Alberta municipal censuses, 2016

Alberta municipal censuses, 2016

March 1 – July 31, 2016

Distribution of Alberta's 269 urban municipalities

Alberta has provincial legislation allowing its municipalities to conduct municipal censuses between April 1 and June 30 inclusive.^[1][2] Due to the concurrency of Statistics Canada conducting the Canada 2016 Census in May 2016, the Government of Alberta offered municipalities the option to alter their 2016 municipal census timeframes to either March 1 through May 31 or May 1 through July 31.^[3] Municipalities choose to conduct their own censuses for multiple reasons such as: to better inform municipal service planning and provision; to capitalize on per capita based grant funding from higher levels of government; or to simply update their populations since the last federal census.^[4]

With the dissolution of the villages of Galahad and Strome on January 1, 2016, Alberta has 354 municipalities.^[5] At least 21 of these municipalities (5.9%) are conducting a municipal census in 2016.

Cochrane, Alberta's second-largest town, surpassed a population of 25,000 in 2016.

Some municipalities achieved population milestones as a result of their 2016 censuses. Airdrie became the eighth city in Alberta to exceed 60,000 residents, while Leduc surpassed 30,000 people and Cochrane grew beyond the 25,000 mark.

Municipal census results

The following summarizes the results of the numerous municipal censuses conducted in 2016.

2016 municipal census summary				2011 federal census comparison[6]				Previous municipal census comparison[7]
Municipality	Status	Census date	2016 pop.	2011 pop.	Absolute growth	Absolute change	Annual growth rate	Prev. pop.	Prev. census year	Absolute growth	Annual growth rate
Airdrie	City		61,842[8]	42,564	19,278	45.3%	7.8%	58,690	2015	3,152	5.4%
Beaumont	Town	April 1, 2016	17,720[9]	13,284	4,436	33.4%	5.9%	16,768	2015	952	5.7%
Blackfalds	Town		9,510[10]	6,300	3,210	51%	8.6%	8,793	2015	717	8.2%
Calgary	City	April 1, 2016	1,235,171[11]	1,096,833	138,338	12.6%	2.4%	1,230,915	2015	4,256	0.3%
Camrose	City	April 1, 2016	18,044[12]	17,286	758	4.4%	0.9%	18,038	2014	6	0.0%
Chestermere	City		19,715[13]	14,824	4,891	33%	5.9%	18,496	2015	1,219	6.6%
Cochrane	Town		25,122[14]	17,580	7,542	42.9%	7.4%	23,084	2015	2,038	8.8%
Edmonton	City	April 1, 2016	899,447[15]	812,201	87,246	10.7%	2.1%	877,926	2014	21,521	1.2%
Forestburg	Village		[lower-alpha 1]	831				880	2014
Fort Saskatchewan	City		24,569[17]	19,051	5,518	29%	5.2%	24,040	2015	529	2.2%
Kitscoty	Village		976[18]	846	130	15.4%	2.9%	967	2013	9	0.3%
Lac La Biche County	Municipal district		[19]	8,402				9,094	2013
Leduc	City		30,498[20]	24,279	6,219	25.6%	4.7%	29,304	2015	1,194	4.1%
Lethbridge	City	April 1, 2016	96,828[21]	83,517	13,311	15.9%	3.0%	94,804	2015	2,024	2.1%
Morinville	Town		9,893[22]	8,569	1,324	15.5%	2.9%	9,402	2014	491	2.6%
MD of Opportunity No. 17	Municipal district		[23]	3,074				3,214	2015
Raymond	Town		4,202[24]	3,743	459	12.3%	2.3%	4,139	2015	63	1.5%
Red Deer	City		99,832[25]	90,564	9,268	10.2%	2.0%	100,807	2015	−975	−1.0%
Spruce Grove	City		33,640[26]	26,171	7,469	28.5%	5.1%	32,036	2015	1,604	5.0%
St. Albert	City		64,645[27]	61,466	3,179	5.2%	1.0%	63,255	2014	1,390	1.1%
MD of Taber	Municipal district		7,173[28]	6,851	322	4.7%	0.9%	7,116	2013	57	0.3%

Breakdowns

Hamlets

The following is a list of hamlet populations determined by 2016 municipal censuses conducted by the Municipal District of Taber.

2016 municipal census summary			Previous census comparison
Hamlet	Municipality	2013 population [29]	Previous population [30]	Previous census year [30]	Absolute growth	Annual growth rate
Enchant	MD of Taber	259	289	2013	−30	−3.6%
Grassy Lake	MD of Taber	815	778	2013	37	1.6%
Hays	MD of Taber	163	163	2013	0	0.0%
Johnson's Addition	MD of Taber	130	115	2013	15	4.2%
Purple Springs	MD of Taber	44	41	2013	3	2.4%

Notes

1. The Village of Forestburg opted to defer its scheduled 2016 municipal census to 2017.^[16]

See also

• Alberta municipal elections, 2013
• List of communities in Alberta
• List of mayors in Alberta

References

1. "Municipal Government Act: Revised Statutes of Alberta 2000 Chapter M-26 (Office Consolidation)" (PDF). Alberta Queen's Printer. November 24, 2010. Retrieved February 21, 2016.
2. "Municipal Government Act: Determination of Population Regulation, Alberta Regulation 63/2001 (Office Consolidation)" (PDF). Alberta Queen’s Printer. 2013. p. 3. Retrieved February 21, 2016.
3. "Regular Council Meeting Agenda" (PDF). Mackenzie County. February 9, 2016. p. 148. Retrieved February 21, 2016. In order to minimize the overlap between the federal and municipal census, Municipal Affairs will accommodate municipalities by giving them the option to alter their census enumeration period to either March 1, 2016 to May 31, 2016 or May 1, 2016 to July 31, 2016. For this census year only, municipalities are not required to submit a request for approval to the Minister if they choose to conduct a census during the two optional time periods offered.
4. "Municipal Census Manual: Requirements and Guidelines for Conducting a Municipal Census" (PDF). Alberta Municipal Affairs. February 2015. p. 7. ISBN 978-1-4601-2127-6. Retrieved February 21, 2016.
5. "2016 Municipal Codes" (PDF). Alberta Municipal Affairs. January 18, 2016. Retrieved February 21, 2016.
6. "Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), 2011 and 2006 censuses (Alberta)". Statistics Canada. February 8, 2012. Retrieved February 8, 2012.
7. "2015 Municipal Affairs Population List" (PDF). Alberta Municipal Affairs. ISBN 978-1-4601-2630-1. Retrieved February 17, 2016.
8. "2016 Official census results". City of Airdrie. July 5, 2016. Retrieved July 5, 2016.
9. "2016 Beaumont Census Results" (PDF). Town of Beaumont. July 12, 2016. Retrieved October 8, 2016.
10. "Town of Blackfalds Census Report 2016". Town of Blackfalds. Retrieved October 8, 2016.
11. "2016 Civic Census Results" (PDF). City of Calgary. Retrieved July 20, 2016.
12. "City of Camrose Census 2016 Information & Results". City of Camrose. Retrieved October 8, 2016.
13. "Chestermere sees highest online census participation in Alberta". City of Chestermere. July 13, 2016. Retrieved July 13, 2016.
14. "2016 Municipal Census: Summary Report". Town of Cochrane. May 2016. Retrieved May 17, 2016.
15. "Municipal Census". City of Edmonton. August 31, 2016. Retrieved August 31, 2016.
16. "Inforestburg: Village of Forestburg Council Highlight for May 2016" (PDF). Village of Forestburg. June 2016. Retrieved June 10, 2016.
17. "2016 Municipal Census Results". City of Fort Saskatchewan. Retrieved October 8, 2016.
18. "Village of Kitscoty 2016 Municipal Census Statistics". Retrieved October 8, 2016.
19. "Special Council Meeting (agenda)". Lac La Biche County. December 18, 2015. Retrieved April 4, 2016.
20. "City of Leduc crosses 30,000 threshold for 2016 census". City of Leduc. June 8, 2016. Retrieved June 10, 2016.
21. "Request For Decision: 2016 Municipal Census" (PDF). City of Lethbridge. June 27, 2016. Retrieved June 27, 2016.
22. Tristan Turner (July 13, 2016). "Morinville has 9,893 people according to completed municipal census". Morinville News. Pawn Marketing & Publishing Inc. Retrieved July 13, 2016.
23. "Casual Employment: 2016 Census Enumerator" (PDF). Slave Lake Lakeside Leader. April 6, 2016. Retrieved April 17, 2016.
24. "Town of Raymond Census Results – 2016" (PDF). Town of Raymond. August 29, 2016. Retrieved October 8, 2016.
25. "2016 Municipal Census results released today". City of Red Deer. July 6, 2016. Retrieved July 8, 2016.
26. "Spruce Grove Demographic Report 2016". City of Spruce Grove. Retrieved August 13, 2016.
27. "City Releases Census Results: Slow and Steady Growth Since 2014". City of St. Albert. June 20, 2016. Retrieved June 23, 2016.
28. "MD Connection: 2016 Municipal Census is Complete!". Municipal District of Taber. Summer 2016. p. 6. Retrieved July 14, 2016.
29. "About Us: Population & Statistics". Municipal District of Taber. Retrieved October 8, 2016.
30. "MD Connection (newsletter): Fountain of Youth?" (PDF) (PDF). Municipal District of Taber. Summer 2013. p. 7. Retrieved August 29, 2013.

External links

• Alberta Municipal Affairs: Municipal Census & Population Lists
• Statistics Canada: Census Profile (2011 Census)