2016 Alberta municipal censuses explained

Election Name:2016 Alberta municipal censuses
Country:Alberta
Previous Election:2015 Alberta municipal censuses
Previous Year:2015
Election Date:March 1 – July 31, 2016
Next Election:2017 Alberta municipal censuses
Next Year:2017

Alberta has provincial legislation allowing its municipalities to conduct municipal censuses between April 1 and June 30 inclusive.[1] [2] Due to the concurrency of Statistics Canada conducting the Canada 2016 Census in May 2016, the Government of Alberta offered municipalities the option to alter their 2016 municipal census timeframes to either March 1 through May 31 or May 1 through July 31.[3] Municipalities choose to conduct their own censuses for multiple reasons such as to better inform municipal service planning and provision, to capitalize on per capita based grant funding from higher levels of government, or to simply update their populations since the last federal census.[4]

With the dissolution of the villages of Galahad and Strome on January 1, 2016, Alberta had 354 municipalities in 2016.[5] Alberta Municipal Affairs recognized those conducted by 21 of these municipalities.[6] By municipal status, it recognized those conducted by 11 of Alberta's 18 cities, 5 of 108 towns, 2 of 90 villages, and 3 of 64 municipal districts.[6] In addition to those recognized by Municipal Affairs, a census was planned by the Village of Forestburg for 2016 but was subsequently deferred to 2017.

Some municipalities achieved population milestones as a result of their 2016 censuses. Airdrie became the eighth city in Alberta to exceed 60,000 residents, while Leduc surpassed 30,000 people and Cochrane grew beyond the 25,000 mark. Edmonton fell short of the 900,000-mark by 553 people, while Red Deer dipped back below 100,000 residents after surpassing that milestone in 2015.

Municipal census results

The following summarizes the results of the numerous municipal censuses conducted in 2016.

2016 municipal census summary2011 federal census comparison[7] Previous municipal census comparison[8] <--[9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] -->
MunicipalityStatusCensus
date		2016
pop.		2011
pop.		Absolute
growth		Absolute
change		Annual
growth
rate		Prev.
pop.		Prev.
census
year		Absolute
growth		Annual
growth
rate
scope=row2015
scope=row2015
scope=row2015
scope=row2015
scope=row2014
2011
scope=row2015
scope=row2015
scope=row2014
scope=row2014
scope=row2015
2013
2013
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scope=row2015
scope=row2014
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scope=row2015
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scope=row2014
Taber2013

Breakdowns

Hamlets

The following is a list of hamlet populations determined by 2016 municipal censuses conducted by Lac La Biche County and the Municipal District of Taber.

2016 municipal census summaryPrevious census comparison
HamletMunicipality2016
population
[16] [17] 		Previous
population
[18] [19] 		Previous
census year
[20] 		Absolute
growth		Annual
growth rate
Taber
Taber
Taber
– – – –
Taber
Taber
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Shadow population counts

Alberta Municipal Affairs defines shadow population as "temporary residents of a municipality who are employed by an industrial or commercial establishment in the municipality for a minimum of 30 days within a municipal census year."[4] Lac La Biche County conducted a shadow population count in 2016.[6] The following presents the results of this count for comparison with its concurrent municipal census results.

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Municipal Government Act: Revised Statutes of Alberta 2000 Chapter M-26 (Office Consolidation) . Alberta Queen's Printer . November 24, 2010 . February 21, 2016.
  2. Web site: Municipal Government Act: Determination of Population Regulation, Alberta Regulation 63/2001 (Office Consolidation) . Alberta Queen's Printer . 3 . 2013 . February 21, 2016 . March 26, 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130326105601/http://www.qp.alberta.ca/documents/Regs/2001_063.pdf . dead .
  3. Web site: Regular Council Meeting Agenda . . 148 . February 9, 2016 . February 21, 2016 . In order to minimize the overlap between the federal and municipal census, Municipal Affairs will accommodate municipalities by giving them the option to alter their census enumeration period to either March 1, 2016 to May 31, 2016 or May 1, 2016 to July 31, 2016. For this census year only, municipalities are not required to submit a request for approval to the Minister if they choose to conduct a census during the two optional time periods offered..
  4. Web site: Municipal Census Manual: Requirements and Guidelines for Conducting a Municipal Census . . 7 . 978-1-4601-2127-6 . February 2015 . February 21, 2016.
  5. Web site: 2016 Municipal Codes . . January 18, 2016 . February 21, 2016.
  6. Web site: 2016 Municipal Affairs Population List . . 978-1-4601-3127-5 . January 13, 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170116155759/http://municipalaffairs.alberta.ca/documents/msb/2016_Municipal_Affairs_Population_List.pdf . January 16, 2017 . dead . mdy-all .
  7. Web site: Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), 2011 and 2006 censuses (Alberta) . . February 8, 2012 . February 8, 2012.
  8. Web site: 2015 Municipal Affairs Population List . . 978-1-4601-2630-1 . February 17, 2016.
  9. Web site: 2011 Municipal Affairs Population List . Alberta Municipal Affairs . 978-0-7785-9738-4 . October 5, 2011 . December 28, 2013.
  10. Web site: 2006 Official Population List . Alberta Municipal Affairs . 0-7785-4994-1 . February 5, 2007 . December 28, 2013.
  11. Web site: 2001 Official Population List . Alberta Municipal Affairs . September 4, 2001 . December 28, 2013.
  12. Web site: Official Population List 1996 . . October 1, 1996 . December 28, 2013.
  13. Web site: 1991 Official Population . Alberta Municipal Affairs . 1991 . December 28, 2013.
  14. Web site: 1986 Official Population . Alberta Municipal Affairs . 1986 . December 28, 2013.
  15. Web site: 1981 Official Population . Alberta Municipal Affairs . 1981 . December 28, 2013.
  16. Web site: About Us: Population & Statistics . Municipal District of Taber . October 8, 2016 . October 12, 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161012192713/http://mdtaber.ab.ca/149/About-Us . dead .
  17. Web site: Lac La Biche County 2016 Municipal Census Report . . 13 . January 17, 2017 . September 8, 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200908102534/http://laclabichecounty.com/home/showdocument?id=5054 . dead .
  18. Web site: MD Connection (newsletter): Fountain of Youth? . Municipal District of Taber . 7 . PDF . Summer 2013 . August 29, 2013 .
  19. Web site: 2013 Census Summary . Lac La Biche County . 6 . February 21, 2016 . November 6, 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161106150934/http://www.laclabichecounty.com/home/showdocument?id=3104 . dead .
  20. Web site: Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and designated places, 2011 and 2006 censuses (Alberta) . Statistics Canada . August 9, 2016 . January 27, 2017.

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