2013 Alberta municipal censuses

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

2013 Alberta municipal censuses

← 2012 April 1–June 30, 2013[a] 2014 →

Distribution of Alberta's 269 urban municipalities as of August 31, 2013

Alberta had 358 municipalities between April 1 and June 30, 2013,^[b] down from 359 during the same three-month period in 2012.^[c] At least 40 of these municipalities (11.2%) conducted a municipal census in 2013. Alberta Municipal Affairs recognized those conducted by 38 of these municipalities.^[6] By municipal status, it recognized those conducted by 8 of Alberta's 17 cities, 16 of 108 towns, 5 of 94 villages, 1 of 51 summer villages and 8 of 64 municipal districts.^[6][d] In addition to those recognized by Municipal Affairs, censuses were conducted by the Town of Swan Hills and the Municipal District of Greenview No. 16.^[7][8]

Calgary's population surpassed 1.15 million in 2013.

Red Deer's municipal census placed its population within 3,000 of the 100,000-mark.

Some municipalities achieved population milestones as a result of their 2013 censuses. The cities of Lethbridge and Lloydminster surpassed the 90,000 and the 30,000 marks respectively. Furthermore, the Alberta and Saskatchewan portions of Lloydminster exceeded the 20,000 and 10,000 milestones respectively as well. Okotoks, Alberta's largest town, surpassed 25,000 residents, while the Town of Whitecourt became eligible for city status by eclipsing 10,000 people. The Town of Blackfalds and the Municipal District of Taber each surpassed the 7,000-mark and the Town of Wainwright grew beyond 6,000.

Municipal census results

The following summarizes the results of the numerous municipal censuses conducted in 2013.

2013 municipal census summary				2011 federal census comparison				Previous municipal census comparison
Municipality	Status[6]	Census date[6]	2013 pop.[6]	2011 pop.[9]	Absolute growth	Absolute change	Annual growth rate	Prev. pop. [10][11][12][13]	Prev. census year [10][11][12][13]	Absolute growth	Annual growth rate
Airdrie	City	April 1, 2013	49,560	42,564	6,996	16.4%	7.9%	45,711	2012	3,849	8.4%
Beaumont	Town	May 1, 2013	14,916	13,284	1,632	12.3%	6.0%	13,977	2012	939	6.7%
Big LakesMD of Big Lakes	Municipal district	May 15, 2013	3,861	4,194	−333	-7.9%	−4.1%	4,181	2002	−320	−0.7%
Blackfalds	Town	May 4, 2013	7,275	6,300	975	15.5%	7.5%	6,767	2012	508	7.5%
Calgary	City	April 1, 2013	1,156,686[14][e]	1,096,833	59,853	5.5%	2.7%	1,120,225	2012	36,461	3.3%
Carmangay	Village	May 15, 2013	262	367	−105	-28.6%	−15.5%	273	2010	−11	−1.4%
Chestermere	Town	April 1, 2013	15,762	14,824	938	6.3%	3.1%	15,352	2012	410	2.7%
Coaldale	Town	April 1, 2013	7,526	7,493	33	0.4%	0.2%	6,943	2009	583	1.6%
Coalhurst	Town	May 21, 2013	2,301	1,963	338	17.2%	8.3%	2,269	2012	32	1.4%
Cochrane	Town	April 1, 2013	18,750	17,580	1,170	6.7%	3.3%	15,424	2009	3,326	5.0%
Fort Saskatchewan	City	April 15, 2013	21,795	19,051	2,744	14.4%	7.0%	20,475	2012	1,320	6.4%
Fox Creek	Town	May 13, 2013	2,112	1,969	143	7.3%	3.6%	2,257	1995	−145	−0.4%
Greenview No. 16MD of Greenview No. 16	Municipal district	May 13, 2013[16]	5,242[8][f]	5,299	−57	-1.1%	−0.5%	5,516	2000	−274	−0.4%
Kitscoty	Village	May 1, 2013	967	846	121	14.3%	6.9%	892	2011	75	4.1%
Lac La Biche County	Municipal district	May 15, 2013	9,094	8,402	692	8.2%	4.0%
Leduc	City	April 29, 2013	27,241	24,279	2,962	12.2%	5.9%	25,482	2012	1,759	6.9%
Lethbridge	City	April 1, 2013	90,417	83,517	6,900	8.3%	4.0%	89,074	2012	1,343	1.5%
Lloydminster	City	April 1, 2013	31,483	27,804	3,679	13.2%	6.4%	26,502	2009	4,981	4.4%
Lougheed	Village	April 24, 2013	273	233	40	17.2%	8.2%	254	2010	19	2.4%
Magrath	Town	May 1, 2013	2,376	2,217	159	7.2%	3.5%	2,302	2010	74	1.1%
Marwayne	Village	May 31, 2013	667	612	55	9%	4.4%	569	2007	98	2.7%
Northern Sunrise County	Municipal district	March 5, 2013[a]	1,933	1,791	142	7.9%	3.9%	2,133	2011	−200	−4.8%
Okotoks	Town	May 8, 2013	26,319	24,511	1,808	7.4%	3.6%	24,962	2012	1,357	5.4%
Olds	Town	April 3, 2013	8,511	8,235	276	3.4%	1.7%	6,703	2005	1,808	3.0%
Opportunity No. 17MD of Opportunity No. 17	Municipal district	April 1, 2013	3,061	3,074	−13	-0.4%	−0.2%	3,259	2007	−198	−1.0%
Pincher Creek	Town	April 1, 2013	3,619	3,685	−66	-1.8%	−0.9%	3,712	2008	−93	−0.5%
Point Alison	Summer village	June 28, 2013	10	15	−5	-33.3%	−18.4%	6	2010	4	18.6%
RanchlandMD of Ranchland No. 66	Municipal district	June 21, 2013	104	79	25	31.6%	14.7%
Raymond	Town	May 15, 2013	3,982	3,743	239	6.4%	3.1%	3,891	2012	91	1.2%
Red Deer	City	April 1, 2013	97,109	90,564	6,545	7.2%	3.6%	91,877	2011	5,232	2.8%
Rocky View County	Municipal district	May 1, 2013	38,055	35,754[g]	2,301	6.4%	3.2%	34,597	2006	3,458	1.4%
Spruce Grove	City	April 12, 2013	27,875[h]	26,171	1,704	6.5%	3.2%	24,646	2010	3,229	4.2%
Starland County	Municipal district	April 8, 2013	2,071	2,057	14	0.7%	0.3%
Stirling	Village	May 13, 2013	1,147	1,090	57	5.2%	2.6%	1,157	2010	−10	−0.3%
Swan Hills	Town		[i]	1,465				1,858	2008
Sylvan Lake	Town	April 19, 2013	13,015	12,327	688	5.6%	2.8%	11,115	2008	1,900	3.2%
TaberMD of Taber	Municipal district	May 15, 2013	7,116	6,851	265	3.9%	1.9%	6,714	2008	402	1.2%
Valleyview	Town	June 1, 2013	1,972	1,761	211	12%	5.8%	1,884	2007	88	0.8%
Wainwright	Town	May 1, 2013	6,289	5,925	364	6.1%	3.0%	5,775	2008	514	1.7%
Whitecourt	Town	May 1, 2013	10,574	9,605	969	10.1%	4.9%	9,202	2008	1,372	2.8%

Breakdowns

Lloydminster

The following is a breakdown of the results of the City of Lloydminster's 2013 municipal census by provincial component.

2013 municipal census summary			2011 federal census comparison					2009 municipal census comparison
Provincial component	2013 pop.[6]	Prov. percent	2011 pop. [9][19]	Prov. percent	Absolute growth	Absolute change	Annual growth rate	2009 pop. [20]	Prov. percent	Absolute growth	Absolute change	Annual growth rate
Alberta portion	20,011	64%	18,032	65%	1,979	11%	5.3%	17,402	66%	2,609	15%	3.6%
Saskatchewan portion	11,472	36%	9,772	35%	1,700	17.4%	8.3%	9,100	34%	2,372	26.1%	6.0%
Total Lloydminster	31,483	100%	27,804	100%	3,679	13.2%	6.4%	26,502	100%	4,981	18.8%	4.4%

In Lloydminster, its Alberta and Saskatchewan populations surpassed 20,000 and 10,000 respectively for the first time.

Hamlets

Rocky View County's 2013 census revealed that the Hamlet of Langdon's population has grown by 87% since 2006,^[21] the year this photo was taken.

The following is a list of hamlet populations determined by 2013 municipal censuses conducted by three municipalities.

2013 municipal census summary			Previous census comparison
Hamlet	Municipality	2013 population [21][22][23]	Previous population [21][22][24][25]	Previous census year [21][22][24]	Absolute growth	Annual growth rate
Bragg Creek	Rocky View County	454	454	2006	0	0.0%
Cochrane Lake	Rocky View County	792	243	2006	549	18.4%
Conrich	Rocky View County	26	26	2006	0	0.0%
Dalemead	Rocky View County	27	31	2006	−4	−2.0%
Dalroy	Rocky View County	50	43	2006	7	2.2%
Enchant	TaberMD of Taber	289	205	2008	84	7.1%
Grassy Lake	TaberMD of Taber	778	596	2008	182	5.5%
Hays	TaberMD of Taber	163	140	2008	23	3.1%
Indus	Rocky View County	36	47	2006	−11	−3.7%
Johnson's Addition	TaberMD of Taber	115	101	2008	14	2.6%
Kathyrn	Rocky View County	20	14	2006	6	5.2%
Keoma	Rocky View County	85	67	2006	18	3.5%
Lac La Biche	Lac La Biche County	2,895	2,520	2011	375	7.2%
Langdon	Rocky View County	4,897	2,617	2006	2,280	9.4%
Madden	Rocky View County	21	21	2006	0	0.0%
Plamondon	Lac La Biche County	344	345	2011	−1	−0.1%
Purple Springs	TaberMD of Taber	41	34	2008	7	3.8%

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."^[3] Numerous municipalities conducted shadow population counts at the same time as their municipal censuses in 2013. The following presents the results of those municipalities that conducted shadow population counts and compares them with their municipal census results.

Municipality	Status[6]	Municipal census population[6]	Shadow population[6]	Combined population[6]
Lac La Biche County	Municipal district	9,094	3,126	12,220
Northern Sunrise County	Municipal district	1,933	592	2,525

Notes

1. Although legislation defines April 1 through June 30 inclusive as the annual period in which municipalities may conduct censuses,^[2] Alberta Municipal Affairs made an exception for Northern Sunrise County's 2013 municipal census.^[6]
2. By the end of 2013, the total number of municipalities dropped to 357 due to the dissolution of Tilley from village status to become a hamlet under the jurisdiction of the County of Newell on August 31, 2013.^[4]
3. The Village of New Norway dissolved to become a hamlet under the jurisdiction of Camrose County on November 1, 2012.^[5]
4. No censuses were conducted among Alberta's 5 specialized municipalities, 3 special areas and 8 improvement districts.^[6]
5. The City of Calgary's 2013 municipal census population was originally reported as 1,149,552.^[15] This population was revised to 1,156,686 in July 2014.^[14] The city's revised 2013 census report explains it was "adjusted upward due to a correction to the automated conversion process."^[14]
6. The MD of Greenview No. 16's 2013 municipal census population is based on 93% household enumeration.^[8]
7. Rocky View County's 2011 census population was originally 36,461, but was subsequently reduced by 707 to 35,754 as a result of the City of Airdrie's 2011 annexation.^[17]
8. The City of Spruce Grove's 2013 municipal census population is based on 93% household enumeration. To arrive at a more accurate population, it also published an extrapolated population of 29,960.^[18]
9. Swan Hills' 2013 municipal census population has not been published by Alberta Municipal Affairs or the Town of Swan Hills.^[6][7]

See also

• 2013 Alberta municipal elections
• List of communities in Alberta
• List of municipalities in Alberta