List of villages in Alberta

A village is an urban municipality status type used in the Canadian province of Alberta. Alberta villages are created when communities with populations of at least 300 people, where a majority of their buildings are on parcels of land smaller than 1,850 m2, apply to Alberta Municipal Affairs for village status under the authority of the Municipal Government Act.[1] Applications for village status are approved via orders in council made by the Lieutenant Governor in Council under recommendation from the Minister of Municipal Affairs.[1]

As of 2021, Alberta had 80 villages[2] that had a cumulative population of 33,773 in the 2016 Census of Population.[3] Alberta's largest and smallest villages are Duchess and Milo with population counts of 1,085 and 91.[3]

When a village's population reaches or exceeds 1,000 people, the council may request a change to town status, but the change in incorporated status is not mandatory.[4] Villages with populations less than 300, whether their populations have declined below 300 or they were incorporated as villages prior to the minimum 300 population requirement, are permitted to retain village status.

Village governance is delivered by 327 elected village officials (80 mayors and 247 councillors) throughout the province.[5]

Administration

Pursuant to Part 5, Division 1 of the Municipal Government Act (MGA), each municipality created under the authority of the MGA is governed by a council. As a requirement of the MGA, a village council consists of three councillors by default, one of which is the village's chief elected official (CEO) or mayor. A village council may consist of a higher number if council passes a bylaw altering its size.[1] For the 2017–2021 term, 36 villages had a council of three, 1 had a council of four, and 44 had a council of five.[5]

Village councils are governed by a mayor and typically an even number of councillors that are elected by popular vote, resulting in a total odd number of councillors to avoid tie votes on council matters.[1] All council members are elected under the provisions of the Local Authorities Election Act (LAEA).[6] Mayoral or councillor candidates are required to be residents of their municipality for a minimum of six consecutive months prior to nomination day. The last municipal election was October 16, 2017.

Alberta Municipal Affairs, a ministry of the Cabinet of Alberta, is charged with coordination of all levels of local government.

Administrative duties of villages include public safety, roads, water service, drainage and waste collection, as well as coordination of infrastructure with provincial and regional authorities (including road construction, education, and health).

List
Name Rural
municipality[7]		 Incorporation
date (village)[8]		 Municipal
census
population
(year)[9]-->		 Population
(2016)[3]		 Population
(2011)[3]		 Change
(%)[3]		 Land
area
(km²)[3]		 Population
density
(per km²)[3]
AcmeKneehill CountyJuly 7, 19106536530.0%2.48263.3/km2
Alberta BeachLac Ste. Anne CountyJanuary 1, 19991,018865+17.7%2.01506.5/km2
AlixLacombe CountyJune 3, 1907734830−11.6%3.13234.5/km2
AllianceFlagstaff CountyAugust 26, 1918154174−11.5%0.51302.0/km2
AmiskProvost No. 52, MD ofJanuary 1, 1956204207−1.4%0.76268.4/km2
AndrewLamont CountyJune 24, 1930425379+12.1%1.17363.2/km2
ArrowwoodVulcan CountyMay 13, 1926207188+10.1%0.75276.0/km2
BarnwellTaber, MD ofJanuary 1, 1980947771+22.8%1.51627.2/km2
BaronsLethbridge CountyMay 6, 1910341315+8.3%0.81421.0/km2
BawlfCamrose CountyOctober 12, 1906422403+4.7%0.89474.2/km2
BeisekerRocky View CountyFebruary 23, 1921819785+4.3%2.85287.4/km2
BerwynPeace No. 135, MD ofNovember 28, 1936538526+2.3%1.58340.5/km2
Big ValleyStettler No. 6, County ofMarch 9, 1942346364−4.9%1.86186.0/km2
Bittern Lake[lower-alpha 1]Camrose CountyNovember 2, 1904220224−1.8%6.5733.5/km2
BoyleAthabasca CountyDecember 31, 1953845916−7.8%7.13118.5/km2
BretonBrazeau CountyJanuary 1, 1957574496+15.7%1.72333.7/km2
CarbonKneehill CountyNovember 18, 1912454592−23.3%1.99228.1/km2
CarmangayVulcan CountyMarch 4, 1936242367−34.1%1.86130.1/km2
CarolineClearwater CountyDecember 31, 1951512501+2.2%2.04251.0/km2
ChampionVulcan CountyMay 27, 1911317378−16.1%0.89356.2/km2
ChauvinWainwright No. 61, MD ofDecember 30, 1912335334+0.3%2.24149.6/km2
ChipmanLamont CountyOctober 21, 1913274284−3.5%9.6128.5/km2
CliveLacombe CountyJanuary 9, 1912715675+5.9%2.17329.5/km2
ClydeWestlock CountyJanuary 28, 1914430503−14.5%1.31328.2/km2
ConsortSpecial Area No. 4September 23, 1912729689+5.8%3.05239.0/km2
CouttsWarner No. 5, County ofJanuary 1, 1960245277−11.6%1.24197.6/km2
CowleyPincher Creek No. 9, MD ofAugust 16, 1906209236−11.4%1.37152.6/km2
CremonaMountain View CountyJanuary 1, 1955444457−2.8%1.94228.9/km2
CzarProvost No. 52, MD ofNovember 12, 1917202167+21.0%1.12180.4/km2
DelburneRed Deer CountyJanuary 17, 1913892830+7.5%3.98224.1/km2
Delia[lower-alpha 2]Starland CountyJuly 20, 1914216186+16.1%1.33162.4/km2
DonaldaStettler No. 6, County ofDecember 30, 1912219259−15.4%0.99221.2/km2
DonnellySmoky River No. 130, MD ofJanuary 1, 1956342305+12.1%1.31261.1/km2
DuchessNewell, County ofMay 12, 19211,085992+9.4%1.96553.6/km2
EdbergCamrose CountyFebruary 4, 1930151168−10.1%0.35431.4/km2
EdgertonWainwright No. 61, MD ofSeptember 11, 1917384317+21.1%2.04188.2/km2
ElnoraRed Deer CountyJuly 22, 1929298313−4.8%1.47202.7/km2
EmpressSpecial Area No. 2February 5, 1914135188−28.2%1.5885.4/km2
ForemostForty Mile No. 8, County ofDecember 31, 1950541526+2.9%2.16250.5/km2
ForestburgFlagstaff CountyAugust 21, 1919875831+5.3%2.73320.5/km2
GirouxvilleSmoky River No. 130, MD ofDecember 31, 1951219266−17.7%0.67326.9/km2
GlendonBonnyville No. 87, MD ofJanuary 1, 1956493486+1.4%1.99247.7/km2
GlenwoodCardston CountyJanuary 1, 1961316287+10.1%1.37230.7/km2
HalkirkPaintearth No. 18, County ofFebruary 10, 1912112121−7.4%0.61183.6/km2
Hay Lakes[lower-alpha 3]Camrose CountyApril 17, 1928495425+16.5%0.59839.0/km2
HeislerFlagstaff CountyJanuary 1, 1961160151+6.0%0.64250.0/km2
Hill SpringCardston CountyJanuary 1, 1961162186−12.9%0.96168.8/km2
Hines CreekClear Hills CountyDecember 31, 1951346380−8.9%5.3364.9/km2
HoldenBeaver CountyApril 14, 1909350381−8.1%1.74201.1/km2
HughendenProvost No. 52, MD ofDecember 27, 1917243230+5.7%0.78311.5/km2
HussarWheatland CountyApril 20, 1928190176+8.0%0.75253.3/km2
InnisfreeMinburn No. 27, County ofMarch 11, 1911193220−12.3%1.01191.1/km2
IrmaWainwright No. 61, MD ofMay 30, 1912521457+14.0%1.34388.8/km2
KitscotyVermilion River, County ofMarch 22, 1911925846+9.3%1.51612.6/km2
LindenKneehill CountyJanuary 1, 1964828725+14.2%2.58320.9/km2
LomondVulcan CountyFebruary 16, 1916166173−4.0%1.21137.2/km2
LongviewFoothills CountyJanuary 1, 19643073070.0%1.1279.1/km2
LougheedFlagstaff CountyNovember 7, 1911256233+9.9%2.1121.9/km2
MannvilleMinburn No. 27, County ofDecember 29, 1906828803+3.1%1.64504.9/km2
MarwayneVermilion River, County ofDecember 31, 1952564612−7.8%1.6352.5/km2
MiloVulcan CountyMay 7, 193191122−25.4%0.9892.9/km2
MorrinStarland CountyApril 16, 1920240245−2.0%0.67358.2/km2
MunsonStarland CountyMay 5, 1911192204−5.9%2.5375.9/km2
MyrnamTwo Hills No. 21, County ofAugust 22, 1930339370−8.4%2.79121.5/km2
NampaNorthern Sunrise CountyJanuary 1, 1958364362+0.6%1.71212.9/km2
Paradise ValleyVermilion River, County ofJanuary 1, 1964179174+2.9%0.63284.1/km2
RockyfordWheatland CountyMarch 28, 1919316325−2.8%1.08292.6/km2
RosalindCamrose CountyJanuary 1, 1966188190−1.1%0.62303.2/km2
RosemaryNewell, County ofDecember 31, 1951396342+15.8%0.59671.2/km2
RycroftSpirit River No. 133, MD ofMarch 15, 1944612628−2.5%1.92318.8/km2
Ryley[lower-alpha 4]Beaver CountyApril 2, 1910483497−2.8%2.61185.1/km2
Spring Lake[lower-alpha 5]Parkland CountyJanuary 1, 1999699533+31.1%2.33300.0/km2
StandardWheatland CountyApril 29, 1922353379−6.9%2.35150.2/km2
StirlingWarner No. 5, County ofSeptember 3, 19019781,090−10.3%2.71360.9/km2
VeteranSpecial Area No. 4June 30, 1914207249−16.9%0.84246.4/km2
VilnaSmoky Lake CountyJune 23, 1923290249+16.5%0.96302.1/km2
WarburgLeduc CountyDecember 31, 1953766789−2.9%2.68285.8/km2
WarnerWarner No. 5, County ofNovember 12, 1908373331+12.7%1.16321.6/km2
WaskatenauSmoky Lake CountyMay 19, 1932186255−27.1%0.6310.0/km2
YoungstownSpecial Area No. 3December 31, 1936154178−13.5%1.11138.7/km2
Total villages — — 33,77333,448+1.0% 146.85 230.0/km2

Notes:

  1. Bittern Lake was formerly known as Rosenroll prior to December 16, 1911.[10]
  2. Delia was formerly known as Highland prior to December 9, 1915.[11]
  3. Hay Lakes was formerly known as Hay Lake prior to January 1, 1932.[5]
  4. Ryley was also known as Equity in 1909.[12]
  5. Spring Lake was formerly known as Edmonton Beach prior to January 1, 1999.[13]

Village status eligibility

Numerous Alberta hamlets meet the minimum population requirement for village status eligibility.

Town status eligibility

The villages of Duchess and Alberta Beach are currently eligible for town status having populations of 1,085 and 1,018.[3]

Former villages

Of Alberta's 100 former urban municipalities communities, 81 of them were former villages prior to being dissolved, annexed, or amalgamated.

Former village Original
name		 Dissolution
date
Albert Park August 1, 1935[14]
AldersonCarlstadtJanuary 31, 1936[15]
Bellevue January 1, 1979[16]
Bellis January 1, 1946[17]
Blackie August 31, 1997[18]
Bow City April 17, 1918[19]
Burdett January 1, 2003[20]
Cadogan January 1, 1946[17]
Cayley June 1, 1996[21]
Cereal January 1, 2021[22]
Chinook April 1, 1977[23]
Clairmont January 1, 1946[17]
Cluny September 15, 1995[24]
CommerceCoalgateMay 13, 1926[25]
Compeer December 31, 1936[26]
Craigmyle January 1, 1972[27]
Crescent Heights January 1, 1911[28]
Derwent September 1, 2010[29]
Dewberry January 1, 2021[30]
Drinnan April 1, 1957[31]
Dunmore February 4, 1919[32]
Eaglesham December 31, 1996[33]
East Calgary July 17, 1919[34]
Enchant February 1, 1945[35]
Entwistle December 31, 2000[36]
Erskine May 10, 1946[37]
Evansburg June 30, 1998[38]
Evarts May 27, 1916[39]
Ferintosh January 1, 2020[40]
Fort Assiniboine December 31, 1991[41]
Frank January 1, 1979[16]
Gadsby February 1, 2020[42]
Galahad January 1, 2016[43]
Grassy Lake July 1, 1996[44]
Grouard January 15, 1944[45]
Hairy Hill December 31, 1996[46]
Hythe July 1, 2021[47]
Islay March 15, 1944[48]
Jenner June 25, 1943[49]
Kinuso September 1, 2009[50]
Langdon January 1, 1946[17]
Lavoy April 30, 1999[51]
Lille 
Lundbreck April 30, 1906[52]
Minburn July 1, 2015[53]
Mirror January 1, 2004[54]
Monarch December 31, 1938[55]
Monitor January 1, 1946[17]
Mountain View September 9, 1915[56]
New Norway November 1, 2012[57]
New Sarepta September 1, 2010[58]
Newcastle May 21, 1931[59]
North Edmonton July 22, 1912[60]
North Red Deer December 31, 1947[61]
Ohaton January 1, 1946[17]
Pincher City May 3, 1932[62]
Plamondon May 1, 2002[63]
Port Cornwall September 11, 1917[64]
Radway December 31, 1996[65]
Ranfurly January 1, 1946[17]
Retlaw March 1, 1939[66]
Richdale June 2, 1931[67]
Riverside 
Rosebud January 1, 1946[17]
Rouleauville 
Rumsey April 1, 1995[41]
Sangudo September 16, 2007[68]
Stafford January 1, 1913[69]
Strome January 1, 2016[70]
Suffield January 1, 1930[71]
Swalwell January 1, 1946[17]
Thorhild April 1, 2009[50]
Tilley August 31, 2013[72]
Tollerton January 26, 1918
Torrington December 31, 1997[73]
Wabamun January 1, 2021[74]
Walsh May 4, 1925[75]
Wanham December 31, 1999[51]
Warspite June 1, 2000[36]
West EdmontonCalderApril 5, 1917[76]
Wildwood December 31, 1990[77]
Willingdon September 1, 2017[78]

See also

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