Further, the 2007 and 2008 editions of the Population of Settlements Ranked by Size reports have been reissued to include latest population figures of the seven settlements within the M.D. of Opportunity No. 17 according to its 2007 municipal census.

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Further, a revised Population of Settlements report for 2006 that incorporates the 2006 federal census counts has been posted, along with subsequent reports for 2007 and 2008 that reflect municipal census activity since 2006.

In addition, federal census summaries including the population counts for certain municipalities that were revised by Statistics Canada after the original release dates of the 2001 and 2006 federal censuses are also posted in this Section.

Under this Section, you will find the Population Profiles for Alberta’s five Specialized Municipalities. The Section also includes the profiles for the two Urban Service Areas that were previously posted under the Unincorporated Places Section. Coincidentally, both Urban Service Areas are located within Specialized Municipalities.

Previously, the profiles for two of the Specialized Municipalities were available under the Urban Municipalities Section. Meanwhile, the profiles for the three other Specialized Municipalities were slated for the Rural Municipalities Section, but were yet to be compiled.

The new Specialized Municipalities Section includes interim profiles for Mackenzie County, Strathcona County, and the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo to accompany the previously prepared profiles for the Municipalities of Crowsnest Pass and Jasper.

Finalization of the three interim profiles will be a priority for AltaPop to complete prior to the 2009 municipal census season. AltaPop will attempt to complete its Rural Municipalities Section during the same time frame, starting with Alberta’s three Special Areas and seven Improvement Districts.

As a result of the re-organization, the Population Profile for Alberta’s lone Townsite was orphaned from the previous Unincorporated Places Section. Since the Townsite of Redwood Meadows is urban in nature, its Population Profile is now accessible via the Urban Municipalities Section.

Therefore, by sometime in Autumn 2006, AltaPop will completely publish population profiles for Alberta’s Rural Municipalities in a format similar to those found under the Urban Municipalities Section. The profiles will be released incrementally by type of Rural Municipality. Incrementally, data for Specialized Municipalities, Improvement Districts, and Special Areas will likely be published first, ending with Alberta’s 64 Municipal Districts.

Once this Section is completed, AltaPop will re-apply its efforts to the continuation of the Unincorporated Places project. Hopefully population profiles for this incomplete section of AltaPop will appear sometime in 2007. Thank you all for your patience.

In addition, reports are provided that combine the population data for all of Alberta’s types of municipalities for both 2004 and 2005. Visit the Population Summaries Section to view these new reports.

Note that all annual rankings reflect the status and most recent census figure of each settlement as of December 31 of the year presented. Annual rankings for years prior to 1990 will be posted incrementally over time.

AltaPop will provide similar summaries for previous years and for Alberta’s Unincorporated Places and Rural Municipalities in due time.

As for the Hamlets, Designated Places, and Unincorporated Communities in the Unincorporated Places section, AltaPop continues to develop their respective Population Profiles. This information is expected to be available within the coming months.

AltaPop will now concentrate on developing the third phase, being the Unincorporated Places Section, which will be implemented in a piecemeal fashion. A priority will be placed on posting the historic data of Alberta’s two Urban Service Areas (Fort McMurray and Sherwood Park) before the arrival of 2005. Implementation of Alberta’s Designated Places will follow shortly thereafter. The remaining Hamlets and Settlements will be placed on the backburner for now.

The first phase, being the Official Population Lists Section, was implemented on November 15, 2004. The final two phases involve the development of the Rural Municipalities and Population Summaries Sections.

Phase 1 of this website will allow you to observe the historic population trends of Urban Municipalities, Unincorporated Places, and Rural Municipalities in Alberta as per official Federal and Municipal Census results.

Phase 2 of this website will provide annual population reports of Alberta’s Urban Municipalities, Unincorporated Places, and Rural Municipalities for comparison purposes.

Please check back soon for updates and thank you for your patience.