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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/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, the Special Areas Act and the Metis Settlements Act.

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

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 m (19,900 sq ft).

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

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

Name	Region	Incorporation date (city)	Council size	2021 Census of Population
				Population (2021)	Population (2016)	Change (%)	Land area (km)	Population density (per km)
Airdrie	Calgary Metro	Jan 1, 1985	7	74,100	61,581	+20.3%	84.39	878.1
Beaumont	Edmonton Metro	Jan 1, 2019	7	20,888	17,457	+19.7%	24.70	845.7
Brooks	Southern	Sep 1, 2005	7	14,924	14,451	+3.3%	18.21	819.5
Calgary	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	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	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)	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	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 m (19,900 sq ft).

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.

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.

Name	Specialized/rural municipality	Incorporation date (town)	Municipal census population (year)	Population (2016)	Population (2011)	Change (%)	Land area (km)	Population density (per km)
Athabasca	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	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	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)	8,215	7,493	+9.6%	7.99	1,028.2
Coalhurst	Lethbridge County	Jun 1, 1995	2,784 (2019)	2,668	1,978	+34.9%	3.11	857.9
Cochrane	Rocky View County	Feb 15, 1971	29,277 (2019)	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		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	Kneehill County Special Area No. 2 Starland County Wheatland County	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	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	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	Northern Lights, County of Northern Sunrise County Peace No. 135, M.D. of	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	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)	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	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 m (19,900 sq ft).

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.

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

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, summer villages can no longer be formed in Alberta.

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.

Summer villages of Alberta

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

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.

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 allowed the incorporation of Alberta's three special areas and the Metis Settlements Act allowed the incorporation of Alberta's eight Métis settlements).

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

List of specialized municipalities in Alberta

Name	Region	Incorporation date (specialized municipality)	Council size	Municipal census population (year)	2021 Census of Population
					Population (2021)	Population (2016)	Change (%)	Land area (km)	Population density (/km)
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 (2011)	4,738	4,590	+3.2%	921.90	5.1
Lac La Biche County	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 (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 m (19,900 sq ft); and
• there is a population of 1,000 or more.

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).

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.

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

Municipal districts of Alberta

Municipal district (MD)	Incorporation date	Census division	Council size	Municipal census population (year)	Population (2016)	Population (2011)	Change (%)	Land area (km)	Population density (per km)
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 (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. 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)	Population (2011)	Population (2006)	Change (%)	Land area (km)	Population density (per km)	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. 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.

Special areas of Alberta

Special area	Incorporation date (special area)	Population (2016)	Population (2011)	Change (%)	Area (km)	Population density (/km)
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.

These Orders in Council (see Schedule 1, Section 7 and Schedule 1, Section 3 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.

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.

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 m (19,900 sq ft);
• have a generally accepted boundary and name; and
• contain parcels of land that are used for non‑residential purposes.

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. 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.

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 m (19,900 sq ft). 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.

Hamlets of Alberta

Name	Specialized or rural municipality	Latest population	Census year
Abee	Thorhild County	27	2009
Acadia Valley	Acadia No. 34, MD of	143	2021
Aetna	Cardston County	109
Alcomdale	Sturgeon County	65
Alder Flats	Wetaskiwin No. 10, County of	137
Aldersyde	Foothills County	64	2003
Alhambra	Clearwater County	64	1991
Altario	Special Area No. 4	26
Antler Lake	Strathcona County	412	2021
Anzac	Wood Buffalo, RM of	506
Ardenode	Wheatland County	0	2016
Ardley	Red Deer County	17	1991
Ardmore	Bonnyville No. 87, MD of	317	2021
Ardrossan	Strathcona County	898	2021
Armena	Camrose County	37
Ashmont	St. Paul No. 19, County of	125
Atmore	Athabasca County	10
Balzac	Rocky View County	1	2006
Beauvallon	Two Hills No. 21, County of	7	1991
Beaver Crossing	Bonnyville No. 87, MD of	18
Beaver Lake	Lac La Biche County	467	2021
Beaver Mines	Pincher Creek No. 9, MD of	85
Beaverdam	Bonnyville No. 87, MD of	18	2014
Beazer	Cardston County	11	2008
Bellis	Smoky Lake County	60	2021
Benalto	Red Deer County	198
Benchlands	Bighorn No. 8, MD of	59
Benton	Special Area No. 3
Bezanson	Grande Prairie No. 1, County of	133	2021
Bindloss	Special Area No. 2	14	1991
Bircham	Kneehill County	5	2021
Blackfoot	Vermilion River, County of	386
Blackie	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
Bow City	Newell, County of	16	2020
Bragg Creek	Rocky View County	432	2021
Brant	Vulcan County	78	2007
Breynat	Athabasca County	22	1991
Brosseau	Two Hills No. 21, County of	13	1981
Brownfield	Paintearth No. 18, County of	27	1991
Brownvale	Peace No. 135, MD of	114	2021
Bruce	Beaver County	65
Brule	Yellowhead County	127
Buck Creek	Brazeau County	107	2005
Buck Lake	Wetaskiwin No. 10, County of	60	2021
Buffalo	Special Area No. 2
Buffalo Lakes	Grande Prairie No. 1, County of
Buford	Leduc County	33	2021
Burdett	Forty Mile No. 8, County of	331
Busby	Westlock County	135
Byemoor	Stettler No. 6, County of	30
Cadogan	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
Carbondale	Sturgeon County	78
Cardiff	Sturgeon County	1,033
Carolside	Special Area No. 2
Carseland	Wheatland County	542	2021
Carvel	Parkland County	19	2009
Carway	Cardston County	2	2008
Caslan	Athabasca County	23	1991
Cassils	Newell, County of	22	2020
Cavendish	Special Area No. 2	26	1986
Cayley	Foothills County	414	2021
Cereal	Special Area No. 3	111	2021
Cessford	Special Area No. 2	31	1991
Chancellor	Wheatland County	5	2021
Cheadle	Wheatland County	83
Cherhill	Lac Ste. Anne County	60	2008
Cherry Grove	Bonnyville No. 87, MD of	405	2014
Chin	Lethbridge County	83	2021
Chinook	Special Area No. 3	38	1991
Chisholm	Lesser Slave River No. 124, MD of	15	2021
Clairmont	Grande Prairie No. 1, County of	5,135	2021
Clandonald	Vermilion River, County of	117	2021
Cleardale	Clear Hills County	19	2008
Cluny	Wheatland County	50	2021
Cochrane Lake	Rocky View County	767
Colinton	Athabasca County	169
Collingwood Cove	Strathcona County	377
Compeer	Special Area No. 4	21	1991
Condor	Clearwater County	99
Conklin	Wood Buffalo, RM of	154	2021
Conrich	Rocky View County	15
Craigmyle	Starland County	79	2013
Cynthia	Brazeau County	50	2005
Dalemead	Rocky View County	25	2021
Dalroy	Rocky View County	39
Dalum	Wheatland County
Dapp	Westlock County	30	2021
Darwell	Lac Ste. Anne County	30	1981
De Winton	Foothills County	98	2003
Dead Man's Flats	Bighorn No. 8, MD of	377	2021
Deadwood	Northern Lights, County of	22	1991
DeBolt	Greenview No. 16, MD of	132	2021
Del Bonita	Cardston County	6	2008
Delacour	Rocky View County	5	2021
Demmitt	Grande Prairie No. 1, County of
Derwent	Two Hills No. 21, County of	96	2021
Desert Blume	Cypress County	835
Dewberry	Vermilion River, County of	161	2021
Diamond City	Lethbridge County	204	2021
Dickson	Red Deer County	50
Dimsdale	Grande Prairie No. 1, County of	25	1981
Dixonville	Northern Lights, County of	96	2021
Donatville	Athabasca County	0	2016
Dorothy	Special Area No. 2	14	1991
Duffield	Parkland County	60	2021
Duhamel	Camrose County	46
Dunmore	Cypress County	1,088
Duvernay	Two Hills No. 21, County of	26	1991
Eaglesham	Birch Hills County	76	2021
Edwand	Smoky Lake County	2	1986
Egremont	Thorhild County	46	2021
Ellscott	Athabasca County	5
Elmworth	Grande Prairie No. 1, County of	8	1981
Enchant	Taber, MD of	259	2016
Endiang	Stettler No. 6, County of	15	2021
Enilda	Big Lakes County	145
Ensign	Vulcan County	26	2007
Entwistle	Parkland County	429	2021
Erskine	Stettler No. 6, County of	319
Esther	Special Area No. 3
Etzikom	Forty Mile No. 8, County of	54	1991
Evansburg	Yellowhead County	717	2021
Excel	Special Area No. 3
Exshaw	Bighorn No. 8, MD of	449	2021
Fabyan	Wainwright No. 61, MD of	100	2007
Fairview	Lethbridge County	165	2021
Fallis	Parkland County	54	2009
Falun	Wetaskiwin No. 10, County of	25	1991
Faust	Big Lakes County	282	2021
Fawcett	Westlock County	60
Federal	Paintearth No. 18, County of	19	1991
Ferintosh	Camrose County	180	2021
Flatbush	Lesser Slave River No. 124, MD of	30
Fleet	Paintearth No. 18, County of	28	1991
Fort Assiniboine	Woodlands County	158	2021
Fort Chipewyan	Wood Buffalo, RM of	798
Fort Kent	Bonnyville No. 87, MD of	254
Fort McKay	Wood Buffalo, RM of	59	2018
Fort McMurray	Wood Buffalo, RM of	68,002	2021
Fort Vermilion	Mackenzie County	753	2021
Gadsby	Stettler No. 6, County of	36
Gainford	Parkland County	118
Galahad	Flagstaff County	125
Gasoline Alley	Red Deer County
Gem	Newell, County of	29	2020
Gleichen	Wheatland County	314	2021
Glenevis	Lac Ste. Anne County	49	2008
Goodfare	Grande Prairie No. 1, County of	11	1986
Goose Lake	Woodlands County	11	unpublished
Grande Cache	Greenview No. 16, MD of	3,276	2021
Granum	Willow Creek No. 26, MD of	557
Grassland	Athabasca County	46
Grassy Lake	Taber, MD of	856
Green Court	Lac Ste. Anne County	51	2008
Greenshields	Wainwright No. 61, MD of	80	2007
Gregoire Lake Estates	Wood Buffalo, RM of	138	2021
Grouard	Big Lakes County	166
Grovedale	Greenview No. 16, MD of	138	unpublished
Gunn	Lac Ste. Anne County	26	2021
Guy	Smoky River No. 130, MD of	57	1991
Gwynne	Wetaskiwin No. 10, County of	93	2021
Hairy Hill	Two Hills No. 21, County of	30	2001
Half Moon Lake	Strathcona County	87	2021
Halcourt	Grande Prairie No. 1, County of
Hartell	Foothills County	13	1991
Harvie Heights	Bighorn No. 8, MD of	163	2021
Hastings Lake	Strathcona County	94
Haynes	Lacombe County	15
Hays	Taber, MD of	196
Hayter	Provost No. 52, MD of	84
Heinsburg	St. Paul No. 19, County of	60	1991
Hemaruka	Special Area No. 4
Heritage Pointe	Foothills County	1,974	2021
Herronton	Vulcan County	10	2007
Hesketh	Kneehill County	10	2021
Hilda	Cypress County	40
Hilliard	Lamont County	35	1991
Hoadley	Ponoka County	9
Huallen	Grande Prairie No. 1, County of	28
Huxley	Kneehill County	75	2021
Hylo	Lac La Biche County	33	2016
Hythe	Grande Prairie No. 1, County of	854	2021
Iddesleigh	Special Area No. 2	14	1991
Indus	Rocky View County	36	2021
Iron River	Bonnyville No. 87, MD of
Iron Springs	Lethbridge County	84	2021
Irvine	Cypress County	321	2021
Islay	Vermilion River, County of	177	2021
Janet	Rocky View County	1	2006
Janvier South	Wood Buffalo, RM of	61	2021
Jarvie	Westlock County	103
Jean Cote	Smoky River No. 130, MD of	65	1991
Jenner	Special Area No. 2	35	1986
Joffre	Lacombe County	128	2021
Johnson's Addition	Taber, MD of	126
Josephburg	Strathcona County	127
Joussard	Big Lakes County	334
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
Kingman	Camrose County	78	2021
Kinsella	Beaver County	40	2009
Kinuso	Big Lakes County	150	2021
Kipp	Lethbridge County	12	1981
Kirkcaldy	Vulcan County	12	2007
Kirriemuir	Special Area No. 4	28	1991
La Corey	Bonnyville No. 87, MD of	59	2014
La Crete	Mackenzie County	3,856	2021
La Glace	Grande Prairie No. 1, County of	179
Lac des Arcs	Bighorn No. 8, MD of	146
Lac La Biche	Lac La Biche County	3,215	2021
Lafond	St. Paul No. 19, County of	35	1991
Lake Louise	I.D. No. 9 (Banff)	691	2011
Lake Newell Resort	Newell, County of	457	2021
Lamoureux	Sturgeon County	60	2008
Landry Heights	Greenview No. 16, MD of	114	1991
Lanfine	Special Area No. 3
Langdon	Rocky View County	5,497	2021
Lavoy	Minburn No. 27, County of	108	2001
Leavitt	Cardston County	59	2008
Leedale	Ponoka County	11	1991
Leslieville	Clearwater County	134	2021
Lindbergh	St. Paul No. 19, County of	50	1991
Linn Valley	Red Deer County	218	2021
Little Buffalo	Northern Sunrise County	441	2021
Little Smoky	Greenview No. 16, MD of	28	1991
Lodgepole	Brazeau County	117	2021
Long Lake	Thorhild County	81
Looma	Leduc County	33
Lottie Lake	St. Paul No. 19, County of	94	1991
Lousana	Red Deer County	42	2021
Lowland Heights	Pincher Creek No. 9, MD of	43
Loyalist	Special Area No. 4	8	1986
Lundbreck	Pincher Creek No. 9, MD of	289	2021
Lyalta	Wheatland County	480
Lymburn	Grande Prairie No. 1, County of
|Madden	Rocky View County	10	2021
Mallaig	St. Paul No. 19, County of	210
Manola	Barrhead No. 11, County of	29	1991
Manyberries	Forty Mile No. 8, County of	96
Marie Reine	Northern Sunrise County	67	2010
Markerville	Red Deer County	38	2021
Marlboro	Yellowhead County	97
Marten Beach	Lesser Slave River No. 124, MD of	38	1991
Maskwacis (formerly Hobbema)	Ponoka County	64	2021
McLaughlin	Vermilion River, County of	41	2015
Meanook	Athabasca County	35	2021
Mearns	Sturgeon County	10	2008
Meeting Creek	Camrose County	0	2021
Metiskow	Provost No. 52, MD of	65	1991
Michichi	Starland County	34	2013
Millarville	Foothills County	58	2003
Minburn	Minburn No. 27, County of	78	2021
Mirror	Lacombe County	481
Mitsue Lake Industrial	Lesser Slave River No. 124, MD of	68	1986
Monarch	Lethbridge County	217	2021
Monitor	Special Area No. 4	60	1991
Moon River Estates	Willow Creek No. 26, MD of	145	2021
Morecambe	Two Hills No. 21, County of	23	1981
Morningside	Lacombe County	85	2021
Mossleigh	Vulcan County	53	2007
Mountain View	Cardston County	87	2021
Mulhurst Bay	Wetaskiwin No. 10, County of	447
Musidora	Two Hills No. 21, County of	13	1991
Namaka	Wheatland County	72	2021
Namao	Sturgeon County	10	2010
Naphtha	Foothills County	27	1991
Neerlandia	Barrhead No. 11, County of	101	1991
Nestow	Westlock County	5	2021
Nevis	Stettler No. 6, County of	30
New Brigden	Special Area No. 3	24	1991
New Dayton	Warner No. 5, County of	47
New Norway	Camrose County	307	2021
New Sarepta	Leduc County	495
Newbrook	Thorhild County	63
Nightingale	Wheatland County	37
Nisku	Leduc County	30	2005
Niton Junction	Yellowhead County	88	2021
Nordegg	Clearwater County	53	1986
North Cooking Lake	Strathcona County	20	2021
North Star	Northern Lights, County of	49	1991
Notikewin	Northern Lights, County of	17
Ohaton	Camrose County	133	2021
Opal	Thorhild County	24	2009
Orion	Forty Mile No. 8, County of	11	1991
Orton	Willow Creek No. 26, MD of	180	2021
Parkland	Willow Creek No. 26, MD of	50	1991
Patricia	Newell, County of	78	2021
Peers	Yellowhead County	91
Pelican Point	Camrose County	117
Peoria	Birch Hills County	12	1986
Perryvale	Athabasca County	10	2021
Pibroch	Westlock County	35
Pickardville	Westlock County	303
Pincher Station	Pincher Creek No. 9, MD of	26
Pine Sands	Sturgeon County	30	2008
Plamondon	Lac La Biche County	501	2021
Poplar Ridge	Brazeau County	604	2005
Priddis	Foothills County	79	2003
Priddis Greens	Foothills County	267
Purple Springs	Taber, MD of	101	2021
Queenstown	Vulcan County	8	2007
Radway	Thorhild County	231	2021
Rainier	Newell, County of	22	2020
Ranfurly	Minburn No. 27, County of	71	2021
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
Richdale	Special Area No. 2	14	1991
Ridgevalley	Greenview No. 16, MD of	46
Rivercourse	Vermilion River, County of	16	2015
Riverview	St. Paul No. 19, County of	49	1991
Rivière Qui Barre	Sturgeon County	91	2021
Robb	Yellowhead County	144
Rochester	Athabasca County	72
Rochfort Bridge	Lac Ste. Anne County	71	2008
Rocky Rapids	Brazeau County	317	2005
Rolling Hills	Newell, County of	273	2021
Rolly View	Leduc County	71
Rosebud	Wheatland County	112
Roselynn	Special Area No. 2
Round Hill	Camrose County	125	2021
Rowley	Starland County	8	2013
Rumsey	Starland County	64
Sandy Lake	Opportunity No. 17, MD of	163	2021
Sangudo	Lac Ste. Anne County	298
Saprae Creek	Wood Buffalo, RM of	508
Scandia	Newell, County of	169
Scapa	Special Area No. 2
Schuler	Cypress County	86	2021
Scotfield	Special Area No. 2
Sedalia	Special Area No. 3	15	1991
Seven Persons	Cypress County	277	2021
Shaughnessy	Lethbridge County	388
Sheerness	Special Area No. 2	25	1986
Sherwood Park	Strathcona County	73,000	2022
Shouldice	Vulcan County	7	2007
Sibbald	Special Area No. 3	33	1991
Skiff	Forty Mile No. 8, County of	10
Smith	Lesser Slave River No. 124, MD of	227	2021
South Cooking Lake	Strathcona County	288
Spedden	Smoky Lake County	56	1991
Spring Coulee	Cardston County	43	2008
Springbrook	Red Deer County	1,534	2021
Spruce View	Red Deer County	138
St. Edouard	St. Paul No. 19, County of	33	1991
St. Francis	Leduc County	15	1991
St. Isidore	Northern Sunrise County	236	2021
St. Lina	St. Paul No. 19, County of	24	1991
St. Michael	Lamont County	39
St. Vincent	St. Paul No. 19, County of	43
Stanmore	Special Area No. 2
Star	Lamont County	32	1991
Streamstown	Vermilion River, County of	20	2015
Strome	Flagstaff County	232	2021
Suffield	Cypress County	190
Sunnybrook	Leduc County	50
Sunnynook	Special Area No. 2	13	1991
Sunnyslope	Kneehill County	28	2021
Swalwell	Kneehill County	93
Tangent	Birch Hills County	39	1991
Tawatinaw	Westlock County	15	2021
Teepee Creek	Grande Prairie No. 1, County of	25	1981
Tees	Lacombe County	73	2021
Telfordville	Leduc County	35
Therien	Bonnyville No. 87, MD of	71	2014
Thorhild	Thorhild County	391	2021
Throne	Paintearth No. 18, County of
Thunder Lake	Barrhead No. 11, County of	34	1991
Tilley	Newell, County of	318	2021
Tillicum Beach	Camrose County	130
Tomahawk	Parkland County	113
Torrington	Kneehill County	239	2021
Travers	Vulcan County	0	2007
Tulliby Lake	Vermilion River, County of	22	2015
Turin	Lethbridge County	72	2021
Twin Butte	Pincher Creek No. 9, MD of	10
Valhalla Centre	Grande Prairie No. 1, County of	40
Veinerville	Cypress County	70
Venice	Lac La Biche County	22	2016
Village at Pigeon Lake	Wetaskiwin No. 10, County of	77	2006
Villeneuve	Sturgeon County	260	2021
Vimy	Westlock County	183
Violet Grove	Brazeau County	141	2005
Wabamun	Parkland County	644	2021
Wabasca	Opportunity No. 17, MD of	1,594	2021
Wagner	Lesser Slave River No. 124, MD of	171	1991
Walsh	Cypress County	50	2021
Wandering River	Athabasca County	63	1991
Wanham	Birch Hills County	141	2021
Wardlow	Special Area No. 2	28	1991
Warspite	Smoky Lake County	70	2021
Waterton Park	I.D. No. 4 (Waterton)	132	2021
Watino	Birch Hills County	22	1991
Watts	Special Area No. 2
Wedgewood	Grande Prairie No. 1, County of	752	2021
Welling	Cardston County	30	2008
Welling Station	Cardston County	18
Westerose	Wetaskiwin No. 10, County of	63	1991
Whitelaw	Fairview No. 136, MD of	110	2021
Whitford	Lamont County	6	1981
Whitla	Forty Mile No. 8, County of
Widewater	Lesser Slave River No. 124, MD of	405	2021
Wildwood	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
Withrow	Clearwater County	50	1991
Woking	Saddle Hills County	62	2021
Woodhouse	Willow Creek No. 26, MD of	15	1991
Woolford	Cardston County	13	1986
Worsley	Clear Hills County	28	2008
Wostok	Lamont County	15	1991
Wrentham	Warner No. 5, County of	58
Zama City	Mackenzie County	52	2021

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. Métis settlements now operate under the authority of the Métis Settlements Act. 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

List of Metis settlements in Alberta

Name	Municipal district or specialized municipality	2021 Census of Population
		Population (2021)	Population (2016)	Change (%)	Land area (km)	Population density (/km)
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	Big Lakes County Northern Sunrise County	625	658	−5.0%	803.29	0.8
Kikino	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.

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). 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			Notes
					ha	acre	2016	2011	% difference
Ɂejëre Kʼelnı Kuę́ 196I	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	Alexander	Beaver Hills Cree	Yellowhead Tribal Development Foundation	6	7,280.5	17,990.5	1,099	1,027	7.0%
Alexander 134A	Alexander	Beaver Hills Cree	Yellowhead Tribal Development Foundation	6	2,303.3	5,691.6
Alexander 134B	Alexander	Beaver Hills Cree	Yellowhead Tribal Development Foundation	6	3.4	8.4
Alexis 133	Alexis Nakota Sioux	Nakoda	Yellowhead Tribal Development Foundation	6	6,175.2	15,259.3	755	817	-7.6%
Alexis Cardinal River 234	Alexis Nakota Sioux	Nakoda	Yellowhead Tribal Development Foundation	6	4,661.0	11,517.6
Alexis Elk River 233	Alexis Nakota Sioux	Nakoda	Yellowhead Tribal Development Foundation	6	98.0	242.2
Alexis Whitecourt 232	Alexis Nakota Sioux	Nakoda	Yellowhead Tribal Development Foundation	6	3,544.9	8,759.6
Allison Bay 219	Mikisew Cree	Woodland Cree		8	1,861.0	4,598.6	127	84	51.2%
Amber River 211	Dene Tha'	Slavey	North Peace Tribal Council	8	2,332.3	5,763.2
Assineau River 150F	Swan River	Woods Cree	Lesser Slave Lake Indian Regional Council	8	71.6	176.9
Beaver Lake 131	Beaver Lake Cree	Cree	Tribal Chiefs Ventures Incorporated	6	6,145.3	15,185.4	414	423	-2.1%
Beaver Ranch 163	Tallcree Tribal Government	Anishinaabe	North Peace Tribal Council	8	841.7	2,079.9	10	16	-37.5%
Beaver Ranch 163A	Tallcree Tribal Government	Anishinaabe	North Peace Tribal Council	8	240.0	593.1
Beaver Ranch 163B	Tallcree Tribal Government	Anishinaabe	North Peace Tribal Council	8	226.0	558.5
Big Horn 144A	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	Dene Tha'	Slavey	North Peace Tribal Council	8	354.1	875.0
Blood 148	Blood	Blackfoot Confederacy	Blackfoot Confederacy	7	134,292.9	331,845.0	4,570	4,679	-2.3%
Blood 148A	Blood	Blackfoot Confederacy	Blackfoot Confederacy	7	1,971.7	4,872.2
Blue Quills First Nation Indian Reserve	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	Beaver	Dane-zaa	North Peace Tribal Council	8	4,249.3	10,500.2	218	213	2.3%
Buck Lake 133C	Paul	Cree / Nakoda		6	1,035.2	2,558.0
Bushe River 207	Dene Tha'	Slavey	North Peace Tribal Council	8	111,675.0	275,954.9	503	492	2.2%
Charles Lake 225	Mikisew Cree	Woodland Cree		8	64.5	159.4
Child Lake 164A	Beaver	Dane-zaa	North Peace Tribal Council	8	1,035.2	2,558.0	216	188	14.9%
Chipewyan 201	Athabasca Chipewyan	Chipewyan	Athabasca Tribal Council	8	20,072.4	49,600.0
Chipewyan 201A	Athabasca Chipewyan	Chipewyan	Athabasca Tribal Council	8	9,516.2	23,515.0	0	5	-100.0%
Chipewyan 201B	Athabasca Chipewyan	Chipewyan	Athabasca Tribal Council	8	19.4	47.9
Chipewyan 201C	Athabasca Chipewyan	Chipewyan	Athabasca Tribal Council	8	18.2	45.0
Chipewyan 201D	Athabasca Chipewyan	Chipewyan	Athabasca Tribal Council	8	4.3	10.6
Chipewyan 201E	Athabasca Chipewyan	Chipewyan	Athabasca Tribal Council	8	4,165.5	10,293.2
Chipewyan 201F	Athabasca Chipewyan	Chipewyan	Athabasca Tribal Council	8	66.4	164.1
Chipewyan 201G	Athabasca Chipewyan	Chipewyan	Athabasca Tribal Council	8	905.3	2,237.0
Clear Hills 152C	Horse Lake	Cree / Dane-zaa	Western Cree Tribal Council	8	1,547.1	3,823.0
Clearwater 175	Fort McMurray #468	Cree / Chipewyan	Athabasca Tribal Council	8	915.4	2,262.0
Cold Lake 149	Cold Lake	Chipewyan	Tribal Chiefs Ventures Incorporated	6	14,528.1	35,899.7	671	594	13.0%
Cold Lake 149A	Cold Lake	Chipewyan	Tribal Chiefs Ventures Incorporated	6	71.6	176.9	40	45	-11.1%
Cold Lake 149B	Cold Lake	Chipewyan	Tribal Chiefs Ventures Incorporated	6	4,134.0	10,215.3	163	149	9.4%
Cold Lake 149C	Cold Lake	Chipewyan	Tribal Chiefs Ventures Incorporated	6	2,023.5	5,000.2
Collin Lake 223	Mikisew Cree	Woodland Cree		8	36.4	89.9
Cornwall Lake 224	Mikisew Cree	Woodland Cree		8	69.3	171.2
Cowper Lake 194A	Chipewyan Prairie	Chipewyan	Athabasca Tribal Council	8	143.0	353.4
Devil's Gate 220	Mikisew Cree	Woodland Cree		8	819.1	2,024.0
Dog Head 218	Mikisew Cree	Woodland Cree		8	34.8	86.0	99	111	-10.8%
Drift Pile River 150	Driftpile Cree	Cree	Lesser Slave Lake Indian Regional Council	8	6,354.8	15,703.1	828	800	3.5%
Duncans 151A	Duncan's	Woods Cree	Western Cree Tribal Council	8	2,036.8	5,033.0	150	164	-8.5%
Eden Valley 216	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	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	Enoch Cree	Beaver Hills Cree		6	2.0	4.9
Ermineskin 138	Ermineskin Tribe	Cree	Maskwacis Cree Tribal Council	6	10,295.8	25,441.5	2,457	1,874	31.1%
Fitzgerald No. 196	Salt River First Nation #195	Dene	Akaitcho Territory Government	8	3,715.0	9,180.0				Headquartered in the NWT
Fort McKay 174	Fort McKay	Cree / Dene	Athabasca Tribal Council	8	3,106.7	7,676.8
Fort McKay 174C	Fort McKay	Cree / Dene	Athabasca Tribal Council	8	3,381.4	8,355.6
Fort McKay 174D	Fort McKay	Cree / Dene	Athabasca Tribal Council	8	660.8	1,632.9
Fort Vermilion 173B	Tallcree Tribal Government	Anishinaabe	North Peace Tribal Council	8	49.7	122.8	96	97	-1.0%
Fox Lake 162	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	Fort McMurray #468	Cree / Chipewyan	Athabasca Tribal Council	8	2,231.9	5,515.1	191	274	-30.3%
Gregoire Lake 176A	Fort McMurray #468	Cree / Chipewyan	Athabasca Tribal Council	8	67.4	166.5	130	0
Gregoire Lake 176B	Fort McMurray #468	Cree / Chipewyan	Athabasca Tribal Council	8	17.0	42.0
Hay Lake 209	Dene Tha'	Slavey	North Peace Tribal Council	8	12,355.3	30,530.6	883	949	-7.0%
Heart Lake 167	Heart Lake	Cree	Tribal Chiefs Ventures Incorporated	6	4,496.2	11,110.4	184	159	15.7%
Heart Lake 167A	Heart Lake	Cree	Tribal Chiefs Ventures Incorporated	6	8.3	20.5
Hokedhe Túe 196E	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	Horse Lake	Cree / Dane-zaa	Western Cree Tribal Council	8	1,552.0	3,835.1	469	402	16.7%
Jackfish Point 214	Dene Tha'	Slavey	North Peace Tribal Council	8	103.6	256.0
Janvier 194	Chipewyan Prairie	Chipewyan	Athabasca Tribal Council	8	2,486.7	6,144.8	414	295	40.3%
Jean Baptiste Gambler 183	Bigstone Cree	Woods Cree		8	198.7	491.0	253	254	-0.4%
John D'Or Prairie 215	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	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	Kapawe'no	Woods Cree	Lesser Slave Lake Indian Regional Council	8	29.6	73.1	154	115	33.9%
Kapawe'no First Nation 150C	Kapawe'no	Woods Cree	Lesser Slave Lake Indian Regional Council	8	21.0	51.9
Kapawe'no First Nation 150D	Kapawe'no	Woods Cree	Lesser Slave Lake Indian Regional Council	8	390.1	964.0	5	5	0.0%
Kapawe'no First Nation 229	Kapawe'no	Woods Cree	Lesser Slave Lake Indian Regional Council	8	129.0	318.8
Kapawe'no First Nation 230	Kapawe'no	Woods Cree	Lesser Slave Lake Indian Regional Council	8	846.0	2,090.5
Kapawe'no First Nation 231	Kapawe'no	Woods Cree	Lesser Slave Lake Indian Regional Council	8	147.0	363.2
Kehewin 123	Kehewin Cree	Cree	Tribal Chiefs Ventures Incorporated	6	8,225.0	20,324.4	976	1,065	-8.4%
Li Dezé 196C	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	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	Loon River Cree	Woods Cree	Kee Tas Kee Now Tribal Council	8	259.6	641.5
Louis Bull 138B	Louis Bull	Beaver Hills Cree	Maskwacis Cree Tribal Council	6	3,388.1	8,372.2	1,177	1,309	-10.1%
Makaoo 120	Onion Lake Cree	Cree		6	5,626.6	13,903.6	208	180	15.6%	Headquartered in Saskatchewan
Montana 139	Montana	Cree	Maskwacis Cree Tribal Council	6	2,824.8	6,980.2	630	653	-3.5%
Namur Lake 174B	Fort McKay	Cree / Dene	Athabasca Tribal Council	8	3,122.2	7,715.1
Namur River 174A	Fort McKay	Cree / Dene	Athabasca Tribal Council	8	4,614.9	11,403.7
O'Chiese 203	O'Chiese	Anishinaabe	Yellowhead Tribal Development Foundation	6	14,131.9	34,920.7	789	751	5.1%
O'Chiese Cemetery 203A	O'Chiese	Anishinaabe	Yellowhead Tribal Development Foundation	6	0.1	0.2
Old Fort 217	Mikisew Cree	Woodland Cree		8	1,509.0	3,728.8
Peace Point 222	Mikisew Cree	Woodland Cree		8	518.0	1,280.0
Peerless Trout 238	Peerless Trout	Woods Cree	Kee Tas Kee Now Tribal Council	8	3,553.2	8,780.1
Peigan Timber Limit "B"	Piikani	Piegan Blackfeet	Blackfoot Confederacy	7	2,978.6	7,360.3
Pigeon Lake 138A	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	Piikani	Piegan Blackfeet	Blackfoot Confederacy	7	42,699.2	105,512.0	1,544	1,217	26.9%
Puskiakiwenin 122	Frog Lake	Cree	Tribal Chiefs Ventures Incorporated	6	10,339.1	25,548.5	531	484	9.7%
Saddle Lake 125	Saddle Lake Cree	Beaver Hills Cree		6	25,780.6	63,705.2	UN	UN	UN
Samson 137	Samson	Beaver Hills Cree	Maskwacis Cree Tribal Council	6	13,552.0	33,487.7	3,373	3,746	-10.0%
Samson 137A	Samson	Beaver Hills Cree	Maskwacis Cree Tribal Council	6	134.4	332.1	26	38	-31.6%
Sandy Point 221	Mikisew Cree	Woodland Cree		8	204.0	504.1
Sawridge 150G	Sawridge	Woods Cree	Lesser Slave Lake Indian Regional Council	8	906.5	2,240.0	20	48	-58.3%
Sawridge 150H	Sawridge	Woods Cree	Lesser Slave Lake Indian Regional Council	8	1,236.8	3,056.2	10	20	-50.0%
Siksika 146	Siksika	Piegan Blackfeet	Blackfoot Confederacy	7	71,087.5	175,661.0	3,479	2,972	17.1%
Stoney 142-143-144	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	Bearspaw Chiniki Stoney Wesley	Nakoda	Stoney Nakoda - Tsuut'ina Tribal Council	7	5,692.4	14,066.2
Sturgeon Lake 154	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	Sturgeon Lake Cree	Woods Cree	Western Cree Tribal Council	8	753.1	1,861.0	53	24	120.8%
Sturgeon Lake 154B	Sturgeon Lake Cree	Woods Cree	Western Cree Tribal Council	8	97.1	239.9
Sucker Creek 150A	Sucker Creek	Woods Cree	Lesser Slave Lake Indian Regional Council	8	5,987.0	14,794.2	689	677	1.8%
Sunchild 202	Sunchild	Beaver Hills Cree	Yellowhead Tribal Development Foundation	6	5,218.1	12,894.2	749	677	10.6%
Swampy Lake 236	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	Swan River	Woods Cree	Lesser Slave Lake Indian Regional Council	8	4,271.1	10,554.1	250	202	23.8%
Tall Cree 173	Tallcree Tribal Government	Anishinaabe	North Peace Tribal Council	8	4,031.5	9,962.1	224	163	37.4%
Tall Cree 173A	Tallcree Tribal Government	Anishinaabe	North Peace Tribal Council	8	2,723.4	6,729.7	28	0
Thabacha Náre 196A	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	Frog Lake	Cree	Tribal Chiefs Ventures Incorporated	6	8,506.3	21,019.5	909	813	11.8%
Upper Hay River 212	Dene Tha'	Slavey	North Peace Tribal Council	8	1,418.0	3,504.0	294	292	0.7%
Utikoomak Lake 155	Whitefish Lake	Woods Cree	Kee Tas Kee Now Tribal Council	8	6,756.1	16,694.7	723	644	12.3%
Utikoomak Lake 155A	Whitefish Lake	Woods Cree	Kee Tas Kee Now Tribal Council	8	1,041.0	2,572.4	127	121	5.0%
Utikoomak Lake 155B	Whitefish Lake	Woods Cree	Kee Tas Kee Now Tribal Council	8	502.6	1,242.0
Wabamun 133A	Paul	Cree / Nakoda		6	6,116.9	15,115.2	1,592	1,069	48.9%
Wabamun 133B	Paul	Cree / Nakoda		6	178.5	441.1	30	17	76.5%
Wabasca 166	Bigstone Cree	Woods Cree		8	8,452.4	20,886.3	160	152	5.3%
Wabasca 166A	Bigstone Cree	Woods Cree		8	682.1	1,685.5	658	738	-10.8%
Wabasca 166B	Bigstone Cree	Woods Cree		8	2,413.4	5,963.6	190	250	-24.0%
Wabasca 166C	Bigstone Cree	Woods Cree		8	3,502.6	8,655.1	188	182	3.3%
Wabasca 166D	Bigstone Cree	Woods Cree		8	5,817.4	14,375.1	961	885	8.6%
Wadlin Lake 173C	Tallcree Tribal Government	Anishinaabe	North Peace Tribal Council	8	48.0	118.6
White Fish Lake 128	Saddle Lake Cree	Beaver Hills Cree		6	4,542.7	11,225.3	1,310	1,188	10.3%
William McKenzie 151K	Duncan's	Woods Cree	Western Cree Tribal Council	8	389.3	962.0
Winefred Lake 194B	Chipewyan Prairie	Chipewyan	Athabasca Tribal Council	8	450.0	1,112.0
Woodland Cree 226	Woodland Cree	Woodland Cree	Kee Tas Kee Now Tribal Council	8	11,660.0	28,812.5	723	706	2.4%
Woodland Cree 227	Woodland Cree	Woodland Cree	Kee Tas Kee Now Tribal Council	8	660.0	1,630.9
Woodland Cree 228	Woodland Cree	Woodland Cree	Kee Tas Kee Now Tribal Council	8	3,786.0	9,355.4	150	143	4.9%
Zama Lake 210	Dene Tha'	Slavey	North Peace Tribal Council	8	2,307.2	5,701.2

See also※

• List of census divisions of Alberta
• List of designated places in Alberta
• List of ghost towns in Alberta
• List of municipalities in Alberta
• List of population centres in Alberta
• List of settlements in Alberta