List of municipal districts in Alberta
List
The below table is a list of only those rural municipalities in Alberta that are incorporated as municipal districts. Mackenzie County, Strathcona County and the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo are not listed because they are incorporated as specialized municipalities, not municipal districts.

List of municipal districts in Alberta

Section Title: List
Table Section Text: The below table is a list of only those rural municipalities in Alberta that are incorporated as municipal districts. Mackenzie County, Strathcona County and the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo are not listed because they are incorporated as specialized municipalities, not municipal districts.

Name	Incorporation date (municipal district)	Census division	Council size	Municipal census population (year)	Population (2016)	Population (2011)	Change (%)	Land area (km²)	Population density (per km2)

MD 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

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 County	January 1, 1995	17	9	3,861 (2013)	5,672	5,912	−4.1	13,942.43	0.4

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

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

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

MD of Foothills No. 31	January 1, 1954	6	7	22,766	21,248	7.1	3,636.8	6.3

County of Forty Mile No. 8	January 1, 1954	1	7	3,581	3,336	7.3	7,249.31	0.5

County of Grande Prairie No. 1	December 21, 1943	19	9	22,303	19,724	13.1	5,802.21	3.8

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 La Biche County	August 1, 2007	12	9	8,544 (2016)	8,330	8,402	−0.9	12,572.29	0.7

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

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

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

County of Newell	January 1, 1953	2	10	7,524	7,138	5.4	5,904.67	1.3

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

MD of Opportunity No. 17	August 1, 1995	17	11	2,639 (2016)	3,181	3,074	3.5	29,142.10	0.1

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

MD of Peace No. 135	December 11, 1916	19	5	1,747	1,446	20.8	847.47	2.1

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

MD of Provost No. 52	March 1, 1943	7	7	2,205	2,288	−3.6	3,628.39	0.6

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

MD of Smoky River No. 130	January 1, 1952	19	6	2,023	2,126	−4.8	2,840.14	0.7

MD of Spirit River No. 133	December 11, 1916	19	4	700	713	−1.8	683.60	1

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

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

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

County of Two Hills No. 21	January 1, 1944	10	5	3,322	3,160	5.1	2,637.18	1.3

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

MD of Wainwright No. 61	January 30, 1942	7	7	4,479	4,138	8.2	4,156.56	1.1

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

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

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

Sentence(s)

Municipal District of Willow Creek No. 26 is located in Census Division No. 3.

final_sentence: Municipal District of Willow Creek No. 26 is located in Census Division No. 3.