Cities in Alberta, Canada
Alberta has 49 published cities; the largest is Calgary, with 1,413,800 residents. The median gross salary runs from €2,854 to €4,630 a month across 27 cities.
Published cities in Alberta
Sorted by population. A dash means the city has no published figure of its own for that column.
| City | Population | Net rent, €/m²/mo | Median gross salary, €/mo | Unemployment, % | PM2.5, µg/m³ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Calgary | 1,413,800 | — | €3,949 | 12.5 | 10.1 |
| Edmonton | 1,010,899 | — | €3,731 | 12.7 | 16.4 |
| Red Deer | 100,844 | — | €3,442 | 12.3 | 10.2 |
| Sherwood Park | 99,225 | — | — | 9.1 | — |
| Lethbridge | 98,406 | — | €3,399 | 9.4 | 5.7 |
| St. Albert | 74,621 | — | €4,630 | 9.1 | 16.7 |
| Airdrie | 74,100 | — | €4,058 | 11.1 | 9.2 |
| Fort McMurray | 72,326 | — | — | 8.7 | — |
| Grande Prairie | 71,160 | — | €3,922 | 11.9 | 40.4 |
| Medicine Hat | 63,271 | — | €3,420 | 12.0 | 7.7 |
| Spruce Grove | 37,645 | — | €4,058 | 10.3 | 16.4 |
| Leduc | 34,094 | — | €3,785 | 11.7 | — |
| Okotoks | 33,482 | — | €4,466 | 9.2 | — |
| Fort Saskatchewan | 27,088 | — | €4,466 | 10.7 | 15.6 |
| Chestermere | 22,163 | — | €4,248 | 11.2 | — |
| Sturgeon County | 20,061 | — | €4,194 | 8.3 | — |
| Camrose | 19,847 | — | €3,486 | 12.7 | — |
| Stony Plain | 18,567 | — | €3,922 | 11.3 | — |
| Sylvan Lake | 16,802 | — | €3,758 | 14.7 | — |
| Cold Lake | 15,530 | — | — | 7.9 | — |
| Strathmore | 15,189 | — | €3,676 | 9.8 | — |
| Brooks | 14,623 | — | €2,854 | 8.8 | — |
| Canmore | 14,530 | — | €3,785 | 9.6 | — |
| High River | 14,438 | — | €3,355 | 9.9 | — |
| Lacombe | 14,229 | — | €3,676 | 12.3 | — |
| Wetaskiwin | 12,317 | — | €3,246 | 12.0 | — |
| Blackfalds | 11,962 | — | — | 12.7 | — |
| Morinville | 10,498 | — | €4,058 | 10.0 | — |
| Hinton | 10,087 | — | — | 12.0 | — |
| Banff | 9,656 | — | — | 14.8 | — |
| Whitecourt | 9,582 | — | — | 14.2 | — |
| Olds | 9,542 | — | — | 9.8 | — |
| Taber | 9,212 | — | — | 5.3 | — |
| Coaldale | 8,994 | — | €3,442 | 7.9 | — |
| Drumheller | 7,968 | — | — | 8.9 | — |
| Edson | 7,903 | — | — | 11.0 | — |
| Innisfail | 7,672 | — | — | 11.2 | — |
| Ponoka | 7,518 | — | — | 9.5 | — |
| Drayton Valley | 6,802 | — | — | 11.4 | — |
| Devon | 6,689 | — | €3,731 | 9.8 | — |
| Peace River | 6,662 | — | — | 7.9 | — |
| Rocky Mountain House | 6,603 | — | — | 14.9 | — |
| Slave Lake | 6,377 | — | — | 9.6 | — |
| Wainwright | 6,221 | — | — | 8.2 | — |
| Redcliff | 6,104 | — | €2,985 | 12.3 | — |
| Bonnyville | 5,915 | — | — | 10.3 | — |
| St. Paul | 5,771 | — | — | 6.3 | — |
| Stettler | 5,749 | — | — | 9.2 | — |
| Vegreville | 5,629 | — | — | 9.8 | — |
Within Alberta
Highest median gross salary
- St. Albert: €4,630 a month (2020)
- Fort Saskatchewan: €4,466 a month (2020)
- Okotoks: €4,466 a month (2020)
- Chestermere: €4,248 a month (2020)
- Sturgeon County: €4,194 a month (2020)
Cleanest air
- Lethbridge: 5.7 µg/m³ PM2.5 (2024)
- Medicine Hat: 7.7 µg/m³ PM2.5 (2024)
- Airdrie: 9.2 µg/m³ PM2.5 (2024)
- Calgary: 10.1 µg/m³ PM2.5 (2024)
- Red Deer: 10.2 µg/m³ PM2.5 (2024)
Sources
Each figure in the table comes from the city's own record; open a city for the source of each value and its date.
- Statistics Canada
- Statistics Canada Census Profile downloads, 2021 Census of Population
- Official ECCC/NAPS 2024 annual daily-mean station observations, reproducibly aggregated as an arithmetic mean for eligible stations within 25 km of the target city coordinate. This is a derived place observation, not an asserted municipal monitor aggregate.
- Statistics Canada
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