List of municipal amalgamations in Alberta
List of urban municipality amalgamations
The following is a chronological list of historic municipal amalgamations in Alberta involving at least one or more urban municipalities.

List of municipal amalgamations in Alberta

Section Title: List of urban municipality amalgamations
Table Section Text: The following is a chronological list of historic municipal amalgamations in Alberta involving at least one or more urban municipalities.

Amalgamating municipalities	Previous statuses	Effective date	Formed municipality	Status of formed municipality	Remarks

Edmonton Strathcona	City City	February 1, 1912	Edmonton	City

Edmonton North Edmonton	City Village	July 18, 1912	Edmonton	City

Edmonton West Edmonton	City Village	April 17, 1917	Edmonton	City

Lloydminster (AB) Lloydminster (SK)	Village (AB) Town (SK)	May 22, 1930	Lloydminster (AB/SK)	Town	Lloydminster subsequently changed to city status on January 1, 1958.

Drinnan Hinton	Village New town	April 1, 1957	Hinton	New town	Hinton subsequently changed to town status on December 29, 1958.

Calgary Forest Lawn	City Town	December 30, 1961	Calgary	City

Beverly Edmonton	Town City	December 31, 1961	Edmonton	City

Calgary Montgomery	City Village	August 15, 1963	Calgary	City

Bowness Calgary	Town City	August 15, 1964	Calgary	City

Edmonton Jasper Place	City Town	December 17, 1964	Edmonton	City

Bellevue Blairmore Coleman Frank Improvement District No. 5	Village Town Town Village Improvement district	January 1, 1979	Crowsnest Pass	Town	Official legal name of the formed municipality became Municipality of Crowsnest Pass. The town subsequently changed to specialized municipality status on January 16, 2008.

Fort McMurray Improvement District No. 143	City Improvement district	April 1, 1995	Wood Buffalo	Specialized municipality	Official legal name of the formed municipality became Municipality of Wood Buffalo, which changed its official legal name to Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo on August 14, 1996.

Crowsnest Pass Improvement District No. 6	Town Improvement district	January 1, 1996	Crowsnest Pass	Town	The town subsequently changed to specialized municipality status on January 16, 2008.

Cold Lake Grand Centre	Town Town	October 1, 1996	Cold Lake	Town	Amalgamation included the simultaneous annexation of Medley (CFB Cold Lake/4 Wing) from the Municipal District of Bonnyville No. 87.

Drumheller Municipal District of Badlands No. 7	City Municipal district	January 1, 1998	Drumheller	Town

Lac La Biche Lakeland County	Town Municipal district	August 1, 2007	Lac La Biche County	Municipal district	The municipal district subsequently changed to specialized municipality status on January 1, 2018.

Sentence(s)

The first amalgamation in Alberta involving one or more urban municipalities occurred on February 1, 1912 when the city of Strathcona Edmonton formed the municipal government under the name of the City of Edmonton.

final_sentence: The first amalgamation in Alberta involving one or more urban municipalities occurred on February 1, 1912 when the city of Strathcona Edmonton formed the municipal government under the name of the City of Edmonton.