Alberta has provincial legislation allowing its municipalities to conduct municipal censuses between April 1 and June 30 inclusive. Due to the concurrency of Statistics Canada conducting the Canada 2016 Census in May 2016, the Government of Alberta offered municipalities the option to alter their 2016 municipal census timeframes to either March 1 through May 31 or May 1 through July 31. 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.
With the dissolution of the villages of Galahad and Strome on January 1, 2016, Alberta had 354 municipalities in 2016. Alberta Municipal Affairs recognized those conducted by 21 () of these municipalities. By municipal status, it recognized those conducted by 11 of Alberta's 18 cities, 5 of 108 towns, 2 of 90 villages, and 3 of 64 municipal districts. In addition to those recognized by Municipal Affairs, a census was planned by the Village of Forestburg for 2016 but was subsequently deferred to 2017.
Some municipalities achieved population milestones as a result of their 2016 censuses. Airdrie became the eighth city in Alberta to exceed 60,000 residents, while Leduc surpassed 30,000 people and Cochrane grew beyond the 25,000 mark. Edmonton fell short of the 900,000-mark by 553 people, while Red Deer dipped back below 100,000 residents after surpassing that milestone in 2015.
Municipal census results The following summarizes the results of the numerous municipal censuses conducted in 2016. 2016 municipal census summary 2011 federal census comparison Previous municipal census comparisonMunicipalityStatusCensusdate2016pop.2011pop.AbsolutegrowthAbsolutechangeAnnualgrowthratePrev.pop.Prev.censusyearAbsolutegrowthAnnualgrowthrate Airdrie City 2015 Beaumont Town 2015 Blackfalds Town 2015 Calgary City 2015 Camrose City 2014 Chauvin Village 2011 Chestermere City 2015 Cochrane Town 2015 Edmonton City 2014 Forestburg Village 2014 Fort Saskatchewan City 2015 Kitscoty Village 2013 Lac La Biche County Municipal district 2013 Leduc City 2015 Lethbridge City 2015 Morinville Town 2014 Opportunity No. 17MD of Opportunity No. 17 Municipal district 2015 Raymond Town 2015 Red Deer City 2015 Spruce Grove City 2015 St. Albert City 2014 TaberMD of Taber Municipal district 2013
Breakdowns
Hamlets The following is a list of hamlet populations determined by 2016 municipal censuses conducted by Lac La Biche County and the Municipal District of Taber.
2016 municipal census summary Previous census comparisonHamletMunicipality2016populationPreviouspopulationPreviouscensus yearAbsolutegrowthAnnualgrowth rate Beaver Lake Lac La Biche County 2011 Enchant TaberMD of Taber 2013 Grassy Lake TaberMD of Taber 2013 Hays TaberMD of Taber 2013 Hylo Lac La Biche County – – – – Johnson's Addition TaberMD of Taber 2013 Lac La Biche Lac La Biche County 2013 Plamondon Lac La Biche County 2013 Purple Springs TaberMD of Taber 2013 Venice Lac La Biche County – – – –
Shadow population counts Alberta Municipal Affairs defines shadow population as "temporary residents of a municipality who are employed by an industrial or commercial establishment in the municipality for a minimum of 30 days within a municipal census year." Lac La Biche County conducted a shadow population count in 2016. The following presents the results of this count for comparison with its concurrent municipal census results.
MunicipalityStatusMunicipalcensuspopulationShadowpopulationCombinedpopulation Lac La BicheLac La Biche County Municipal district
Notes
See also 2013 Alberta municipal elections List of communities in Alberta
References
External links Alberta Municipal Affairs: Municipal Census & Population Lists Statistics Canada: Census Profile (2011 Census) 2016 municipal census links by municipality: Airdrie: 2016 Census Fact Sheets Beaumont: 2016 Beaumont Census Report Blackfalds: Census Report 2016 Calgary: 2016 Civic Census Results Camrose: Census 2016 Information & Results Chestermere: 2016 Municipal Census Staff Report Cochrane: 2016 Municipal Census Summary Report Edmonton 2016 Municipal Census Results Fort Saskatchewan 2016 Municipal Census Results Leduc: Census Information, Leduc Census 2016 Lethbridge: 2016 Census Results Morinville: 2016 Municipal Census Raymond: Town of Raymond Census Results – 2016 Red Deer: 2016 Municipal Census Report Spruce Grove: Demographic Report 2016 St. Albert: 2016 St. Albert Census, Municipal Census Report