Editing List of communities in Alberta (section)

==== 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>

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