List of population centres in Alberta


A population centre, in Canadian census data, is a populated place, or a cluster of interrelated populated places, which meet the demographic characteristics of an urban area. A population centre has a population of at least 1,000 and a population density of no fewer than 400 people per square kilometre.
Population centres are not the same thing as urban municipalities. For example, the city of St. Albert is legally separate from Edmonton, but they are part of the same population centre.
The term was introduced in the Canada 2011 Census; prior to that, Statistics Canada used the term urban area.
As of the 2006 Census of Canada, the Province of Alberta had 107 urban areas with a cumulative population of 2,699,851 and an average population of 25,232. In the 2011 census, Statistics Canada listed 109 population centres in the province. This number increased to 122 in the Canada 2016 Census.

List

The below table is a list of those population centres in Alberta from the 2021 Census of Population as designated, named, and delineated by Statistics Canada.
RankPopulation centreSize groupPopulation Population ChangeLand area Population density
1CalgaryLarge urban--
2EdmontonLarge urban--
3Red DeerMedium--
4LethbridgeMedium64--
5AirdrieMedium--
6Fort McMurrayMedium--
7Medicine HatMedium--
8Grande PrairieMedium--
9Spruce GroveMedium--
10LeducMedium--
11CochraneMedium--
12LloydminsterMedium--
13OkotoksMedium--
14Fort SaskatchewanSmall--
15ChestermereSmall--
16BeaumontSmall--
17CamroseSmall--
18Stony PlainSmall--
19Sylvan LakeSmall--
20BrooksSmall--
21High RiverSmall--
22StrathmoreSmall--
23CanmoreSmall--
24LacombeSmall--
25WetaskiwinSmall--
26MorinvilleSmall--
27BlackfaldsSmall--
28WhitecourtSmall--
29HintonSmall--
30OldsSmall--
31TaberSmall--
32CoaldaleSmall--
33BanffSmall--
34EdsonSmall--
35Grand CentreSmall--
36Cold LakeSmall--
37PonokaSmall--
38InnisfailSmall--
39Drayton ValleySmall--
40DevonSmall--
41Slave LakeSmall--
42Rocky Mountain HouseSmall--
43DrumhellerSmall--
44WainwrightSmall--
45BonnyvilleSmall--
46St. PaulSmall--
47StettlerSmall--
48RedcliffSmall--
49VegrevilleSmall--
50LangdonSmall--
51DidsburySmall--
52WestlockSmall--
53Peace RiverSmall--
54BarrheadSmall--
55JasperSmall--
56RaymondSmall--
57CarstairsSmall--
58CrossfieldSmall--
59VermilionSmall--
60CardstonSmall--
61Pincher CreekSmall--
62High LevelSmall--
63ClaresholmSmall--
64PenholdSmall--
65Fort MacleodSmall--
66Grande CacheSmall--
67GibbonsSmall--
68La CrèteSmall--
69Three HillsSmall--
70CoalhurstSmall--
71ClairmontSmall--
72Black DiamondSmall--
73GrimshawSmall--
74FairviewSmall--
75Turner ValleySmall--
76MagrathSmall--
77SexsmithSmall--
78RimbeySmall--
79BeaverlodgeSmall--
80HannaSmall--
81Lac la BicheSmall--
82High PrairieSmall--
83WestlakeSmall--
84NantonSmall--
85Heritage PointeSmall--
86CalmarSmall--
87MilletSmall--
88ProvostSmall--
89Bow IslandSmall--
90TofieldSmall--
91Picture ButteSmall--
92RedwaterSmall--
93SundreSmall--
94VulcanSmall--
95SpringbrookSmall--
96BlairmoreSmall--
97Bon AccordSmall--
98ColemanSmall--
99NoblefordSmall--
100WembleySmall--
101Fox CreekSmall--
102Elk PointSmall--
103Two HillsSmall--
104LamontSmall--
105VauxhallSmall--
106ValleyviewSmall--
107BowdenSmall--
108Lancaster ParkSmall--
109Swan HillsSmall--
110BassanoSmall--
111AthabascaSmall--
112MayerthorpeSmall--
113LegalSmall--
114IrricanaSmall--
115StirlingSmall--
116Alberta Beach - Val QuentinSmall--
117Carriage Lane EstatesSmall--
118CardiffSmall--
119ManningSmall--

Retired population centres

The following is a list of communities were once designated as population centres by Statistics Canada, but were retired after their populations dropped below 1,000 people. Some of them have since surpassed the minimum population threshold of 1,000 yet have not been reintroduced as population centres.

Retired urban areas

The following is a list of communities were once designated as urban areas by Statistics Canada, but were retired after their populations dropped below 1,000 people. Some of them have since surpassed the minimum population threshold of 1,000 yet have not been reintroduced as population centres.