List of hamlets in Alberta

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Locations of Alberta's hamlets
Distribution of Alberta's 403 hamlets as of 2023 by latest population available

Hamlets in the Canadian province of Alberta are unincorporated communities administered by, and within the boundaries of, specialized municipalities or rural municipalities (municipal districts, improvement districts and special areas). They consist of five or more dwellings (a majority of which are on parcels of land that are smaller than 1,850 m2), have a generally accepted boundary and name, and contain parcels of land used for non-residential purposes.[1][2]

Section 59 of the Municipal Government Act (MGA) enables specialized municipalities and municipal districts to designate a hamlet, while Section 590 of the MGA enables the Minister of Alberta Municipal Affairs to designate a hamlet within an improvement district.[1] The Minister may also designate a hamlet within a special area pursuant to Section 10 of the Special Areas Act.[3]

A hamlet can be incorporated as a village when its population reaches 300. However, Alberta has not had a hamlet incorporate as a village since January 1, 1980, when both Barnwell and Wabamun incorporated as villages.[4][5] Since then, it has been more common for urban municipalities to dissolve from their current municipal status to that of a hamlet under the jurisdiction of its surrounding specialized or rural municipality. As such, the number of hamlets in Alberta has steadily grown over the years.

As of 2026, Alberta has 436 hamlets recognized by Alberta Municipal Affairs,[6] which is up from 433 in 2024.[7]

Alberta's two largest hamlets – Sherwood Park within Strathcona County and Fort McMurray (formerly a city) within the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo – have been further designated as urban service areas by Municipal Affairs. If they were to incorporate as cities, Sherwood Park and Fort McMurray would rank sixth and seventh respectively among Alberta's largest cities by population. Lac La Biche (formerly a town) within Lac La Biche County is a third hamlet also designated as an urban service area.[6]

List of hamlets

List of hamlets in Alberta
Name[6] Specialized or rural municipality[8] Latest population Census year
Abee Thorhild County272009[9]
Acadia Valley Acadia No. 34, MD of1432021[10]
Aetna Cardston County109
Alcomdale Sturgeon County65
Alder Flats Wetaskiwin No. 10, County of137
Aldersyde Foothills County642003[11]
Alhambra Clearwater County641991[12]
Altario Special Area No. 426
Antler Lake Strathcona County4392024[13]
Anzac Wood Buffalo, RM of5062021[10]
Ardenode Wheatland County02016[14]
Ardley Red Deer County171991[12]
Ardmore Bonnyville No. 87, MD of3172021[15]
Ardrossan Strathcona County1,2382024[13]
Armena Camrose County372021[10]
Ashmont St. Paul No. 19, County of125
Atmore Athabasca County10
Balzac Rocky View County12006[11]
Beauvallon Two Hills No. 21, County of71991[12]
Beaver Crossing Bonnyville No. 87, MD of18
Beaver Lake Lac La Biche County4672021[10]
Beaver Mines Pincher Creek No. 9, MD of85
Beaverdam Bonnyville No. 87, MD of182014[16]
Beazer Cardston County112008[11]
Bellis[N 1] Smoky Lake County602021[10]
Benalto Red Deer County198
Benchlands Bighorn No. 8, MD of59
Benton Special Area No. 3
Bezanson Grande Prairie No. 1, County of1462024[17]
Bindloss Special Area No. 2141991[12]
Bircham Kneehill County52021[10]
Blackfoot Vermilion River, County of386
Blackie[N 2] Foothills County360
Blue Ridge Woodlands County211
Bluesky Fairview No. 136, MD of113
Bluffton Ponoka County140
Bodo Provost No. 52, MD of30
Botha Stettler No. 6, County of180
Bottrel Rocky View County52018[18]
Bow City Newell, County of162020[19]
Bragg Creek Rocky View County4322021[10]
Brant Vulcan County782007[11]
Breynat Athabasca County221991[12]
Brosseau Two Hills No. 21, County of131981[20]
Brownfield Paintearth No. 18, County of271991[12]
Brownvale Peace No. 135, MD of1142021[10]
Bruce Beaver County65
Brule Yellowhead County127
Buck Creek Brazeau County1072005[21]
Buck Lake Wetaskiwin No. 10, County of602021[10]
Buffalo Special Area No. 2
Buffalo Lakes Grande Prairie No. 1, County of52024[17]
Buford Leduc County332021[10]
Burdett[N 3] Forty Mile No. 8, County of331
Busby Westlock County135
Byemoor Stettler No. 6, County of30
Cadogan[N 4] Provost No. 52, MD of108
Cadomin Yellowhead County54
Cadotte Lake Northern Sunrise County23
Calahoo Sturgeon County143
Calling Lake Opportunity No. 17, MD of375
Campsie Barrhead No. 11, County of
Canyon Creek Lesser Slave River No. 124, MD of3182021[10]
Carbondale Sturgeon County78
Cardiff Sturgeon County1,033
Caroline Clearwater County4702021[22]
Carolside Special Area No. 2
Carseland Wheatland County5422021[10]
Carvel Parkland County192009[23]
Carway Cardston County22008[11]
Caslan Athabasca County231991[12]
Cassils Newell, County of222020[19]
Cavendish Special Area No. 2261986[24]
Cayley[N 5] Foothills County4142021[10]
Cereal Special Area No. 31112021[25]
Cessford Special Area No. 2311991[12]
Chancellor Wheatland County52021[10]
Cheadle Wheatland County83
Cherhill Lac Ste. Anne County602008[11]
Cherry Grove Bonnyville No. 87, MD of4052014[16]
Chin Lethbridge County832021[10]
Chinook[N 6] Special Area No. 3381991[12]
Chisholm Lesser Slave River No. 124, MD of152021[10]
Clairmont[N 7] Grande Prairie No. 1, County of6,1232024[17]
Clandonald Vermilion River, County of1172021[10]
Cleardale Clear Hills County192008[11]
Cluny[N 8] Wheatland County502021[10]
Cochrane Lake Rocky View County767
Colinton Athabasca County169
Collingwood Cove Strathcona County3712024[13]
Compeer[N 9] Special Area No. 4211991[12]
Condor Clearwater County99
Conklin Wood Buffalo, RM of1542021[10]
Conrich Rocky View County15
Craigmyle[N 10] Starland County792013[26]
Cynthia[N 11] Brazeau County502005[21]
Dalemead Rocky View County252021[10]
Dalroy Rocky View County39
Dalum Wheatland County
Dapp Westlock County302021[10]
Darwell Lac Ste. Anne County301981[20]
De Winton Foothills County982003[11]
Dead Man's Flats Bighorn No. 8, MD of3772021[10]
Deadwood Northern Lights, County of221991[12]
DeBolt Greenview No. 16, MD of1322021[10]
Del Bonita Cardston County62008[11]
Delacour Rocky View County52021[10]
Demmitt Grande Prairie No. 1, County of02024[17]
Derwent[N 12] Two Hills No. 21, County of962021[10]
Desert Blume Cypress County835
Dewberry Vermilion River, County of1612021[28]
Diamond City[N 13] Lethbridge County2042021[10]
Dickson Red Deer County50
Dimsdale Grande Prairie No. 1, County of292024[17]
Dixonville Northern Lights, County of962021[10]
Donatville Athabasca County02016[14]
Dorothy Special Area No. 2141991[12]
Duffield Parkland County602021[10]
Duhamel Camrose County46
Dunmore[N 14] Cypress County1,088
Duvernay Two Hills No. 21, County of261991[12]
Eaglesham[N 15] Birch Hills County762021[10]
Edwand Smoky Lake County21986[24]
Egremont Thorhild County462021[10]
Ellscott Athabasca County5
Elmworth Grande Prairie No. 1, County of52024[17]
Enchant[N 16] Taber, MD of2592016[29]
Endiang Stettler No. 6, County of152021[10]
Enilda Big Lakes County145
Ensign Vulcan County262007[11]
Entwistle[N 17] Parkland County4292021[10]
Erskine[N 18] Stettler No. 6, County of319
Esther Special Area No. 3
Etzikom Forty Mile No. 8, County of541991[12]
Evansburg[N 19] Yellowhead County7172021[10]
Excel Special Area No. 3
Exshaw Bighorn No. 8, MD of4492021[10]
Fabyan Wainwright No. 61, MD of1002007[11]
Fairview Lethbridge County1652021[10]
Fallis Parkland County542009[23]
Falun Wetaskiwin No. 10, County of251991[12]
Faust Big Lakes County2822021[10]
Fawcett Westlock County60
Federal Paintearth No. 18, County of191991[12]
Ferintosh[N 20] Camrose County1802021[10]
Flatbush Lesser Slave River No. 124, MD of30
Fleet Paintearth No. 18, County of281991[12]
Fort Assiniboine[N 21] Woodlands County1582021[10]
Fort Chipewyan Wood Buffalo, RM of798
Fort Fitzgerald Wood Buffalo, RM of62021[30]
Fort Kent Bonnyville No. 87, MD of2542021[10]
Fort McKay Wood Buffalo, RM of57[N 22]2021[30]
Fort McMurray[N 23] Wood Buffalo, RM of68,002[N 24]2021[31]
Fort Vermilion Mackenzie County7722024[17]
Gadsby Stettler No. 6, County of362021[10]
Gainford Parkland County118
Galahad[N 25] Flagstaff County125
Gasoline Alley Red Deer County[33] 
Gem Newell, County of292020[19]
Gleichen[N 26] Wheatland County3142021[10]
Glenevis Lac Ste. Anne County492008[11]
Goodfare Grande Prairie No. 1, County of152024[17]
Goose Lake[N 27] Woodlands County11unpublished[34]
Grande Cache[N 28] Greenview No. 16, MD of3,2762021[10]
Granum Willow Creek No. 26, MD of557
Grassland Athabasca County46
Grassy Lake[N 29] Taber, MD of856
Green Court Lac Ste. Anne County512008[11]
Greenshields Wainwright No. 61, MD of802007[11]
Gregoire Lake Estates Wood Buffalo, RM of1382021[10]
Grouard[N 30] Big Lakes County166
Grovedale Greenview No. 16, MD of138unpublished[34]
Gunn Lac Ste. Anne County262021[10]
Guy Smoky River No. 130, MD of571991[12]
Gwynne Wetaskiwin No. 10, County of932021[10]
Hairy Hill[N 31] Two Hills No. 21, County of30[N 32]2001[36]
Halcourt Grande Prairie No. 1, County of52024[17]
Half Moon Lake[N 33] Strathcona County2062024[13]
Halkirk Paintearth No. 18, County of922021[22]
Harmony[37] Rocky View County7572021[10]
Hartell Foothills County131991[12]
Harvie Heights Bighorn No. 8, MD of1632021[10]
Hastings Lake Strathcona County1102024[13]
Haynes Lacombe County152021[10]
Hays Taber, MD of196
Hayter Provost No. 52, MD of84
Heinsburg St. Paul No. 19, County of601991[12]
Hemaruka Special Area No. 4
Heritage Pointe Foothills County1,974[N 34]2021[31]
Herronton Vulcan County102007[11]
Hesketh Kneehill County102021[10]
Hilda Cypress County40
Hilliard Lamont County351991[12]
Hoadley Ponoka County9
Huallen Grande Prairie No. 1, County of102024[17]
Huxley Kneehill County752021[10]
Hylo Lac La Biche County332016[38]
Hythe Grande Prairie No. 1, County of8352024[17]
Iddesleigh Special Area No. 2141991[12]
Indus Rocky View County362021[10]
Iron River Bonnyville No. 87, MD of 
Iron Springs Lethbridge County842021[10]
Irvine[N 35] Cypress County3212021[39]
Islay[N 36] Vermilion River, County of1772021[10]
Janet Rocky View County12006[11]
Janvier South[N 37] Wood Buffalo, RM of612021[10]
Jarvie Westlock County103
Jean Cote Smoky River No. 130, MD of651991[12]
Jenner[N 38] Special Area No. 2351986[24]
Joffre Lacombe County1282021[10]
Johnson's Addition Taber, MD of126
Josephburg Strathcona County1222024[13]
Joussard Big Lakes County3342021[10]
Kathyrn Rocky View County21
Kavanagh Leduc County39
Keephills Parkland County57
Kelsey Camrose County15
Keoma Rocky View County95
Kimball Cardston County262008[11]
Kingman Camrose County782021[10]
Kinsella Beaver County402009[40]
Kinuso[N 39] Big Lakes County1502021[10]
Kipp Lethbridge County121981[20]
Kirkcaldy Vulcan County122007[11]
Kirriemuir Special Area No. 4281991[12]
La Corey Bonnyville No. 87, MD of592014[16]
La Crete Mackenzie County4,0102024[17]
La Glace Grande Prairie No. 1, County of1742024[17]
Lac des Arcs Bighorn No. 8, MD of1462021[10]
Lac La Biche[N 40] Lac La Biche County3,2152021[15]
Lafond St. Paul No. 19, County of351991[12]
Lake Newell Resort Newell, County of4572021[10]
Lamoureux Sturgeon County602008[11]
Landry Heights Greenview No. 16, MD of1141991[12]
Lanfine Special Area No. 3
Langdon[N 41] Rocky View County5,4972021[10]
Lavoy[N 42] Minburn No. 27, County of1082001[42]
Leavitt Cardston County592008[11]
Leedale Ponoka County111991[12]
Leslieville Clearwater County1342021[10]
Lindbergh St. Paul No. 19, County of501991[12]
Linn Valley Red Deer County2182021[10]
Little Buffalo Northern Sunrise County4412021[22]
Little Smoky Greenview No. 16, MD of281991[12]
Lodgepole[N 43] Brazeau County1172021[10]
Long Lake Thorhild County81
Looma Leduc County33
Lottie Lake St. Paul No. 19, County of94[N 44]1991[12]
Lousana Red Deer County422021[10]
Lowland Heights Pincher Creek No. 9, MD of43
Loyalist Special Area No. 481986[24]
Lundbreck Pincher Creek No. 9, MD of2892021[10]
Lyalta Wheatland County480
Lymburn Grande Prairie No. 1, County of52024[17]
|Madden Rocky View County102021[10]
Mallaig St. Paul No. 19, County of210
Manola Barrhead No. 11, County of291991[12]
Manyberries Forty Mile No. 8, County of96
Marie Reine Northern Sunrise County672010[43]
Markerville Red Deer County382021[10]
Marlboro Yellowhead County97
Marten Beach Lesser Slave River No. 124, MD of381991[12]
Maskwacis (formerly Hobbema)[44] Ponoka County642021[10]
McLaughlin Vermilion River, County of412015[45]
Meanook Athabasca County352021[10]
Mearns Sturgeon County102008[11]
Meeting Creek Camrose County02021[10]
Metiskow Provost No. 52, MD of65[N 45]1991[12]
Michichi Starland County342013[26]
Millarville Foothills County582003[11]
Minburn[N 46] Minburn No. 27, County of782021[10]
Mirror[N 47] Lacombe County481
Mitsue Lake Industrial Lesser Slave River No. 124, MD of
Monarch[N 48] Lethbridge County2172021[10]
Monitor[N 49] Special Area No. 4601991[12]
Moon River Estates Willow Creek No. 26, MD of1452021[10]
Morecambe Two Hills No. 21, County of231981[20]
Morningside Lacombe County852021[10]
Mossleigh Vulcan County532007[11]
Mountain View[N 50] Cardston County872021[10]
Mulhurst Bay[N 51] Wetaskiwin No. 10, County of447
Musidora Two Hills No. 21, County of131991[12]
Namaka Wheatland County722021[10]
Namao Sturgeon County102010[47]
Naphtha Foothills County271991[12]
Neerlandia Barrhead No. 11, County of1011991[12]
Nestow Westlock County52021[10]
Nevis Stettler No. 6, County of30
New Brigden Special Area No. 3241991[12]
New Dayton Warner No. 5, County of47
New Norway[N 52] Camrose County3072021[10]
New Sarepta[N 53] Leduc County495
Newbrook Thorhild County63
Nightingale Wheatland County37
Nisku Leduc County302005[50]
Niton Junction Yellowhead County882021[10]
Nordegg Clearwater County531986[24]
North Cooking Lake Strathcona County532024[13]
North Star Northern Lights, County of491991[12]
Notikewin Northern Lights, County of17
Ohaton[N 54] Camrose County1332021[10]
Opal Thorhild County242009[9]
Orion Forty Mile No. 8, County of111991[12]
Orton Willow Creek No. 26, MD of1802021[10]
Parkland Willow Creek No. 26, MD of501991[12]
Patricia Newell, County of782021[10]
Peers Yellowhead County91
Pelican Point Camrose County117
Peoria Birch Hills County121986[24]
Perryvale Athabasca County102021[10]
Pibroch Westlock County35
Pickardville Westlock County303
Pincher Station Pincher Creek No. 9, MD of26
Pine Sands Sturgeon County302008[11]
Plamondon[N 55] Lac La Biche County5012021[15]
Pollockville Special Area No. 2191981[20]
Poplar Ridge Brazeau County6042005[21]
Priddis Foothills County792003[11]
Priddis Greens Foothills County267
Purple Springs Taber, MD of1012021[10]
Queenstown Vulcan County82007[11]
Radway[N 56] Thorhild County2312021[10]
Rainier Newell, County of222020[19]
Ranfurly[N 57] Minburn No. 27, County of712021[10]
Red Earth Creek Opportunity No. 17, MD of315
Red Willow Stettler No. 6, County of63
Redland Wheatland County20
Reno Northern Sunrise County20
Rich Valley Lac Ste. Anne County322008[11]
Richdale[N 58] Special Area No. 2141991[12]
Ridgevalley Greenview No. 16, MD of46
Rivercourse Vermilion River, County of162015[51]
Riverview St. Paul No. 19, County of491991[12]
Rivière Qui Barre Sturgeon County912021[10]
Robb Yellowhead County144
Rochester Athabasca County72
Rochfort Bridge Lac Ste. Anne County712008[11]
Rocky Rapids Brazeau County3172005[21]
Rolling Hills Newell, County of2732021[10]
Rolly View Leduc County71
Rosebud[N 59] Wheatland County112
Roselynn Special Area No. 2
Round Hill Camrose County1252021[10]
Rowley Starland County82013[26]
Rumsey[N 60] Starland County64
Sandy Lake[N 61] Opportunity No. 17, MD of1632021[10]
Sangudo[N 62] Lac Ste. Anne County298
Saprae Creek Wood Buffalo, RM of6582021[30]
Scandia Newell, County of1692021[10]
Scapa Special Area No. 2
Schuler Cypress County862021[10]
Scotfield Special Area No. 2
Sedalia Special Area No. 3151991[12]
Seven Persons Cypress County2772021[10]
Shaughnessy Lethbridge County388
Sheerness Special Area No. 2251986[24]
Sherwood Park[N 63] Strathcona County75,5752024[13]
Shouldice Vulcan County72007[11]
Sibbald Special Area No. 3331991[12]
Skiff Forty Mile No. 8, County of10
Smith Lesser Slave River No. 124, MD of2272021[10]
South Cooking Lake Strathcona County2912024[13]
Spedden Smoky Lake County561991[12]
Spring Coulee Cardston County432008[11]
Springbrook Red Deer County1,5342021[10]
Spruce View Red Deer County138
St. Edouard St. Paul No. 19, County of331991[12]
St. Francis Leduc County151991[12]
St. Isidore Northern Sunrise County2362021[10]
St. Lina St. Paul No. 19, County of241991[12]
St. Michael Lamont County39
St. Vincent St. Paul No. 19, County of43
Stanmore Special Area No. 2
Star Lamont County321991[12]
Streamstown Vermilion River, County of202015[52]
Strome[N 64] Flagstaff County2322021[10]
Suffield[N 65] Cypress County190
Sunnybrook Leduc County50
Sunnynook Special Area No. 2131991[12]
Sunnyslope Kneehill County282021[10]
Swalwell[N 66] Kneehill County93
Tangent Birch Hills County391991[12]
Tawatinaw Westlock County152021[10]
Teepee Creek Grande Prairie No. 1, County of202024[17]
Tees Lacombe County732021[10]
Telfordville Leduc County35
Therien Bonnyville No. 87, MD of712014[16]
Thorhild[N 67] Thorhild County3912021[10]
Throne Paintearth No. 18, County of
Thunder Lake Barrhead No. 11, County of341991[12]
Tilley[N 68] Newell, County of3182021[10]
Tillicum Beach Camrose County130
Tomahawk Parkland County113
Torrington[N 69] Kneehill County2392021[15]
Travers Vulcan County02007[11]
Tulliby Lake Vermilion River, County of222015[55]
Turin Lethbridge County722021[10]
Twin Butte Pincher Creek No. 9, MD of10
Valhalla Centre Grande Prairie No. 1, County of382024[17]
Veinerville Cypress County702021[10]
Venice Lac La Biche County222016[38]
Village at Pigeon Lake Wetaskiwin No. 10, County of772006[11]
Villeneuve Sturgeon County2602021[10]
Vimy Westlock County183
Violet Grove Brazeau County1412005[21]
Wabamun Parkland County6442021[56]
Wabasca[N 70] Opportunity No. 17, MD of1,5942021[10]
Wagner Lesser Slave River No. 124, MD of171[N 71]1991[12]
Walsh[N 72] Cypress County502021[10]
Wandering River Athabasca County631991[12]
Wanham[N 73] Birch Hills County1412021[10]
Wardlow Special Area No. 2281991[12]
Warspite[N 74] Smoky Lake County702021[10]
Watino Birch Hills County221991[12]
Watts Special Area No. 2
Wedgewood Grande Prairie No. 1, County of7362024[17]
Welling Cardston County302008[11]
Welling Station Cardston County18
Westerose Wetaskiwin No. 10, County of631991[12]
Whitelaw Fairview No. 136, MD of1102021[10]
Whitford Lamont County61981[20]
Whitla Forty Mile No. 8, County of
Widewater Lesser Slave River No. 124, MD of4052021[10]
Wildwood[N 75] Yellowhead County257
Willingdon Two Hills No. 21, County of249
Wimborne Kneehill County15
Winfield Wetaskiwin No. 10, County of193
Winnifred Forty Mile No. 8, County of521956[57]
Withrow Clearwater County501991[12]
Woking Saddle Hills County622021[10]
Woodhouse Willow Creek No. 26, MD of151991[12]
Woolford Cardston County131986[24]
Worsley Clear Hills County282008[11]
Wostok Lamont County151991[12]
Wrentham Warner No. 5, County of58
Zama City Mackenzie County522021[10]

Notes:

  1. Bellis dissolved from village status on December 31, 1945.
  2. Blackie dissolved from village status on August 31, 1997.
  3. Burdett dissolved from village status on January 1, 2003.
  4. Cadogan dissolved from village status on December 31, 1945.
  5. Cayley dissolved from village status on June 1, 1996.
  6. Chinook dissolved from village status on April 1, 1977.
  7. Clairmont dissolved from village status on December 31, 1945.
  8. Cluny dissolved from village status on September 15, 1995.
  9. Compeer dissolved from village status on December 31, 1936.
  10. Craigmyle dissolved from village status on January 1, 1972.
  11. Cynthia dissolved from town status on May 1, 1959.
  12. Derwent dissolved from village status on September 1, 2010.[27]
  13. Diamond City dissolved from village status on June 30, 1937.
  14. Dunmore dissolved from village status on February 4, 1919.
  15. Eaglesham dissolved from village status on December 31, 1996.
  16. Enchant dissolved from village status on January 30, 1945.
  17. Entwistle dissolved from village status on December 31, 2000.
  18. Erskine dissolved from village status on May 20, 1946.
  19. Evansburg dissolved from village status on June 30, 1998.
  20. Ferintosh dissolved from village status on January 1, 2020.
  21. For Assiniboine dissolved from village status on December 31, 1991.
  22. Fort McKay's population does not include portion of community on Indian reserve.
  23. Fort McMurray is one of two hamlets designated an urban service area.
  24. Fort McMurray's population is that of its population centre as delineated by Statistics Canada.[31]
  25. Galahad dissolved from village status on January 1, 2016.[32]
  26. Gleichen dissolved from town status on March 31, 1998.
  27. Goose Lake is also known as Lone Pine.
  28. Grande Cache dissolved from town status on January 1, 2019.[35]
  29. Grassy Lake dissolved from village status on July 1, 1996.
  30. Grouard, also known as Grouard Mission, dissolved from village status on January 18, 1944.
  31. Hairy Hill dissolved from village status on December 31, 1996.
  32. Hairy Hill's population is from the 2001 federal census (Statistics Canada did not publish its population in the 2006, 2011 or 2016 federal censuses).
  33. Half Moon Lake is also known as Half Moon Estates.
  34. Heritage Pointe's population is that of its population centre as delineated by Statistics Canada.[31]
  35. Irvine dissolved from town status on December 31, 1996.
  36. Islay dissolved from village status on March 2, 1944.
  37. Janvier South is also known as Janvier and Chard.
  38. Jenner dissolved from village status on June 22, 1943.
  39. Kinuso dissolved from village status on September 1, 2009.
  40. Lac La Biche dissolved from town status on August 1, 2007, as a result of its amalgamation with Lakeland County to form Lac La Biche County.[41]
  41. Langdon dissolved from village status on December 31, 1945.
  42. Lavoy dissolved from village status on April 30, 1999.
  43. Lodgepole dissolved from new town status on March 1, 1970.
  44. Referred to as Lottie Lake Development by Statistics Canada in the 1991 census.[12]
  45. Statistics Canada cautioned that Metiskow's population from the 1991 census may be an estimate.[12]
  46. Minburn dissolved from village status on July 1, 2015.[46]
  47. Mirror dissolved from village status on January 1, 2004.
  48. Monarch dissolved from village status on December 31, 1938.
  49. Monitor dissolved from village status on December 31, 1945.
  50. Mountain View dissolved from village status on September 9, 1915.
  51. Mulhurst Bay is also known as Mulhurst.
  52. New Norway dissolved from village status on November 1, 2012.[48]
  53. New Sarepta dissolved from village status on September 1, 2010.[49]
  54. Ohaton dissolved from village status on December 31, 1945.
  55. Plamondon dissolved from village status on May 1, 2002.
  56. Radway dissolved from village status on December 31, 1996.
  57. Ranfurly dissolved from village status on December 31, 1945.
  58. Richdale dissolved from village status on June 2, 1931.
  59. Rosebud dissolved from village status on December 31, 1945.
  60. Rumsey dissolved from village status on January 1, 1995.
  61. Sandy Lake is also known as Pelican Mountain.
  62. Sangudo dissolved from village status on September 16, 2007.
  63. Sherwood Park is one of two hamlets designated an urban service area.
  64. Strome dissolved from village status on January 1, 2016.[53]
  65. Suffield dissolved from village status on January 1, 1930.
  66. Swalwell dissolved from village status on December 31, 1945.
  67. Thorhild dissolved from village status on March 18, 2009.
  68. Tilley dissolved from village status on August 31, 2013.[54]
  69. Torrington dissolved from village status on January 1, 1998.
  70. Wabasca was formerly named Wabasca-Desmarais.
  71. Statistics Canada cautioned that Wagner's population from the 1991 census may be an estimate.[12]
  72. Walsh dissolved from village status on April 30, 1925.
  73. Wanham dissolved from village status on December 31, 1999.
  74. Warspite dissolved from village status on June 1, 2000.
  75. Wildwood dissolved from village status on December 31, 1990.

Former hamlets

Numerous communities in Alberta have been previously recognized as hamlets by the Province of Alberta. The majority were absorbed by urban municipalities through annexation or amalgamation. The following are those hamlets that have had their hamlet designation removed.

Name Former municipality Subsequent municipality Remarks
BankviewBadlandsMD of Badlands No. 7DrumhellerAnnexed in 1964[58]
CambriaBadlandsMD of Badlands No. 7DrumhellerAbsorbed as a result of amalgamation January 1, 1998[58][59]
College HeightsLacombe CountyLacombeAnnexed January 1, 2000[60][61]
East CouleeBadlandsMD of Badlands No. 7DrumhellerAbsorbed as a result of amalgamation January 1, 1998[58][59]
GlenwoodYellowhead CountyEdsonAnnexed January 1, 1984[62][63]
Grande Prairie TrailYellowhead CountyEdsonAnnexed January 1, 1984[62][63]
GrantvilleKneehill CountyThree HillsAnnexed January 1, 1983[64][65]
HardievilleLethbridgeLethbridge CountyLethbridgeAnnexed January 1, 1978[66]
Hillcrest[67][68]Improvement District No. 5CrowsnestMunicipality of Crowsnest PassAbsorbed via amalgamation January 1, 1979[69]
Lake LouiseImprovement District No. 9Improvement District No. 9Held hamlet designation in 2024[7] but not in 2025[70]
LehighBadlandsMD of Badlands No. 7DrumhellerAbsorbed as a result of amalgamation January 1, 1998[58][59]
MacKayYellowheadYellowhead CountyYellowhead CountyHamlet status was repealed by Yellowhead County in 2019 after being designated one in 1979
MidlandvaleBadlandsMD of Badlands No. 7DrumhellerAnnexed in 1972[58]
MidnaporeFoothillsMD of Foothills No. 31CalgaryAnnexed in 1961[71]
NacmineBadlandsMD of Badlands No. 7DrumhellerAbsorbed as a result of amalgamation January 1, 1998[58][59]
NewcastleBadlandsMD of Badlands No. 7DrumhellerAnnexed in 1967[58]
North DrumhellerBadlandsMD of Badlands No. 7DrumhellerAnnexed in 1967[58]
PinedaleYellwoheadYellowhead CountyYellowhead CountyHamlet status was repealed by Yellowhead County in 2019 after being designated one in 1987
RibstoneWainwrightMD of Wainwright No. 61MD of Wainwright No. 61Hamlet status was repealed on January 21, 2024
RosedaleBadlandsMD of Badlands No. 7DrumhellerAbsorbed as a result of amalgamation January 1, 1998[58][59]
RuarkvilleKneehill CountyThree HillsAnnexed December 31, 1984[72][73]
ShepardRocky View CountyCalgaryAnnexed July 31, 2007[74][75]
Waterton ParkImprovement District No. 4Improvement District No. 4Held hamlet designation in 2024[7] but not in 2025[70]
WayneBadlandsMD of Badlands No. 7DrumhellerAbsorbed as a result of amalgamation January 1, 1998[58][59]
Western Monarch (Atlas)[76]Wheatland CountyBadlandsMD of Badlands No. 7[76][77]Now within the Town of Drumheller following the amalgamation of the City of Drumheller and the MD of Badlands No. 7 on January 1, 1998[78]

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