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2016 Alberta municipal censuses

Alberta has provincial legislation allowing its municipalities to conduct municipal censuses between April 1 and June 30 inclusive.[1][2] 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.[3] 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.[4]

2016 Alberta municipal censuses
← 2015 March 1 – July 31, 2016 2017 →
Distribution of Alberta's 269 urban municipalities

With the dissolution of the villages of Galahad and Strome on January 1, 2016, Alberta had 354 municipalities in 2016.[5] Alberta Municipal Affairs recognized those conducted by 21 (5.9%) of these municipalities.[6] 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.[6][a] 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.[7]

View of Cochrane
Cochrane, Alberta's second-largest town, surpassed a population of 25,000 in 2016.

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 edit

The following summarizes the results of the numerous municipal censuses conducted in 2016.

2016 municipal census summary[6] 2011 federal census comparison[8][6] Previous municipal census comparison[9]
Municipality Status Census
date 		2016
pop. 		2011
pop. 		Absolute
growth 		Absolute
change 		Annual
growth
rate 		Prev.
pop. 		Prev.
census
year 		Absolute
growth 		Annual
growth
rate
Airdrie City April 7, 2016 61,842 42,564 19,278 45.3% 7.8% 58,690 2015 3,152 5.4%
Beaumont Town April 1, 2016 17,720 13,284 4,436 33.4% 5.9% 16,768 2015 952 5.7%
Blackfalds Town April 15, 2016 9,510 6,300 3,210 51% 8.6% 8,793 2015 717 8.2%
Calgary City April 1, 2016 1,235,171 1,096,833 138,338 12.6% 2.4% 1,230,915 2015 4,256 0.3%
Camrose City April 1, 2016 18,044 17,286 758 4.4% 0.9% 18,038 2014 6 0.0%
Chauvin Village May 19, 2016 345 334 11 3.3% 0.7% 340 2011 5 0.3%
Chestermere City May 2, 2016 19,715 14,824 4,891 33% 5.9% 18,496 2015 1,219 6.6%
Cochrane Town April 1, 2016 25,122 17,580 7,542 42.9% 7.4% 23,084 2015 2,038 8.8%
Edmonton City April 1, 2016 899,447 812,201 87,246 10.7% 2.1% 877,926 2014 21,521 1.2%
Forestburg Village [b] 831 880 2014
Fort Saskatchewan City April 4, 2016 24,569 19,051 5,518 29% 5.2% 24,040 2015 529 2.2%
Kitscoty Village April 1, 2016 976 846 130 15.4% 2.9% 967 2013 9 0.3%
Lac La Biche County Municipal district May 11, 2016 8,544 8,402 142 1.7% 0.3% 9,094 2013 −550 −2.1%
Leduc City April 1, 2016 30,498 24,279 6,219 25.6% 4.7% 29,304 2015 1,194 4.1%
Lethbridge City April 1, 2016 96,828 83,517 13,311 15.9% 3.0% 94,804 2015 2,024 2.1%
Morinville Town April 15, 2016 9,893 8,569 1,324 15.5% 2.9% 9,402 2014 491 2.6%
Opportunity No. 17MD of Opportunity No. 17 Municipal district April 12, 2016 2,639 3,074 −435 -14.2% −3.0% 3,214 2015 −575 −17.9%
Raymond Town April 4, 2016 4,202 3,743 459 12.3% 2.3% 4,139 2015 63 1.5%
Red Deer City April 1, 2016 99,832 90,564 9,268 10.2% 2.0% 100,807 2015 −975 −1.0%
Spruce Grove City April 6, 2016 33,640 26,171 7,469 28.5% 5.1% 32,036 2015 1,604 5.0%
St. Albert City March 7, 2016 64,645 61,466 3,179 5.2% 1.0% 63,255 2014 1,390 1.1%
TaberMD of Taber Municipal district April 15, 2016 7,173 6,851 322 4.7% 0.9% 7,116 2013 57 0.3%

Breakdowns edit

Hamlets edit

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 comparison
Hamlet Municipality 2016
population
[10][11]		 Previous
population
[12][13]		 Previous
census year
[12][13][14]		 Absolute
growth 		Annual
growth rate
Beaver Lake Lac La Biche County 527 496 2011 31 1.2%
Enchant TaberMD of Taber 259 289 2013 −30 −3.6%
Grassy Lake TaberMD of Taber 815 778 2013 37 1.6%
Hays TaberMD of Taber 163 163 2013 0 0.0%
Hylo Lac La Biche County 33 – – – –
Johnson's Addition TaberMD of Taber 130 115 2013 15 4.2%
Lac La Biche Lac La Biche County 2,682 2,895 2013 −213 −2.5%
Plamondon Lac La Biche County 348 344 2013 4 0.4%
Purple Springs TaberMD of Taber 44 41 2013 3 2.4%
Venice Lac La Biche County 22 – – – –

Shadow population counts edit

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."[4] Lac La Biche County conducted a shadow population count in 2016.[6] The following presents the results of this count for comparison with its concurrent municipal census results.

Municipality Status Municipal
census
population[6]		 Shadow
population[6]		 Combined
population[6]
Lac La BicheLac La Biche County Municipal district 8,544 987 9,531

Notes edit

  1. ^ No censuses were conducted among Alberta's 5 specialized municipalities, 51 summer villages, 3 special areas and 8 improvement districts.[6]
  2. ^ The Village of Forestburg opted to defer its scheduled 2016 municipal census to 2017.[7]

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Municipal Government Act: Revised Statutes of Alberta 2000 Chapter M-26 (Office Consolidation)" (PDF). Alberta Queen's Printer. November 24, 2010. Retrieved February 21, 2016.
  2. ^ "Municipal Government Act: Determination of Population Regulation, Alberta Regulation 63/2001 (Office Consolidation)" (PDF). Alberta Queen's Printer. 2013. p. 3. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 26, 2013. Retrieved February 21, 2016.
  3. ^ "Regular Council Meeting Agenda" (PDF). Mackenzie County. February 9, 2016. p. 148. Retrieved February 21, 2016. In order to minimize the overlap between the federal and municipal census, Municipal Affairs will accommodate municipalities by giving them the option to alter their census enumeration period to either March 1, 2016 to May 31, 2016 or May 1, 2016 to July 31, 2016. For this census year only, municipalities are not required to submit a request for approval to the Minister if they choose to conduct a census during the two optional time periods offered.
  4. ^ a b "Municipal Census Manual: Requirements and Guidelines for Conducting a Municipal Census" (PDF). Alberta Municipal Affairs. February 2015. p. 7. ISBN 978-1-4601-2127-6. Retrieved February 21, 2016.
  5. ^ "2016 Municipal Codes" (PDF). Alberta Municipal Affairs. January 18, 2016. Retrieved February 21, 2016.
  6. ^ a b c d e f g h i "2016 Municipal Affairs Population List" (PDF). Alberta Municipal Affairs. ISBN 978-1-4601-3127-5. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 16, 2017. Retrieved January 13, 2017.
  7. ^ a b "Inforestburg: Village of Forestburg Council Highlight for May 2016" (PDF). Village of Forestburg. June 2016. Retrieved June 10, 2016.[permanent dead link]
  8. ^ "Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), 2011 and 2006 censuses (Alberta)". Statistics Canada. February 8, 2012. Retrieved February 8, 2012.
  9. ^ "2015 Municipal Affairs Population List" (PDF). Alberta Municipal Affairs. ISBN 978-1-4601-2630-1. Retrieved February 17, 2016.
  10. ^ "About Us: Population & Statistics". Municipal District of Taber. Archived from the original on October 12, 2016. Retrieved October 8, 2016.
  11. ^ "Lac La Biche County 2016 Municipal Census Report". Lac La Biche County. p. 13. Archived from the original on September 8, 2020. Retrieved January 17, 2017.
  12. ^ a b "MD Connection (newsletter): Fountain of Youth?" (PDF) (PDF). Municipal District of Taber. Summer 2013. p. 7. Retrieved August 29, 2013.[permanent dead link]
  13. ^ a b "2013 Census Summary". Lac La Biche County. p. 6. Archived from the original on November 6, 2016. Retrieved February 21, 2016.
  14. ^ "Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and designated places, 2011 and 2006 censuses (Alberta)". Statistics Canada. August 9, 2016. Retrieved January 27, 2017.

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