The Province of Alberta currently has 255 urban municipalities including 19 cities, 105 towns, 80 villages and 51 summer villages.[1] In addition, there are 102 communities that previously held some form of urban municipality status. These include 2 former cities, 18 former towns, 2 former new towns, 81 former villages, and 1 former summer village. These communities no longer exist as independent urban municipalities due to amalgamation, annexation or dissolution.
List
[edit]| Former urban municipality |
Former status |
Original name |
Dissolution date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Albert Park | Village | August 1, 1935[2] | |
| Alderson | Village | Carlstadt | January 31, 1936[3] |
| Bellevue | Village | January 1, 1979[4] | |
| Bellis | Village | January 1, 1946[5] | |
| Beverly | Town | December 30, 1961[6] | |
| Black Diamond | Town | January 1, 2023[7] | |
| Blackie | Village | August 31, 1997[8] | |
| Blairmore | Town | January 1, 1979[4] | |
| Botha | Village | September 1, 2017[9] | |
| Bow City | Village | April 17, 1918[10] | |
| Bowness | Town | August 15, 1964[11] | |
| Burdett | Village | January 1, 2003[12] | |
| Cadogan | Village | January 1, 1946[5] | |
| Cayley | Village | June 1, 1996[13] | |
| Cereal | Village | January 1, 2021[14] | |
| Chinook | Village | April 1, 1977[15] | |
| Clairmont | Village | January 1, 1946[5] | |
| Cluny | Village | September 15, 1995[16] | |
| Coleman | Town | January 1, 1979[4] | |
| Commerce | Village | Coalgate | May 13, 1926[17] |
| Compeer | Village | December 31, 1936[18] | |
| Craigmyle | Village | January 1, 1972[19] | |
| Crescent Heights | Village | January 1, 1911[20] | |
| Cynthia | New town | May 1, 1959[21] | |
| Derwent | Village | September 1, 2010[22] | |
| Dewberry | Village | January 1, 2021[23] | |
| Diamond City | Town | June 30, 1937[24] | |
| Drinnan | Village | April 1, 1957[25] | |
| Dunmore | Village | February 4, 1919[26] | |
| Eaglesham | Village | December 31, 1996[27] | |
| East Calgary | Village | July 17, 1919[28] | |
| Enchant | Village | February 1, 1945[29] | |
| Entwistle | Village | December 31, 2000[30] | |
| Erskine | Village | May 10, 1946[31] | |
| Evansburg | Village | June 30, 1998[32] | |
| Evarts | Village | May 27, 1916[33] | |
| Ferintosh | Village | January 1, 2020[34] | |
| Forest Lawn | Town | December 30, 1961[35] | |
| Fort Assiniboine | Village | December 31, 1991[36] | |
| Fort McMurray | City | McMurray | April 1, 1995[37] |
| Frank | Village | January 1, 1979[4] | |
| Gadsby | Village | February 1, 2020[38] | |
| Galahad | Village | January 1, 2016[39] | |
| Gleichen | Town | March 31, 1998[40] | |
| Grande Cache | Town | January 1, 2019[41] | |
| Grand Centre | Town | October 1, 1996 | |
| Granum | Town | February 1, 2020[42] | |
| Grassy Lake | Village | July 1, 1996[43] | |
| Grouard | Village | January 15, 1944[44] | |
| Hairy Hill | Village | December 31, 1996[45] | |
| Hythe | Village | July 1, 2021[46] | |
| Irvine | Town | December 31, 1996[47] | |
| Islay | Village | March 15, 1944[48] | |
| Jasper Place | Town | West Jasper Place | August 17, 1964[6] |
| Jenner | Village | June 25, 1943[49] | |
| Kinuso | Village | September 1, 2009[50] | |
| Lac La Biche | Town | August 1, 2007[51] | |
| Langdon | Village | January 1, 1946[5] | |
| Lavoy | Village | April 30, 1999[52] | |
| Lille | Village | 1919[53] | |
| Lodgepole | New town | March 1, 1970[54] | |
| Lundbreck | Village | April 30, 1906[55] | |
| Minburn | Village | July 1, 2015[56] | |
| Mirror | Village | January 1, 2004[57] | |
| Monarch | Village | December 31, 1938[58] | |
| Monitor | Village | January 1, 1946[5] | |
| Montgomery | Town | August 15, 1963[59] | |
| Mountain View | Village | September 9, 1915[60] | |
| New Norway | Village | November 1, 2012[61] | |
| New Sarepta | Village | September 1, 2010[62] | |
| Newcastle | Village | May 21, 1931[63] | |
| North Edmonton | Village | July 22, 1912[64] | |
| North Red Deer | Village | December 31, 1947[65] | |
| Ohaton | Village | January 1, 1946[5] | |
| Pincher City | Village | May 3, 1932[66] | |
| Plamondon | Village | May 1, 2002[67] | |
| Port Cornwall | Village | September 11, 1917[68] | |
| Radway | Village | December 31, 1996[69] | |
| Ranfurly | Village | January 1, 1946[5] | |
| Retlaw | Village | March 1, 1939[70] | |
| Richdale | Village | June 2, 1931[71] | |
| Riverside | Village | ||
| Rosebud | Village | January 1, 1946[5] | |
| Rouleauville | Village | ||
| Rumsey | Village | April 1, 1995[36] | |
| Sangudo | Village | September 16, 2007[51] | |
| Stafford | Village | January 1, 1913[72] | |
| Strathcona | City | South Edmonton | February 1, 1912[6] |
| Strome | Village | January 1, 2016[73] | |
| Suffield | Village | January 1, 1930[74] | |
| Swalwell | Village | January 1, 1946[5] | |
| Thorhild | Village | April 1, 2009[50] | |
| Tilley | Village | August 31, 2013[75] | |
| Tollerton | Village | January 26, 1918[citation needed] | |
| Torrington | Village | December 31, 1997[76] | |
| Turner Valley | Town | January 1, 2023[7] | |
| Wabamun | Village | January 1, 2021[77] | |
| Walsh | Village | May 4, 1925[78] | |
| Wanham | Village | December 31, 1999[52] | |
| Warspite | Village | June 1, 2000[30] | |
| West Edmonton | Village | Calder | April 5, 1917[79] |
| White Gull | Summer village | January 1, 2003[80] | |
| Wildwood | Village | December 31, 1990[81] | |
| Willingdon | Village | September 1, 2017[82] |
See also
[edit]- 2000–06 municipal reorganization in Quebec
- 2002–2006 municipal reorganization of Montreal
- Amalgamation of the Halifax Regional Municipality
- Amalgamation of Toronto
- Amalgamation of Winnipeg
- Edmonton annexations
- List of communities in Alberta
- List of municipal amalgamations in Alberta
- List of municipal amalgamations in New Brunswick
- List of municipalities in Alberta
- Manitoba municipal amalgamations, 2015
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