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In Alberta, an improvement district is a type of rural municipality that can be incorporated by the Lieutenant Governor in Council on the recommendation of Alberta's Minister of Municipal Affairs under the authority of the MGA. [6] [32] Improvement districts are administered by the province of Alberta through its Ministry of Municipal Affairs. [32]
A municipal district (MD) is the most common form of all rural municipality statuses used in the Canadian province of Alberta.Alberta's municipal districts, most of which are branded as a county (e.g. Yellowhead County, County of Newell, etc.), are predominantly rural areas that may include either farmland, Crown land or a combination of both depending on their geographic location.
The conducting of municipal censuses in Alberta is widespread. Between 2007 and 2011 inclusive, the last full five-year period between Statistics Canada 's releases of the last two federal censuses, 157 of its 357 municipalities conducted at least one municipal census. [ 4 ]
The last municipal election for all cities, with the exception of the border city of Lloydminster, was held October 18, 2021. Lloydminster's elections are aligned with Saskatchewan's municipal election schedule. Alberta Municipal Affairs, a ministry of the Cabinet of Alberta, is charged with coordination of all levels of local government.
In Alberta, the term county is synonymous with the term municipal district – it is not its own incorporated municipal status that is different from that of a municipal district. As such, Alberta Municipal Affairs provides municipal districts with the opportunity to brand themselves either as municipal districts or counties in their official ...
Alberta began the year of 2024 with 342 municipalities. Of these, 24 notified Alberta Municipal Affairs of their intentions to conduct a municipal census in 2024, [ 3 ] including at least five cities , nine towns , one village , two specialized municipalities , and two municipal districts .
A specialized municipality is a unique type of municipal status in the Canadian province of Alberta.These unique local governments are formed without the creation of special legislation, [1] and typically allow for the coexistence of urban and rural areas within the jurisdiction of a single municipal government.
Alberta began the year of 2023 with 342 municipalities due to the amalgamation of the towns of Black Diamond and Turner Valley to form Diamond Valley. [3] Seven municipalities conducted a municipal census in 2023: Municipal District (MD) of Willow Creek No. 26 and the cities of Airdrie, Fort Saskatchewan, Lacombe, Leduc, Lethbridge, and Spruce ...