# 2024 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 2024 with 342 municipalities. Of these, 24 notified Alberta Municipal Affairs of their intentions to conduct a municipal census in 2024, including at least five cities, nine towns, one village, two specialized municipalities, and two municipal districts.

## Municipal census results

The following summarizes the results of those 2024 municipal censuses published to date.
| 2024 municipal census summary | 2024 municipal census summary | 2024 municipal census summary | 2024 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 | 2024 pop. | 2021 pop. | Absolute growth | Absolute change | Annual growth rate | Prev. pop. | Prev. census year | Absolute growth | Annual growth rate |
| Airdrie | City | April 1, 2024 | 85,805 | 74,100 | 11,705 | 15.8% | 6.4% | 80,649 | 2023 | 5,156 | 6.4% |
| Alix | Village | May 7, 2024 | 781 | 774 | 7 | 0.9% | 0.3% | 775 | 1998 | 6 | 0.0% |
| Blackfalds | Town | May 6, 2024 | 11,415 | 10,470 | 945 | 9% | 2.9% | 11,015 | 2021 | 400 | 1.2% |
| Bonnyville | Town | May 1, 2024 | 6,675 | 6,404 | 271 | 4.2% | 1.4% | 6,422 | 2017 | 253 | 0.1% |
| Carstairs | Town | April 15, 2024 | 5,313 | 4,898 | 415 | 8.5% | 2.7% | 2,501 | 2005 | 2,812 | 4.0% |
| Chestermere | City | May 1, 2024 | 28,129 | 22,163 | 5,966 | 26.9% | 8.3% | 20,732 | 2018 | 7,397 | 5.2% |
| Cochrane | Town | April 2, 2024 | 37,011 | 32,199 | 4,812 | 14.9% | 4.8% | 29,277 | 2019 | 7,734 | 4.8% |
| Crossfield | Town | May 1, 2024 | 4,211 | 3,599 | 612 | 17% | 5.4% | 3,371 | 2018 | 834 | 4.5% |
| Fort Saskatchewan | City | April 1, 2024 | 29,857 | 27,088 | 2,769 | 10.2% | 3.3% | 28,624 | 2023 | 1,233 | 4.3% |
| Fox Creek | Town | May 10, 2024 | 2,015 | 1,792 | 223 | 12.4% | 4.0% | 1,789 | 2019 | 226 | 2.4% |
| Grande Prairie | City | May 1, 2024 | 70,385 | 64,141 | 6,244 | 9.7% | 3.1% | 69,088 | 2018 | 1,297 | 0.3% |
| Grande Prairie No. 1County of Grande Prairie No. 1 | Municipal district | April 3, 2024 | 26,701 | 24,623 | 2,078 | 8.4% | 2.7% | 17,989 | 2006 | 8,712 | 2.2% |
| Mackenzie County | Specialized municipality | May 13, 2024 | 14,380 | 12,804 | 1,576 | 12.3% | 3.9% | 12,512 | 2018 | 1,868 | 2.3% |
| Penhold | Town | | 3,854 | 3,484 | 370 | 10.6% | 3.4% | 3,563 | 2019 | 291 | 1.6% |
| St. Albert | City | May 6, 2024 | 72,316 | 68,232 | 4,084 | 6% | 2.0% | 66,082 | 2018 | 6,234 | 1.5% |
| Strathcona County | Specialized municipality | May 1, 2024 | 103,829 | 99,225 | 4,604 | 4.6% | 1.5% | 100,362 | 2022 | 3,467 | 1.7% |
| Sylvan Lake | Town | April 15, 2024 | 16,275 | 15,995 | 280 | 1.8% | 0.6% | 13,015 | 2013 | 3,260 | 2.1% |

## Breakdowns
### Urban and rural service areas

| 2024 municipal census summary | 2024 municipal census summary | 2022 municipal census comparison | 2022 municipal census comparison | 2022 municipal census comparison |
| Area | 2024 population | Previous population | Absolute growth | Annual growth rate |
| Sherwood Park urban service area | 75,575 | 73,000 | 2,575 | 1.7% |
| Rural service area | 28,253 | 27,362 | 891 | 1.6% |
| Total Strathcona County | 103,829 | 100,362 | 3,467 | 1.7% |

### Hamlets

The following is a list of hamlet populations determined by the 2024 municipal census conducted by Strathcona County, excluding the Sherwood Park urban service area that is presented above.
| 2024 municipal census summary | 2024 municipal census summary | 2024 municipal census summary | Previous census comparison | Previous census comparison | Previous census comparison | Previous census comparison |
| Hamlet | Municipality | 2024 population | Previous population | Previous census year | Absolute growth | Annual growth rate |
| Antler Lake | Strathcona County | 439 | 428 | 2022 | 11 | 1.3% |
| Ardrossan | Strathcona County | 1,238 | 919 | 2022 | 319 | 16.1% |
| Bezanson | County of Grande Prairie No. 1 | 146 | 133 | 2021 | 13 | 3.2% |
| Buffalo Lakes | County of Grande Prairie No. 1 | 5 | | | | |
| Clairmont | County of Grande Prairie No. 1 | 6,123 | 5,135 | 2021 | 988 | 6.0% |
| Collingwood Cove | Strathcona County | 371 | 375 | 2022 | −4 | −0.5% |
| Demmitt | County of Grande Prairie No. 1 | 0 | | | | |
| Dimsdale | County of Grande Prairie No. 1 | 29 | | | | |
| Elmworth | County of Grande Prairie No. 1 | 5 | | | | |
| Fort Vermilion | Mackenzie County | 772 | 753 | 2021 | 19 | 0.8% |
| Goodfare | County of Grande Prairie No. 1 | 15 | | | | |
| Halcourt | County of Grande Prairie No. 1 | 5 | | | | |
| Half Moon Lake | Strathcona County | 206 | 187 | 2022 | 19 | 5.0% |
| Hastings Lake | Strathcona County | 110 | 102 | 2022 | 8 | 3.8% |
| Huallen | County of Grande Prairie No. 1 | 10 | | | | |
| Hythe | County of Grande Prairie No. 1 | 835 | 854 | 2021 | −19 | −0.7% |
| Josephburg | Strathcona County | 122 | 117 | 2022 | 5 | 2.1% |
| La Crete | Mackenzie County | 4,010 | 3,856 | 2021 | 154 | 1.3% |
| La Glace | County of Grande Prairie No. 1 | 174 | 179 | 2021 | −5 | −0.9% |
| Lymburn | County of Grande Prairie No. 1 | 5 | | | | |
| North Cooking Lake | Strathcona County | 53 | 48 | 2022 | 5 | 5.1% |
| South Cooking Lake | Strathcona County | 291 | 277 | 2022 | 14 | 2.5% |
| Teepee Creek | County of Grande Prairie No. 1 | 20 | | | | |
| Valhalla Centre | County of Grande Prairie No. 1 | 38 | 40 | 2021 | −2 | −1.7% |
| Wedgewood | County of Grande Prairie No. 1 | 736 | 752 | 2021 | −16 | −0.7% |