| Name | Status | Incorporation date (current status)[1] |
Population (2011)[2] |
Population (2006)[2] |
Change (%)[2] |
Land area (km²)[2] |
Population density (per km²)[2] | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Airdrie | City | January 1, 1985 | 42,564 | 28,927 | 47.1 | 33.10 | 1,286.0 | ||
| Brooks[AB 1] | City | September 1, 2005 | 7 | 13,676 | 12,508 | 9.3 | 18.19 | 751.9 | |
| Calgary[AB 2] | City | January 1, 1894 | 15 | 1,149,552 (2013) |
1,096,833 | 988,812 | 10.9 | 825.29 | 1,329.0 |
| Camrose | City | January 1, 1955 | 9 | 17,286 | 15,630 | 10.6 | 42.50 | 406.7 | |
| Cold Lake | City | October 1, 2000 | 7 | 14,400 (2012) |
13,839 | 11,991 | 15.4 | 59.30 | 233.4 |
| Edmonton[AB 3] | City | October 8, 1904 | 13 | 817,498 (2012) |
812,201 | 730,372 | 11.2 | 684.37 | 1,186.8 |
| Fort Saskatchewan | City | July 1, 1985 | 7 | 21,795 (2013) |
19,051 | 14,957 | 27.4 | 48.12 | 395.9 |
| Grande Prairie | City | January 1, 1958 | 9 | 55,032 | 47,107 | 16.8 | 72.80 | 755.9 | |
| Lacombe[AB 4] | City | September 5, 2010 | 7 | 11,707 | 10,752 | 8.9 | 20.89 | 560.3 | |
| Leduc | City | September 1, 1983 | 7 | 27,241 | 24,279 | 16,967 | 43.1 | 36.97 | 656.7 |
| Lethbridge | City | May 9, 1906 | 9 | 90,417 (2013) |
83,517 | 74,685 | 11.8 | 122.36 | 682.6 |
| Lloydminster (part)[AB 5] | City | January 1, 1958 | 7 | 20,011[AB 6] (2013) |
18,032[AB 7] | 15,910 | 13.3 | 24.19[AB 8] | 745.6 |
| Medicine Hat | City | May 9, 1906 | 9 | 61,180 (2012) |
60,005 | 56,997 | 5.3 | 112.01 | 535.7 |
| Red Deer | City | March 25, 1913 | 9 | 97,109 (2013) |
90,564 | 83,154 | 8.9 | 104.29 | 868.4 |
| Spruce Grove | City | March 1, 1986 | 7 | 27,875 (2013) |
26,171 | 19,541 | 33.9 | 32.37 | 808.6 |
| St. Albert | City | January 1, 1977 | 7 | 61,466 | 57,764 | 6.4 | 48.27 | 1,273.4 | |
| Wetaskiwin | City | May 9, 1906 | 7 | 12,525 | 11,689 | 7.2 | 18.20 | 688.2 | |
| Total cities | — | — | 143 | – | 2,458,748 | 2,197,763 | 11.9 | 2,303.22 | 1,067.5 |
- ^ "Municipal Profiles: Summary Reports (Cities)" (PDF). Alberta Municipal Affairs. May 17, 2013. Retrieved May 22, 2013.
- ^ a b c d e "Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), 2011 and 2006 censuses (Alberta)". Statistics Canada. January 30, 2013. Retrieved May 22, 2013.
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