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Imagine Canada as a big puzzle. Statistics Canada helps us understand how people live in different parts of this puzzle. One way they do this is by defining special areas called census agglomerations. These are groups of towns and communities that are close to each other. To be a census agglomeration, the main town or city in the group needs to have at least 10,000 people.

If a census agglomeration grows even bigger, reaching 100,000 people, it can become a census metropolitan area. This is like a larger city region. In 2016, the area around Lethbridge became a census metropolitan area because its population grew big enough.

Census Agglomerations in Alberta

The province of Alberta has many census agglomerations. In the Canada 2016 Census, Alberta had 15 of these areas. This was a small change from the Canada 2011 Census, when there were 16. Before that, in the Canada 2006 Census, Alberta had 14 census agglomerations.

List of Alberta's Census Agglomerations

Here is a list of the census agglomerations in Alberta, showing their populations over time. This table helps us see how these areas have grown.

Census agglomeration Area in 2016 (km²) Population in 2016 Population in 2011 Population in 2006 Population in 2001 Population in 1996 Census division
Red Deer &&&&&&&&&&&&0104.730000104.73 100,418 90,564 82,772 67,707 60,075 Division No. 8
Medicine Hat 0Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character ","..Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character ",".13,301.54 76,522 72,807 68,822 61,735 56,570 Division No. 1
Wood Buffalo 0Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character ","..Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character ",".61,871.37 73,320 66,896 52,643 42,602 36,124 Division No. 16
Grande Prairie &&&&&&&&&&&&0132.730000132.73 63,166 55,655 71,868 36,983 31,140 Division No. 19
Okotoks &&&&&&&&&&&&&019.63000019.63 28,881 24,511 17,145 Division No. 6
Brooks 0Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character ","..Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character ",".5,931.03 24,662 23,430 22,452 11,604 Division No. 2
Lloydminster &&&&&&&&&&&&&024.&4000024.04 19,645 18,032 15,910 13,148 11,317 Division No. 10
Camrose &&&&&&&&&&&&&042.62000042.62 18,743 17,286 15,620 14,854 13,728 Division No. 10
Cold Lake &&&&&&&&&&&&&059.92000059.92 14,961 13,839 11,991 27,935 35,161 Division No. 8
High River &&&&&&&&&&&&&021.39000021.39 13,584 12,920 Division No. 6
Sylvan Lake &&&&&&&&&&&&&024.50000024.50 15,302 12,762 Division No. 8
Wetaskiwin &&&&&&&&&&&&&018.31000018.31 12,655 12,525 11,673 11,154 10,959 Division No. 11
Strathmore &&&&&&&&&&&&&027.40000027.40 13,756 12,305 Division No. 5
Canmore &&&&&&&&&&&&&069.43000069.43 13,992 12,288 12,039 Division No. 15
Lacombe &&&&&&&&&&&&&020.81000020.81 13,057 11,707 Division No. 8

See also

  • Census geographic units of Canada
  • List of Canadian census agglomerations by province or territory
  • List of census agglomerations in Canada
  • List of designated places in Alberta
  • List of municipalities in Alberta
  • List of population centres in Alberta
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