ÿþ<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>ALTAPOP: Population and Incorporation History of Alberta’s Urban Municipalities</title> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <meta name="description" content="Alberta Population (AltaPop www.altapop.ca) - Population and Incorporation History of Alberta’s Urban Municipalities (Cities, Towns, Villages, Summer Villages, and urban Specialized Municipalities) using Federal and Municipal/Civic Census results from Statistics Canada and the annual Official Population List Publication produced by the Ministry of Municipal Affairs of the Province of Alberta."> <meta name="keywords" content="Alberta, population, incorporation, history, census, federal, municipal, civic, official population list, municipalities, municipality, urban, city, cities, town, towns, village, villages, summer, specialized, Ministry of Municipal Affairs, Statistics Canada"> </head> <body leftmargin="0" topmargin="0" link="#0434b4" alink="#0434b4" vlink="#0434b4"> <table width="795" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td><img src="banner.gif" WIDTH=795 HEIGHT=130 BORDER=0 ALT="" USEMAP="#BannerMap"> <MAP NAME="BannerMap"> <AREA SHAPE="rect" ALT="" COORDS="613,93,756,127" href="popsum.htm"> <AREA SHAPE="rect" ALT="" COORDS="468,93,612,127" href="opl.htm"> <AREA SHAPE="rect" ALT="" COORDS="326,93,468,127" href="rural.htm"> <AREA SHAPE="rect" ALT="" COORDS="181,93,325,127" href="specialized.htm"> <AREA SHAPE="rect" ALT="" COORDS="38,93,180,127" href="urban.htm"> <AREA SHAPE="rect" ALT="" COORDS="38,0,756,92" href="index.html"> </MAP><p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <table> <tr> <td colspan="3" align="center"><font face="Arial" size="-2" color="#183393"><b><p> JUMP TO: &nbsp; <a href="/urban.htm#Cities">Cities</a> &nbsp;|&nbsp; <a href="/urban.htm#Towns">Towns</a> &nbsp;|&nbsp; <a href="/urban.htm#Villages">Villages</a> &nbsp;|&nbsp; <a href="/urban.htm#SummerVillages">Summer Villages</a> &nbsp;|&nbsp; <a href="/urban.htm#Townsites">Townsites</a><p> </b></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td width=240><font face="Arial" size="-1" color="#0434b4"><b>CITIES<a name="Cities"></a></b></font><hr color="#0434b4"></td> <td>&nbsp;</td> <td><font face="Arial" size="-1" color="#0434b4"><b>Definition</b></font><hr color="#ffffff"></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top"><form name=Cities> <select name=CitySelect ONCHANGE="window.open(this.options[this.selectedIndex].value, '', 'toolbar=no, location=no, directories=no, status=no, menubar=no, scrollbars=yes, resizable=yes'); return false"><!--onChange="Display(form);"--> <option selected value=Default>Select a city... <option value=cities/airdrie.pdf>Airdrie <option value=cities/brooks.pdf>Brooks <option value=cities/calgary.pdf>Calgary <option value=cities/camrose.pdf>Camrose <option value=cities/cold_lake.pdf>Cold Lake <option value=cities/edmonton.pdf>Edmonton <option value=cities/fort_saskatchewan.pdf>Fort Saskatchewan <option value=cities/grande_prairie.pdf>Grande Prairie <option value=cities/lacombe.pdf>Lacombe <option value=cities/leduc.pdf>Leduc <option value=cities/lethbridge.pdf>Lethbridge <option value=cities/lloydminster.pdf>Lloydminster <option value=cities/lloydminster_ab.pdf>- AB portion <option value=cities/lloydminster_sk.pdf>- SK portion <option value=cities/medicine_hat.pdf>Medicine Hat <option value=cities/red_deer.pdf>Red Deer <option value=cities/spruce_grove.pdf>Spruce Grove <option value=cities/st_albert.pdf>St. Albert <option value=cities/wetaskiwin.pdf>Wetaskiwin </select></form><p></td> <td>&nbsp;</td> <td><font face="Arial" size="-2">According to Section 82 of the Municipal Government Act (MGA), a city is an area that has a population of 10,000 or more persons and has the majority of its buildings on parcels of lands smaller than 1,850 m². See Alberta’s Ministry of Municipal Affairs <a href="http://www.municipalaffairs.gov.ab.ca/am_types_of_municipalities_in_alberta.cfm#urban" target="_blank">website</a> for a further description of a city.<p></font><p></td> </tr> <tr> <td width=240><font face="Arial" size="-1" color="#0434b4"><b></b></font></td> <td>&nbsp;</td> <td><font face="Arial" size="-1" color="#0434b4"><b>Quick facts</b></font><hr color="#ffffff"></td> </tr> <tr> <td width=240><font face="Arial" size="-1" color="#0434b4"><b></b></font></td> <td>&nbsp;</td> <td><font face="Arial" size="-2"><ul> <li>Alberta currently has 17 cities.</li> <li>Fort McMurray and Drumheller were formerly incorporated as cities, but changed status due to amalgamations in 1995 and 1998 respectively.</li> <li>According to current population figures, two urban service areas (Fort McMurray and Sherwood Park) and nine towns (Beaumont, Canmore, Chestermere, Cochrane, High River, Okotoks, Stony Plain, Strathmore, and Sylvan Lake) are eligible for city status.</li> </ul><p></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td width=240><font face="Arial" size="-1" color="#0434b4"><b>TOWNS<a name="Towns"></a></b></font><hr color="#0434b4"></td> <td>&nbsp;</td> <td><font face="Arial" size="-1" color="#0434b4"><b>Definition</b></font><hr color="#ffffff"></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top"><form name=Towns> <select name="TownSelect" onChange="window.open(this.options[this.selectedIndex].value, '', 'toolbar=no, location=no, directories=no, status=no, menubar=no, scrollbars=yes, resizable=yes'); return false"><!--onChange="Display(form);"--> <option selected value=Default>Select a town... <option value=towns/athabasca.pdf>Athabasca <option value=towns/banff.pdf>Banff <option value=towns/barrhead.pdf>Barrhead <option value=towns/bashaw.pdf>Bashaw <option value=towns/bassano.pdf>Bassano <option value=towns/beaumont.pdf>Beaumont <option value=towns/beaverlodge.pdf>Beaverlodge <option value=towns/bentley.pdf>Bentley <option value=towns/black_diamond.pdf>Black Diamond <option value=towns/blackfalds.pdf>Blackfalds <option value=towns/bon_accord.pdf>Bon Accord <option value=towns/bonnyville.pdf>Bonnyville <option value=towns/bow_island.pdf>Bow Island <option value=towns/bowden.pdf>Bowden <option value=towns/bruderheim.pdf>Bruderheim <option value=towns/calmar.pdf>Calmar <option value=towns/canmore.pdf>Canmore <option value=towns/cardston.pdf>Cardston <option value=towns/carstairs.pdf>Carstairs <option value=towns/castor.pdf>Castor <option value=towns/chestermere.pdf>Chestermere <option value=towns/claresholm.pdf>Claresholm <option value=towns/coaldale.pdf>Coaldale <option value=towns/coalhurst.pdf>Coalhurst <option value=towns/cochrane.pdf>Cochrane <option value=towns/coronation.pdf>Coronation <option value=towns/crossfield.pdf>Crossfield <option value=towns/daysland.pdf>Daysland <option value=towns/devon.pdf>Devon <option value=towns/didsbury.pdf>Didsbury <option value=towns/drayton_valley.pdf>Drayton Valley <option 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value=towns/legal.pdf>Legal <option value=towns/magrath.pdf>Magrath <option value=towns/manning.pdf>Manning <option value=towns/mayerthorpe.pdf>Mayerthorpe <option value=towns/mclennan.pdf>McLennan <option value=towns/milk_river.pdf>Milk River <option value=towns/millet.pdf>Millet <option value=towns/morinville.pdf>Morinville <option value=towns/mundare.pdf>Mundare <option value=towns/nanton.pdf>Nanton <option value=towns/okotoks.pdf>Okotoks <option value=towns/olds.pdf>Olds <option value=towns/onoway.pdf>Onoway <option value=towns/oyen.pdf>Oyen <option value=towns/peace_river.pdf>Peace River <option value=towns/penhold.pdf>Penhold <option value=towns/picture_butte.pdf>Picture Butte <option value=towns/pincher_creek.pdf>Pincher Creek <option value=towns/ponoka.pdf>Ponoka <option value=towns/provost.pdf>Provost <option value=towns/rainbow_lake.pdf>Rainbow Lake <option value=towns/raymond.pdf>Raymond <option value=towns/redcliff.pdf>Redcliff <option value=towns/redwater.pdf>Redwater <option value=towns/rimbey.pdf>Rimbey <option value=towns/rocky_mountain_house.pdf>Rocky Mountain House <option value=towns/sedgewick.pdf>Sedgewick <option value=towns/sexsmith.pdf>Sexsmith <option value=towns/slave_lake.pdf>Slave Lake <option value=towns/smoky_lake.pdf>Smoky Lake <option value=towns/spirit_river.pdf>Spirit River <option value=towns/st_paul.pdf>St. Paul <option value=towns/stavely.pdf>Stavely <option value=towns/stettler.pdf>Stettler <option value=towns/stony_plain.pdf>Stony Plain <option value=towns/strathmore.pdf>Strathmore <option value=towns/sundre.pdf>Sundre <option value=towns/swan_hills.pdf>Swan Hills <option value=towns/sylvan_lake.pdf>Sylvan Lake <option value=towns/taber.pdf>Taber <option value=towns/three_hills.pdf>Three Hills <option value=towns/tofield.pdf>Tofield <option value=towns/trochu.pdf>Trochu <option value=towns/turner_valley.pdf>Turner Valley <option value=towns/two_hills.pdf>Two Hills <option value=towns/valleyview.pdf>Valleyview <option value=towns/vauxhaul.pdf>Vauxhall <option value=towns/vegreville.pdf>Vegreville <option value=towns/vermilion.pdf>Vermilion <option value=towns/viking.pdf>Viking <option value=towns/vulcan.pdf>Vulcan <option value=towns/wainwraight.pdf>Wainwright <option value=towns/wembley.pdf>Wembley <option value=towns/westlock.pdf>Westlock <option value=towns/whitecourt.pdf>Whitecourt </select></form><p></td> <td>&nbsp;</td> <td><font face="Arial" size="-2">According to Section 81 of the MGA, a town is an area that has a population of 1,000 or more persons and has the majority of its buildings on parcels of lands smaller than 1,850 m². See Alberta’s Ministry of Municipal Affairs <a href="http://www.municipalaffairs.gov.ab.ca/am_types_of_municipalities_in_alberta.cfm#urban" target="_blank">website</a> for a further description of a town.<p></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td width=240><font face="Arial" size="-1" color="#0434b4"><b></b></font></td> <td>&nbsp;</td> <td><font face="Arial" size="-1" color="#0434b4"><b>Quick facts</b></font><hr color="#ffffff"></td> </tr> <tr> <td width=240><font face="Arial" size="-1" color="#0434b4"><b></b></font></td> <td>&nbsp;</td> <td><font face="Arial" size="-2"><ul> <li>Alberta currently has 108 towns.</li> <li>Nine of these towns are eligible for city status (Beaumont, Canmore, Chestermere, Cochrane, High River, Okotoks, Stony Plain, Strathmore, and Sylvan Lake).</li> <li>Eleven of these towns have a population of less than 1,000 persons.</li> <li>Castor, Falher, and McLennan all had populations greater than 1,000 persons at one time.</li> <li>Bashaw, Daysland, Granum, Hardisty, Milk River, Mundare, Sedgewick, and Stavely were incorporated before the current municipal status requirements in the MGA were adopted.</li> <li>Alberta has had many other towns during the past century that are no longer recognized due to dissolution, amalgamation, or incorporation to a different status.</li> <li>According to current population figures, numerous hamlets may be eligible for town status.</li> </ul><p></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td width=240><font face="Arial" size="-1" color="#0434b4"><b>VILLAGES<a name="Villages"></a></b></font><hr color="#0434b4"></td> <td>&nbsp;</td> <td><font face="Arial" size="-1" color="#0434b4"><b>Definition</b></font><hr color="#ffffff"></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top"><form name=Villages> <select name="VillageSelect" onChange="window.open(this.options[this.selectedIndex].value, '', 'toolbar=no, location=no, directories=no, status=no, menubar=no, scrollbars=yes, resizable=yes'); return false"><!--onChange="Display(form);"--> <option selected value=Default>Select a village... <option value=villages/acme.pdf>Acme <option value=villages/alberta_beach.pdf>Alberta Beach <option value=villages/alix.pdf>Alix <option value=villages/alliance.pdf>Alliance <option value=villages/amisk.pdf>Amisk <option value=villages/andrew.pdf>Andrew <option value=villages/arrowwood.pdf>Arrowwood <option value=villages/barnwell.pdf>Barnwell <option value=villages/barons.pdf>Barons <option value=villages/bawlf.pdf>Bawlf <option value=villages/beiseker.pdf>Beiseker <option value=villages/berwyn.pdf>Berwyn <option value=villages/big_valley.pdf>Big Valley <option value=villages/bittern_lake.pdf>Bittern Lake <option value=villages/botha.pdf>Botha <option value=villages/boyle.pdf>Boyle <option value=villages/breton.pdf>Breton <option value=villages/carbon.pdf>Carbon <option value=villages/carmangay.pdf>Carmangay <option value=villages/caroline.pdf>Caroline <option value=villages/cereal.pdf>Cereal <option value=villages/champion.pdf>Champion <option value=villages/chauvin.pdf>Chauvin <option value=villages/chipman.pdf>Chipman <option value=villages/clive.pdf>Clive <option value=villages/clyde.pdf>Clyde <option value=villages/consort.pdf>Consort <option value=villages/coutts.pdf>Coutts <option value=villages/cowley.pdf>Cowley <option value=villages/cremona.pdf>Cremona <option value=villages/czar.pdf>Czar <option value=villages/delburne.pdf>Delburne <option value=villages/delia.pdf>Delia <option value=villages/derwent.pdf>Derwent (dissolved) <option value=villages/dewberry.pdf>Dewberry <option value=villages/donalda.pdf>Donalda <option value=villages/donnelly.pdf>Donnelly <option value=villages/duchess.pdf>Duchess <option value=villages/edberg.pdf>Edberg <option value=villages/edgerton.pdf>Edgerton <option value=villages/elnora.pdf>Elnora <option value=villages/empress.pdf>Empress <option value=villages/ferintosh.pdf>Ferintosh <option value=villages/foremost.pdf>Foremost <option value=villages/forestburg.pdf>Forestburg <option value=villages/gadsby.pdf>Gadsby <option value=villages/galahad.pdf>Galahad <option value=villages/girouxville.pdf>Girouxville <option value=villages/glendon.pdf>Glendon <option value=villages/glenwood.pdf>Glenwood <option value=villages/halkirk.pdf>Halkirk <option value=villages/hay_lakes.pdf>Hay Lakes <option value=villages/heisler.pdf>Heisler <option value=villages/hill_spring.pdf>Hill Spring <option value=villages/hines_creek.pdf>Hines Creek <option value=villages/holden.pdf>Holden <option value=villages/hughenden.pdf>Hughenden <option value=villages/hussar.pdf>Hussar <option value=villages/hythe.pdf>Hythe <option value=villages/innisfree.pdf>Innisfree <option value=villages/irma.pdf>Irma <option value=villages/kinuso.pdf>Kinuso (dissolved) <option value=villages/kitscoty.pdf>Kitscoty <option value=villages/linden.pdf>Linden <option value=villages/lomond.pdf>Lomond <option value=villages/longview.pdf>Longview <option value=villages/lougheed.pdf>Lougheed <option value=villages/mannville.pdf>Mannville <option value=villages/marwayne.pdf>Marwayne <option value=villages/milo.pdf>Milo <option value=villages/minburn.pdf>Minburn <option value=villages/morrin.pdf>Morrin <option value=villages/munson.pdf>Munson <option value=villages/myrnam.pdf>Myrnam <option value=villages/nampa.pdf>Nampa <option value=villages/new_norway.pdf>New Norway <option value=villages/new_sarepta.pdf>New Sarepta (dissolved) <option value=villages/noblefold.pdf>Nobleford <option value=villages/paradise_valley.pdf>Paradise Valley <option value=villages/rockyford.pdf>Rockyford <option value=villages/rosalind.pdf>Rosalind <option value=villages/rosemary.pdf>Rosemary <option value=villages/rycroft.pdf>Rycroft <option value=villages/ryley.pdf>Ryley <option value=villages/sangudo.pdf>Sangudo (dissolved) <option value=villages/spring_lake.pdf>Spring Lake <option value=villages/standard.pdf>Standard <option value=villages/stirling.pdf>Stirling <option value=villages/strome.pdf>Strome <option value=villages/thorhild.pdf>Thorhild (dissolved) <option value=villages/thorsby.pdf>Thorsby <option value=villages/tilley.pdf>Tilley <option value=villages/veteran.pdf>Veteran <option value=villages/vilna.pdf>Vilna <option value=villages/wabamun.pdf>Wabamun <option value=villages/warburg.pdf>Warburg <option value=villages/warner.pdf>Warner <option value=villages/waskatenau.pdf>Waskatenau <option value=villages/willingdon.pdf>Willingdon <option value=villages/youngstown.pdf>Youngstown </select></form><p></td> <td>&nbsp;</td> <td><font face="Arial" size="-2">According to Section 80 of the MGA, a village is an area that has a population of 300 or more persons and has the majority of its buildings on parcels of lands smaller than 1,850 m². See Alberta’s Ministry of Municipal Affairs <a href="http://www.municipalaffairs.gov.ab.ca/am_types_of_municipalities_in_alberta.cfm#urban" target="_blank">website</a> for a further description of a village.<p></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td width=240><font face="Arial" size="-1" color="#0434b4"><b></b></font></td> <td>&nbsp;</td> <td><font face="Arial" size="-1" color="#0434b4"><b>Quick facts</b></font><hr color="#ffffff"></td> </tr> <tr> <td width=240><font face="Arial" size="-1" color="#0434b4"><b></b></font></td> <td>&nbsp;</td> <td><font face="Arial" size="-2"><ul> <li>Alberta currently has 95 villages.</li> <li>43 of them have a population of less than 300 persons.</li> <li>Many of these villages had populations greater than 300 persons at one time, while the remainder acquired their status before current municipal status requirements in the MGA were adopted.</li> <li>Like towns, Alberta was home to many other villages during the past century that are no longer recognized due to dissolution, amalgamation, or incorporation to different status.</li> <li>In recent history, Alberta has seen the dissolution of many of its villages into hamlets, which are under the jurisdiction of specialized or rural municpalities.</li> <li>According to current population figures, the Summer Village of Island Lake and numerous hamlets are eligible for village status.</li> </ul><p></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td width=240><font face="Arial" size="-1" color="#0434b4"><b>SUMMER VILLAGES<a name="SummerVillages"></a></b></font><hr color="#0434b4"></td> <td>&nbsp;</td> <td><font face="Arial" size="-1" color="#0434b4"><b>Definition</b></font><hr color="#ffffff"></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top"><form name=SummerVillages> <select name="SummerVillageSelect" onChange="window.open(this.options[this.selectedIndex].value, '', 'toolbar=no, location=no, directories=no, status=no, menubar=no, scrollbars=yes, resizable=yes'); return false"><!--onChange="Display(form);"--> <option selected value=Default>Select a summer village... <option value=summervillages/argentia_beach.pdf>Argentia Beach <option value=summervillages/betula_beach.pdf>Betula Beach <option value=summervillages/birch_cove.pdf>Birch Cove <option value=summervillages/birchcliff.pdf>Birchcliff <option value=summervillages/bondiss.pdf>Bondiss <option value=summervillages/bonnyville_beach.pdf>Bonnyville Beach <option value=summervillages/burnstick_lake.pdf>Burnstick Lake <option value=summervillages/castle_island.pdf>Castle Island <option value=summervillages/crystal_springs.pdf>Crystal Springs <option value=summervillages/ghost_lake.pdf>Ghost Lake <option value=summervillages/golden_days.pdf>Golden Days <option value=summervillages/grandview.pdf>Grandview <option value=summervillages/gull_lake.pdf>Gull Lake <option value=summervillages/half_moon_bay.pdf>Half Moon Bay <option value=summervillages/horseshoe_bay.pdf>Horseshoe Bay <option value=summervillages/island_lake.pdf>Island Lake <option value=summervillages/island_lake_south.pdf>Island Lake South <option value=summervillages/itaska_beach.pdf>Itaska Beach <option value=summervillages/jarvis_bay.pdf>Jarvis Bay <option value=summervillages/kapasiwin.pdf>Kapasiwin <option value=summervillages/lakeview.pdf>Lakeview <option value=summervillages/larkspur.pdf>Larkspur <option value=summervillages/ma-me-o_beach.pdf>Ma-Me-O Beach <option value=summervillages/mewatha_beach.pdf>Mewatha Beach <option value=summervillages/nakamun_park.pdf>Nakamun Park <option value=summervillages/norglenwold.pdf>Norglenwold <option value=summervillages/norris_beach.pdf>Norris Beach <option value=summervillages/parkland_beach.pdf>Parkland Beach <option value=summervillages/pelican_narrows.pdf>Pelican Narrows <option value=summervillages/point_alison.pdf>Point Alison <option value=summervillages/poplar_bay.pdf>Poplar Bay <option value=summervillages/rochon_sands.pdf>Rochon Sands <option value=summervillages/ross_haven.pdf>Ross Haven <option value=summervillages/sandy_beach.pdf>Sandy Beach <option value=summervillages/seba_beach.pdf>Seba Beach <option value=summervillages/silver_beach.pdf>Silver Beach <option value=summervillages/silver_sands.pdf>Silver Sands <option value=summervillages/south_baptiste.pdf>South Baptiste <option value=summervillages/south_view.pdf>South View <option value=summervillages/sunbreaker_cove.pdf>Sunbreaker Cove <option value=summervillages/sundance_beach.pdf>Sundance Beach <option value=summervillages/sunrise_beach.pdf>Sunrise Beach <option value=summervillages/sunset_beach.pdf>Sunset Beach <option value=summervillages/sunset_point.pdf>Sunset Point <option value=summervillages/val_quentin.pdf>Val Quentin <option value=summervillages/waiparous.pdf>Waiparous <option value=summervillages/west_baptiste.pdf>West Baptiste <option value=summervillages/west_cove.pdf>West Cove <option value=summervillages/whispering_hills.pdf>Whispering Hills <option value=summervillages/white_sands.pdf>White Sands <option value=summervillages/yellowstone.pdf>Yellowstone </select></form><p></td> <td>&nbsp;</td> <td><font face="Arial" size="-2">According to former Section 79 of the MGA (repealed in 1995), a summer village is an area that has at least 60 parcels of land developed with dwelling buildings and has a population of less than 300 persons where the majority of the persons who would be electors do not permanently reside in that area. See Alberta’s Ministry of Municipal Affairs <a href="http://www.municipalaffairs.gov.ab.ca/am_types_of_municipalities_in_alberta.cfm#urban" target="_blank">website</a> for a further description of a summer village.<p></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td width=240><font face="Arial" size="-1" color="#0434b4"><b></b></font></td> <td>&nbsp;</td> <td><font face="Arial" size="-1" color="#0434b4"><b>Quick facts</b></font><hr color="#ffffff"></td> </tr> <tr> <td width=240><font face="Arial" size="-1" color="#0434b4"><b></b></font></td> <td>&nbsp;</td> <td><font face="Arial" size="-2"><ul> <li>Alberta currently has 51 summer villages.</li> <li>Island Lake is eligible for village status.</li> <li>No other communities are eligible for summer village status as Section 79 of the MGA was repealed in 1995.</li> <li>Alberta has also had other summer villages over the past years that are no longer recognized due to dissolution, amalgamation, or incorporation to different status.</li> <li>These include Alberta Beach, Chestermere (formerly named Chestermere Lake), Spring Lake (formerly named Edmonton Beach), and White Gull.</li> </ul><p></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td width=240><font face="Arial" size="-1" color="#0434b4"><b>TOWNSITES<a name="Townsites"></a></b></font><hr color="#0434b4"></td> <td>&nbsp;</td> <td><font face="Arial" size="-1" color="#0434b4"><b>Definition</b></font><hr color="#ffffff"></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top"><form name=Townsites> <select name=TownsiteSelect ONCHANGE="window.open(this.options[this.selectedIndex].value, '', 'toolbar=no, location=no, directories=no, status=no, menubar=no, scrollbars=yes, resizable=yes'); return false"><!--onChange="Display(form);"--> <option selected value=Default>Select a townsite... <option value=townsites/redwood_meadows.pdf>Redwood Meadows </select></form> <p></td> <td>&nbsp;</td> <td><font face="Arial" size="-2">A formal definition for townsite has not been published on the Alberta Municipal Affairs website. </font><p></td> </tr> <tr> <td width=240><font face="Arial" size="-1" color="#0434b4"><b></b></font></td> <td>&nbsp;</td> <td><font face="Arial" size="-1" color="#0434b4"><b>Quick facts</b></font><hr color="#ffffff"></td> </tr> <tr> <td width=240><font face="Arial" size="-1" color="#0434b4"><b></b></font></td> <td>&nbsp;</td> <td><font face="Arial" size="-2"><ul> <li>Alberta's only townsite to date is Redwood Meadows, which is located on the Tsuu T’ina Nation west of Calgary.</li> <li>It is a community that was planned and developed by the Tsuu T’ina Nation.</li> <li>It has a council consisting of a mayor and six councillors.</li> <li>For more information about the Townsite of Redwood Meadows, visit its <a href="http://www.redwoodmeadows.ab.ca/" target="_blank">official website</a>.</li> </ul><p></font></td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align=center><font face="Arial" size="-2" color="#0434b4"><hr color="#0434b4"><p><b> <a href="index.html">HOME</a> &nbsp;|&nbsp; <a href="about.htm">ABOUT</a> &nbsp;|&nbsp; <a href="news.htm">NEWS</a> &nbsp;|&nbsp; <a href="updates.htm">UPDATES</a> &nbsp;|&nbsp; <a href="censustrackers.htm">CENSUS TRACKERS</a> &nbsp;|&nbsp; <a href="sources.htm">SOURCES</a> &nbsp;|&nbsp; <a href="links.htm">LINKS</a> &nbsp;|&nbsp; <a href="disclaim.htm">DISCLAIMERS</a> &nbsp;|&nbsp; <a href="search.htm">SEARCH</a> &nbsp;|&nbsp; <script language=javascript> var contact = "CONTACT"; var email = "inquire"; var emailHost = "altapop.ca"; document.write("<a href=" + "mail" + "to:" + email + "@" + emailHost+ ">" + contact + "</a>"); </script> </b></font><p></td> </tr> <tr><td align=center> <!-- Start of StatCounter Code --> <a href="http://www.statcounter.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://c7.statcounter.com/counter.php?sc_project=1060901&amp;java=0&amp;invisible=1&amp;security=27a05084" alt="free website hit counter" border="0"></a> <!-- End of StatCounter Code --> </td></tr> </table> </body> </html>