2012 Alberta municipal censuses explained

Election Name:2012 Alberta municipal censuses
Country:Alberta
Previous Election:2011 Alberta municipal censuses
Previous Year:2011
Election Date:April 1 - June 30, 2012
Next Election:2013 Alberta municipal censuses
Next Year:2013

Alberta has provincial legislation allowing its municipalities to conduct municipal censuses between April 1 and June 30 inclusive.[1] [2] 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.[3]

Alberta had 359 municipalities between April 1 and June 30, 2012, up from 358 during the same three-month period in 2011. At least 58 of these municipalities conducted a municipal census in 2012. Alberta Municipal Affairs recognized those conducted by 55 of these municipalities.[4] By municipal status, it recognized those conducted by 8 of Alberta's 17 cities, 23 of 108 towns, 8 of 95 villages, 4 of 51 summer villages, 1 of 5 specialized municipalities, 3 of 64 municipal districts and all 8 Metis settlements.[4] In addition to those recognized by Municipal Affairs, censuses were conducted by the City of St. Albert, the Village of Beiseker and Strathcona County (a specialized municipality).

Some municipalities achieved population milestones as a result of their 2011 censuses. Calgary surpassed 1.1 million while the cities of Leduc and Fort Saskatchewan surpassed the 25,000 and the 20,000 marks respectively. Chestermere, Alberta's fourth-largest town, surpassed 15,000 residents.

Municipal census results

The following summarizes the results of the numerous municipal censuses conducted in 2012.

2012 municipal census summary2011 federal census comparisonPrevious municipal census comparison
MunicipalityStatusCensus
date		2012
pop.		2011
pop.[5] 		Absolute
growth		Absolute
change		Annual
growth
rate		Prev.
pop.
[6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] 		Prev.
census
year
Absolute
growth		Annual
growth
rate
scope=row2011
scope=row2011
scope=row<-- -->[13] 2008
scope=rowTown 2011
scope=rowTown 2009
scope=rowVillage 2007
scope=rowTown 1990
scope=row2009
scope=rowCity 2011
scope=rowTown 2011
scope=row2008
scope=rowTown 2010
scope=rowCity 2009
scope=rowVillage 2000
scope=rowMetis settlement 2009
scope=rowVillage 2007
scope=rowCity 2009
scope=rowTown 2005
scope=rowMetis settlement 2009
scope=rowTown 2007
scope=rowMetis settlement 2009
scope=rowCity 2010
scope=rowMetis settlement 2010
scope=rowVillage 2008
scope=rowTown 2009
scope=row2011
scope=rowMetis settlement 2009
scope=rowCity 2011
scope=rowCity 2011
scope=rowCity 2009
scope=rowTown 2011
scope=rowTown 2009
scope=rowMetis settlement 2009
scope=rowMetis settlement 2009
scope=rowTown 2010
scope=rowTown 2011
scope=rowTown 2000
scope=rowTown 2007
scope=rowVillage 1981
scope=rowSummer village 1982
scope=rowSummer village 1981
scope=rowVillage 2007
scope=rowCity [14] 2010
scope=rowTown 2010
scope=rowSt. Paul No. 19Municipal district 1984
scope=row2009
scope=rowTown 2010
scope=rowTown 1999
scope=rowVillage 2010
scope=rowTown 2008
scope=rowTown 2007
scope=rowTown 2009
scope=rowTown 2007
scope=rowVillage 1998
scope=rowMunicipal district 2007
scope=rowTown 2001
scope=rowWood BuffaloSpecialized municipality 2007
scope=rowSummer village 1992

Breakdowns

Urban and rural service areas

Strathcona County

2012 municipal census summary2009 municipal census comparison
Area2012
population
[15] 		Previous
population
Absolute
growth		Annual
growth rate
Sherwood Park urban service area align=center
Rural service area align=center
Total Strathcona County

Wood Buffalo

2012 municipal census summary2010 municipal census comparison
Area2012
population
[16] 		Previous
population
Absolute
growth		Annual
growth rate
Fort McMurray urban service area align=center
Rural service area align=center
Total RM of Wood Buffalo

Hamlets

The following is a list of hamlet populations determined by 2012 municipal censuses conducted by Strathcona County and the Regional Municipality (RM) of Wood Buffalo excluding the urban service areas of Fort McMurray and Sherwood Park that are presented above.

2012 municipal census summaryPrevious census comparison
HamletMunicipality2012
population
Previous
population
Previous
census year
Absolute
growth		Annual
growth rate
align=center 2009
Wood Buffaloalign=center 2010
align=center 2009
align=center 2009
Wood Buffaloalign=center 2010
Wood Buffaloalign=center 2010
Wood Buffaloalign=center 2010
Wood Buffaloalign=center 2010
align=center 2009
align=center 2009
Wood Buffaloalign=center 2010
align=center 2009
align=center 2009
Wood Buffaloalign=center 2010
align=center 2009

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."[3] The RM of Wood Buffalo conducted a shadow population count in 2012. 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 . June 24, 2013.
  2. Web site: Municipal Government Act: Determination of Population Regulation, Alberta Regulation 63/2001 (Office Consolidation) . Alberta Queen's Printer . PDF . 3 . 2013 . December 30, 2013 . March 26, 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130326105601/http://www.qp.alberta.ca/documents/Regs/2001_063.pdf . dead .
  3. Book: Municipal Census Manual: Requirements and Guidelines for Conducting a Municipal Census . . PDF . 7 . 978-1-4601-0359-3 . January 2013 . June 24, 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130501130752/http://www.municipalaffairs.alberta.ca/documents/msb/Municipal_Cenus_Manual.pdf . May 1, 2013 . dead .
  4. Book: 2012 Municipal Affairs Population List . . PDF . 978-1-4601-0645-7 . November 22, 2013 . December 25, 2013.
  5. 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.
  6. Book: 2011 Municipal Affairs Population List . Alberta Municipal Affairs . PDF . 978-0-7785-9738-4 . October 5, 2011 . December 28, 2013.
  7. Book: 2006 Official Population List . Alberta Municipal Affairs . PDF . 978-0-7785-4994-9 . February 5, 2007 . December 28, 2013.
  8. Web site: 2001 Official Population List . Alberta Municipal Affairs . PDF . September 4, 2001 . December 28, 2013.
  9. Web site: Official Population List 1996 . . PDF . October 1, 1996 . December 28, 2013.
  10. Web site: 1991 Official Population . Alberta Municipal Affairs . PDF . 1991 . December 28, 2013.
  11. Web site: 1986 Official Population . Alberta Municipal Affairs . PDF . 1986 . December 28, 2013.
  12. Web site: 1981 Official Population . Alberta Municipal Affairs . PDF . 1981 . December 28, 2013.
  13. News: Beiseker population declining: census . Rocky View Weekly . Great West Newspapers LP . Jessica Wallace . August 20, 2012 . December 28, 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150924091754/http://www.rockyviewweekly.com/article/20120820/RVW0801/308209993/0/rvw . September 24, 2015 . dead .
  14. Web site: 2012 St. Albert Census . City of St. Albert . December 28, 2013.
  15. Web site: 2012 Municipal Census Report . . PDF . 3 - 4 . 2012 . December 26, 2013.
  16. Web site: Municipal Census 2012 . . PDF . 22 & 24 . October 2012 . December 26, 2013 . March 26, 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130326055550/http://www.woodbuffalo.ab.ca/Assets/Corporate/Census%2BReports/Census%2Breports%2BPart%2B1.pdf . dead .

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