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Alberta's largest city by population and land area is Calgary with 1,306,784 and 820.62 km 2 (316.84 sq mi), while Wetaskiwin is its smallest city by population with 12,594 and land area at 18.75 km 2 (7.24 sq mi). [3] Beaumont is Alberta's newest city; it became Alberta's 19th city on January 1, 2019. [15]
A city is the highest form of all incorporated urban municipality statuses used in the Canadian Province of Alberta. Alberta cities are created when communities with populations of at least 10,000 people, where a majority of their buildings are on parcels of land smaller than 1,850 m², apply to Alberta Municipal Affairs for city status under ...
With the exception of Indian reserves, the administration of municipalities in Alberta is regulated by the Municipal Government Act, [1] the Special Areas Act [2] and the Metis Settlements Act. [3] As of 2019, the combined unofficial population of all of Alberta's municipalities was 4,271,759. [4]
These are lists of municipalities for countries, or lists of lists of municipalities for countries. See Municipality. Subcategories.
A municipal district (MD) is the most common form of all rural municipality statuses used in the Canadian province of Alberta.Alberta's municipal districts, most of which are branded as a county (e.g. Yellowhead County, County of Newell, etc.), are predominantly rural areas that may include either farmland, Crown land or a combination of both depending on their geographic location.
List of municipalities in Alberta; List of municipalities in British Columbia; List of municipalities in Manitoba; List of municipalities in New Brunswick; List of municipalities in Newfoundland and Labrador; List of municipalities in the Northwest Territories; List of municipalities in Nova Scotia; List of municipalities in Nunavut; List of ...
Its status was changed to that of a town in 1994 when numerous former acts under the authority of Alberta Municipal Affairs were transitioned into the current Municipal Government Act. [25] Rainbow Lake was also the community that operated under new town status for the longest period – nearly 28 years from September 1, 1966, to May 2, 1994.
Lac La Biche County changed status from a municipal district to Alberta's sixth specialized municipality on January 1, 2018. [14] It was originally formed on August 1, 2007, when the Town of Lac La Biche amalgamated with the surrounding Lakeland County. [15] In 2015, it launched an investigation into the possibility of a change in status.