Alberta has provincial legislation allowing its municipalities to conduct municipal censuses.[1] 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.[2]
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 Distribution of Alberta's 260 urban municipalities |
Alberta began the year of 2024 with 342 municipalities. Of these, 18 have conducted or are in the process of conducting a municipal census in 2024, including the five cities, eight towns, one village, two specialized municipalities, and two municipal districts.
Municipal census results
editThe following summarizes the results of those 2024 municipal censuses published to date.
| 2024 municipal census summary | 2021 federal census comparison[3] | Previous municipal census comparison</ref>[4][5] | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | [6] | 85,805[6] | 74,100 | 11,705 | 15.8% | 6.4% | 80,649 | 2023 | 5,156 | 6.4% |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Municipal Government Act: Revised Statutes of Alberta 2000 Chapter M-26 (Office Consolidation)" (PDF). Alberta Queen's Printer. June 21, 2024. Retrieved July 12, 2024.
- ^ Municipal Census Manual: Requirements and Guidelines for Conducting a Municipal Census (PDF). Alberta Municipal Affairs. January 2019. p. 8. ISBN 978-1-4601-4308-7. Retrieved July 12, 2024.
- ^ "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), Alberta". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved July 12, 2024.
- ^ 2019 Municipal Affairs Population List (PDF). Alberta Municipal Affairs. December 2019. ISBN 978-1-4601-4623-1. Retrieved July 12, 2024.
- ^ "2023 Municipal Affairs Population List" (PDF). Municipal Affairs. February 12, 2024. ISBN 978-1-4601-5954-5. Retrieved July 12, 2024.
- ^ a b Scott Rowan (July 3, 2024). "2024 Census: Airdrie population surpasses 85,000". Airdrie City View. Great West Media. Retrieved July 12, 2024.