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A town is an urban municipality status type used in the Canadian Province of Alberta. Alberta towns are created when communities with populations of at least 1,000 people, where a majority of their buildings are on parcels of land smaller than 1,850 m², apply to Alberta Municipal Affairs for town status under the authority of the ''Municipal Government Act''.〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher=Alberta Queen's Printer )〕 Applications for town status are approved via orders in council made by the Lieutenant Governor in Council under recommendation from the Minister of Municipal Affairs.〔 Alberta has 107 towns that had a cumulative population of 437,006 and an average population of 4,084 in the 2011 Census. Alberta's largest and smallest towns are Okotoks and Granum with populations of 24,511 and 447 respectively.〔 When a town's population exceeds 10,000 people, the council may request a change to city status, but the change in incorporated status is not mandatory.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Types of Municipalities in Alberta )〕 Towns with populations less than 1,000, whether their populations have declined below 1,000 or they were incorporated as towns prior to the minimum 1,000 population requirement, are permitted to retain town status. 709 elected town officials (107 mayors and 602 councillors) provide town governance throughout the province.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Municipal Profiles (Towns) )〕 The highest frequency of towns in Alberta is found in the Queen Elizabeth II Highway/Highway 2A corridor between Calgary and Edmonton corridor including, from south to north, Crossfield, Carstairs, Didsbury, Olds, Bowden, Innisfail, Penhold, Blackfalds, Ponoka and Millet. == Administration == Pursuant to Part 5, Division 1 of the ''Municipal Government Act (MGA)'', each municipality created under the authority of the MGA is governed by a council. As a requirement of the MGA, a town council consists of an odd number of councillors, one of which is the town's chief elected official (CEO) or mayor. A town council consists of seven councillors by default, but it can consist of a higher or lower odd number if council passes a bylaw altering its size (so long as it does not consist of fewer than three councillors).〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher=Alberta Queen's Printer )〕 For the 2013-2017 term, 88 towns have a council of seven, and 20 have a council of five.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Municipal Officials Search )〕 Town councils are governed by a mayor and an even number of councillors that are elected by popular vote, resulting in a total odd number of members to avoid tie votes on council matters.〔 All council members are elected under the provisions of the ''Local Authorities Election Act (LAEA)''.〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher=Alberta Queen's Printer )〕 Mayoral or councillor candidates are required to be residents of their municipality for a minimum of six consecutive months prior to nomination day. The last municipal election was October 21, 2013. Alberta Municipal Affairs, a ministry of the Cabinet of Alberta, is charged with coordination of all levels of local government. Administrative duties of towns include public safety, local transit, roads, water service, drainage and waste collection, as well as coordination of infrastructure with provincial and regional authorities (including road construction, education, and health). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「List of towns in Alberta」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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