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has provincial legislation allowing its municipalities to conduct municipal censuses between April 1 and June 30 inclusive. Due to the concurrency of

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conducting the

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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. Municipalities choose to conduct their own

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es 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. With the dissolution of the villages of

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and Strome on January 1,

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, Alberta had 354 municipalities in 2016.

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recognized those conducted by 21 () of these municipalities. By municipal status, it recognized those conducted by 11 of Alberta's 18 cities, 5 of 108 towns, 2 of 90 villages, and 3 of 64 municipal districts. In addition to those recognized by Municipal Affairs, a census was planned by the Village of Forestburg for 2016 but was subsequently deferred to 2017. 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. Edmonton fell short of the 900,000-mark by 553 people, while Red Deer dipped back below 100,000 residents after surpassing that milestone in 2015.

Municipal census results

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

Breakdowns

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populations determined by 2016 municipal censuses conducted by Lac La Biche County and the Municipal District of Taber.

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." Lac La Biche County conducted a shadow population count in 2016. The following presents the results of this count for comparison with its concurrent municipal census results.

Notes

References

External links

Alberta Municipal Affairs: Municipal Census & Population ListsStatistics Canada: Census Profile (2011 Census)
*2016 municipal census links by municipality:
Airdrie: 2016 Census Fact Sheets

Beaumont: 2016 Beaumont Census Report

Blackfalds: Census Report 2016

Calgary: 2016 Civic Census Results

Camrose: Census 2016 Information & Results

Chestermere: 2016 Municipal Census Staff Report

Cochrane: 2016 Municipal Census Summary Report

Edmonton 2016 Municipal Census Results

Fort Saskatchewan 2016 Municipal Census Results

Leduc: Census Information, Leduc Census 2016

Lethbridge: 2016 Census Results

Morinville: 2016 Municipal Census

Raymond: Town of Raymond Census Results – 2016

Red Deer: 2016 Municipal Census Report

Spruce Grove: Demographic Report 2016

St. Albert: 2016 St. Albert Census, Municipal Census Report
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