Alberta municipal censuses, 2016

Alberta municipal censuses, 2016
Alberta
March 1 – July 31, 2016

Distribution of Alberta's 269 urban municipalities

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]

With the dissolution of the villages of Galahad and Strome on January 1, 2016, Alberta has 354 municipalities.[5] At least 21 of these municipalities (5.9%) are conducting a municipal census in 2016.

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.

Municipal census results

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

2016 municipal census summary 2011 federal census comparison[6] Previous municipal census comparison[7]
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 61,842[8] 42,564 19,278 45.3% 7.8% 58,690 2015 3,152 5.4%
Beaumont Town April 1, 2016 17,720[9] 13,284 4,436 33.4% 5.9% 16,768 2015 952 5.7%
Blackfalds Town 9,510[10] 6,300 3,210 51% 8.6% 8,793 2015 717 8.2%
Calgary City April 1, 2016 1,235,171[11] 1,096,833 138,338 12.6% 2.4% 1,230,915 2015 4,256 0.3%
Camrose City April 1, 2016 18,044[12] 17,286 758 4.4% 0.9% 18,038 2014 6 0.0%
Chestermere City 19,715[13] 14,824 4,891 33% 5.9% 18,496 2015 1,219 6.6%
Cochrane Town 25,122[14] 17,580 7,542 42.9% 7.4% 23,084 2015 2,038 8.8%
Edmonton City April 1, 2016 899,447[15] 812,201 87,246 10.7% 2.1% 877,926 2014 21,521 1.2%
Forestburg Village [lower-alpha 1] 831 880 2014
Fort Saskatchewan City 24,569[17] 19,051 5,518 29% 5.2% 24,040 2015 529 2.2%
Kitscoty Village 976[18] 846 130 15.4% 2.9% 967 2013 9 0.3%
Lac La Biche County Municipal district [19] 8,402 9,094 2013
Leduc City 30,498[20] 24,279 6,219 25.6% 4.7% 29,304 2015 1,194 4.1%
Lethbridge City April 1, 2016 96,828[21] 83,517 13,311 15.9% 3.0% 94,804 2015 2,024 2.1%
Morinville Town 9,893[22] 8,569 1,324 15.5% 2.9% 9,402 2014 491 2.6%
MD of Opportunity No. 17 Municipal district [23] 3,074 3,214 2015
Raymond Town 4,202[24] 3,743 459 12.3% 2.3% 4,139 2015 63 1.5%
Red Deer City 99,832[25] 90,564 9,268 10.2% 2.0% 100,807 2015 −975 −1.0%
Spruce Grove City 33,640[26] 26,171 7,469 28.5% 5.1% 32,036 2015 1,604 5.0%
St. Albert City 64,645[27] 61,466 3,179 5.2% 1.0% 63,255 2014 1,390 1.1%
MD of Taber Municipal district 7,173[28] 6,851 322 4.7% 0.9% 7,116 2013 57 0.3%

Breakdowns

Hamlets

The following is a list of hamlet populations determined by 2016 municipal censuses conducted by the Municipal District of Taber.

2016 municipal census summary Previous census comparison
Hamlet Municipality 2013
population
[29]
Previous
population
[30]
Previous
census year
[30]
Absolute
growth
Annual
growth rate
Enchant MD of Taber 259 289 2013 −30 −3.6%
Grassy Lake MD of Taber 815 778 2013 37 1.6%
Hays MD of Taber 163 163 2013 0 0.0%
Johnson's Addition MD of Taber 130 115 2013 15 4.2%
Purple Springs MD of Taber 44 41 2013 3 2.4%

Notes

  1. The Village of Forestburg opted to defer its scheduled 2016 municipal census to 2017.[16]

See also

References

  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. 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. "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. "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.
  7. "2015 Municipal Affairs Population List" (PDF). Alberta Municipal Affairs. ISBN 978-1-4601-2630-1. Retrieved February 17, 2016.
  8. "2016 Official census results". City of Airdrie. July 5, 2016. Retrieved July 5, 2016.
  9. "2016 Beaumont Census Results" (PDF). Town of Beaumont. July 12, 2016. Retrieved October 8, 2016.
  10. "Town of Blackfalds Census Report 2016". Town of Blackfalds. Retrieved October 8, 2016.
  11. "2016 Civic Census Results" (PDF). City of Calgary. Retrieved July 20, 2016.
  12. "City of Camrose Census 2016 Information & Results". City of Camrose. Retrieved October 8, 2016.
  13. "Chestermere sees highest online census participation in Alberta". City of Chestermere. July 13, 2016. Retrieved July 13, 2016.
  14. "2016 Municipal Census: Summary Report". Town of Cochrane. May 2016. Retrieved May 17, 2016.
  15. "Municipal Census". City of Edmonton. August 31, 2016. Retrieved August 31, 2016.
  16. "Inforestburg: Village of Forestburg Council Highlight for May 2016" (PDF). Village of Forestburg. June 2016. Retrieved June 10, 2016.
  17. "2016 Municipal Census Results". City of Fort Saskatchewan. Retrieved October 8, 2016.
  18. "Village of Kitscoty 2016 Municipal Census Statistics". Retrieved October 8, 2016.
  19. "Special Council Meeting (agenda)". Lac La Biche County. December 18, 2015. Retrieved April 4, 2016.
  20. "City of Leduc crosses 30,000 threshold for 2016 census". City of Leduc. June 8, 2016. Retrieved June 10, 2016.
  21. "Request For Decision: 2016 Municipal Census" (PDF). City of Lethbridge. June 27, 2016. Retrieved June 27, 2016.
  22. Tristan Turner (July 13, 2016). "Morinville has 9,893 people according to completed municipal census". Morinville News. Pawn Marketing & Publishing Inc. Retrieved July 13, 2016.
  23. "Casual Employment: 2016 Census Enumerator" (PDF). Slave Lake Lakeside Leader. April 6, 2016. Retrieved April 17, 2016.
  24. "Town of Raymond Census Results 2016" (PDF). Town of Raymond. August 29, 2016. Retrieved October 8, 2016.
  25. "2016 Municipal Census results released today". City of Red Deer. July 6, 2016. Retrieved July 8, 2016.
  26. "Spruce Grove Demographic Report 2016". City of Spruce Grove. Retrieved August 13, 2016.
  27. "City Releases Census Results: Slow and Steady Growth Since 2014". City of St. Albert. June 20, 2016. Retrieved June 23, 2016.
  28. "MD Connection: 2016 Municipal Census is Complete!". Municipal District of Taber. Summer 2016. p. 6. Retrieved July 14, 2016.
  29. "About Us: Population & Statistics". Municipal District of Taber. Retrieved October 8, 2016.
  30. 1 2 "MD Connection (newsletter): Fountain of Youth?" (PDF) (PDF). Municipal District of Taber. Summer 2013. p. 7. Retrieved August 29, 2013.

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