Canada: Alberta
Province
The population of Alberta by census years.
| Name | Status | Population Census 2001-05-15 | Population Census 2006-05-16 | Population Census 2011-05-10 | Population Census 2016-05-10 | Population Census 2021-05-11 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alberta | Province | 2,974,807 | 3,290,350 | 3,645,257 | 4,067,175 | 4,262,635 |
Contents: Urban Areas and Population Centers
The population of the urban areas and population centers in Alberta by census years.
icon links to further information about a selected place including its population structure (gender, age groups, age distribution, mother tongue).| Name | Status | Population Census 2001-05-15 | Population Census 2006-05-16 | Population Census 2011-05-10 | Population Census 2016-05-10 | Population Census 2021-05-11 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Airdrie | Population Center | 20,382 | 28,927 | 42,844 | 61,082 | 73,578 | → |
| Alberta Beach - Val Quentin | Small Population Center | ... | ... | ... | 1,327 | 1,103 | → |
| Athabasca | Small Population Center | ... | ... | 1,314 | 1,250 | 1,181 | → |
| Banff | Small Population Center | 7,135 | 6,700 | 7,584 | 7,851 | 8,305 | → |
| Barrhead | Small Population Center | ... | ... | 4,158 | 4,387 | 4,055 | → |
| Bassano | Small Population Center | ... | ... | 1,200 | 1,201 | 1,186 | → |
| Beaumont | Small Population Center | 7,006 | 8,961 | 13,284 | 17,396 | 20,779 | → |
| Beaverlodge | Small Population Center | ... | ... | 2,245 | 2,440 | 2,251 | → |
| Black Diamond | Small Population Center | ... | ... | 2,274 | 2,552 | 2,574 | → |
| Blackfalds | Small Population Center | 3,116 | 4,618 | 6,123 | 9,161 | 10,315 | → |
| Blairmore | Small Population Center | ... | ... | 1,521 | 1,545 | 1,522 | → |
| Bon Accord | Small Population Center | 1,532 | 1,534 | 1,488 | 1,529 | 1,451 | → |
| Bonnyville | Small Population Center | ... | ... | ... | 5,858 | 6,359 | → |
| Bowden | Small Population Center | 1,174 | 1,210 | 1,241 | 1,240 | 1,275 | → |
| Bow Island | Small Population Center | ... | ... | 1,862 | 1,773 | 1,829 | → |
| Brooks | Small Population Center | 11,818 | 12,579 | 13,656 | 14,436 | 14,904 | → |
| Calgary | Urban Area | 879,252 | 988,079 | 1,094,379 | 1,240,413 | 1,305,550 | → |
| Calmar | Small Population Center | ... | ... | 1,726 | 1,986 | 1,883 | → |
| Camrose | Small Population Center | 14,870 | 15,605 | 17,057 | 18,520 | 18,454 | → |
| Canmore | Small Population Center | 10,094 | 10,884 | 10,539 | 12,021 | 13,268 | → |
| Cardiff | Small Population Center | ... | ... | ... | 1,167 | 1,033 | → |
| Cardston | Small Population Center | ... | ... | 3,283 | 3,389 | 3,519 | → |
| Carriage Lane Estates | Small Population Center | ... | ... | ... | 1,008 | 1,094 | → |
| Carstairs | Small Population Center | ... | ... | 2,665 | 3,080 | 3,660 | → |
| Chestermere | Small Population Center | 3,856 | 9,564 | 14,363 | 19,477 | 21,425 | → |
| Clairmont | Small Population Center | ... | ... | ... | 2,411 | 2,808 | → |
| Claresholm | Small Population Center | ... | ... | 3,378 | 3,424 | 3,434 | → |
| Coaldale | Small Population Center | 6,008 | 6,177 | 7,239 | 8,153 | 8,592 | → |
| Coalhurst | Small Population Center | 1,476 | 1,523 | 1,930 | 2,623 | 2,818 | → |
| Cochrane | Population Center | 11,798 | 13,491 | 17,433 | 25,501 | 31,638 | → |
| Cold Lake | Small Population Center | ... | ... | 6,131 | 6,795 | 7,201 | → |
| Coleman | Small Population Center | ... | ... | 1,366 | 1,475 | 1,441 | → |
| Crossfield | Small Population Center | 2,399 | 2,668 | 2,843 | 2,973 | 3,579 | → |
| Devon | Small Population Center | 4,969 | 6,261 | 6,515 | 6,578 | 6,545 | → |
| Didsbury | Small Population Center | 3,932 | 4,275 | 4,905 | 5,206 | 5,024 | → |
| Drayton Valley | Small Population Center | 6,090 | 6,893 | 6,751 | 6,867 | 6,970 | → |
| Drumheller | Small Population Center | 6,556 | 6,544 | 6,582 | 6,439 | 6,497 | → |
| Edmonton | Urban Area | 782,163 | 862,544 | 935,361 | 1,070,998 | 1,151,635 | → |
| Edson | Small Population Center | 7,585 | 8,098 | 8,214 | 8,148 | 8,166 | → |
| Elk Point | Small Population Center | 1,445 | 1,487 | 1,412 | 1,437 | 1,394 | → |
| Fairview | Small Population Center | ... | ... | 2,767 | 2,598 | 2,427 | → |
| Fort Macleod | Small Population Center | 2,910 | 2,982 | 2,874 | 2,718 | 3,038 | → |
| Fort McMurray | Population Center | 38,667 | 47,705 | 60,555 | 67,123 | 68,002 | → |
| Fort Saskatchewan | Small Population Center | ... | ... | 18,738 | 23,944 | 26,831 | → |
| Fox Creek | Small Population Center | ... | ... | 1,770 | 1,730 | 1,426 | → |
| Gibbons | Small Population Center | ... | ... | ... | 2,973 | 2,989 | → |
| Grand Centre | Small Population Center | ... | ... | 6,868 | 7,256 | 7,514 | → |
| Grande Cache | Small Population Center | ... | ... | 3,839 | 3,286 | 3,037 | → |
| Grande Prairie | Population Center | 36,735 | 47,066 | 55,236 | 62,382 | 63,172 | → |
| Grimshaw | Small Population Center | 2,435 | 2,537 | 2,394 | 2,599 | 2,519 | → |
| Hanna | Small Population Center | ... | ... | 2,439 | 2,332 | 2,234 | → |
| Heritage Pointe | Small Population Center | ... | ... | 2,041 | 2,075 | 1,974 | → |
| High Level | Small Population Center | ... | ... | 3,018 | 2,746 | 3,461 | → |
| High Prairie | Small Population Center | ... | ... | 2,281 | 2,264 | 2,065 | → |
| High River | Small Population Center | 9,383 | 10,716 | 12,498 | 13,420 | 14,119 | → |
| Hinton | Small Population Center | ... | ... | 9,036 | 9,205 | 9,191 | → |
| Innisfail | Small Population Center | ... | ... | 7,208 | 6,937 | 7,016 | → |
| Irricana | Small Population Center | 1,043 | 1,243 | 1,114 | 1,160 | 1,135 | → |
| Jasper | Small Population Center | 3,716 | 3,673 | 3,489 | 3,948 | 4,029 | → |
| Lac la Biche | Small Population Center | 2,776 | 2,758 | 2,429 | 2,294 | 2,138 | → |
| Lacombe | Small Population Center | 9,547 | 10,752 | 11,429 | 12,740 | 12,835 | → |
| La Crète | Small Population Center | ... | ... | ... | 2,739 | 2,911 | → |
| Lamont | Small Population Center | ... | ... | 1,371 | 1,347 | 1,328 | → |
| Lancaster Park | Small Population Center | ... | ... | 1,534 | 1,501 | 1,253 | → |
| Langdon | Small Population Center | ... | ... | 4,211 | 5,060 | 5,193 | → |
| Leduc | Population Center | 15,032 | 16,967 | 23,827 | 29,561 | 33,505 | → |
| Legal | Small Population Center | ... | ... | 1,032 | 1,251 | 1,164 | → |
| Lethbridge | Population Center | ... | ... | 79,364 | 89,309 | 92,563 | → |
| Lloydminster [← parts in Saskatchewan] | Population Center | 20,988 | 24,028 | 27,769 | 31,400 | 31,582 | → |
| Magrath | Small Population Center | ... | ... | 2,027 | 2,235 | 2,308 | → |
| Manning | Small Population Center | ... | ... | 1,065 | 1,072 | 1,027 | → |
| Mayerthorpe | Small Population Center | ... | ... | 1,232 | 1,205 | 1,171 | → |
| Medicine Hat | Population Center | ... | ... | 59,624 | 63,111 | 63,382 | → |
| Millet | Small Population Center | 2,037 | 2,068 | 2,038 | 1,905 | 1,847 | → |
| Morinville | Small Population Center | ... | ... | 8,569 | 9,848 | 10,385 | → |
| Nanton | Small Population Center | ... | ... | 1,977 | 1,970 | 1,984 | → |
| Nobleford | Small Population Center | ... | 689 | 1,000 | 1,278 | 1,438 | → |
| Okotoks | Population Center | 11,689 | 17,150 | 24,470 | 28,833 | 30,214 | → |
| Olds | Small Population Center | 6,607 | 7,253 | 8,025 | 8,944 | 8,983 | → |
| Peace River | Small Population Center | ... | ... | ... | 4,348 | 4,264 | → |
| Penhold | Small Population Center | 1,729 | 1,971 | 2,328 | 3,210 | 3,359 | → |
| Picture Butte | Small Population Center | ... | ... | 1,531 | 1,700 | 1,808 | → |
| Pincher Creek | Small Population Center | 3,666 | 3,625 | 3,572 | 3,523 | 3,463 | → |
| Ponoka | Small Population Center | 6,355 | 6,591 | 6,505 | 6,899 | 7,032 | → |
| Provost | Small Population Center | 1,980 | 2,072 | 1,975 | 1,945 | 1,834 | → |
| Raymond | Small Population Center | 3,200 | 3,225 | 3,594 | 3,553 | 3,942 | → |
| Redcliff | Small Population Center | ... | ... | 5,546 | 5,474 | 5,385 | → |
| Red Deer | Population Center | 67,829 | 82,732 | 89,715 | 99,773 | 99,846 | → |
| Redwater | Small Population Center | ... | ... | 1,440 | 1,591 | 1,802 | → |
| Rimbey | Small Population Center | ... | ... | ... | 2,349 | 2,258 | → |
| Rocky Mountain House | Small Population Center | 6,208 | 6,874 | 6,687 | 6,429 | 6,518 | → |
| Sexsmith | Small Population Center | 1,653 | 1,959 | 2,358 | 2,461 | 2,275 | → |
| Slave Lake | Small Population Center | 6,859 | 6,703 | 6,517 | 6,155 | 6,542 | → |
| Springbrook | Small Population Center | ... | ... | 1,079 | 1,502 | 1,534 | → |
| Spruce Grove | Population Center | 17,290 | 21,092 | 27,970 | 36,279 | 39,348 | → |
| Stettler | Small Population Center | ... | ... | 5,397 | 5,872 | 5,595 | → |
| Stirling | Small Population Center | ... | ... | ... | 938 | 1,134 | → |
| Stony Plain | Small Population Center | 9,109 | 11,355 | 14,249 | 16,416 | 17,253 | → |
| St. Paul | Small Population Center | 5,061 | 5,106 | 5,337 | 5,728 | 5,685 | → |
| Strathmore | Small Population Center | 7,621 | 10,220 | 12,179 | 13,592 | 13,851 | → |
| Sundre | Small Population Center | ... | ... | 1,799 | 1,866 | 1,781 | → |
| Swan Hills | Small Population Center | 1,807 | 1,645 | 1,413 | 1,275 | 1,191 | → |
| Sylvan Lake | Small Population Center | 7,894 | 10,703 | 12,436 | 14,977 | 16,142 | → |
| Taber | Small Population Center | 7,764 | 7,677 | 8,199 | 8,558 | 8,978 | → |
| Three Hills | Small Population Center | ... | ... | 3,018 | 3,078 | 2,902 | → |
| Tofield | Small Population Center | ... | ... | 1,924 | 1,854 | 1,811 | → |
| Turner Valley | Small Population Center | ... | ... | ... | 2,373 | 2,409 | → |
| Two Hills | Small Population Center | ... | ... | ... | 1,291 | 1,379 | → |
| Valleyview | Small Population Center | ... | ... | 1,409 | 1,421 | 1,280 | → |
| Vauxhall | Small Population Center | ... | ... | 1,288 | 1,222 | 1,286 | → |
| Vegreville | Small Population Center | 5,400 | 5,519 | 5,440 | 5,436 | 5,383 | → |
| Vermilion | Small Population Center | ... | ... | 3,531 | 3,697 | 3,552 | → |
| Vulcan | Small Population Center | ... | ... | 1,624 | 1,680 | 1,558 | → |
| Wainwright | Small Population Center | 5,117 | 5,426 | 5,803 | 6,153 | 6,461 | → |
| Wembley | Small Population Center | 1,497 | 1,443 | 1,373 | 1,516 | 1,432 | → |
| Westlake | Small Population Center | ... | ... | 373 | 1,363 | 2,040 | → |
| Westlock | Small Population Center | ... | ... | 4,532 | 4,957 | 4,820 | → |
| Wetaskiwin | Small Population Center | 11,154 | 11,689 | 12,221 | 12,491 | 12,438 | → |
| Whitecourt | Small Population Center | ... | ... | 9,053 | 9,515 | 9,195 | → |
Source: Statistics Canada (web).
Explanation: Urban areas and population centers in the boundaries of 2021.