List of communities in Alberta
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 m².

List of communities in Alberta

Section Title: Towns
Table Section Text: 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 m².

Towns of Alberta

Name	Specialized/rural municipality	Incorporation date (town)	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	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	1,078	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	9,328	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	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	1,308	1,155	+13.2%	7.12	183.7/km2

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

Canmore	Bighorn No. 8, M.D. of Kananaskis Improvement District	June 1, 1966	13,992	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	8,215	7,493	+9.6%	7.99	1,028.2/km2

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

Cochrane	Rocky View County	February 15, 1971	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	2,983	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	6,578	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	8,414	8,475	−0.7%	29.72	283.1/km2

Elk Point	St. Paul No. 19, County of	January 1, 1962	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	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	3,159	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	7,847	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	2,374	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	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	9,848	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	28,881	24,511	+17.8%	19.63	1,471.3/km2

Olds	Mountain View County	July 1, 1905	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	1,001	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	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	3,642	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	795	870	−8.6%	10.76	73.9/km2

Raymond	Warner No. 5, County of	July 1, 1903	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	2,053	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	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	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	17,189	15,051	+14.2%	35.72	481.2/km2

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

Sundre	Mountain View County	January 1, 1956	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	14,816	12,362	+19.9%	23.36	634.2/km2

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

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

Three Hills	Kneehill County	January 1, 1929	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	2,559	2,167	+18.1%	5.79	442.0/km2

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

Valleyview	Greenview No. 16, M.D. of	February 5, 1957	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	5,708	5,717	−0.2%	14.08	405.4/km2

Vermilion	Vermilion River, County of	August 27, 1906	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	6,270	5,925	+5.8%	9.1	689.0/km2

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

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

Whitecourt	Woodlands County	December 20, 1971	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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