Editing List of communities in Alberta (section)

==== 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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|+Improvement&nbsp;districts&nbsp;of&nbsp;Alberta
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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
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| <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]]
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| <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]]
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| <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]]
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| <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]]
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| <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]]
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| <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]]
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| <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;"| —
|}