Geographic code Geographic name Population centre size group Province or territory Incompletely enumerated Indian reserves and Indian settlements, 2016 Population, 2016 Population, 2011 2011 adjusted population flag Population, % change Total private dwellings, 2016 Private dwellings occupied by usual residents, 2016 Land area in square kilometres, 2016 Population density per square kilometre, 2016 0115 Calgary Large urban Alberta F 1237656 1094379 T 13.1 489271 466391 586.08 2111.8 0252 Edmonton Large urban Alberta F 1062643 935361 T 13.6 436072 408474 572.69 1855.5 0694 Red Deer Medium Alberta F 99718 89715 T 11.1 41989 39704 62.91 1585.2 0467 Lethbridge Medium Alberta F 87572 79364 T 10.3 37761 35623 55.90 1566.5 0292 Fort McMurray Medium Alberta F 66573 60555 T 9.9 28567 23937 51.79 1285.4 0523 Medicine Hat Medium Alberta F 62935 59624 T 5.6 27766 26460 51.33 1226.1 0336 Grande Prairie Medium Alberta F 62320 55236 T 12.8 25948 23450 47.48 1312.6 0003 Airdrie Medium Alberta F 61082 42844 T 42.6 22219 21488 32.78 1863.2 0780 Spruce Grove Medium Alberta F 36135 27970 T 29.2 14015 13416 29.09 1242.0 0478 Lloydminster Medium Alberta F 31400 27769 T 13.1 13345 11831 21.71 1446.1 470478 Lloydminster (Saskatchewan part) Saskatchewan F 11755 9752 T 20.5 4902 4388 7.46[i] 1576.1 480478 Lloydminster (Alberta part) Alberta F 19645 18017 T 9.0 8443 7443 7.46[i] 1378.1 0465 Leduc Small Alberta F 29556 23827 T 24.0 12031 11106 61.96 477.0 0606 Okotoks Small Alberta F 28833 24470 T 17.8 9815 9643 16.98 1698.4 0191 Cochrane Small Alberta F 25289 17433 T 45.1 9959 9542 23.40 1080.6 1546 Fort Saskatchewan Small Alberta F 23895 18738 T 27.5 9832 9157 21.31 1121.2 1368 Chestermere Small Alberta F 19472 14363 F 35.6 6107 5982 8.89 2190.9 0123 Camrose Small Alberta F 18520 17057 T 8.6 8429 7968 17.08 1084.6 1202 Beaumont Small Alberta F 17396 13284 F 31.0 5980 5633 10.47 1661.1 1258 Stony Plain Small Alberta F 16271 14249 T 14.2 6574 6266 15.96 1019.8 0915 Sylvan Lake Small Alberta F 14942 12436 T 20.2 6710 5664 9.58 1559.3 0101 Brooks Small Alberta F 14436 13656 T 5.7 5406 5040 12.86 1122.3 0898 Strathmore Small Alberta F 13592 12179 T 11.6 5275 5084 9.13 1489.4 0373 High River Small Alberta F 13420 12498 T 7.4 5560 5293 10.17 1319.4 1015 Wetaskiwin Small Alberta F 12486 12221 T 2.2 5503 5063 11.18 1116.5 0446 Lacombe Small Alberta F 12442 11429 T 8.9 4796 4563 11.46 1085.9 0125 Canmore Small Alberta F 11764 10539 F 11.6 6192 4697 13.44 875.4 0554 Morinville Small Alberta F 9848 8569 T 14.9 3611 3491 11.15 882.8 1022 Whitecourt Small Alberta F 9515 9053 T 5.1 3966 3472 10.11 941.0 0374 Hinton Small Alberta F 9205 9036 T 1.9 4073 3677 12.97 709.6 0607 Olds Small Alberta F 8944 8025 T 11.5 3848 3612 9.52 939.8 1173 Blackfalds Small Alberta F 8749 6123 T 42.9 3271 3059 7.23 1210.3 0916 Taber Small Alberta F 8548 8199 F 4.3 3420 3195 15.81 540.8 0188 Coaldale Small Alberta F 8153 7239 T 12.6 3036 2977 5.92 1378.4 0254 Edson Small Alberta F 8148 8214 T -0.8 3659 3262 10.25 795.3 0040 Banff Small Alberta F 7851 7584 F 3.5 2729 2543 4.77 1646.0 0330 Grand Centre Small Alberta F 7256 6868 T 5.6 3407 2730 18.11 400.7 0387 Innisfail Small Alberta F 6927 7208 T -3.9 3126 2817 4.37 1585.3 0652 Ponoka Small Alberta F 6899 6505 T 6.1 3144 2871 5.51 1253.0 0237 Drayton Valley Small Alberta F 6867 6751 T 1.7 2955 2636 6.77 1014.0 1542 Cold Lake Small Alberta F 6678 6131 T 8.9 2809 2487 5.25 1271.6 0226 Devon Small Alberta F 6578 6515 T 1.0 2493 2415 14.30 460.2 0239 Drumheller Small Alberta F 6439 6582 T -2.2 3006 2767 9.47 679.6 0720 Rocky Mountain House Small Alberta F 6429 6687 T -3.9 2861 2517 6.95 924.9 0764 Slave Lake Small Alberta F 6155 6517 T -5.6 2557 2140 6.69 919.9 0996 Wainwright Small Alberta F 6153 5803 T 6.0 2714 2473 5.13 1200.3 0890 Stettler Small Alberta F 5862 5397 T 8.6 2572 2383 7.34 798.5 0796 St. Paul Small Alberta F 5728 5337 T 7.3 2336 2206 5.03 1138.0 1550 Redcliff Small Alberta F 5474 5546 T -1.3 2183 2114 7.31 748.9 0980 Vegreville Small Alberta F 5436 5440 T -0.1 2617 2334 4.68 1161.7 0227 Didsbury Small Alberta F 5222 4905 T 6.5 2098 2013 5.52 946.7 0083 Bonnyville Small Alberta F 5081 5860 T -13.3 2296 1963 5.37 945.9 1367 Langdon Small Alberta F 5060 4211 T 20.2 1586 1582 4.40 1149.7 1012 Westlock Small Alberta F 4678 4532 T 3.2 2122 1944 4.49 1041.4 0042 Barrhead Small Alberta F 4387 4158 T 5.5 1925 1831 4.75 922.8 1174 Jasper Small Alberta F 3948 3489 T 13.2 1567 1491 1.74 2274.3 0629 Peace River Small Alberta F 3924 4078 T -3.8 1812 1552 4.98 787.8 0982 Vermilion Small Alberta F 3617 3531 T 2.4 1717 1534 3.58 1009.5 0693 Raymond Small Alberta F 3533 3594 T -1.7 1200 1086 3.70 953.7 0646 Pincher Creek Small Alberta F 3523 3572 T -1.4 1540 1444 4.09 862.0 0183 Claresholm Small Alberta F 3424 3378 T 1.4 1602 1507 2.68 1276.0 0335 Grande Cache Small Alberta F 3286 3839 T -14.4 1583 1169 3.74 878.1 0138 Cardston Small Alberta F 3258 3283 T -0.8 1160 1067 3.22 1012.5 1198 Penhold Small Alberta F 3165 2328 T 36.0 1252 1191 1.54 2055.2 1140 Carstairs Small Alberta F 3080 2665 T 15.6 1199 1163 4.80 642.1 0934 Three Hills Small Alberta F 3078 3018 T 2.0 1246 1175 3.13 981.9 1216 Crossfield Small Alberta F 2973 2843 T 4.6 1165 1098 4.00 744.1 0371 High Level Small Alberta F 2741 3018 T -9.2 1091 934 2.67 1026.0 0291 Fort Macleod Small Alberta F 2708 2874 T -5.8 1316 1132 2.19 1239.1 1141 Gibbons Small Alberta F 2661 2495 T 6.7 1048 969 3.89 684.9 1249 Coalhurst Small Alberta F 2623 1930 T 35.9 949 920 1.79 1465.5 0342 Grimshaw Small Alberta F 2599 2394 T 8.6 1129 1007 4.13 628.9 0274 Fairview Small Alberta F 2598 2767 T -6.1 1200 1097 2.18 1191.1 1139 Black Diamond Small Alberta F 2552 2274 T 12.2 1048 1039 2.15 1188.8 1242 Sexsmith Small Alberta F 2461 2358 T 4.4 868 808 1.90 1294.7 0351 Hanna Small Alberta F 2332 2439 T -4.4 1179 1084 2.34 995.7 0052 Beaverlodge Small Alberta F 2327 2245 T 3.7 978 907 3.06 759.7 0439 Lac la Biche Small Alberta F 2294 2429 T -5.6 1040 887 2.90 791.0 0372 High Prairie Small Alberta F 2264 2281 T -0.7 975 830 2.37 956.8 1552 Turner Valley Small Alberta F 2249 1967 T 14.3 913 871 2.69 835.2 0496 Magrath Small Alberta F 2179 2027 T 7.5 719 686 2.34 932.7 0708 Rimbey Small Alberta F 2086 1930 T 8.1 978 903 2.41 865.7 1547 Heritage Pointe Small Alberta F 2075 2041 T 1.7 721 710 4.78 433.7 1138 Nanton Small Alberta F 1965 1977 T -0.6 880 849 1.56 1263.6 0683 Provost Small Alberta F 1945 1975 T -1.5 807 750 2.09 929.7 1346 Clairmont Small Alberta F 1922 1789 T 7.4 801 749 4.38 438.8 1201 Millet Small Alberta F 1905 2038 T -6.5 847 805 2.18 873.5 1164 Sundre Small Alberta F 1866 1799 T 3.7 805 766 2.60 717.4 1347 La Crète Small Alberta F 1860 2501 T -25.6 777 671 1.82 1023.1 1165 Tofield Small Alberta F 1854 1924 T -3.6 800 759 1.22 1517.9 1360 Calmar Small Alberta F 1849 1726 T 7.1 717 702 1.27 1460.0 0086 Bow Island Small Alberta F 1773 1862 T -4.8 608 563 1.37 1292.4 0301 Fox Creek Small Alberta F 1720 1770 T -2.8 909 678 1.27 1354.5 0643 Picture Butte Small Alberta F 1700 1531 T 11.0 664 632 2.03 838.1 0993 Vulcan Small Alberta F 1680 1624 T 3.4 748 708 1.70 985.4 0697 Redwater Small Alberta F 1591 1440 T 10.5 764 695 1.97 807.9 0074 Blairmore Small Alberta F 1545 1521 T 1.6 886 731 2.04 758.3 1214 Bon Accord Small Alberta F 1529 1488 F 2.8 578 560 2.13 718.7 1197 Wembley Small Alberta F 1516 1373 T 10.4 618 565 2.19 692.5 1551 Springbrook Small Alberta F 1502 1079 T 39.2 548 529 2.18 689.1 1548 Lancaster Park Small Alberta F 1501 1534 T -2.2 505 462 0.92 1637.6 1543 Coleman Small Alberta F 1475 1366 T 8.0 891 696 1.97 749.6 Note: Incompletely enumerated Indian reserves and Indian settlements, 2016 T = excludes census data for one or more incompletely enumerated Indian reserves or Indian settlements. 2011 adjusted population flag T = adjusted figure due to boundary change. For further information, refer to: http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/hlt-fst/pd-pl/About.cfm. Source: Statistics Canada, 2016 Census of Population. How to cite: Statistics Canada. 2017. Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and population centres, 2016 and 2011 censuses (table). Population and Dwelling Count Highlight Tables. 2016 Census. Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 98-402-X2016001. Ottawa. Released February 8, 2017. http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/hlt-fst/pd-pl/Tables/File.cfm?T=801&SR=1&RPP=100&PR=48&CMA=0&CSD=0&S=3&O=D&Lang=Eng&OFT=TAB (accessed March 28, 2024)