List of former urban municipalities in Alberta
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.
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]
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]
See also
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