List of towns in Alberta
List
The below table is a list of only those urban municipalities in Alberta that are incorporated as towns. The municipalities of Crowsnest Pass and Jasper are not listed because they are incorporated as specialized municipalities, not towns.

List of towns in Alberta

Section Title: List
Table Section Text: The below table is a list of only those urban municipalities in Alberta that are incorporated as towns. The municipalities of Crowsnest Pass and Jasper are not listed because they are incorporated as specialized municipalities, not towns.

Name	Specialized/rural municipality	Incorporation date (town)	Municipal census population (year)	Population (2016)	Population (2011)	Change (%)	Land area (km²)	Population density (per km²)

Athabasca	Athabasca County	September 19, 1911	2,965	2,990	−0.8%	17.65	168.0/km2

Banff	Improvement District No. 9 (Banff)	January 1, 1990	8,421 (2014)	7,851	7,584	+3.5%	4.77	1,645.9/km2

Barrhead	Barrhead No. 11, County of	November 26, 1946	4,579	4,432	+3.3%	8.17	560.5/km2

Bashaw	Camrose County	May 1, 1964	830	873	−4.9%	2.99	277.6/km2

Bassano	Newell, County of	January 16, 1911	1,206	1,282	−5.9%	5.22	231.0/km2

Beaverlodge	Grande Prairie No. 1, County of	January 24, 1956	2,465	2,365	+4.2%	5.73	430.2/km2

Bentley	Lacombe County	January 1, 2001	1,122 (2014)	1,078	1,073	+0.5%	2.24	481.3/km2

Black Diamond	Foothills No. 31, M.D. of	January 1, 1956	2,700	2,373	+13.8%	3.84	703.1/km2

Blackfalds	Lacombe County	April 1, 1980	9,510 (2016)	9,328	6,300	+48.1%	16.44	567.4/km2

Bon Accord	Sturgeon County	November 20, 1979	1,529	1,488	+2.8%	2.13	717.8/km2

Bonnyville	Bonnyville No. 87, M.D. of	February 3, 1948	6,921 (2014)	5,975	6,216	−3.9%	14.18	421.4/km2

Bow Island	Forty Mile No. 8, County of	February 1, 1912	1,983	2,025	−2.1%	5.81	341.3/km2

Bowden	Red Deer County	September 1, 1981	1,240	1,241	−0.1%	2.8	442.9/km2

Bruderheim	Lamont County	September 17, 1980	1,348 (2014)	1,308	1,155	+13.2%	7.12	183.7/km2

Calmar	Leduc County	January 19, 1954	2,101 (2014)	2,228	1,970	+13.1%	4.68	476.1/km2

Canmore	Bighorn No. 8, M.D. of Kananaskis Improvement District	June 1, 1966	13,077 (2014)	13,992	12,288	+13.9%	69.43	201.5/km2

Cardston	Cardston County	July 2, 1901	3,585	3,580	+0.1%	8.59	417.3/km2

Carstairs	Mountain View County	September 1, 1966	4,077	3,442	+18.4%	11.92	342.0/km2

Castor	Paintearth No. 18, County of	June 27, 1910	929	932	−0.3%	2.63	353.2/km2

Claresholm	Willow Creek No. 26, M.D. of	August 31, 1905	3,780	3,758	+0.6%	8.11	466.1/km2

Coaldale	Lethbridge County	January 7, 1952	7,526 (2013)	8,215	7,493	+9.6%	7.99	1,028.2/km2

Coalhurst	Lethbridge County	June 1, 1995	2,522 (2015)	2,668	1,978	+34.9%	3.11	857.9/km2

Cochrane	Rocky View County	February 15, 1971	25,122 (2016)	25,853	17,580	+47.1%	29.83	866.7/km2

Coronation	Paintearth No. 18, County of	April 29, 1912	940	947	−0.7%	3.62	259.7/km2

Crossfield	Rocky View County	August 1, 1980	2,918 (2014)	2,983	2,853	+4.6%	11.96	249.4/km2

Daysland	Flagstaff County	April 2, 1907	824	807	+2.1%	1.75	470.9/km2

Devon	Leduc County	February 24, 1950	6,650 (2014)	6,578	6,515	+1.0%	14.3	460.0/km2

Didsbury	Mountain View County	September 27, 1906	5,268	4,957	+6.3%	16.37	321.8/km2

Drayton Valley	Brazeau County	February 1, 1957	7,235	7,118	+1.6%	30.72	235.5/km2

Drumheller	Kneehill County Special Area No. 2 Starland County Wheatland County	March 2, 1916 January 1, 1998	7,982	8,029	−0.6%	108.03	73.9/km2

Eckville	Lacombe County	July 1, 1966	1,125	1,125	0.0%	1.6	703.1/km2

Edson	Yellowhead County	September 21, 1911	8,646 (2012)	8,414	8,475	−0.7%	29.72	283.1/km2

Elk Point	St. Paul No. 19, County of	January 1, 1962	1,646 (2015)	1,452	1,412	+2.8%	4.91	295.7/km2

Fairview	Fairview No. 136, M.D. of	April 25, 1949	2,998	3,162	−5.2%	11.36	263.9/km2

Falher	Smoky River No. 130, M.D. of	January 1, 1955	1,047	1,075	−2.6%	2.78	376.6/km2

Fort Macleod	Willow Creek No. 26, M.D. of	March 29, 1912	2,967	3,117	−4.8%	23.41	126.7/km2

Fox Creek	Greenview No. 16, M.D. of	September 1, 1983	2,112 (2013)	1,971	1,969	+0.1%	12.36	159.5/km2

Gibbons	Sturgeon County	April 1, 1977	3,159	3,030	+4.3%	7.5	421.2/km2

Granum	Willow Creek No. 26, M.D. of	November 7, 1910	406	447	−9.2%	1.91	212.6/km2

Grimshaw	Peace No. 135, M.D. of	February 2, 1953	2,718	2,515	+8.1%	7.09	383.4/km2

Hanna	Special Area No. 2	April 14, 1914	2,559	2,673	−4.3%	8.81	290.5/km2

Hardisty	Flagstaff County	November 9, 1910	554	639	−13.3%	5.13	108.0/km2

High Level	Mackenzie County	September 1, 1983	3,823 (2015)	3,159	3,641	−13.2%	29.2	108.2/km2

High Prairie	Big Lakes County	January 10, 1950	2,564	2,600	−1.4%	7.22	355.1/km2

High River	Foothills No. 31, M.D. of	February 12, 1906	13,584	12,930	+5.1%	21.39	635.1/km2

Hinton	Yellowhead County	December 29, 1958	9,882	9,640	+2.5%	33.52	294.8/km2

Innisfail	Red Deer County	November 20, 1903	7,953 (2015)	7,847	7,876	−0.4%	19.4	404.5/km2

Irricana	Rocky View County	June 9, 2005	1,216	1,162	+4.6%	3.23	376.5/km2

Killam	Flagstaff County	May 1, 1965	989	981	+0.8%	6.75	146.5/km2

Lamont	Lamont County	May 31, 1968	1,774	1,753	+1.2%	9.2	192.8/km2

Legal	Sturgeon County	January 1, 1998	1,345	1,225	+9.8%	3.18	423.0/km2

Magrath	Cardston County	July 24, 1907	2,398 (2015)	2,374	2,217	+7.1%	5.99	396.3/km2

Manning	Northern Lights, County of	January 1, 1957	1,183	1,164	+1.6%	4.05	292.1/km2

Mayerthorpe	Lac Ste. Anne County	March 20, 1961	1,320	1,398	−5.6%	4.37	302.1/km2

McLennan	Smoky River No. 130, M.D. of	February 11, 1948	701	809	−13.3%	3.71	188.9/km2

Milk River	Warner No. 5, County of	February 7, 1956	892 (2015)	827	811	+2.0%	2.33	354.9/km2

Millet	Wetaskiwin No. 10, County of	September 1, 1983	1,945	2,092	−7.0%	3.72	522.8/km2

Morinville	Sturgeon County	April 21, 1911	9,893 (2016)	9,848	8,569	+14.9%	11.15	883.2/km2

Mundare	Lamont County	January 4, 1951	852	855	−0.4%	4.21	202.4/km2

Nanton	Willow Creek No. 26, M.D. of	August 9, 1907	2,181	2,132	+2.3%	4.87	447.8/km2

Nobleford	Lethbridge County	February 28, 2018	1,278	1,000	+27.8%	1.59	803.8/km2

Okotoks	Foothills No. 31, M.D. of	June 1, 1904	28,016 (2015)	28,881	24,511	+17.8%	19.63	1,471.3/km2

Olds	Mountain View County	July 1, 1905	8,617 (2014)	9,184	8,235	+11.5%	14.93	615.1/km2

Onoway	Lac Ste. Anne County	September 1, 2005	1,029	1,039	−1.0%	3.32	309.9/km2

Oyen	Special Area No. 3	September 1, 1965	1,006 (2015)	1,001	973	+2.9%	5.28	189.6/km2

Peace River	Northern Lights, County of Northern Sunrise County Peace No. 135, M.D. of	December 1, 1919	6,842	6,729	+1.7%	26.26	260.5/km2

Penhold	Red Deer County	September 1, 1980	2,842 (2014)	3,277	2,375	+38.0%	5.29	619.5/km2

Picture Butte	Lethbridge County	January 1, 1960	1,810	1,650	+9.7%	2.85	635.1/km2

Pincher Creek	Pincher Creek No. 9, M.D. of	May 12, 1906	3,619 (2013)	3,642	3,685	−1.2%	10.09	361.0/km2

Ponoka	Ponoka County	October 15, 1904	7,229	6,778	+6.7%	17.33	417.1/km2

Provost	Provost No. 52, M.D. of	December 29, 1952	1,998	2,041	−2.1%	4.72	423.3/km2

Rainbow Lake	Mackenzie County	September 1, 1995	938 (2015)	795	870	−8.6%	10.76	73.9/km2

Raymond	Warner No. 5, County of	July 1, 1903	4,202 (2016)	3,708	3,743	−0.9%	6.66	556.8/km2

Redcliff	Cypress County	August 5, 1912	5,600	5,588	+0.2%	16.25	344.6/km2

Redwater	Sturgeon County	December 31, 1950	2,116 (2012)	2,053	1,915	+7.2%	20.03	102.5/km2

Rimbey	Ponoka County	December 13, 1948	2,567	2,378	+7.9%	11.4	225.2/km2

Rocky Mountain House	Clearwater County	August 31, 1939	7,220 (2015)	6,635	6,933	−4.3%	12.71	522.0/km2

Sedgewick	Flagstaff County	May 1, 1966	811	857	−5.4%	2.72	298.2/km2

Sexsmith	Grande Prairie No. 1, County of	October 15, 1979	2,620	2,418	+8.4%	13.24	197.9/km2

Slave Lake	Lesser Slave River No. 124, M.D. of	August 2, 1965	6,651	6,782	−1.9%	14.44	460.6/km2

Smoky Lake	Smoky Lake County	February 1, 1962	964	1,022	−5.7%	4.26	226.3/km2

Spirit River	Spirit River No. 133, M.D. of	September 18, 1951	995	1,025	−2.9%	3.14	316.9/km2

St. Paul	St. Paul No. 19, County of	December 15, 1936	6,004 (2014)	5,827	5,405	+7.8%	8.64	674.4/km2

Stavely	Willow Creek No. 26, M.D. of	May 25, 1912	541	505	+7.1%	1.83	295.6/km2

Stettler	Stettler No. 6, County of	November 23, 1906	5,952	5,748	+3.5%	13.14	453.0/km2

Stony Plain	Parkland County	December 10, 1908	16,127 (2015)	17,189	15,051	+14.2%	35.72	481.2/km2

Strathmore	Wheatland County	July 6, 1911	13,327 (2015)	13,756	12,305	+11.8%	27.4	502.0/km2

Sundre	Mountain View County	January 1, 1956	2,695 (2012)	2,729	2,610	+4.6%	11.11	245.6/km2

Swan Hills	Big Lakes County	January 1, 1967	1,301	1,465	−11.2%	26.12	49.8/km2

Sylvan Lake	Red Deer County	May 20, 1946	14,310 (2015)	14,816	12,362	+19.9%	23.36	634.2/km2

Taber	Taber, M.D. of	July 1, 1907	8,380 (2015)	8,428	8,104	+4.0%	15.67	537.8/km2

Thorsby	Leduc County	January 1, 2017	1,025 (2015)	985	951	+3.6%	3.85	255.8/km2

Three Hills	Kneehill County	January 1, 1929	3,230 (2012)	3,212	3,198	+0.4%	6.75	475.9/km2

Tofield	Beaver County	September 10, 1909	2,081	2,182	−4.6%	8.21	253.5/km2

Trochu	Kneehill County	August 1, 1962	1,058	1,072	−1.3%	2.78	380.6/km2

Turner Valley	Foothills No. 31, M.D. of	September 1, 1977	2,511 (2015)	2,559	2,167	+18.1%	5.79	442.0/km2

Two Hills	Two Hills No. 21, County of	January 1, 1955	1,431 (2012)	1,352	1,379	−2.0%	3.38	400.0/km2

Valleyview	Greenview No. 16, M.D. of	February 5, 1957	1,972 (2013)	1,863	1,761	+5.8%	9.32	199.9/km2

Vauxhall	Taber, M.D. of	January 1, 1961	1,222	1,288	−5.1%	2.72	449.3/km2

Vegreville	Minburn No. 27, County of	August 15, 1906	5,758 (2012)	5,708	5,717	−0.2%	14.08	405.4/km2

Vermilion	Vermilion River, County of	August 27, 1906	4,545 (2012)	4,084	3,930	+3.9%	12.93	315.9/km2

Viking	Beaver County	November 10, 1952	1,083	1,041	+4.0%	3.7	292.7/km2

Vulcan	Vulcan County	June 15, 1921	1,917	1,836	+4.4%	6.34	302.4/km2

Wainwright	Wainwright No. 61, M.D. of	July 14, 1910	6,289 (2013)	6,270	5,925	+5.8%	9.1	689.0/km2

Wembley	Grande Prairie No. 1, County of	August 1, 1980	1,410 (2012)	1,516	1,383	+9.6%	4.75	319.2/km2

Westlock	Westlock County	January 7, 1947	5,147 (2015)	5,101	4,823	+5.8%	13.37	381.5/km2

Whitecourt	Woodlands County	December 20, 1971	10,574 (2013)	10,204	9,605	+6.2%	26.44	385.9/km2

Total towns	—	—	—	454,181	420,498	+8.0%	1,248.01	363.9/km2

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Canmore is one of the towns in Alberta.

final_sentence: Canmore is one of the towns in Alberta.