The Province of Alberta currently has 255 urban municipalities including 19 cities, 105 towns, 80 villages and 51 summer villages.[1] In addition, there are 102 communities that previously held some form of urban municipality status. These include 2 former cities, 18 former towns, 2 former new towns, 81 former villages, and 1 former summer village. These communities no longer exist as independent urban municipalities due to amalgamation, annexation or dissolution.
Former urban municipality |
Former status |
Original name |
Dissolution date |
---|---|---|---|
Albert Park | Village | August 1, 1935[2] | |
Alderson | Village | Carlstadt | January 31, 1936[3] |
Bellevue | Village | January 1, 1979[4] | |
Bellis | Village | January 1, 1946[5] | |
Beverly | Town | December 30, 1961[6] | |
Black Diamond | Town | January 1, 2023[7] | |
Blackie | Village | August 31, 1997[8] | |
Blairmore | Town | January 1, 1979[4] | |
Botha | Village | September 1, 2017[9] | |
Bow City | Village | April 17, 1918[10] | |
Bowness | Town | August 15, 1964[11] | |
Burdett | Village | January 1, 2003[12] | |
Cadogan | Village | January 1, 1946[5] | |
Cayley | Village | June 1, 1996[13] | |
Cereal | Village | January 1, 2021[14] | |
Chinook | Village | April 1, 1977[15] | |
Clairmont | Village | January 1, 1946[5] | |
Cluny | Village | September 15, 1995[16] | |
Coleman | Town | January 1, 1979[4] | |
Commerce | Village | Coalgate | May 13, 1926[17] |
Compeer | Village | December 31, 1936[18] | |
Craigmyle | Village | January 1, 1972[19] | |
Crescent Heights | Village | January 1, 1911[20] | |
Cynthia | New town | May 1, 1959[21] | |
Derwent | Village | September 1, 2010[22] | |
Dewberry | Village | January 1, 2021[23] | |
Diamond City | Town | June 30, 1937[24] | |
Drinnan | Village | April 1, 1957[25] | |
Dunmore | Village | February 4, 1919[26] | |
Eaglesham | Village | December 31, 1996[27] | |
East Calgary | Village | July 17, 1919[28] | |
Enchant | Village | February 1, 1945[29] | |
Entwistle | Village | December 31, 2000[30] | |
Erskine | Village | May 10, 1946[31] | |
Evansburg | Village | June 30, 1998[32] | |
Evarts | Village | May 27, 1916[33] | |
Ferintosh | Village | January 1, 2020[34] | |
Forest Lawn | Town | December 30, 1961[35] | |
Fort Assiniboine | Village | December 31, 1991[36] | |
Fort McMurray | City | McMurray | April 1, 1995[37] |
Frank | Village | January 1, 1979[4] | |
Gadsby | Village | February 1, 2020[38] | |
Galahad | Village | January 1, 2016[39] | |
Gleichen | Town | March 31, 1998[40] | |
Grande Cache | Town | January 1, 2019[41] | |
Grand Centre | Town | October 1, 1996 | |
Granum | Town | February 1, 2020[42] | |
Grassy Lake | Village | July 1, 1996[43] | |
Grouard | Village | January 15, 1944[44] | |
Hairy Hill | Village | December 31, 1996[45] | |
Hythe | Village | July 1, 2021[46] | |
Irvine | Town | December 31, 1996[47] | |
Islay | Village | March 15, 1944[48] | |
Jasper Place | Town | West Jasper Place | August 17, 1964[6] |
Jenner | Village | June 25, 1943[49] | |
Kinuso | Village | September 1, 2009[50] | |
Lac La Biche | Town | August 1, 2007[51] | |
Langdon | Village | January 1, 1946[5] | |
Lavoy | Village | April 30, 1999[52] | |
Lille | Village | 1919[53] | |
Lodgepole | New town | March 1, 1970[54] | |
Lundbreck | Village | April 30, 1906[55] | |
Minburn | Village | July 1, 2015[56] | |
Mirror | Village | January 1, 2004[57] | |
Monarch | Village | December 31, 1938[58] | |
Monitor | Village | January 1, 1946[5] | |
Montgomery | Town | August 15, 1963[59] | |
Mountain View | Village | September 9, 1915[60] | |
New Norway | Village | November 1, 2012[61] | |
New Sarepta | Village | September 1, 2010[62] | |
Newcastle | Village | May 21, 1931[63] | |
North Edmonton | Village | July 22, 1912[64] | |
North Red Deer | Village | December 31, 1947[65] | |
Ohaton | Village | January 1, 1946[5] | |
Pincher City | Village | May 3, 1932[66] | |
Plamondon | Village | May 1, 2002[67] | |
Port Cornwall | Village | September 11, 1917[68] | |
Radway | Village | December 31, 1996[69] | |
Ranfurly | Village | January 1, 1946[5] | |
Retlaw | Village | March 1, 1939[70] | |
Richdale | Village | June 2, 1931[71] | |
Riverside | Village | ||
Rosebud | Village | January 1, 1946[5] | |
Rouleauville | Village | ||
Rumsey | Village | April 1, 1995[36] | |
Sangudo | Village | September 16, 2007[51] | |
Stafford | Village | January 1, 1913[72] | |
Strathcona | City | South Edmonton | February 1, 1912[6] |
Strome | Village | January 1, 2016[73] | |
Suffield | Village | January 1, 1930[74] | |
Swalwell | Village | January 1, 1946[5] | |
Thorhild | Village | April 1, 2009[50] | |
Tilley | Village | August 31, 2013[75] | |
Tollerton | Village | January 26, 1918[citation needed] | |
Torrington | Village | December 31, 1997[76] | |
Turner Valley | Town | January 1, 2023[7] | |
Wabamun | Village | January 1, 2021[77] | |
Walsh | Village | May 4, 1925[78] | |
Wanham | Village | December 31, 1999[52] | |
Warspite | Village | June 1, 2000[30] | |
West Edmonton | Village | Calder | April 5, 1917[79] |
White Gull | Summer village | January 1, 2003[80] | |
Wildwood | Village | December 31, 1990[81] | |
Willingdon | Village | September 1, 2017[82] |