A municipal census in St. Albert is officially underway as of May 6.
Residents should have received or will soon receive, a secure access code in the mail, which is needed for households to complete the census survey online.
For those unable to complete the census online, enumerators will begin going door-to-door to complete the survey in-person starting May 27.
“I encourage all St. Albert residents to count themselves in and complete their 2024 census,” Mayor Cathy Heron said in a news release.
“Your responses help shape the future of St. Albert by ensuring we have an accurate population count to plan projects, programs and services as well as receive grants for our growing community.”
Efforts to collect census responses will cease on June 27, after which city staff will compile the data and publish a report later this year.
“Every response counts as the city relies on current census data for planning new community programs and services or enhancing existing ones including transportation, schools, utilities, emergency services and recreational facilities,” the city said in the same news release. “Provincial and federal grants are also based on population count, which means the more people the City identifies through the census, the more dollars the City can receive in grants from other orders of government.”
“If a person does not have a fixed address, but lives in St. Albert, they are encouraged to take part by completing their census at the St. Albert Community Village and Food Bank, (#30-50 Bellerose Drive) or at the St. Albert Public Library.”
This is the first municipal census the city has done since 2018.
