List of former urban municipalities in Alberta

The Province of Alberta currently has 253 urban municipalities including 19 cities, 105 towns, 78 villages and 51 summer villages. In addition, there are 106 communities that previously held some form of urban municipality status. These include 2 former cities, 16 former towns, 2 former new towns, 85 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
Alderson Village Carlstadt January 31, 1936
Bellevue Village   January 1, 1979
Bellis Village   January 1, 1946
Beverly Town   December 30, 1961
Black Diamond Town   January 1, 2023
Blackie Village   August 31, 1997
Blairmore Town   January 1, 1979
Botha Village   September 1, 2017
Bow City Village   April 17, 1918
Bowness Town   August 15, 1964
Burdett Village   January 1, 2003
Cadogan Village   January 1, 1946
Caroline Village   January 1, 2025
Cayley Village   June 1, 1996
Cereal Village   January 1, 2021
Chinook Village   April 1, 1977
Clairmont Village   January 1, 1946
Cluny Village   September 15, 1995
Coleman Town   January 1, 1979
Commerce Village Coalgate May 13, 1926
Compeer Village   December 31, 1936
Craigmyle Village   January 1, 1972
Crescent Heights Village   January 1, 1911
Cynthia New town   May 1, 1959
Derwent Village   September 1, 2010
Dewberry Village   January 1, 2021
Diamond City Town   June 30, 1937
Drinnan Village   April 1, 1957
Dunmore Village   February 4, 1919
Eaglesham Village   December 31, 1996
East Calgary Village   July 17, 1919
Enchant Village   February 1, 1945
Entwistle Village   December 31, 2000
Erskine Village   May 10, 1946
Evansburg Village   June 30, 1998
Evarts Village   May 27, 1916
Ferintosh Village   January 1, 2020
Forest Lawn Town   December 30, 1961
Fort Assiniboine Village   December 31, 1991
Fort McMurray City McMurray April 1, 1995
Frank Village   January 1, 1979
Gadsby Village   February 1, 2020
Galahad Village   January 1, 2016
Gleichen Town   March 31, 1998
Grande Cache Town   January 1, 2019
Grand Centre Town   October 1, 1996
Granum Town   February 1, 2020
Grassy Lake Village   July 1, 1996
Grouard Village   January 15, 1944
Hairy Hill Village   December 31, 1996
Halkirk Village   January 1, 2025
Hythe Village   July 1, 2021
Irvine Town   December 31, 1996
Islay Village   March 15, 1944
Jasper Place Town West Jasper Place August 17, 1964
Jenner Village   June 25, 1943
Kinuso Village   September 1, 2009
Lac La Biche Town   August 1, 2007
Langdon Village   January 1, 1946
Lavoy Village   April 30, 1999
Lille Village   1919
Lodgepole New town   March 1, 1970
Lundbreck Village   April 30, 1906
Minburn Village   July 1, 2015
Mirror Village   January 1, 2004
Monarch Village   December 31, 1938
Monitor Village   January 1, 1946
Montgomery Town   August 15, 1963
Mountain View Village   September 9, 1915
New Norway Village   November 1, 2012
New Sarepta Village   September 1, 2010
Newcastle Village   May 21, 1931
North Edmonton Village   July 22, 1912
North Red Deer Village   December 31, 1947
Ohaton Village   January 1, 1946
Pincher City Village   May 3, 1932
Plamondon Village   May 1, 2002
Port Cornwall Village   September 11, 1917
Radway Village   December 31, 1996
Ranfurly Village   January 1, 1946
Retlaw Village   March 1, 1939
Richdale Village   June 2, 1931
Riverside Village  
Rosebud Village   January 1, 1946
Rouleauville Village  
Rumsey Village   April 1, 1995
Sangudo Village   September 16, 2007
Stafford Village   January 1, 1913
Strathcona City South Edmonton February 1, 1912
Strome Village   January 1, 2016
Suffield Village   January 1, 1930
Swalwell Village   January 1, 1946
Thorhild Village   April 1, 2009
Tilley Village   August 31, 2013
Tollerton Village   January 26, 1918[citation needed]
Torrington Village   December 31, 1997
Turner Valley Town   January 1, 2023
Wabamun Village   January 1, 2021
Walsh Village   May 4, 1925
Wanham Village   December 31, 1999
Warspite Village   June 1, 2000
West Edmonton Village Calder April 5, 1917
White Gull Summer village   January 1, 2003
Wildwood Village   December 31, 1990
Willingdon Village   September 1, 2017

See also

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