Alberta Cities by Population 2026
5 Most Populated Alberta Cities
| City | 2026 Pop. ↓ | 2025 Pop. | Annual Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Calgary | 1,678,073 | 1,612,834 | 4.04% |
| Edmonton | 1,284,480 | 1,238,295 | 3.73% |
| Red Deer | 117,915 | 115,409 | 2.17% |
| Lethbridge | 116,401 | 113,671 | 2.4% |
| Strathcona County | 108,377 | 107,345 | 0.96% |
| Airdrie | 96,731 | 92,544 | 4.52% |
| Wood Buffalo | 83,092 | 81,611 | 1.81% |
| St. Albert | 75,670 | 74,621 | 1.41% |
| Grande Prairie | 71,896 | 71,160 | 1.03% |
| Medicine Hat | 69,486 | 68,714 | 1.12% |
| Rocky View County | 52,063 | 50,260 | 3.59% |
| Spruce Grove | 45,836 | 44,575 | 2.83% |
| Leduc | 41,240 | 39,966 | 3.19% |
| Cochrane | 41,094 | 39,397 | 4.31% |
| Parkland County | 34,432 | 34,286 | 0.43% |
| Okotoks | 34,057 | 33,482 | 1.72% |
| Chestermere | 33,295 | 31,671 | 5.13% |
| Fort Saskatchewan | 31,165 | 30,575 | 1.93% |
| Beaumont | 27,589 | 26,305 | 4.88% |
| Foothills County | 26,238 | 25,789 | 1.74% |
| Grande Prairie County No. 1 | 26,174 | 25,883 | 1.12% |
| Red Deer County | 22,352 | 22,076 | 1.25% |
| Lloydminster (Part) | 21,410 | 21,267 | 0.67% |
| Sturgeon County | 21,223 | 21,144 | 0.37% |
| Camrose | 21,096 | 20,800 | 1.42% |
| Stony Plain | 19,957 | 19,662 | 1.5% |
| Sylvan Lake | 18,236 | 17,897 | 1.89% |
| Cold Lake | 18,186 | 17,798 | 2.18% |
| Brooks | 18,068 | 17,537 | 3.03% |
| Canmore | 17,683 | 17,341 | 1.97% |
| Leduc County | 16,835 | 16,400 | 2.65% |
| Strathmore | 16,769 | 16,416 | 2.15% |
| High River | 15,793 | 15,508 | 1.84% |
| Mountain View County | 15,038 | 14,802 | 1.59% |
| Lacombe | 14,936 | 14,733 | 1.38% |
| Mackenzie County | 14,773 | 14,488 | 1.97% |
| Wetaskiwin | 13,933 | 13,703 | 1.68% |
| Lloydminster (Part) | 13,270 | 13,137 | 1.01% |
| Bonnyville No. 87 | 13,192 | 13,265 | -0.55% |
| Lac Ste. Anne County | 12,914 | 12,639 | 2.18% |
| Blackfalds | 12,515 | 12,258 | 2.1% |
| Wetaskiwin County No. 10 | 12,242 | 12,117 | 1.03% |
| Banff | 11,987 | 11,402 | 5.13% |
| Clearwater County | 11,747 | 11,856 | -0.92% |
| Lacombe County | 11,171 | 11,072 | 0.89% |
| Lethbridge County | 11,038 | 10,988 | 0.46% |
| Yellowhead County | 10,960 | 10,966 | -0.05% |
| Morinville | 10,812 | 10,763 | 0.46% |
| Whitecourt | 10,782 | 10,708 | 0.69% |
| Ponoka County | 10,746 | 10,670 | 0.71% |
| Taber | 10,442 | 10,175 | 2.62% |
| Wheatland County | 10,361 | 10,150 | 2.08% |
| Hinton | 10,097 | 10,124 | -0.27% |
| Coaldale | 9,769 | 9,644 | 1.3% |
| Olds | 9,734 | 9,653 | 0.84% |
| Greenview No. 16 | 8,965 | 8,984 | -0.21% |
| Camrose County | 8,960 | 8,951 | 0.1% |
| Innisfail | 8,924 | 8,736 | 2.15% |
| Edson | 8,759 | 8,692 | 0.77% |
| Lac la Biche County | 8,593 | 8,580 | 0.15% |
| Drumheller | 8,502 | 8,439 | 0.75% |
| Rocky Mountain House | 8,489 | 8,144 | 4.24% |
| Ponoka | 8,388 | 8,212 | 2.14% |
| Vermilion River County | 8,241 | 8,282 | -0.5% |
| Drayton Valley | 8,230 | 8,047 | 2.27% |
| Taber | 8,112 | 8,009 | 1.29% |
| Newell County | 7,887 | 7,846 | 0.52% |
| Cypress County | 7,864 | 7,855 | 0.11% |
| Brazeau County | 7,689 | 7,685 | 0.05% |
| Bonnyville | 7,616 | 7,366 | 3.39% |
| Westlock County | 7,600 | 7,556 | 0.58% |
| Slave Lake | 7,392 | 7,334 | 0.79% |
| Peace River | 7,319 | 7,220 | 1.37% |
| Athabasca County | 7,222 | 7,280 | -0.8% |
| Wainwright | 7,034 | 6,996 | 0.54% |
| Devon | 7,023 | 6,965 | 0.83% |
| St. Paul County No. 19 | 6,469 | 6,462 | 0.11% |
| Beaver County | 6,289 | 6,245 | 0.7% |
| Vegreville | 6,244 | 6,153 | 1.48% |
| Willow Creek No. 26 | 6,229 | 6,225 | 0.06% |
| St. Paul | 6,225 | 6,218 | 0.11% |
| Barrhead County No. 11 | 6,167 | 6,186 | -0.31% |
| Crowsnest Pass | 6,065 | 6,011 | 0.9% |
| Cochrane | 6,048 | 5,948 | 1.68% |
| Stettler | 6,042 | 6,035 | 0.12% |
| Stettler County No. 6 | 5,976 | 5,966 | 0.17% |
| Redcliff | 5,948 | 5,916 | 0.54% |
| Westlock | 5,440 | 5,363 | 1.44% |
| Carstairs | 5,343 | 5,248 | 1.81% |
| Didsbury | 5,186 | 5,185 | 0.02% |
| Kneehill County | 5,128 | 5,129 | -0.02% |
| Big Lakes County | 5,029 | 5,106 | -1.51% |
| Cardston County | 4,931 | 4,938 | -0.14% |
| Barrhead | 4,807 | 4,768 | 0.82% |
| Woodlands County | 4,770 | 4,778 | -0.17% |
| Raymond | 4,703 | 4,594 | 2.37% |
| Jasper | 4,614 | 4,627 | -0.28% |
| Warner County No. 5 | 4,590 | 4,533 | 1.26% |
| Wainwright No. 61 | 4,566 | 4,576 | -0.22% |
| High Level | 4,536 | 4,390 | 3.33% |
| Vulcan County | 4,505 | 4,465 | 0.9% |
| Claresholm | 4,315 | 4,242 | 1.72% |
| Blood 148 | 4,306 | 4,404 | -2.23% |
| Crossfield | 4,214 | 4,075 | 3.41% |
| Vermilion | 4,206 | 4,192 | 0.33% |
| Fort Macleod | 4,101 | 3,945 | 3.95% |
| Northern Lights County | 4,073 | 4,115 | -1.02% |
| Smoky Lake County | 4,021 | 4,043 | -0.54% |
| Forty Mile County No. 8 | 3,979 | 3,927 | 1.32% |
| Pincher Creek | 3,936 | 3,890 | 1.18% |
| Lamont County | 3,929 | 3,918 | 0.28% |
| Stoney 142, 143, 144 | 3,924 | 3,939 | -0.38% |
| Cardston | 3,897 | 3,863 | 0.88% |
| Penhold | 3,836 | 3,812 | 0.63% |
| Saddle Lake 125 | 3,834 | 3,871 | -0.96% |
| Flagstaff County | 3,693 | 3,724 | -0.83% |
| Siksika 146 | 3,640 | 3,645 | -0.14% |
| Two Hills County No. 21 | 3,633 | 3,626 | 0.19% |
| Opportunity No. 17 | 3,614 | 3,592 | 0.61% |
| Three Hills | 3,562 | 3,502 | 1.71% |
| Samson 137 | 3,425 | 3,427 | -0.06% |
| Gibbons | 3,387 | 3,352 | 1.04% |
| Coalhurst | 3,304 | 3,244 | 1.85% |
| Beaumont | 3,249 | 3,188 | 1.91% |
| Pincher Creek No. 9 | 3,159 | 3,176 | -0.54% |
| Minburn County No. 27 | 3,151 | 3,142 | 0.29% |
| Thorhild County | 3,140 | 3,147 | -0.22% |
| Clear Hills | 3,098 | 3,110 | -0.39% |
| Lesser Slave River No. 124 | 2,998 | 2,980 | 0.6% |
| Black Diamond | 2,950 | 2,910 | 1.37% |
| Fairview | 2,919 | 2,918 | 0.03% |
| Athabasca | 2,901 | 2,887 | 0.48% |
| Grimshaw | 2,821 | 2,799 | 0.79% |
| Turner Valley | 2,805 | 2,784 | 0.75% |
| Fox Lake 162 | 2,798 | 2,745 | 1.93% |
| Sundre | 2,697 | 2,683 | 0.52% |
| Hanna | 2,683 | 2,665 | 0.68% |
| High Prairie | 2,633 | 2,607 | 1% |
| Tsuu T'ina Nation 145 | 2,614 | 2,583 | 1.2% |
| Nanton | 2,590 | 2,522 | 2.7% |
| Magrath | 2,558 | 2,566 | -0.31% |
| Sexsmith | 2,536 | 2,561 | -0.98% |
| Rimbey | 2,496 | 2,502 | -0.24% |
| Saddle Hills County | 2,491 | 2,449 | 1.71% |
| Beaverlodge | 2,471 | 2,454 | 0.69% |
| Picture Butte | 2,471 | 2,380 | 3.82% |
| Bow Island | 2,372 | 2,310 | 2.68% |
| Calmar | 2,357 | 2,345 | 0.51% |
| Ermineskin 138 | 2,336 | 2,359 | -0.97% |
| Redwater | 2,332 | 2,301 | 1.35% |
| Tofield | 2,151 | 2,122 | 1.37% |
| Provost No. 52 | 2,071 | 2,092 | -1% |
| Fox Creek | 2,060 | 2,013 | 2.33% |
| Paintearth County No. 18 | 1,996 | 2,014 | -0.89% |
| Millet | 1,990 | 1,967 | 1.17% |
| Enoch Cree Nation | 1,975 | 1,947 | 1.44% |
| Vulcan | 1,943 | 1,922 | 1.09% |
| Smoky River No. 130 | 1,934 | 1,941 | -0.36% |
| Bighorn No. 8 | 1,924 | 1,857 | 3.61% |
| Lamont | 1,879 | 1,856 | 1.24% |
| Northern Sunrise County | 1,863 | 1,848 | 0.81% |
| Provost | 1,860 | 1,875 | -0.8% |
| Special Area No. 2 | 1,826 | 1,837 | -0.6% |
| Valleyview | 1,826 | 1,807 | 1.05% |
| Starland County | 1,792 | 1,820 | -1.54% |
| Two Hills | 1,767 | 1,698 | 4.06% |
| Nobleford | 1,750 | 1,694 | 3.31% |
| Fairview No. 136 | 1,661 | 1,647 | 0.85% |
| Peace No. 135 | 1,559 | 1,581 | -1.39% |
| Birch Hills County | 1,523 | 1,522 | 0.07% |
| Elk Point | 1,519 | 1,481 | 2.57% |
| Wembley | 1,513 | 1,516 | -0.2% |
| Piikani 147 | 1,505 | 1,529 | -1.57% |
| Vauxhall | 1,488 | 1,451 | 2.55% |
| Swan Hills | 1,473 | 1,430 | 3.01% |
| Bruderheim | 1,466 | 1,439 | 1.88% |
| Mayerthorpe | 1,452 | 1,419 | 2.33% |
| Bon Accord | 1,448 | 1,457 | -0.62% |
| Bassano | 1,435 | 1,381 | 3.91% |
| Louis Bull 138B | 1,409 | 1,394 | 1.08% |
| Stirling | 1,409 | 1,350 | 4.37% |
| Bowden | 1,321 | 1,315 | 0.46% |
| Sturgeon Lake 154 | 1,315 | 1,326 | -0.83% |
| Irricana | 1,256 | 1,240 | 1.29% |
| Legal | 1,253 | 1,253 | 0% |
| Trochu | 1,246 | 1,191 | 4.62% |
| Smoky Lake | 1,207 | 1,159 | 4.14% |
Alberta Cities Overview
The largest city in Alberta is Calgary, with a 2026 population of 1,678,073. Banff is the fastest growing city in Alberta, having grown 5.13% annually between 2011 and 2016.