# 2022 Alberta municipal censuses

Alberta has provincial legislation allowing its municipalities to conduct municipal censuses. Municipalities choose to conduct their own censuses for multiple reasons such as to better inform municipal service planning and provision or to simply update their populations since the last federal census.
Alberta began the year of 2022 with 343 municipalities. Of these, three municipalities conducted a municipal census in 2022, including the City of Cold Lake, the Town of High Level, and Strathcona County.
Strathcona County became the fifth municipality in Alberta to reach 100,000 people as a result from its 2022 municipal census.

## Municipal census results

The following summarizes the results of the three municipal censuses conducted in 2022.
| 2022 municipal census summary | 2022 municipal census summary | 2022 municipal census summary | 2022 municipal census summary | 2021 federal census comparison | 2021 federal census comparison | 2021 federal census comparison | 2021 federal census comparison | Previous municipal census comparison | Previous municipal census comparison | Previous municipal census comparison | Previous municipal census comparison |
| Municipality | Status | Census date | 2022 pop. | 2021 pop. | Absolute growth | Absolute change | Annual growth rate | Prev. pop. | Prev. census year | Absolute growth | Annual growth rate |
| Cold Lake | City | May 2, 2022 | 16,302 | 15,661 | 641 | 4.1% | 4.1% | 15,736 | 2014 | 566 | 0.4% |
| High Level | Town | | unpublished | 3,922 | | | | 3,992 | 2017 | | |
| Strathcona County | Specialized municipality | May 1, 2022 | 100,362 | 99,225 | 1,137 | 1.1% | 1.1% | 98,381 | 2018 | 1,981 | 0.5% |

## Breakdowns
### Urban and rural service areas

| 2022 municipal census summary | 2022 municipal census summary | 2018 municipal census comparison | 2018 municipal census comparison | 2018 municipal census comparison |
| Area | 2022 population | Previous population | Absolute growth | Annual growth rate |
| Sherwood Park urban service area | 73,000 | 71,332 | 1,668 | 0.6% |
| Rural service area | 27,362 | 27,049 | 313 | 0.3% |
| Total Strathcona County | 100,362 | 98,381 | 1,981 | 0.5% |

### Hamlets

The following is a list of hamlet populations determined by the 2022 municipal census conducted by Strathcona County, excluding the Sherwood Park urban service area that is presented above.
| 2022 municipal census summary | 2022 municipal census summary | 2022 municipal census summary | Previous municipal census comparison | Previous municipal census comparison | Previous municipal census comparison | Previous municipal census comparison |
| Hamlet | Municipality | 2022 population | Previous population | Previous census year | Absolute growth | Annual growth rate |
| Antler Lake | Strathcona County | 428 | 435 | 2018 | −7 | −0.4% |
| Ardrossan | Strathcona County | 919 | 532 | 2018 | 387 | 14.6% |
| Collingwood Cove | Strathcona County | 375 | 376 | 2018 | −1 | −0.1% |
| Half Moon Lake | Strathcona County | 187 | 214 | 2018 | −27 | −3.3% |
| Hastings Lake | Strathcona County | 102 | 104 | 2018 | −2 | −0.5% |
| Josephburg | Strathcona County | 117 | 118 | 2018 | −1 | −0.2% |
| North Cooking Lake | Strathcona County | 48 | 57 | 2018 | −9 | −4.2% |
| South Cooking Lake | Strathcona County | 277 | 270 | 2018 | 7 | 0.6% |