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Category: Unincorporated communities in Canada by province or territory. 1 language. ... Unincorporated communities in Saskatchewan (4 C, 364 P) Y.
A designated place is a type of geographic unit used by Statistics Canada to disseminate census data. [1] It is usually "a small community that does not meet the criteria used to define incorporated municipalities or Statistics Canada population centres (areas with a population of at least 1,000 and no fewer than 400 persons per square kilometre)."
By province or territory: Alberta; British Columbia; Manitoba; New Brunswick; Newfoundland and Labrador; ... Pages in category "Unincorporated communities in Alberta"
A community is not always incorporated as a city even if it meets these requirements. The urban service areas of Fort McMurray and Sherwood Park are hamlets recognized as equivalents of cities, but remain unincorporated. Ten towns are also eligible for city status but remain incorporated as towns. Alberta has 19 cities.
[2] [3] The province's largest summer village by population is Norglenwold with 306, while Castle Island is Alberta's smallest summer village with a population of 15. [3] The province's largest and smallest summer villages by land area are Silver Sands and Castle Island with 2.51 km 2 (0.97 sq mi) and 0.05 km 2 (0.019 sq mi) respectively. [3]
These lists of unincorporated communities list places that are not formally incorporated as towns, cities, or similar, despite being populated and locally recognized. Canada [ edit ]
Distribution of the 864 localities in Alberta's Geographical Names System. A locality, in general, is a place that is settled by humans.In the Canadian province of Alberta, a locality is an unincorporated place, community, or area with a limited or scattered population, with boundaries that "are often undefined". [1]
Distribution of Alberta's 403 hamlets as of 2023 by latest population available Hamlets in the Canadian province of Alberta are unincorporated communities administered by, and within the boundaries of, specialized municipalities or rural municipalities (municipal districts, improvement districts and special areas). They consist of five or more dwellings (a majority of which are on parcels of ...