List of francophone communities in Alberta

This is a list of francophone communities in Alberta. Municipalities with a high percentage of French-speakers in the Canadian province of Alberta are listed.

Alberta’s Francophone population dates back to its early days as part of Rupert’s Land and the fur trade. This history has led to the establishment of several Francophone settlements, such as Morinville and Beaumont, as well as numerous geographic features—mountains, rivers, and towns—named after Métis or French words.

Today, Alberta is home to over 300,000 Francophones (those with French as a first language) and Francophiles (those who speak French as a second language), making up about 8% of the province’s total population.

While several communities have sizeable French-speaking minorities, the majority of Franco-Albertans resides within the province's two largest cities: Edmonton, and Calgary.

Municipality	Type	County, district, or regional municipality	Total population[1]	Percentage of population whose mother tongue is French[1]
Athabasca County	Rural municipality	Northern Alberta	6,959	2%
Banff	Town	Alberta's Rockies	8,305	8%
Beaumont	City	Edmonton Metropolitan Region	20,888	4%
Big Lakes	Rural Municipality	Northern Alberta	4,986	3%
Bighorn	Rural Municipality	Calgary Metropolitan Region	1,598	6%
Birch Hills	Rural Municipality	Northern Alberta	1,516	6%
Bon Accord	Town	Edmonton Metropolitan Region	1,461	3%
Bonnyville	Rural Municipality	Northern Alberta	12,897	5%
Bonnyville	Town	Northern Alberta	6,404	5%
Canmore	Town	Alberta's Rockies	15,990	5%
Cochrane	Town	Calgary Metropolitan Region	32,199	2%
Cold Lake	City	Northern Alberta	15,661	5%
Elk Point	Town	Northern Alberta	1,399	2%
Falher	Town	Northern Alberta	1,001	42%
Gibbons	Town	Edmonton Metropolitan Region	3,218	3%
Grande Prairie	City	Northern Alberta	64,141	2%
Grimshaw	Town	Northern Alberta	2,601	2%
High Prairie	Town	Northern Alberta	2,380	2%
Hinton	Town	Upper Athabasca	9,817	3%
Jasper	Specialized municipality	Alberta's Rockies	4,738	6%
Lac La Biche	Specialized municipality	Northern Alberta	7,673	6%
Legal	Town	Edmonton Metropolitan Region	1,232	11%
Morinville	Town	Edmonton Metropolitan Region	10,385	4%
Northern Sunrise	Rural Municipality	Northern Alberta	1,711	15%
Peace	Rural Municipality	Northern Alberta	1,581	3%
Peace River	Town	Northern Alberta	6,619	4%
Smoky River	Rural Municipality	Northern Alberta	1,684	36%
St. Albert	City	Edmonton Metropolitan Region	68,232	3%
St. Paul	Town	Northern Alberta	5,863	9%
St. Paul County	Rural Municipality	Northern Alberta	6,306	10%
Stony Plain	Town	Edmonton Metropolitan Region	17,993	2%
Sturgeon	Rural Municipality	Edmonton Metropolitan Region	20,061	3%
Valleyview	Town	Northern Alberta	1,673	2%
Wainwright	Rural Municipality	Central Alberta	4,276	3%
Wainwright	Town	Central Alberta	6,606	2%
Westlock County	Rural Municipality	Central Alberta	7,186	3%

A number of small municipalities also have high francophone populations. Small francophone-minority municipalities include: Alliance (6%), Bashaw (2%), Birchcliff (2%), Bondiss (8%), Bonnyville Beach (7%), Carbon (2%), Chipman (2%), Cremona (2%), Czar (2%), Donnelly (27%), Forestburg (3%), Girouxville (34%), Glendon (3%), Hay Lakes (2%), Holden (3%), Horseshoe Bay (13%), Hughenden (2%), Innisfree (3%), Island Lake (6%), Jarvis Bay (2%), Ma-Me-O Beach (3%), Mannville (2%), McLennan (12%), Mewatha Beach (5%), Morrin (2%), Munson (3%), Myrnam (2%), Nampa (4%), Parkland Beach (6%), Pelican Narrows (13%), Seba Beach (2%), Silver Sands (2%), South View (7%), Sunbreaker Cove (7%), Sundance Beach (11%), Sunrise Beach (7%), Waskatenau (2%), Whispering Hills (4%) and White Sands (3%).

See also

• French Canadians
• Geographical distribution of French speakers
• List of municipalities in Alberta