List of former urban municipalities in Alberta
Appearance
The Province of Alberta currently has 267 urban municipalities including 18 cities, 108 towns, 90 villages and 51 summer villages.[1] In addition, there are 92 communities that previously held some form of urban municipality status. These include 2 former cities, 12 former towns, 2 former new towns, 75 former villages, and 1 former summer village. These communities no longer exist as independent urban municipalities due to amalgamation, annexation or dissolution.
List
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] | |
Blackie | Village | August 31, 1997[7] | |
Blairmore | Town | January 1, 1979[4] | |
Bow City | Village | April 17, 1918[8] | |
Bowness | Town | August 15, 1964[9] | |
Burdett | Village | January 1, 2003[10] | |
Cadogan | Village | January 1, 1946[5] | |
Cayley | Village | June 1, 1996[11] | |
Chinook | Village | April 1, 1977[12] | |
Clairmont | Village | January 1, 1946[5] | |
Cluny | Village | September 15, 1995[13] | |
Coleman | Town | January 1, 1979[4] | |
Commerce | Village | Coalgate | May 13, 1926[14] |
Compeer | Village | December 31, 1936[15] | |
Craigmyle | Village | January 1, 1972[16] | |
Crescent Heights | Village | January 1, 1911[17] | |
Cynthia | New town | May 1, 1959[18] | |
Derwent | Village | September 1, 2010[19] | |
Diamond City | Town | June 30, 1937[20] | |
Drinnan | Village | April 1, 1957[21] | |
Dunmore | Village | February 4, 1919[22] | |
Eaglesham | Village | December 31, 1996[23] | |
East Calgary | Village | July 17, 1919[24] | |
Enchant | Village | February 1, 1945[25] | |
Entwistle | Village | December 31, 2000[26] | |
Erskine | Village | May 10, 1946[27] | |
Evansburg | Village | June 30, 1998[28] | |
Evarts | Village | May 27, 1916[29] | |
Forest Lawn | Town | December 30, 1961[30] | |
Fort Assiniboine | Village | December 31, 1991[31] | |
Fort McMurray | City | McMurray | April 1, 1995[32] |
Frank | Village | January 1, 1979[4] | |
Galahad | Village | January 1, 2016[33] | |
Gleichen | Town | March 31, 1998[34] | |
Grand Centre | Town | October 1, 1996 | |
Grassy Lake | Village | July 1, 1996[35] | |
Grouard | Village | January 15, 1944[36] | |
Hairy Hill | Village | December 31, 1996[37] | |
Irvine | Town | December 31, 1996[38] | |
Islay | Village | March 15, 1944[39] | |
Jasper Place | Town | West Jasper Place | August 17, 1964[6] |
Jenner | Village | June 25, 1943[40] | |
Kinuso | Village | September 1, 2009[41] | |
Lac La Biche | Town | August 1, 2007[42] | |
Langdon | Village | January 1, 1946[5] | |
Lavoy | Village | April 30, 1999[43] | |
Lille | Village | ||
Lodgepole | New town | March 1, 1970[44] | |
Lundbreck | Village | April 30, 1906[45] | |
Minburn | Village | July 1, 2015[46] | |
Mirror | Village | January 1, 2004[47] | |
Monarch | Village | December 31, 1938[48] | |
Monitor | Village | January 1, 1946[5] | |
Montgomery | Town | August 15, 1963[49] | |
Mountain View | Village | September 9, 1915[50] | |
New Norway | Village | November 1, 2012[51] | |
New Sarepta | Village | September 1, 2010[52] | |
Newcastle | Village | May 21, 1931[53] | |
North Edmonton | Village | July 22, 1912[54] | |
North Red Deer | Village | December 31, 1947[55] | |
Ohaton | Village | January 1, 1946[5] | |
Pincher City | Village | May 3, 1932[56] | |
Plamondon | Village | May 1, 2002[57] | |
Port Cornwall | Village | September 11, 1917[58] | |
Radway | Village | December 31, 1996[59] | |
Ranfurly | Village | January 1, 1946[5] | |
Retlaw | Village | March 1, 1939[60] | |
Richdale | Village | June 2, 1931[61] | |
Riverside | Village | ||
Rosebud | Village | January 1, 1946[5] | |
Rouleauville | Village | ||
Rumsey | Village | April 1, 1995[31] | |
Sangudo | Village | September 16, 2007[42] | |
Stafford | Village | January 1, 1913[62] | |
Strathcona | City | South Edmonton | February 1, 1912[6] |
Strome | Village | January 1, 2016[63] | |
Suffield | Village | January 1, 1930[64] | |
Swalwell | Village | January 1, 1946[5] | |
Thorhild | Village | April 1, 2009[41] | |
Tilley | Village | August 31, 2013[65] | |
Tollerton | Village | January 26, 1918[citation needed] | |
Torrington | Village | December 31, 1997[66] | |
Walsh | Village | May 4, 1925[67] | |
Wanham | Village | December 31, 1999[43] | |
Warspite | Village | June 1, 2000[26] | |
West Edmonton | Village | April 5, 1917[68] | |
White Gull | Summer village | January 1, 2003[69] | |
Wildwood | Village | December 31, 1990[70] |
See also
- 2000–06 municipal reorganization in Quebec
- 2002–2006 municipal reorganization of Montreal
- Amalgamation of the Halifax Regional Municipality
- Amalgamation of Toronto
- Amalgamation of Winnipeg
- Edmonton annexations
- List of communities in Alberta
- List of mayors in Alberta
- List of municipal amalgamations in Alberta
- List of municipal amalgamations in New Brunswick
- List of municipalities in Alberta
- Manitoba municipal amalgamations, 2015
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