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[[File:Alberta Topo Labeled 90 dpi.png|thumb|400px|Rural and specialized municipalities, cities, towns, and select hamlets in Alberta]]
[[File:Alberta's Specialized and Rural Municipalities.png|thumb|400px|alt=Locations of Alberta's specialized and rural municipalities|Distribution of Alberta's [[List of specialized municipalities in Alberta|6 specialized municipalities]] (red) and 74 rural municipalities, which include [[List of municipal districts in Alberta|municipal districts]] that are often branded as counties (orange), [[List of communities in Alberta#Improvement districts|improvement districts]] (dark green) and [[Special Areas Board|special areas]] (light green) (2020)]]

The province of [[Alberta]], Canada, is divided into ten types of [[Local government in Canada|local governments]] – urban municipalities (including [[List of cities in Alberta|cities]], [[List of towns in Alberta|towns]], [[List of villages in Alberta|villages]] and [[List of summer villages in Alberta|summer villages]]), [[List of specialized municipalities in Alberta|specialized municipalities]], [[List of municipalities in Alberta#Rural municipalities|rural municipalities]] (including [[List of municipal districts in Alberta|municipal district]]s (often named as counties), [[List of communities in Alberta#Improvement districts|improvement districts]], and [[List of communities in Alberta#Special areas|special areas]]), [[Métis in Alberta|Métis settlements]], and [[Indian reserves]]. All types of municipalities are governed by local residents and were incorporated under various provincial acts, with the exception of improvement districts (governed by either the provincial or federal government), and [[List of Indian reserves in Alberta|Alberta's Indian reserves]] (governed by local [[band government]]s under federal jurisdiction).

Alberta also has numerous unincorporated communities (including [[List of communities in Alberta#urban service area|urban service areas]], hamlets and a [[List of communities in Alberta#Townsites|townsite]]) that are not independent municipalities in their own right. However, they are all recognized as sub-municipal entities by [[Ministry of Municipal Affairs (Alberta)|Ministry of Municipal Affairs]] under the jurisdiction of specialized municipalities or rural municipalities, with the exception of the lone townsite (its jurisdiction is shared with an Indian reserve that surrounds it).

With the exception of Métis settlements, [[Statistics Canada]] recognizes all of Alberta's municipalities as [[Census geographic units of Canada#Census subdivisions|census subdivisions]] and groups them into 19 census divisions based on geography. Within census divisions, Statistics Canada groups some of Alberta's municipalities/census subdivisions into two [[Census geographic units of Canada#Census metropolitan areas|census metropolitan areas]] (CMAs) or 12 [[Census geographic units of Canada#Census agglomerations|census agglomeration]]s (CAs) for enumeration purposes. All CMAs include large urban centres and surrounding census subdivisions. All CAs also include large urban centres and in some cases their surrounding census subdivisions.

With the exception of Indian reserves, the administration of municipalities in Alberta is regulated by the Municipal Government Act,<ref name=munact>{{cite web | url=http://www.qp.alberta.ca/574.cfm?page=M26.cfm&leg_type=Acts&isbncln=9780779744916 | publisher=Alberta Queen's Printer | title=Municipal Government Act | access-date=December 6, 2009}}</ref> the Special Areas Act<ref name=specact>{{cite web | url=http://www.qp.alberta.ca/574.cfm?page=S16.cfm&leg_type=Acts&isbncln=0779703685 | publisher=Alberta Queen's Printer | title=Special Areas Act | access-date=December 6, 2009}}</ref> and the Metis Settlements Act.<ref name=metisact>{{cite web | url=http://www.qp.alberta.ca/574.cfm?page=m14.cfm&leg_type=Acts&isbncln=9780779743704 | publisher=Alberta Queen's Printer | title=Metis Settlements Act | access-date=December 6, 2009}}</ref>

As of 2019, the combined unofficial population of all of Alberta's municipalities was 4,271,759.<ref name=2019pop>{{cite web|url=https://open.alberta.ca/dataset/daab9fce-c2f6-49d1-a433-375b2b7aee24/resource/61cd908d-e2b9-4837-939b-533848d723b9/download/2019_mapl_web.pdf|publisher=Alberta Municipal Affairs|title=2019 Municipal Affairs Population List|date=November 22, 2012|access-date=March 6, 2013}}</ref>

== Municipalities ==

=== Urban municipalities ===

==== Cities ====
{{main|List of cities in Alberta}}

According to Section 82 of the ''Municipal Government Act'' (MGA), an area may incorporate as a city if:
* it has a population of 10,000 people or more; and
* the majority of its buildings are on parcels of land smaller than {{cvt|1,850|m2}}.<ref name=munact />

Essentially, cities are formed from urban communities with populations of at least 10,000 people.<ref name=muntypes>{{cite web|url=https://www.alberta.ca/types-of-municipalities-in-alberta.aspx |title=Types of municipalities in Alberta| publisher=Alberta Municipal Affairs and Housing |date=2021|access-date=July 31, 2021}}</ref>

Alberta currently has a total of 19 cities with a combined population totalling 2,959,559 as of 2019.<ref name=2019pop />
{{:List of cities in Alberta}}

==== Towns ====
{{main|List of towns in Alberta}}

According to Section 81 of the Municipal Government Act (MGA), an area may incorporate as a town if:
* it has a population of 1,000 people or more; and
* the majority of its buildings are on parcels of land smaller than {{cvt|1,850|m2}}.<ref name=munact />

Essentially, towns are formed from urban communities with populations of at least 1,000 people. When a town's population exceeds 10,000 people, its council may apply to change its status to that of a [[List of cities in Alberta|city]], but the change in [[Municipal government in Canada|incorporated]] status is not mandatory.<ref name=muntypes />

Communities with shrinking populations are allowed to retain town status even if the number of residents falls below the 1,000 limit. Some of Alberta's towns have never reached a population of 1,000 people, but were incorporated as towns before the current requirement to have a population of 1,000 or more.

Alberta currently has a total of 107 towns, with a combined population totalling 466,470 as of 2019.<ref name=2019pop />

{{:List of towns in Alberta}}

==== Villages ====
{{main|List of villages in Alberta}}

According to Section 80 of the Municipal Government Act (MGA), an area may incorporate as a village if:
* it has a population of 300 people or more; and
* the majority of its buildings are on parcels of land smaller than {{cvt|1,850|m2}}.<ref name=munact />

Essentially, villages are formed from urban communities with populations of at least 300 people. When a village's population exceeds 1,000 people, its council may apply to change its status to that of a [[List of towns in Alberta|town]], but the change in [[Municipal government in Canada|incorporated]] status is not mandatory.

Communities with shrinking populations are allowed to retain village status even if the number of residents falls below the 300 limit. Some of Alberta's villages have never reached a population of 300 people, but were incorporated as villages before there was a requirement to have a population of 300 or more.

Alberta currently has a total of 81 villages, with a combined population totalling 34,600 as of 2021.<ref name=2016StatCanAB3>{{cite web |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/hlt-fst/pd-pl/Table.cfm?Lang=Eng&T=302&SR=1&S=86&O=A&RPP=9999&PR=48 |title=Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), 2016 and 2011 censuses – 100% data (Alberta) |publisher=Statistics Canada |date=February 7, 2018 |access-date=February 7, 2021}}</ref>

{{:List of villages in Alberta}}

==== Summer villages ====

{{Main|List of summer villages in Alberta}}

According to former Section 79 of the Municipal Government Act (MGA), a summer village is an area that:
* has at least 60 parcels of land developed with dwelling buildings; and
* has a population of less than 300 persons where the majority of the persons who would be electors do not permanently reside in that area.

As a result of Section 79 being repealed,<ref name=munact /> summer villages can no longer be formed in Alberta.<ref name=muntypes />

Essentially, summer villages were once formed from urban communities with populations of less than 300 people and significant non-permanent populations. When a summer village's population exceeds 300 people, its council may apply to change its status to that of a village, but the change in incorporated status is not mandatory.

Alberta currently has a total of 51 summer villages, with a combined population totalling 5,200 as of 2019.<ref name=2019pop />

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=== Specialized municipalities ===
{{main|List of specialized municipalities in Alberta}}
According to Section 83 of the Municipal Government Act (MGA), a municipality may incorporate as a specialized municipality under one of the following three scenarios:
* where the Minister of Alberta Municipal Affairs (AMA) is satisfied that the other incorporated statuses under the MGA do not meet the needs of the municipality's residents;
* to form a local government that, in the opinion of the Minister of AMA, will provide for the orderly development of the municipality in a similar fashion to the other incorporated statuses within the MGA; or
* for any other circumstances that are deemed appropriate by the Minister of AMA.<ref name=munact />

Essentially, specialized municipalities are municipalities that are unconventional in nature compared to other municipalities in Alberta, and they are incorporated under the authority of the existing MGA instead of relying on the creation of their own separate acts (i.e., the Special Areas Act<ref name=specact /> allowed the incorporation of Alberta's three special areas and the Metis Settlements Act<ref name=metisact /> allowed the incorporation of Alberta's eight Métis settlements).<ref name=muntypes />

Alberta's six specialized municipalities have a combined population totalling 242,395 as of 2019.<ref name=2019pop />
{{:List of specialized municipalities in Alberta}}

=== Rural municipalities ===

==== Municipal districts ====
{{main|List of municipal districts in Alberta}}

According to Section 78 of the Municipal Government Act (MGA), a [[municipal district]] is an area in which:
* the majority of the buildings used as dwellings are on parcels of land with an area of at least {{cvt|1,850|m2}}; and
* there is a population of 1,000 or more.<ref name=munact />

Essentially, municipal districts are large rural areas in which their citizens reside on farms, country residential subdivisions or unincorporated communities (i.e., hamlets, localities and other settlements).<ref name=muntypes />

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 names.

Of Alberta's 63 municipal districts, 46 of them brand themselves as ''counties''. Over the past 30 years, Alberta has observed a trend of numerous municipal districts rebranding themselves as ''counties'' through official name changes. Some of the reasons why a municipal district would rebrand itself as a ''county'' include that the term ''county'' is: more recognizable by the general public; has a more traditional appeal; and is more marketable from an economic development perspective.

The last municipal district (MD) to rebrand itself as a ''county'' was the MD of Foothills No. 31, which was renamed as [[Foothills County]] on January 1, 2019.<ref name=Foothills>{{cite web | url=https://www.qp.alberta.ca/documents/orders/Orders_in_Council/2018/1218/2018_396.html | title={{abbr|O.C.|Order in Council}} 396/2018 | publisher=Government of Alberta | date=December 11, 2018 | access-date=May 16, 2020}}</ref>

Alberta's 63 municipal districts have a combined population totalling 471,852 as of 2019.<ref name=2019pop />

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==== Improvement districts ====
According to Section 581 of the Municipal Government Act (MGA), Alberta's Lieutenant Governor in Council, on the recommendation of the Minister of Municipal Affairs, may form an improvement district. Section 582 of the MGA requires that the order to form an improvement district must describe its boundaries and give it an official name.

Alberta currently has seven improvement districts, which have a combined population totaling 2,146.<ref name=2011censusABmunis /> With some exceptions, their boundaries are coterminous with that of a national or provincial park. Five of them are located within national parks, and two are within provincial parks.

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!Name
!Incorporation date<br />(improvement district)<ref name=IDprofiles>{{cite web | url=http://municipalaffairs.alberta.ca/cfml/MunicipalProfiles/basicReport/IDST.PDF | publisher=Alberta Municipal Affairs | title=Municipal Profiles (Improvement Districts) | date=May 31, 2013 |access-date=June 5, 2013}}</ref>
!Population<br />(2011)<ref name=2011censusABmunis>{{cite web | url=http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2011/dp-pd/hlt-fst/pd-pl/Table-Tableau.cfm?LANG=Eng&T=302&SR=1&S=51&O=A&RPP=9999&PR=48&CMA=0 | title=Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), 2011 and 2006 censuses (Alberta) | publisher=Statistics Canada | date=August 9, 2016 | access-date=November 5, 2016}}</ref>
!Population<br />(2006)<ref name=2011censusABmunis />
!Change (%)<ref name=2011censusABmunis />
!Land<br />area<br />(km<sup>2</sup>)<ref name=2011censusABmunis />
!Population<br />density<br />(per km<sup>2</sup>)<ref name=2011censusABmunis />
!class="unsortable"|Remarks
|-
| <span style="display:none">004</span>[[Improvement District No. 4|Improvement District No. 4 (Waterton)]] ||align=center| {{dts|January 1, 1944}} ||align=center| {{nts|88}} ||align=center| {{nts|160}} ||align=center| {{nts|-45.0}} ||align=center| {{nts|480.58}} ||align=center| {{Pop density|88|480.58|km2|disp=num|prec=2}} || Coincident with [[Waterton Lakes National Park]]
|-
| <span style="display:none">009</span>[[Improvement District No. 9|Improvement District No. 9 (Banff)]] ||align=center| {{dts|April 1, 1945}} ||align=center| {{nts|1175}} ||align=center| {{nts|938}} ||align=center| {{nts|25.3}} ||align=center| {{nts|6782.23}} ||align=center| {{Pop density|1175|6782.23|km2|disp=num|prec=2}} || Coincident with [[Banff National Park]] excluding the Town of [[Banff, Alberta|Banff]]
|-
| <span style="display:none">012</span>[[Improvement District No. 12|Improvement District No. 12 (Jasper National Park)]] ||align=center| {{dts|April 1, 1945}} ||align=center| {{nts|34}} ||align=center| {{nts|24}} ||align=center| {{nts|41.7}} ||align=center| {{nts|10181.58}} ||align=center| {{Pop density|34|10181.58|km2|disp=num|prec=3}} || Coincident with [[Jasper National Park]] excluding the Municipality of [[Jasper, Alberta|Jasper]]
|-
| <span style="display:none">013</span>[[Improvement District No. 13|Improvement District No. 13 (Elk Island)]] ||align=center| {{dts|April 1, 1958}} ||align=center| {{nts|10}} ||align=center| {{nts|21}} ||align=center| {{nts|-52.4}} ||align=center| {{nts|165.28}} ||align=center| {{Pop density|10|165.28|km2|disp=num|prec=2}} || Coincident with [[Elk Island National Park]]
|-
| <span style="display:none">024</span>[[Improvement District No. 24|Improvement District No. 24 (Wood Buffalo)]] ||align=center| {{dts|January 1, 1967}} ||align=center| {{nts|590}} ||align=center| {{nts|422}} ||align=center| {{nts|39.8}} ||align=center| {{nts|33412.25}} ||align=center| {{Pop density|590|33412.25|km2|disp=num|prec=2}} || Coincident with the Alberta portion of [[Wood Buffalo National Park]] excluding [[Peace Point 222]]
|-
| <span style="display:none">025</span>[[Improvement District No. 25|Improvement District No. 25 (Willmore Wilderness)]] ||align=center| {{dts|January 2, 1994}} ||align=center| {{nts|0}} ||align=center| {{nts|0}} ||align=center| — ||align=center| {{nts|4604.97}} ||align=center| {{Pop density|0|4604.97|km2|disp=num|prec=1}} || Coincident with [[Willmore Wilderness Park]]
|-
| <span style="display:none">Kananaskis</span>[[Kananaskis Improvement District]] ||align=center| {{dts|January 1, 1983}} ||align=center| {{nts|249}} ||align=center| {{nts|429}} ||align=center| {{nts|-42.0}} ||align=center| {{nts|4210.72}} ||align=center| {{Pop density|249|4210.72|km2|disp=num|prec=2}} || Consists mostly of [[Kananaskis Country]]
|- class="sortbottom" style="text-align:center;"
! style="text-align:center;"| Total improvement districts
! style="text-align:center;"| —
! style="text-align:center;"| {{nts|2463}}
! style="text-align:center;"| {{nts|1994}}
! style="text-align:center;"| {{nts|7.6}}
! style="text-align:center;"| {{nts|65642.17}}
! style="text-align:center;"| {{Pop density|2146|65642.17|km2|disp=num|prec=2}}
! style="text-align:center;"| —
|}

==== Special areas ====
{{main|Special Areas Board}}
Special areas are rural municipalities created in 1938 under the authority of the Special Areas Act.<ref name=specact /><ref name=muntypes /> A special area is not to be confused with a [[List of communities in Alberta#Specialized municipalities|specialized municipality]], which is a completely different municipal status.

Alberta's three special areas had a combined population totalling 4,184 in 2016.<ref name=2019pop />

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== Unincorporated communities ==

=== Urban service areas ===
An urban service area is a type of hamlet that is not officially defined under the Municipal Government Act (MGA). However, the province of Alberta recognizes it as equivalent to a city for the purposes of program delivery and grant eligibility according to the Orders in Council that established the [[Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo|Regional Municipality (RM) of Wood Buffalo]] and [[Strathcona County]] as [[List of communities in Alberta#Specialized municipalities|specialized municipalities]].<ref name=RMWB_OC>{{cite web | url=http://www.municipalaffairs.gov.ab.ca/cfml/pdf_search/pdf/SMUN/0508/Regional_Municipality_of_Wood_Buffalo_OC_817_94_1995_No7.pdf | publisher=Province of Alberta | title=Order in Council 817/94 (RM of Wood Buffalo status change to specialized municipality) | date=December 21, 1994 | access-date=February 15, 2010}}</ref><ref name=SC_OC>{{cite web | url=http://www.municipalaffairs.gov.ab.ca/cfml/pdf_search/pdf/SMUN/0302/Strathcona_County_OC_761_95_1996_No9.pdf | publisher=Province of Alberta | title=Order in Council 761/95 (Strathcona County status change to specialized municipality) | date=December 6, 1995 | access-date=February 15, 2010}}</ref>

These Orders in Council (see Schedule 1, Section 7<ref name=RMWB_OC /> and Schedule 1, Section 3<ref name=SC_OC /> respectively) also state that:

*the specialized municipalities shall provide to the province of Alberta any information required to administer programs or to determine the amount of grants which would have been paid if the urban service areas were incorporated cities; and
*for the purposes of enactments affecting roads, culverts, ditches, drains, and highways, the urban service areas are deemed to be cities.

Essentially, urban services areas meet the eligibility requirements of the MGA to incorporate as a city. As such, they are Alberta's largest hamlets.

There are currently two urban services areas in Alberta:
*[[Fort McMurray]]; and
*[[Sherwood Park]].

Fort McMurray, within the jurisdiction of the RM of Wood Buffalo, was formerly a city prior its amalgamation with Improvement District No. 143 on April 1, 1995. It was designated an urban service area at the time of the amalgamation.<ref name=RMWB_OC />

Sherwood Park has always been an unincorporated community under the jurisdiction of Strathcona County. It became an urban service area when Strathcona County changed its status from a municipal district to a specialized municipality on January 1, 1996.<ref name=SC_OC />

=== Hamlets ===
{{main|List of hamlets in Alberta}}
According to Section 59 of the Municipal Government Act (MGA), hamlets are [[Unincorporated area|unincorporated communities]] that:
* consist of five or more buildings used as dwellings, a majority of which are on parcels of land smaller than {{cvt|1,850|m2}};
* have a generally accepted boundary and name; and
* contain parcels of land that are used for non‑residential purposes.<ref name=munact />

Further, Section 59 of the MGA provides the councils of [[municipal district]]s (or [[county|counties]]) and specialized municipalities the authority to designate unincorporated communities within its boundaries as hamlets.<ref name=munact /><ref name=muntypes /> Hamlets may also be designated within improvement districts and special areas by the Minister of Municipal Affairs pursuant to Section 590 of the MGA and Section 10 of the Special Areas Act respectively.<ref name=munact /><ref name=specact />

When a hamlet's population reaches 300, it becomes eligible to [[Municipal government in Canada|incorporated]] as a [[List of villages in Alberta|village]] under Section 80 of the MGA, so long as the majority of the buildings are still on parcels of land smaller than {{cvt|1,850|m2}}.<ref name=munact /> However, it is a modern-day rarity for a hamlet to incorporate as a village – [[Barnwell, Alberta|Barnwell]] and [[Wabamun, Alberta|Wabamun]] were the last two to do so both on January 1, 1980. It is much more common these days for villages to revert to hamlet status through the dissolution process instead.

There are currently 403 hamlets in Alberta, two of which are the urban services areas presented above.<ref>{{AltaMC}}</ref>

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=== Townsites ===
A townsite is a type of [[Unincorporated area|unincorporated community]] that is not officially defined under the Municipal Government Act (MGA), but it is generally regarded as an independent urban area within an Indian reserve that is comparable in population, land area, services, and built form, to that of Alberta's incorporated towns. Essentially, townsites would meet the eligibility requirements of the MGA to incorporate as a town if they were not on Indian reserve lands under federal jurisdiction.

[[Redwood Meadows]] is Alberta's only townsite at this time and is located within the [[Tsuutʼina Nation]].

=== Other unincorporated communities ===
{{main|List of localities in Alberta}}

== Métis settlements ==
{{main|Métis in Alberta}}

Métis settlements are rural areas inhabited by the indigenous [[Métis in Alberta]] and were established and recognized in 1936 under the [[Métis Population Betterment Act]]. The settlements provide an autonomous land base, allow better access to education, health and other social services, and provide economic development opportunities for the only recognized Métis land-base in Canada.<ref name=metisact /> Métis settlements now operate under the authority of the Métis Settlements Act.<ref name=muntypes /> These eight Métis settlements are governed by a unique Métis government known as the [[Métis in Alberta|Métis Settlements General Council]] (MSGC).

Alberta currently has eight Métis settlements, all of which are in the northern half of the province. The official names of the eight settlements, and the municipal districts they are within, are as follows:

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:''*Areas generated from provincial Métis settlement boundary data.''

Very small portions of the Gift Lake Métis Settlement and the Kikino Métis Settlement are also located within [[Northern Sunrise County]] and [[Lac La Biche County]] respectively.

Alberta's eight Métis settlements have a combined population totalling 5,632 as of 2018.<ref name=2019pop />

== Indian reserves ==
{{Main|List of Indian reserves in Alberta}}
Indian reserves in Alberta cover a total area of {{cvt|1622630|acre|order=flip}} and range in size from {{cvt|1,089|acre|order=flip}} to {{cvt|354,667|acre|order=flip}}.<ref name=muntypes /> Under the [[Constitution Act, 1982]], legislative authority over Indian reserves is allocated to the [[Parliament of Canada]]. The [[Government of Canada]] exercises executive authority over Indian reserves through [[Crown–Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada|Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada]]. Local administration is exercised by Band councils whose members are elected by members of the reserve.

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== See also ==
{{Canada provinces map|align=right|prefix=List of communities in|the=the|map = AB-Canada-province.png|width = 240px|caption=Communities in Canada's provinces and territories}}
*[[List of census divisions of Alberta]]
*[[List of designated places in Alberta]]
*[[List of ghost towns in Alberta]]
*[[List of municipalities in Alberta]]
*[[List of population centres in Alberta]]
*[[List of settlements in Alberta]]
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== Notes ==
{{Reflist|group=AB|30em}}
{{Reflist|group=N|30em}}
{{Notelist|30em}}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* [http://www.aamdc.com/ Alberta Association of Municipal Districts and Counties]
* [http://www.municipalaffairs.alberta.ca/ Alberta Municipal Affairs]
* [http://www.auma.ca/ Alberta Urban Municipalities Association]
* [http://www.asva.ca/ Association of Summer Villages of Alberta]

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[[Category:Lists of populated places in Alberta|Communities]]
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