List of former urban municipalities in Alberta

The Province of Alberta currently has 260 urban municipalities including 19 cities, 106 towns, 81 villages and 51 summer villages.[1] In addition, there are 99 communities that previously held some form of urban municipality status. These include 2 former cities, 14 former towns, 2 former new towns, 80 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]
Blackie	Village		August 31, 1997[7]
Blairmore	Town		January 1, 1979[4]
Bow City	Village		April 17, 1918[8]
Bowness	Town		August 15, 1964[9]
Burdett	Village		January 1, 2003[10]
Cadogan	Village		January 1, 1946[5]
Cayley	Village		June 1, 1996[11]
Cereal	Village		January 1, 2021[12]
Chinook	Village		April 1, 1977[13]
Clairmont	Village		January 1, 1946[5]
Cluny	Village		September 15, 1995[14]
Coleman	Town		January 1, 1979[4]
Commerce	Village	Coalgate	May 13, 1926[15]
Compeer	Village		December 31, 1936[16]
Craigmyle	Village		January 1, 1972[17]
Crescent Heights	Village		January 1, 1911[18]
Cynthia	New town		May 1, 1959[19]
Derwent	Village		September 1, 2010[20]
Dewberry	Village		January 1, 2021[21]
Diamond City	Town		June 30, 1937[22]
Drinnan	Village		April 1, 1957[23]
Dunmore	Village		February 4, 1919[24]
Eaglesham	Village		December 31, 1996[25]
East Calgary	Village		July 17, 1919[26]
Enchant	Village		February 1, 1945[27]
Entwistle	Village		December 31, 2000[28]
Erskine	Village		May 10, 1946[29]
Evansburg	Village		June 30, 1998[30]
Evarts	Village		May 27, 1916[31]
Ferintosh	Village		January 1, 2020[32]
Forest Lawn	Town		December 30, 1961[33]
Fort Assiniboine	Village		December 31, 1991[34]
Fort McMurray	City	McMurray	April 1, 1995[35]
Frank	Village		January 1, 1979[4]
Gadsby	Village		February 1, 2020[36]
Galahad	Village		January 1, 2016[37]
Gleichen	Town		March 31, 1998[38]
Grande Cache	Town		January 1, 2019[39]
Grand Centre	Town		October 1, 1996
Granum	Town		February 1, 2020[40]
Grassy Lake	Village		July 1, 1996[41]
Grouard	Village		January 15, 1944[42]
Hairy Hill	Village		December 31, 1996[43]
Irvine	Town		December 31, 1996[44]
Islay	Village		March 15, 1944[45]
Jasper Place	Town	West Jasper Place	August 17, 1964[6]
Jenner	Village		June 25, 1943[46]
Kinuso	Village		September 1, 2009[47]
Lac La Biche	Town		August 1, 2007[48]
Langdon	Village		January 1, 1946[5]
Lavoy	Village		April 30, 1999[49]
Lille	Village
Lodgepole	New town		March 1, 1970[50]
Lundbreck	Village		April 30, 1906[51]
Minburn	Village		July 1, 2015[52]
Mirror	Village		January 1, 2004[53]
Monarch	Village		December 31, 1938[54]
Monitor	Village		January 1, 1946[5]
Montgomery	Town		August 15, 1963[55]
Mountain View	Village		September 9, 1915[56]
New Norway	Village		November 1, 2012[57]
New Sarepta	Village		September 1, 2010[58]
Newcastle	Village		May 21, 1931[59]
North Edmonton	Village		July 22, 1912[60]
North Red Deer	Village		December 31, 1947[61]
Ohaton	Village		January 1, 1946[5]
Pincher City	Village		May 3, 1932[62]
Plamondon	Village		May 1, 2002[63]
Port Cornwall	Village		September 11, 1917[64]
Radway	Village		December 31, 1996[65]
Ranfurly	Village		January 1, 1946[5]
Retlaw	Village		March 1, 1939[66]
Richdale	Village		June 2, 1931[67]
Riverside	Village
Rosebud	Village		January 1, 1946[5]
Rouleauville	Village
Rumsey	Village		April 1, 1995[34]
Sangudo	Village		September 16, 2007[48]
Stafford	Village		January 1, 1913[68]
Strathcona	City	South Edmonton	February 1, 1912[6]
Strome	Village		January 1, 2016[69]
Suffield	Village		January 1, 1930[70]
Swalwell	Village		January 1, 1946[5]
Thorhild	Village		April 1, 2009[47]
Tilley	Village		August 31, 2013[71]
Tollerton	Village		January 26, 1918
Torrington	Village		December 31, 1997[72]
Wabamun	Village		January 1, 2021[73]
Walsh	Village		May 4, 1925[74]
Wanham	Village		December 31, 1999[49]
Warspite	Village		June 1, 2000[28]
West Edmonton	Village	Calder	April 5, 1917[75]
White Gull	Summer village		January 1, 2003[76]
Wildwood	Village		December 31, 1990[77]
Willingdon	Village		September 1, 2017[78]

See also

• 2000–06 municipal reorganization in Quebec
• 2002–2006 municipal reorganization of Montreal
• Amalgamation of the Halifax Regional Municipality
• Amalgamation of Toronto
• Amalgamation of Winnipeg
• Edmonton annexations
• List of communities in Alberta
• List of municipal amalgamations in Alberta
• List of municipal amalgamations in New Brunswick
• List of municipalities in Alberta
• Manitoba municipal amalgamations, 2015

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