# 2019 Alberta municipal censuses

Alberta has provincial legislation allowing its municipalities to conduct municipal censuses between April 1 and June 30 inclusive. Municipalities choose to conduct their own censuses for multiple reasons such as to better inform municipal service planning and provision, to capitalize on per capita based grant funding from higher levels of government, or to simply update their populations since the last federal census.
Alberta began the year of 2019 with 351 municipalities. Of these, at least 18 (5.1%) have published their intentions to conduct a municipal census in 2019.
Some municipalities achieved population milestones as a result of their 2019 censuses. Lethbridge both exceeded 100,000 residents and surpassed Red Deer as Alberta's third largest city after counting 101,482 residents. Airdrie, now the fifth-largest city in the province after passing Grande Prairie (which last calculated its population in the 2018 Alberta municipal censuses), grew beyond the 70,000-mark.

## Municipal census results

The following summarizes the results of the numerous municipal censuses conducted in 2019.
| 2019 municipal census summary | 2019 municipal census summary | 2019 municipal census summary | 2019 municipal census summary | 2016 federal census comparison | 2016 federal census comparison | 2016 federal census comparison | 2016 federal census comparison | Previous municipal census comparison | Previous municipal census comparison | Previous municipal census comparison | Previous municipal census comparison |
| Municipality | Status | Census date | 2019 pop. | 2016 pop. | Absolute growth | Absolute change | Annual growth rate | Prev. pop. | Prev. census year | Absolute growth | Annual growth rate |
| Airdrie | City | April 1, 2019 | 70,564 | 61,581 | 8,983 | 14.6% | 4.6% | 68,091 | 2018 | 2,473 | 3.6% |
| Beaumont | City | May 1, 2019 | 19,236 | 17,396 | 1,840 | 10.6% | 3.4% | 18,829 | 2018 | 407 | 2.2% |
| Calgary | City | April 1, 2019 | 1,285,711 | 1,239,220 | 46,491 | 3.8% | 1.2% | 1,267,344 | 2018 | 18,367 | 1.4% |
| Coaldale | Town | April 1, 2019 | 8,691 | 8,215 | 476 | 5.8% | 1.9% | 7,526 | 2013 | 1,165 | 2.4% |
| Coalhurst | Town | May 21, 2019 | 2,784 | 2,668 | 116 | 4.3% | 1.4% | 2,767 | 2018 | 17 | 0.6% |
| Cochrane | Town | April 1, 2019 | 29,277 | 25,853 | 3,424 | 13.2% | 4.2% | 27,960 | 2018 | 1,317 | 4.7% |
| Crossfield | Town | May 1, 2019 | 3,377 | 2,983 | 394 | 13.2% | 4.2% | 3,308 | 2018 | 69 | 2.1% |
| Edmonton | City | April 1, 2019 | 972,223 | 932,546 | 39,677 | 4.3% | 1.4% | 899,447 | 2016 | 72,776 | 2.6% |
| Fort Saskatchewan | City | April 1, 2019 | 26,942 | 24,149 | 2,793 | 11.6% | 3.7% | 26,328 | 2018 | 614 | 2.3% |
| Fox Creek | Town | June 3, 2019 | 2,189 | 1,971 | 218 | 11.1% | 3.6% | 2,112 | 2013 | 77 | 1.4% |
| High River | Town | April 1, 2019 | 14,052 | 13,584 | 468 | 3.4% | 1.1% | 11,783 | 2010 | 2,269 | 2.0% |
| Lac La Biche County | Specialized municipality | April 17, 2019 | 8,654 | 8,330 | 324 | 3.9% | 1.3% | 8,544 | 2016 | 110 | 0.4% |
| Lacombe | City | April 2, 2019 | 13,985 | 13,057 | 928 | 7.1% | 2.3% | 12,728 | 2014 | 1,257 | 1.9% |
| Leduc | City | April 1, 2019 | 33,032 | 29,993 | 3,039 | 10.1% | 3.3% | 32,448 | 2018 | 584 | 1.8% |
| Lesser Slave River No. 124Municipal District of Lesser Slave River No. 124 | Municipal district | May 1, 2019 | 2,811 | 2,803 | 8 | 0.3% | 0.1% | 3,074 | 2014 | −263 | −1.8% |
| Lethbridge | City | April 1, 2019 | 101,482 | 92,729 | 8,753 | 9.4% | 3.1% | 99,769 | 2018 | 1,713 | 1.7% |
| Penhold | Town | April 1, 2019 | 3,563 | 3,277 | 286 | 8.7% | 2.8% | 2,842 | 2014 | 721 | 4.6% |
| Raymond | Town | May 15, 2019 | 4,241 | 3,708 | 533 | 14.4% | 4.6% | 4,252 | 2018 | −11 | −0.3% |
| Red Deer | City | April 1, 2019 | 101,002 | 100,418 | 584 | 0.6% | 0.2% | 99,832 | 2016 | 1,170 | 0.4% |
| Stony Plain | Town | May 1, 2019 | 17,842 | 17,189 | 653 | 3.8% | 1.3% | 16,127 | 2015 | 1,715 | 2.6% |
| Sturgeon County | Municipal district | April 15, 2019 | 20,506 | 20,495 | 11 | 0.1% | 0.0% | 19,165 | 2008 | 1,341 | 0.6% |

## Breakdowns
### Hamlets

The following is a list of hamlet populations determined by 2019 municipal censuses conducted by Lac La Biche County and Sturgeon County.
| 2019 municipal census summary | 2019 municipal census summary | 2019 municipal census summary | Previous census comparison | Previous census comparison | Previous census comparison | Previous census comparison |
| Hamlet | Municipality | 2019 population | Previous population | Previous census year | Absolute growth | Annual growth rate |
| Alcomdale | Sturgeon County | | 50 | 2008 | | |
| Beaver Lake | Lac La Biche County | 501 | 527 | 2016 | −26 | −1.7% |
| Calahoo | Sturgeon County | | 210 | 2008 | | |
| Carbondale | Sturgeon County | | | 2008 | | |
| Cardiff | Sturgeon County | | 1,190 | 2008 | | |
| Hylo | Lac La Biche County | 31 | 33 | 2016 | −2 | −2.1% |
| Lac La Biche | Lac La Biche County | 2,837 | 2,682 | 2016 | 155 | 1.9% |
| Lamoureux | Sturgeon County | | | 2008 | | |
| Mearns | Sturgeon County | | | 2008 | | |
| Namao | Sturgeon County | | 10 | 2008 | | |
| Pine Sands | Sturgeon County | | | 2008 | | |
| Plamondon | Lac La Biche County | 373 | 348 | 2016 | 25 | 2.3% |
| Riviere Qui Barre | Sturgeon County | | 100 | 2008 | | |
| Venice | Lac La Biche County | 17 | 22 | 2016 | −5 | −8.2% |
| Villeneuve | Sturgeon County | | 225 | 2008 | | |