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Alberta · 2026

Alberta’s rankings: 26 lists

26 lists rank the 474 places in Alberta. On the overall grade, Upper Mount Royal comes first (A+). Upper Mount Royal is #1 on 3 lists. Counting top-three places, Upper Mount Royal leads with 4. The schools list compares places in Alberta only: it has no national order. 2 leaders here are also Canada’s #1 on the same list.

Each list ranks the places in Alberta against one another; the letters compare every place with Canada’s towns. How grades work

Rankings

Every list for Alberta

Grouped by what they measure, each card with its top three.

Lists for all of Canada

Overall, and by size

Best places to live
  1. Upper Mount RoyalA+
  2. Garrison WoodsA+
  3. OkotoksA+
All 473 →Best big towns
  1. St. AlbertA
  2. Strathcona CountyA−
  3. AirdrieB+
All 9 →Best small towns
  1. Upper Mount RoyalA+
  2. Garrison WoodsA+
  3. AltadoreA+
All 367 →

Subject by subject

Most affordable
  1. Fort McMurrayA
  2. High LevelA
  3. Opportunity No. 17A
All 474 →Safest
  1. TaberA+
  2. Forty Mile County No. 8A
  3. CoalhurstA
All 474 →Best schools
  1. Discovery RidgeA+
  2. HaddowA+
  3. Ramsay HeightsA+
All 472 →Healthiest
  1. Black DiamondA+
  2. Currie BarracksA+
  3. ClaresholmA+
All 474 →Jobs & income
  1. Upper Mount RoyalA+
  2. Garrison WoodsA+
  3. AltadoreA+
All 474 →Most walkable
  1. Eau ClaireA+
  2. Downtown West EndA+
  3. MissionA+
All 474 →Lowest hazard risk
  1. La CrèteA+
  2. GibbonsA+
  3. Strathcona CountyA+
All 474 →Civic life
  1. Flagstaff CountyA
  2. StettlerA
  3. Stettler County No. 6A
All 474 →

Described: figures, no letters

Highest incomes
  1. Elbow Park$200,000
  2. Aspen Woods$199,000
  3. Upper Mount Royal$188,200
All 474 →Fastest-growing
  1. Cochrane+24.5%
  2. High Level+24.2%
  3. Crossfield+20.7%
All 129 →Most historic
  1. Jasper35
  2. Foothills County13
  3. Fort Macleod10
All 474 →Most bilingual
  1. Bonnie Doon20.6%
  2. Jasper20.4%
  3. Garrison Woods19.5%
All 474 →Youngest
  1. La Crète23.4 years
  2. Taber27.4 years
  3. Albany29.9 years
All 474 →Oldest
  1. Claresholm56.8 years
  2. Palliser53.6 years
  3. Nanton52.8 years
All 474 →Mildest winters
  1. Cardston-5°C (23°F)
  2. Cardston County-5°C (23°F)
  3. Crowsnest Pass-5°C (22°F)
All 474 →Coldest winters
  1. High Level-20°C (-4°F)
  2. La Crète-20°C (-4°F)
  3. Fort McMurray-17°C (1°F)
All 474 →Warmest summers
  1. Cypress County28°C (82°F)
  2. Redcliff28°C (82°F)
  3. Medicine Hat28°C (82°F)
All 474 →Coolest summers
  1. Slave Lake22°C (71°F)
  2. Opportunity No. 1722°C (71°F)
  3. Lesser Slave River No. 12422°C (71°F)
All 474 →Fewest frosts
  1. Crowsnest Pass172 frost days
  2. Pincher Creek172 frost days
  3. Pincher Creek No. 9172 frost days
All 474 →Least snow
  1. Forty Mile County No. 885 cm
  2. Cypress County85 cm
  3. Redcliff85 cm
All 470 →Snowiest
  1. Crowsnest Pass280 cm
  2. Pincher Creek No. 9280 cm
  3. Cardston257 cm
All 470 →Driest
  1. Newell County299 mm
  2. Brooks299 mm
  3. Forty Mile County No. 8331 mm
All 474 →Wettest
  1. Crowsnest Pass550 mm
  2. Pincher Creek550 mm
  3. Pincher Creek No. 9550 mm
All 474 →
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Photos: Okotoks, Xz1303 (CC BY-SA 3.0) · St. Albert, WinterE229 WinterforceMedia (CC0) · Strathcona County, Unknown author Unknown author (Public domain) · Airdrie, formulanone (CC BY-SA 2.0) · Altadore, jockrutherford from Owen Sound, ON (CC BY-SA 2.0) · Fort McMurray, jasonwoodhead23 (CC BY 2.0) · High Level, Carl Young (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Opportunity No. 17, Shogged (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Taber, dave_7 from Lethbridge, Canada (CC BY 2.0) · Forty Mile County No. 8, daisy leggett (CC BY 2.0) · Coalhurst, dave_7 from Lethbridge, Canada (CC BY 2.0) · Discovery Ridge, outofthought (CC BY-SA 3.0) · Black Diamond, Royalbroil (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Currie Barracks, Chris Woodrich (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Claresholm, Tiado (CC BY-SA 3.0) · Eau Claire, Thank you for visiting my page from Canada (CC BY 2.0) · Downtown West End, Iamjforlife (CC BY-SA 3.0) · Mission, Robert Thivierge ( User:Thivierr ) (CC BY-SA 3.0) · La Crète, Jacob Marfo (CC BY-SA 3.0) · Flagstaff County, Hero122 (CC BY 3.0) · Stettler, Joli Rumi (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Stettler County No. 6, 1brettsnyder (CC BY-SA 3.0) · Aspen Woods, Qyd (CC BY-SA 3.0) · Cochrane, Thank you for visiting my page from Canada (CC BY 2.0) · Crossfield, Quintin Soloviev (CC BY 4.0) · Jasper, Fil.Al (CC BY 2.0) · Foothills County, Kay Röllig (CC BY 3.0) · Fort Macleod, John Wiley User:Jw4nvc - Santa Barbara, California (CC BY 3.0) · Bonnie Doon, TagaSanPedroAko (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Nanton, Authentic Alberta (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Cardston, Unknown author Unknown author (Public domain) · Cardston County, Tiado (CC BY-SA 3.0) · Crowsnest Pass, Joseph Fred Spalding (Public domain) · Cypress County, Eric Friedebach (CC BY 3.0) · Redcliff, Voldeg and Bolton (Public domain) · Medicine Hat, Festbock (CC BY-SA 3.0) · Slave Lake, Glenlarson~commonswiki (Public domain) · Pincher Creek, Royalbroil (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Pincher Creek No. 9, Tiado (CC BY-SA 3.0) · Newell County, Brett Snyder ( 1brettsnyder at en.wikipedia ) (CC BY 1.0) · Brooks, Paul Jerry (CC BY 2.0), via Wikimedia Commons.

Sources: TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranking Canadian towns against each other only, run #73 of 10 November 2026. Under the Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).