Municipal District and County

The Municipal District dataset is comprised of all the polygons that represent Municipal Districts in Alberta. Municipal District is a municipality type defined under the authority of the Municipal Government Act. The formation of a Municipal District occur when a majority of the buildings used as dwellings are on parcels of land with an area of at least 1850 square meters and there is a population of 1000 or more. A municipal district is a government form in rural areas of the province.

Data and Resources

Additional Info

Field	Value
Last Updated	April 17, 2026, 17:55 (UTC)
Created	April 17, 2026, 17:55 (UTC)
contact_email	PGC.Metadata@gov.ab.ca
contact_person	{"en": "Government of Alberta; Government of Alberta; Environment and Parks", "fr": "Gouvernement de l'Alberta; Gouvernement de l'Alberta; Environment and Parks"}
criticality_level	[]
data_dictionary	unknown,unknown,unknown
geographic_scope	[]
open_canada_collection	fgp
open_canada_date_published	2024-01-15 00:00:00
open_canada_keywords	{"en": ["-CANADA", "ALBERTA", "BOUNDARIES", "DISTRICT", "MD", "MUNICIPAL-DISTRICT", "RURAL", "counties", "Government information"], "fr-t-en": ["-CANADA", "ALBERTA", "FRONTIÈRES", "DISTRICT", "MD", "DISTRICT MUNICIPAL", "RURAL", "comtés", "Information gouvernementale"]}
open_canada_subject	["form_descriptors", "nature_and_environment", "science_and_technology"]
sensitivity_level	unrestricted
title_fr
update_frequency	irregular