List of municipal amalgamations in Alberta
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Municipal amalgamation is one of five forms of municipal restructuring in the Province of Alberta.[1] Under current legislation, the authority to amalgamate two or more municipalities is provided under Division 5 of the Municipal Government Act.[2]
The first amalgamation in Alberta involving one or more urban municipalities occurred on February 1, 1912, when the cities of Strathcona and Edmonton merged to form a single municipal government under the name of the City of Edmonton.[3] The most recent amalgamation occurred on January 1, 2023, when the towns of Turner Valley and Black Diamond merged into the newly created town of Diamond Valley.[4]
The following is a chronological list of historical municipal amalgamations in Alberta involving at least one or more urban municipalities.
| Amalgamating municipalities | Previous statuses | Effective date | Formed municipality | Status of formed municipality |
Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edmonton Strathcona | City City | February 1, 1912[3] | Edmonton | City | |
| Edmonton North Edmonton | City Village | July 18, 1912[3] | Edmonton | City | |
| Edmonton West Edmonton | City Village | April 17, 1917[3] | Edmonton | City | |
| Lloydminster (AB) Lloydminster (SK) | Village (AB) Town (SK) | May 22, 1930[5] | Lloydminster (AB/SK) | Town | Lloydminster subsequently changed to city status on January 1, 1958.[5] |
| Drinnan Hinton | Village New town | April 1, 1957[6][7] | Hinton | New town | Hinton subsequently changed to town status on December 29, 1958.[8] |
| Calgary Forest Lawn | City Town | December 30, 1961[9][10] | Calgary | City | |
| Beverly Edmonton | Town City | December 31, 1961[3] | Edmonton | City | |
| Calgary Montgomery | City Village | August 15, 1963[11][12] | Calgary | City | |
| Bowness Calgary | Town City | August 15, 1964[13][14] | Calgary | City | |
| Edmonton Jasper Place | City Town | December 17, 1964[3] | Edmonton | City | |
| Bellevue Blairmore Coleman Frank Improvement District No. 5 | Village Town Town Village Improvement district | January 1, 1979[15] | Crowsnest Pass | Town | Official legal name of the formed municipality became Municipality of Crowsnest Pass. The town subsequently changed to specialized municipality status on January 16, 2008.[15] |
| Fort McMurray Improvement District No. 143 | City Improvement district | April 1, 1995[16] | Wood Buffalo | Specialized municipality | Official legal name of the formed municipality became Municipality of Wood Buffalo, which changed its official legal name to Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo on August 14, 1996.[16] |
| Crowsnest Pass Improvement District No. 6 | Town Improvement district | January 1, 1996[15] | Crowsnest Pass | Town | The town subsequently changed to specialized municipality status on January 16, 2008.[15] |
| Cold Lake Grand Centre | Town Town | October 1, 1996[17] | Cold Lake | Town | Amalgamation included the simultaneous annexation of Medley (CFB Cold Lake/4 Wing) from the Municipal District of Bonnyville No. 87.[17] The amalgamated town subsequently changed to city status on October 1, 2000.[17] |
| Drumheller Municipal District of Badlands No. 7 | City Municipal district | January 1, 1998[18] | Drumheller | Town | |
| Lac La Biche Lakeland County | Town Municipal district | August 1, 2007[19] | Lac La Biche County | Municipal district | The municipal district subsequently changed to specialized municipality status on January 1, 2018.[20] |
| Black Diamond Turner Valley | Town Town | January 1, 2023[4] | Diamond Valley | Town | |
| Caroline Clearwater | Village Municipal district | January 1, 2025[21] | Clearwater | Municipal district | |