List of francophone communities in Alberta

This is a list of francophone communities in Alberta. Municipalities with a high percentage of French-speakers in the Canadian province of Alberta are listed.

The provincial average of Albertans whose mother tongue is French is 1.5%, with a total of 64,855 people in Alberta who identify French as their mother tongue in 2021. While several communities in these have sizeable French minorities, no municipalities have francophone majorities.

The majority of Franco-Albertans resides within the province's two largest cities: Edmonton, and Calgary.

Municipality Type County, district, or regional municipality Total population[1] Percentage of population whose mother tongue is French[1]
Athabasca County Rural municipality Northern Alberta 6,959 2%
Banff Town Alberta's Rockies 8,305 8%
Beaumont City Edmonton Metropolitan Region 20,888 4%
Big Lakes Rural Municipality Northern Alberta 4,986 3%
Bighorn Rural Municipality Calgary Metropolitan Region 1,598 6%
Birch Hills Rural Municipality Northern Alberta 1,516 6%
Bon Accord Town Edmonton Metropolitan Region 1,461 3%
Bonnyville Rural Municipality Northern Alberta 12,897 5%
Bonnyville Town Northern Alberta 6,404 5%
Canmore Town Alberta's Rockies 15,990 5%
Cochrane Town Calgary Metropolitan Region 32,199 2%
Cold Lake City Northern Alberta 15,661 5%
Elk Point Town Northern Alberta 1,399 2%
Falher Town Northern Alberta 1,001 42%
Gibbons Town Edmonton Metropolitan Region 3,218 3%
Grande Prairie City Northern Alberta 64,141 2%
Grimshaw Town Northern Alberta 2,601 2%
High Prairie Town Northern Alberta 2,380 2%
Hinton Town Upper Athabasca 9,817 3%
Jasper Specialized municipality Alberta's Rockies 4,738 6%
Lac La Biche Specialized municipality Northern Alberta 7,673 6%
Legal Town Edmonton Metropolitan Region 1,232 11%
Morinville Town Edmonton Metropolitan Region 10,385 4%
Northern Sunrise Rural Municipality Northern Alberta 1,711 15%
Peace Rural Municipality Northern Alberta 1,581 3%
Peace River Town Northern Alberta 6,619 4%
Smoky River Rural Municipality Northern Alberta 1,684 36%
St. Albert City Edmonton Metropolitan Region 68,232 3%
St. Paul Town Northern Alberta 5,863 9%
St. Paul County Rural Municipality Northern Alberta 6,306 10%
Stony Plain Town Edmonton Metropolitan Region 17,993 2%
Sturgeon Rural Municipality Edmonton Metropolitan Region 20,061 3%
Valleyview Town Northern Alberta 1,673 2%
Wainwright Rural Municipality Central Alberta 4,276 3%
Wainwright Town Central Alberta 6,606 2%
Westlock County Rural Municipality Central Alberta 7,186 3%

A number of small municipalities also have high francophone populations. Small francophone-minority municipalities include: Alliance (6%), Bashaw (2%), Birchcliff (2%), Bondiss (8%), Bonnyville Beach (7%), Carbon (2%), Chipman (2%), Cremona (2%), Czar (2%), Donnelly (27%), Forestburg (3%), Girouxville (34%), Glendon (3%), Hay Lakes (2%), Holden (3%), Horseshoe Bay (13%), Hughenden (2%), Innisfree (3%), Island Lake (6%), Jarvis Bay (2%), Ma-Me-O Beach (3%), Mannville (2%), McLennan (12%), Mewatha Beach (5%), Morrin (2%), Munson (3%), Myrnam (2%), Nampa (4%), Parkland Beach (6%), Pelican Narrows (13%), Seba Beach (2%), Silver Sands (2%), South View (7%), Sunbreaker Cove (7%), Sundance Beach (11%), Sunrise Beach (7%), Waskatenau (2%), Whispering Hills (4%) and White Sands (3%).

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  1. ^ a b "2021 Census Profile". 29 March 2023.