen dissolved from town status on March 31, 1998.
^ Goose Lake is also known as Lone Pine.
^ Grande Cache dissolved from town status on January 1, 2019.^[75]
^ Grassy Lake dissolved from village status on July 1, 1996.
^ Grouard, also known as Grouard Mission, dissolved from village status on January 18, 1944.
^ Hairy Hill dissolved from village status on December 31, 1996.
^ Hairy Hill's population is from the 2001 federal census (Statistics Canada did not publish its population in the 2006, 2011 or 2016 federal censuses).
^ Half Moon Lake is also known as Half Moon Estates.
^ Heritage Pointe's population is that of its population centre as delineated by Statistics Canada.^[71]
^ Irvine dissolved from town status on December 31, 1996.
^ Islay dissolved from village status on March 2, 1944.
^ Janvier South is also known as Janvier and Chard.
^ Jenner dissolved from village status on June 22, 1943.
^ Kinuso dissolved from village status on September 1, 2009.
^ Lac La Biche dissolved from town status on August 1, 2007, as a result of its amalgamation with Lakeland County to form Lac La Biche County.^[81]
^ Langdon dissolved from village status on December 31, 1945.
^ Lavoy dissolved from village status on April 30, 1999.
^ Lodgepole dissolved from new town status on March 1, 1970.
^ Referred to as Lottie Lake Development by Statistics Canada in the 1991 census.^[53]
^ Statistics Canada cautioned that Metiskow's population from the 1991 census may be an estimate.^[53]
^ Minburn dissolved from village status on July 1, 2015.^[88]
^ Mirror dissolved from village status on January 1, 2004.
^ Monarch dissolved from village status on December 31, 1938.
^ Monitor dissolved from village status on December 31, 1945.
^ Mountain View dissolved from village status on September 9, 1915.
^ Mulhurst Bay is also known as Mulhurst.
^ New Norway dissolved from village status on November 1, 2012.^[90]
^ New Sarepta dissolved from village status on September 1, 2010.^[91]
^ Ohaton dissolved from village status on December 31, 1945.
^ Plamondon dissolved from village status on May 1, 2002.
^ Radway dissolved from village status on December 31, 1996.
^ Ranfurly dissolved from village status on December 31, 1945.
^ Richdale dissolved from village status on June 2, 1931.
^ Rosebud dissolved from village status on December 31, 1945.
^ Rumsey dissolved from village status on January 1, 1995.
^ Sandy Lake is also known as Pelican Mountain.
^ Sangudo dissolved from village status on September 16, 2007.
^ Sherwood Park is one of two hamlets designated an urban service area.
^ Strome dissolved from village status on January 1, 2016.^[95]
^ Suffield dissolved from village status on January 1, 1930.
^ Swalwell dissolved from village status on December 31, 1945.
^ Thorhild dissolved from village status on March 18, 2009.
^ Tilley dissolved from village status on August 31, 2013.^[96]
^ Torrington dissolved from village status on January 1, 1998.
^ Wabasca was formerly named Wabasca-Desmarais.
^ Statistics Canada cautioned that Wagner's population from the 1991 census may be an estimate.^[53]
^ Walsh dissolved from village status on April 30, 1925.
^ Wanham dissolved from village status on December 31, 1999.
^ Warspite dissolved from village status on June 1, 2000.
^ Wildwood dissolved from village status on December 31, 1990.

^ Bittern Lake was formerly known as Rosenroll prior to December 16, 1911.^[24]
^ Delia was formerly known as Highland prior to December 9, 1915.^[25]
^ Hay Lakes was formerly known as Hay Lake prior to January 1, 1932.^[26]
^ Ryley was also known as Equity in 1909.^[27]
^ Spring Lake was formerly known as Edmonton Beach prior to January 1, 1999.^[28]
^ The Summer Village of Horseshoe Bay conducted a municipal census in 2017 that counted a population of 73.^[32]
^ Jasper's 2011 municipal census also counted a shadow (non-permanent resident) population of 652 for a combined population of 5,236.
^ Excludes the unpopulated land area of the portion of the Kikino Metis Settlement that is within Lac La Biche County.
^ Wood Buffalo's 2015 municipal census also counted a shadow population of 43,084 for a combined population of 125,032.
^ Gift Lake comprises two parts. The majority is located within Big Lakes County, while the balance is located within Northern Sunrise County. The Big Lakes County portion (part "A") had a population of 625 living on 802.46 km² (309.83 sq mi) in 2021, while the Northern Sunrise County portion (part "B") had a population of 0 living on 0.83 km² (0.32 sq mi).^[35]
^ Kikino comprises two parts. The majority is located within Smoky Lake County, while the balance is located within Lac La Biche County. The Smoky Lake County portion (part "A") had a population of 978 living on 440.92 km² (170.24 sq mi) in 2021, while the Lac La Biche County portion (part "B") had a population of 0 living on 0.77 km² (0.30 sq mi).^[35]

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^ Reserve, settlement or village details for Eden Valley 216 Reserve at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved July 30, 2021.
^ Reserve, settlement or village details for Enoch Cree Nation 135 Reserve at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved July 30, 2021.
^ Reserve, settlement or village details for Enoch Cree Nation No. 135A Reserve at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved July 30, 2021.
^ Reserve, settlement or village details for Ermineskin 138 Reserve at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved July 30, 2021.
^ Reserve, settlement or village details for Fitzgerald No. 196 Reserve at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved August 13, 2021.
^ Reserve, settlement or village details for Fort McKay 174 Reserve at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved July 30, 2021.
^ Reserve, settlement or village details for Fort McKay 174C Reserve at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved July 30, 2021.
^ Reserve, settlement or village details for Fort McKay 174D Reserve at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved July 30, 2021.
^ Reserve, settlement or village details for Fort Vermilion 173B Reserve at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved July 30, 2021.
^ Reserve, settlement or village details for Fox Lake 162 Reserve at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved July 30, 2021.
^ Reserve, settlement or village details for Gregoire Lake 176 Reserve at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved July 30, 2021.
^ Reserve, settlement or village details for Gregoire Lake 176A Reserve at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved July 30, 2021.
^ Reserve, settlement or village details for Gregoire Lake 176B Reserve at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved July 30, 2021.
^ Reserve, settlement or village details for Hay Lake 209 Reserve at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved July 30, 2021.
^ Reserve, settlement or village details for Heart Lake 167 Reserve at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved July 30, 2021.
^ Reserve, settlement or village details for Heart Lake 167A Reserve at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved July 30, 2021.
^ Reserve, settlement or village details for Hokedhe Túe 196E Reserve at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved July 30, 2021.
^ Reserve, settlement or village details for Horse Lakes 152B Reserve at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved July 30, 2021.
^ Reserve, settlement or village details for Jackfish Point 214 Reserve at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved July 30, 2021.
^ Reserve, settlement or village details for Janvier 194 Reserve at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved July 30, 2021.
^ Reserve, settlement or village details for Jean Baptiste Gambler 183 Reserve at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved July 30, 2021.
^ Reserve, settlement or village details for John D'Or Prairie 215 Reserve at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved July 30, 2021.
^ Reserve, settlement or village details for K'i Túe 196D Reserve at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved July 30, 2021.
^ Reserve, settlement or village details for Kapawe'no First Nation 150B Reserve at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved July 30, 2021.
^ Reserve, settlement or village details for Kapawe'no First Nation 150C Reserve at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved July 30, 2021.
^ Reserve, settlement or village details for Kapawe'no First Nation 150D Reserve at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved July 30, 2021.
^ Reserve, settlement or village details for Kapawe'no First Nation 229 Reserve at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved July 30, 2021.
^ Reserve, settlement or village details for Kapawe'no First Nation 230 Reserve at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved July 30, 2021.
^ Reserve, settlement or village details for Kapawe'no First Nation 231 Reserve at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved July 30, 2021.
^ Reserve, settlement or village details for Kehewin 123 Reserve at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved July 30, 2021.
^ Reserve, settlement or village details for Li Dezé 196C Reserve at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved July 30, 2021.
^ Reserve, settlement or village details for Loon Lake 235 Reserve at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved July 30, 2021.
^ Reserve, settlement or village details for Loon Prairie 237 Reserve at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved July 30, 2021.
^ Reserve, settlement or village details for Louis Bull 138B Reserve at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved July 30, 2021.
^ Reserve, settlement or village details for Makaoo 120 Reserve at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved July 30, 2021.
^ Reserve, settlement or village details for Montana 139 Reserve at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved July 30, 2021.
^ Reserve, settlement or village details for Namur Lake 174B Reserve at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved July 30, 2021.
^ Reserve, settlement or village details for Namur River 174A Reserve at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved July 30, 2021.
^ Reserve, settlement or village details for O'Chiese 203 Reserve at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved July 30, 2021.
^ Reserve, settlement or village details for O'Chiese Cemetery 203A Reserve at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved July 30, 2021.
^ Reserve, settlement or village details for Old Fort 217 Reserve at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved July 30, 2021.
^ Reserve, settlement or village details for Peace Point 222 Reserve at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved July 30, 2021.
^ Reserve, settlement or village details for Peerless Trout 238 Reserve at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved July 30, 2021.
^ Reserve, settlement or village details for Peigan Timber Limit "B" Reserve at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved July 30, 2021.
^ Reserve, settlement or village details for Pigeon Lake 138A Reserve at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved July 30, 2021.
^ Reserve, settlement or village details for PiikanI Reserve at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved July 30, 2021.
^ Reserve, settlement or village details for Puskiakiwenin 122 Reserve at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved July 30, 2021.
^ Reserve, settlement or village details for Saddle Lake 125 Reserve at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved July 30, 2021.
^ Reserve, settlement or village details for Samson 137 Reserve at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved July 30, 2021.
^ Reserve, settlement or village details for Samson 137A Reserve at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved July 30, 2021.
^ Reserve, settlement or village details for Sandy Point 221 Reserve at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved July 30, 2021.
^ Reserve, settlement or village details for Sawridge 150G Reserve at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved July 30, 2021.
^ Reserve, settlement or village details for Sawridge 150H Reserve at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved July 30, 2021.
^ Reserve, settlement or village details for Siksika 146 Reserve at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved July 30, 2021.
^ Reserve, settlement or village details for Stoney 142-143-144 Reserve at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved July 30, 2021.
^ Reserve, settlement or village details for Stoney 142B Reserve at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved July 30, 2021.
^ Reserve, settlement or village details for Sturgeon Lake 154 Reserve at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved July 30, 2021.
^ Reserve, settlement or village details for Sturgeon Lake 154A Reserve at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved July 30, 2021.
^ Reserve, settlement or village details for Sturgeon Lake 154B Reserve at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved July 30, 2021.
^ Reserve, settlement or village details for Sucker Creek 150A Reserve at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved July 30, 2021.
^ Reserve, settlement or village details for Sunchild 202 Reserve at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved July 30, 2021.
^ Reserve, settlement or village details for Swampy Lake 236 Reserve at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved July 30, 2021.
^ Reserve, settlement or village details for Swan River 150E Reserve at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved July 30, 2021.
^ Reserve, settlement or village details for Tall Cree 173 Reserve at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved July 30, 2021.
^ Reserve, settlement or village details for Tall Cree 173A Reserve at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved July 30, 2021.
^ Reserve, settlement or village details for Thabacha Náre 196A Reserve at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved July 30, 2021.
^ Reserve, settlement or village details for Thebathi 196 Reserve at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved July 30, 2021.
^ Reserve, settlement or village details for Tsu K'adhe Túe 196F Reserve at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved July 30, 2021.
^ Reserve, settlement or village details for Tsu Nedehe Tue 196H Reserve at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved July 30, 2021.
^ Reserve, settlement or village details for Tsu Túe 196G Reserve at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved July 30, 2021.
^ Reserve, settlement or village details for Tsuu T'ina Nation 145 Reserve at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved July 30, 2021.
^ Reserve, settlement or village details for Tthe Jere Ghaili 196B Reserve at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved July 30, 2021.
^ Reserve, settlement or village details for Unipouheos 121 Reserve at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved July 30, 2021.
^ Reserve, settlement or village details for Upper Hay River 212 Reserve at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved July 30, 2021.
^ Reserve, settlement or village details for Utikoomak Lake 155 Reserve at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved July 30, 2021.
^ Reserve, settlement or village details for Utikoomak Lake 155A Reserve at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved July 30, 2021.
^ Reserve, settlement or village details for Utikoomak Lake 155B Reserve at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved July 30, 2021.
^ Reserve, settlement or village details for Wabamun 133A Reserve at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved July 30, 2021.
^ Reserve, settlement or village details for Wabamun 133B Reserve at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved July 30, 2021.
^ Reserve, settlement or village details for Wabasca 166 Reserve at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved July 30, 2021.
^ Reserve, settlement or village details for Wabasca 166A Reserve at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved July 30, 2021.
^ Reserve, settlement or village details for Wabasca 166B Reserve at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved July 30, 2021.
^ Reserve, settlement or village details for Wabasca 166C Reserve at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved July 30, 2021.
^ Reserve, settlement or village details for Wabasca 166D Reserve at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved July 30, 2021.
^ Reserve, settlement or village details for Wadlin Lake 173C Reserve at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved July 30, 2021.
^ Reserve, settlement or village details for White Fish Lake 128 Reserve at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved July 30, 2021.
^ Reserve, settlement or village details for William McKenzie 151K Reserve at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved July 30, 2021.
^ Reserve, settlement or village details for Winefred Lake 194B Reserve at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved July 30, 2021.
^ Reserve, settlement or village details for Woodland Cree 226 Reserve at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved July 30, 2021.
^ Reserve, settlement or village details for Woodland Cree 227 Reserve at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved July 30, 2021.
^ Reserve, settlement or village details for Woodland Cree 228 Reserve at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved July 30, 2021.
^ Reserve, settlement or village details for Zama Lake 210 Reserve at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved July 30, 2021.

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[8] Beaumont is Alberta's newest city, incorporated on January 1, 2019. Based on 2016 data, Beaumont is Alberta's smallest city by land area, but in 2017 its area increased to nearly 2,400 hectares, making it larger than Wetaskiwin and Lacombe.^[6]

[9] Brooks is Alberta's smallest city by land area.

[10] Calgary is Canada's third-largest city, Alberta's largest city by both population and area, and was Alberta's first city, incorporated on January 1, 1894. The Calgary census metropolitan area (CMA) includes the cities of Airdrie, Calgary and Chestermere.

[11] Chestermere was known as Chestermere Lake prior to March 1, 1993.^[6]

[12] Edmonton is Canada's fifth-largest city and Alberta's capital. The Edmonton CMA includes the cities of Beaumont, Edmonton, Fort Saskatchewan, Leduc, Spruce Grove and St. Albert.

[13] The balance of Lloydminster is located within Saskatchewan.

[14] Wetaskiwin is Alberta's smallest city by population.

[19] Athabasca was formerly known as Athabasca Landing prior to August 4, 1913.^[9]

[26] 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]

[28] Fort Macleod, which grew around the NWMP's Fort Macleod barracks (built 1874), was formerly known as Macleod prior to April 1, 1952.^[9]

[29] Peace River was formerly known as Peace River Crossing prior to May 22, 1916.^[9]

[31] St. Paul was formerly known as St. Paul de Métis prior to December 15, 1932.

[79] Bellis dissolved from village status on December 31, 1945.

[81] Blackie dissolved from village status on August 31, 1997.

[86] Burdett dissolved from village status on January 1, 2003.

[87] Cadogan dissolved from village status on December 31, 1945.

[90] Cayley dissolved from village status on June 1, 1996.

[92] Chinook dissolved from village status on April 1, 1977.

[93] Clairmont dissolved from village status on December 31, 1945.

[94] Cluny dissolved from village status on September 15, 1995.

[95] Compeer dissolved from village status on December 31, 1936.

[96] Craigmyle dissolved from village status on January 1, 1972.

[98] Cynthia dissolved from town status on May 1, 1959.

[100] Derwent dissolved from village status on September 1, 2010.^[67]

[102] Diamond City dissolved from village status on June 30, 1937.

[103] Dunmore dissolved from village status on February 4, 1919.

[104] Eaglesham dissolved from village status on December 31, 1996.

[105] Enchant dissolved from village status on January 30, 1945.

[107] Entwistle dissolved from village status on December 31, 2000.

[108] Erskine dissolved from village status on May 20, 1946.

[109] Evansburg dissolved from village status on June 30, 1998.

[110] Ferintosh dissolved from village status on January 1, 2020.

[111] For Assiniboine dissolved from village status on December 31, 1991.

[112] Fort McKay's population does not include portion of community on Indian reserve.

[114] Fort McMurray is one of two hamlets designated an urban service area.

[116] Fort McMurray's population is that of its population centre as delineated by Statistics Canada.^[71]

[118] Galahad dissolved from village status on January 1, 2016.^[72]

[120] Gleichen dissolved from town status on March 31, 1998.

[121] Goose Lake is also known as Lone Pine.

[124] Grande Cache dissolved from town status on January 1, 2019.^[75]

[125] Grassy Lake dissolved from village status on July 1, 1996.

[126] Grouard, also known as Grouard Mission, dissolved from village status on January 18, 1944.

[127] Hairy Hill dissolved from village status on December 31, 1996.

[128] Hairy Hill's population is from the 2001 federal census (Statistics Canada did not publish its population in the 2006, 2011 or 2016 federal censuses).

[130] Half Moon Lake is also known as Half Moon Estates.

[132] Heritage Pointe's population is that of its population centre as delineated by Statistics Canada.^[71]

[134] Irvine dissolved from town status on December 31, 1996.

[136] Islay dissolved from village status on March 2, 1944.

[137] Janvier South is also known as Janvier and Chard.

[138] Jenner dissolved from village status on June 22, 1943.

[140] Kinuso dissolved from village status on September 1, 2009.

[142] Lac La Biche dissolved from town status on August 1, 2007, as a result of its amalgamation with Lakeland County to form Lac La Biche County.^[81]

[144] Langdon dissolved from village status on December 31, 1945.

[145] Lavoy dissolved from village status on April 30, 1999.

[148] Lodgepole dissolved from new town status on March 1, 1970.

[149] Referred to as Lottie Lake Development by Statistics Canada in the 1991 census.^[53]

[153] Statistics Canada cautioned that Metiskow's population from the 1991 census may be an estimate.^[53]

[155] Minburn dissolved from village status on July 1, 2015.^[88]

[156] Mirror dissolved from village status on January 1, 2004.

[157] Monarch dissolved from village status on December 31, 1938.

[158] Monitor dissolved from village status on December 31, 1945.

[159] Mountain View dissolved from village status on September 9, 1915.

[160] Mulhurst Bay is also known as Mulhurst.

[163] New Norway dissolved from village status on November 1, 2012.^[90]

[165] New Sarepta dissolved from village status on September 1, 2010.^[91]

[167] Ohaton dissolved from village status on December 31, 1945.

[168] Plamondon dissolved from village status on May 1, 2002.

[169] Radway dissolved from village status on December 31, 1996.

[170] Ranfurly dissolved from village status on December 31, 1945.

[171] Richdale dissolved from village status on June 2, 1931.

[173] Rosebud dissolved from village status on December 31, 1945.

[174] Rumsey dissolved from village status on January 1, 1995.

[175] Sandy Lake is also known as Pelican Mountain.

[176] Sangudo dissolved from village status on September 16, 2007.

[177] Sherwood Park is one of two hamlets designated an urban service area.

[180] Strome dissolved from village status on January 1, 2016.^[95]

[181] Suffield dissolved from village status on January 1, 1930.

[182] Swalwell dissolved from village status on December 31, 1945.

[183] Thorhild dissolved from village status on March 18, 2009.

[185] Tilley dissolved from village status on August 31, 2013.^[96]

[186] Torrington dissolved from village status on January 1, 1998.

[189] Wabasca was formerly named Wabasca-Desmarais.

[190] Statistics Canada cautioned that Wagner's population from the 1991 census may be an estimate.^[53]

[191] Walsh dissolved from village status on April 30, 1925.

[192] Wanham dissolved from village status on December 31, 1999.

[193] Warspite dissolved from village status on June 1, 2000.

[194] Wildwood dissolved from village status on December 31, 1990.

[37] Bittern Lake was formerly known as Rosenroll prior to December 16, 1911.^[24]

[39] Delia was formerly known as Highland prior to December 9, 1915.^[25]

[41] Hay Lakes was formerly known as Hay Lake prior to January 1, 1932.^[26]

[43] Ryley was also known as Equity in 1909.^[27]

[45] Spring Lake was formerly known as Edmonton Beach prior to January 1, 1999.^[28]

[50] The Summer Village of Horseshoe Bay conducted a municipal census in 2017 that counted a population of 73.^[32]

[54] Jasper's 2011 municipal census also counted a shadow (non-permanent resident) population of 652 for a combined population of 5,236.

[55] Excludes the unpopulated land area of the portion of the Kikino Metis Settlement that is within Lac La Biche County.

[56] Wood Buffalo's 2015 municipal census also counted a shadow population of 43,084 for a combined population of 125,032.

[197] Gift Lake comprises two parts. The majority is located within Big Lakes County, while the balance is located within Northern Sunrise County. The Big Lakes County portion (part "A") had a population of 625 living on 802.46 km² (309.83 sq mi) in 2021, while the Northern Sunrise County portion (part "B") had a population of 0 living on 0.83 km² (0.32 sq mi).^[35]

[198] Kikino comprises two parts. The majority is located within Smoky Lake County, while the balance is located within Lac La Biche County. The Smoky Lake County portion (part "A") had a population of 978 living on 440.92 km² (170.24 sq mi) in 2021, while the Lac La Biche County portion (part "B") had a population of 0 living on 0.77 km² (0.30 sq mi).^[35]

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[200] Reserve, settlement or village details for ?ejere K'elni Kue 196I Reserve at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved July 30, 2021.

[201] Reserve, settlement or village details for Alexander 134 Reserve at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved July 30, 2021.

[202] Reserve, settlement or village details for Alexander 134A Reserve at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved July 30, 2021.

[203] Reserve, settlement or village details for Alexander 134B Reserve at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved July 30, 2021.

[204] Reserve, settlement or village details for Alexis 133 Reserve at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved July 30, 2021.

[205] Reserve, settlement or village details for Alexis Cardinal River 234 Reserve at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved July 30, 2021.

[206] Reserve, settlement or village details for Alexis Elk River 233 Reserve at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved July 30, 2021.

[207] Reserve, settlement or village details for Alexis Whitecourt 232 Reserve at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved July 30, 2021.

[208] Reserve, settlement or village details for Allison Bay 219 Reserve at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved July 30, 2021.

[209] Reserve, settlement or village details for Amber River 211 Reserve at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved July 30, 2021.

[210] Reserve, settlement or village details for Assineau River 150F Reserve at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved July 30, 2021.

[211] Reserve, settlement or village details for Beaver Lake 131 Reserve at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved July 30, 2021.

[212] Reserve, settlement or village details for Beaver Ranch 163 Reserve at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved July 30, 2021.

[213] Reserve, settlement or village details for Beaver Ranch 163A Reserve at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved July 30, 2021.

[214] Reserve, settlement or village details for Beaver Ranch 163B Reserve at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved July 30, 2021.

[215] Reserve, settlement or village details for Big Horn 144A Reserve at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved July 30, 2021.

[216] Reserve, settlement or village details for Bistcho Lake 213 Reserve at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved July 30, 2021.

[217] Reserve, settlement or village details for Blood 148 Reserve at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved July 30, 2021.

[218] Reserve, settlement or village details for Blood 148A Reserve at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved July 30, 2021.

[219] Reserve, settlement or village details for Blue Quills First Nation Indian Reserve at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved July 30, 2021.

[220] Reserve, settlement or village details for Boyer 164 Reserve at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved July 30, 2021.

[221] Reserve, settlement or village details for Buck Lake 133C Reserve at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved July 30, 2021.

[222] Reserve, settlement or village details for Bushe River 207 Reserve at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved July 30, 2021.

[223] Reserve, settlement or village details for Charles Lake 225 Reserve at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved July 30, 2021.

[224] Reserve, settlement or village details for Child Lake 164A Reserve at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved July 30, 2021.

[225] Reserve, settlement or village details for Chipewyan 201 Reserve at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved July 30, 2021.

[226] Reserve, settlement or village details for Chipewyan 201A Reserve at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved July 30, 2021.

[227] Reserve, settlement or village details for Chipewyan 201B Reserve at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved July 30, 2021.

[228] Reserve, settlement or village details for Chipewyan 201C Reserve at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved July 30, 2021.

[229] Reserve, settlement or village details for Chipewyan 201D Reserve at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved July 30, 2021.

[230] Reserve, settlement or village details for Chipewyan 201E Reserve at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved July 30, 2021.

[231] Reserve, settlement or village details for Chipewyan 201F Reserve at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved July 30, 2021.

[232] Reserve, settlement or village details for Chipewyan 201G Reserve at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved July 30, 2021.

[233] Reserve, settlement or village details for Clear Hills 152C Reserve at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved July 30, 2021.

[234] Reserve, settlement or village details for Clearwater 175 Reserve at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved July 30, 2021.

[235] Reserve, settlement or village details for Cold Lake 149 Reserve at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved July 30, 2021.

[236] Reserve, settlement or village details for Cold Lake 149A Reserve at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved July 30, 2021.

[237] Reserve, settlement or village details for Cold Lake 149B Reserve at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved July 30, 2021.

[238] Reserve, settlement or village details for Cold Lake 149C Reserve at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved July 30, 2021.

[239] Reserve, settlement or village details for Collin Lake 223 Reserve at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved July 30, 2021.

[240] Reserve, settlement or village details for Cornwall Lake 224 Reserve at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved July 30, 2021.

[241] Reserve, settlement or village details for Cowper Lake 194A Reserve at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved July 30, 2021.

[242] Reserve, settlement or village details for Devil's Gate 220 Reserve at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved July 30, 2021.

[243] Reserve, settlement or village details for Dog Head 218 Reserve at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved July 30, 2021.

[244] Reserve, settlement or village details for Drift Pile River 150 Reserve at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved July 30, 2021.

[245] Reserve, settlement or village details for Duncans 151A Reserve at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved July 30, 2021.

[246] Reserve, settlement or village details for Eden Valley 216 Reserve at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved July 30, 2021.

[247] Reserve, settlement or village details for Enoch Cree Nation 135 Reserve at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved July 30, 2021.

[248] Reserve, settlement or village details for Enoch Cree Nation No. 135A Reserve at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved July 30, 2021.

[249] Reserve, settlement or village details for Ermineskin 138 Reserve at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved July 30, 2021.

[250] Reserve, settlement or village details for Fitzgerald No. 196 Reserve at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved August 13, 2021.

[251] Reserve, settlement or village details for Fort McKay 174 Reserve at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved July 30, 2021.

[252] Reserve, settlement or village details for Fort McKay 174C Reserve at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved July 30, 2021.

[253] Reserve, settlement or village details for Fort McKay 174D Reserve at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved July 30, 2021.

[254] Reserve, settlement or village details for Fort Vermilion 173B Reserve at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved July 30, 2021.

[255] Reserve, settlement or village details for Fox Lake 162 Reserve at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved July 30, 2021.

[256] Reserve, settlement or village details for Gregoire Lake 176 Reserve at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved July 30, 2021.

[257] Reserve, settlement or village details for Gregoire Lake 176A Reserve at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved July 30, 2021.

[258] Reserve, settlement or village details for Gregoire Lake 176B Reserve at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved July 30, 2021.

[259] Reserve, settlement or village details for Hay Lake 209 Reserve at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved July 30, 2021.

[260] Reserve, settlement or village details for Heart Lake 167 Reserve at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved July 30, 2021.

[261] Reserve, settlement or village details for Heart Lake 167A Reserve at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved July 30, 2021.

[262] Reserve, settlement or village details for Hokedhe Túe 196E Reserve at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved July 30, 2021.

[263] Reserve, settlement or village details for Horse Lakes 152B Reserve at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved July 30, 2021.

[264] Reserve, settlement or village details for Jackfish Point 214 Reserve at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved July 30, 2021.

[265] Reserve, settlement or village details for Janvier 194 Reserve at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved July 30, 2021.

[266] Reserve, settlement or village details for Jean Baptiste Gambler 183 Reserve at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved July 30, 2021.

[267] Reserve, settlement or village details for John D'Or Prairie 215 Reserve at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved July 30, 2021.

[268] Reserve, settlement or village details for K'i Túe 196D Reserve at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved July 30, 2021.

[269] Reserve, settlement or village details for Kapawe'no First Nation 150B Reserve at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved July 30, 2021.

[270] Reserve, settlement or village details for Kapawe'no First Nation 150C Reserve at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved July 30, 2021.

[271] Reserve, settlement or village details for Kapawe'no First Nation 150D Reserve at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved July 30, 2021.

[272] Reserve, settlement or village details for Kapawe'no First Nation 229 Reserve at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved July 30, 2021.

[273] Reserve, settlement or village details for Kapawe'no First Nation 230 Reserve at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved July 30, 2021.

[274] Reserve, settlement or village details for Kapawe'no First Nation 231 Reserve at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved July 30, 2021.

[275] Reserve, settlement or village details for Kehewin 123 Reserve at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved July 30, 2021.

[276] Reserve, settlement or village details for Li Dezé 196C Reserve at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved July 30, 2021.

[277] Reserve, settlement or village details for Loon Lake 235 Reserve at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved July 30, 2021.

[278] Reserve, settlement or village details for Loon Prairie 237 Reserve at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved July 30, 2021.

[279] Reserve, settlement or village details for Louis Bull 138B Reserve at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved July 30, 2021.

[280] Reserve, settlement or village details for Makaoo 120 Reserve at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved July 30, 2021.

[281] Reserve, settlement or village details for Montana 139 Reserve at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved July 30, 2021.

[282] Reserve, settlement or village details for Namur Lake 174B Reserve at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved July 30, 2021.

[283] Reserve, settlement or village details for Namur River 174A Reserve at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved July 30, 2021.

[284] Reserve, settlement or village details for O'Chiese 203 Reserve at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved July 30, 2021.

[285] Reserve, settlement or village details for O'Chiese Cemetery 203A Reserve at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved July 30, 2021.

[286] Reserve, settlement or village details for Old Fort 217 Reserve at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved July 30, 2021.

[287] Reserve, settlement or village details for Peace Point 222 Reserve at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved July 30, 2021.

[288] Reserve, settlement or village details for Peerless Trout 238 Reserve at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved July 30, 2021.

[289] Reserve, settlement or village details for Peigan Timber Limit "B" Reserve at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved July 30, 2021.

[290] Reserve, settlement or village details for Pigeon Lake 138A Reserve at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved July 30, 2021.

[291] Reserve, settlement or village details for PiikanI Reserve at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved July 30, 2021.

[292] Reserve, settlement or village details for Puskiakiwenin 122 Reserve at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved July 30, 2021.

[293] Reserve, settlement or village details for Saddle Lake 125 Reserve at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved July 30, 2021.

[294] Reserve, settlement or village details for Samson 137 Reserve at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved July 30, 2021.

[295] Reserve, settlement or village details for Samson 137A Reserve at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved July 30, 2021.

[296] Reserve, settlement or village details for Sandy Point 221 Reserve at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved July 30, 2021.

[297] Reserve, settlement or village details for Sawridge 150G Reserve at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved July 30, 2021.

[298] Reserve, settlement or village details for Sawridge 150H Reserve at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved July 30, 2021.

[299] Reserve, settlement or village details for Siksika 146 Reserve at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved July 30, 2021.

[300] Reserve, settlement or village details for Stoney 142-143-144 Reserve at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved July 30, 2021.

[301] Reserve, settlement or village details for Stoney 142B Reserve at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved July 30, 2021.

[302] Reserve, settlement or village details for Sturgeon Lake 154 Reserve at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved July 30, 2021.

[303] Reserve, settlement or village details for Sturgeon Lake 154A Reserve at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved July 30, 2021.

[304] Reserve, settlement or village details for Sturgeon Lake 154B Reserve at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved July 30, 2021.

[305] Reserve, settlement or village details for Sucker Creek 150A Reserve at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved July 30, 2021.

[306] Reserve, settlement or village details for Sunchild 202 Reserve at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved July 30, 2021.

[307] Reserve, settlement or village details for Swampy Lake 236 Reserve at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved July 30, 2021.

[308] Reserve, settlement or village details for Swan River 150E Reserve at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved July 30, 2021.

[309] Reserve, settlement or village details for Tall Cree 173 Reserve at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved July 30, 2021.

[310] Reserve, settlement or village details for Tall Cree 173A Reserve at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved July 30, 2021.

[311] Reserve, settlement or village details for Thabacha Náre 196A Reserve at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved July 30, 2021.

[312] Reserve, settlement or village details for Thebathi 196 Reserve at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved July 30, 2021.

[313] Reserve, settlement or village details for Tsu K'adhe Túe 196F Reserve at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved July 30, 2021.

[314] Reserve, settlement or village details for Tsu Nedehe Tue 196H Reserve at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved July 30, 2021.

[315] Reserve, settlement or village details for Tsu Túe 196G Reserve at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved July 30, 2021.

[316] Reserve, settlement or village details for Tsuu T'ina Nation 145 Reserve at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved July 30, 2021.

[317] Reserve, settlement or village details for Tthe Jere Ghaili 196B Reserve at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved July 30, 2021.

[318] Reserve, settlement or village details for Unipouheos 121 Reserve at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved July 30, 2021.

[319] Reserve, settlement or village details for Upper Hay River 212 Reserve at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved July 30, 2021.

[320] Reserve, settlement or village details for Utikoomak Lake 155 Reserve at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved July 30, 2021.

[321] Reserve, settlement or village details for Utikoomak Lake 155A Reserve at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved July 30, 2021.

[322] Reserve, settlement or village details for Utikoomak Lake 155B Reserve at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved July 30, 2021.

[323] Reserve, settlement or village details for Wabamun 133A Reserve at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved July 30, 2021.

[324] Reserve, settlement or village details for Wabamun 133B Reserve at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved July 30, 2021.

[325] Reserve, settlement or village details for Wabasca 166 Reserve at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved July 30, 2021.

[326] Reserve, settlement or village details for Wabasca 166A Reserve at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved July 30, 2021.

[327] Reserve, settlement or village details for Wabasca 166B Reserve at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved July 30, 2021.

[328] Reserve, settlement or village details for Wabasca 166C Reserve at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved July 30, 2021.

[329] Reserve, settlement or village details for Wabasca 166D Reserve at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved July 30, 2021.

[330] Reserve, settlement or village details for Wadlin Lake 173C Reserve at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved July 30, 2021.

[331] Reserve, settlement or village details for White Fish Lake 128 Reserve at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved July 30, 2021.

[332] Reserve, settlement or village details for William McKenzie 151K Reserve at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved July 30, 2021.

[333] Reserve, settlement or village details for Winefred Lake 194B Reserve at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved July 30, 2021.

[334] Reserve, settlement or village details for Woodland Cree 226 Reserve at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved July 30, 2021.

[335] Reserve, settlement or village details for Woodland Cree 227 Reserve at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved July 30, 2021.

[336] Reserve, settlement or village details for Woodland Cree 228 Reserve at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved July 30, 2021.

[337] Reserve, settlement or village details for Zama Lake 210 Reserve at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved July 30, 2021.

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