Alberta’s Best Communities 2010
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Below you'll find the complete, alphabetically ordered list of respondents to our 2010 Best Communities for Business survey. Highlighted in bold type are the best overall community and nine runners-up that offered the optimal balance between low costs and high traffic, existing strengths and upside potential. Click on a name for a community's in-depth profile.
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| Community name | Population | Pop. growth, 2001–09 (%) |
Household income ($) |
Cost of serviced industrial land ($/acre) |
Largest Employer | ||
| Airdrie | 38,091 | 86.7 | 83,271 | 375,000 | Propak Systems Ltd. | ||
| Alberta's International Region | 56,589 | 52.0 | 72,350 | 185,000 | Edmonton International Airport | ||
| Brooks | 13,581 | 17.0 | 56,421 | 148,000 | XL Foods | ||
| Calgary | 1,065,455 | 17.0 | 79,084 | 734,000 | City of Calgary | ||
| Camrose | 16,543 | 9.6 | 52,000 | 115,000 | Pipe Manufacturing & Coating | ||
| Cochrane | 15,424 | 22.0 | 83,003 | n/a | Spray Lake Sawmills | ||
| Didsbury | 4,599 | 8.7 | 52,844 | 100,000 | Alberta Health Services | ||
| Drumheller | 7,932 | 1.9 | 70,062 | 75,000 | Corrections Canada | ||
| Edmonton | 752,412 | 13.0 | 83,460 | 560,000 | Government of Alberta | ||
| Fort Macleod | 3,140 | 2.7 | 46,232 | 35,000 | Hospital | ||
| Grande Prairie | 50,227 | 35.8 | 117,138 | 325,000 | Alberta Health Services | ||
| Hanna | 2,847 | -4.7 | 23,192 | n/a | Hanna Health Services | ||
| High River | 12,868 | 37.7 | 66,573 | 350,000 | Cargill Foods | ||
| Hinton | 9,825 | 4.5 | 82,069 | 250,000 | Teck Coal | ||
| Lethbridge | 85,492 | 17.6 | 52,122 | 184,500 | Alberta Health Services | ||
| Lloydminster | 26,502 | 26.3 | 68,724 | 200,000 | Husky Energy | ||
| MD of Rocky View | 34,597 | 11.3 | 137,000 | 400,000 | CrossIron Mills | ||
| Medicine Hat | 61,097 | 19.2 | 87,897 | 200,000 | Health Region | ||
| Mountain View County | 12,570 | 4.0 | 59,000 | 168,000 | Sundre Forest Products | ||
| Okotoks | 21,690 | 71.7 | 77,438 | 500,000 | Walmart Canada | ||
| Olds | 7,250 | 9.7 | 52,000 | 55,000 | Olds College | ||
| Parkland County | 30,089 | 10.6 | 81,904 | 300,000 | Parkland School Division | ||
| Peace River | 6,315 | 1.2 | 78,993 | 232,573 | DMI Mill | ||
| Pincher Creek | 3,712 | 46.0 | 55,629 | 150,000 | Shell Canada Waterton Complex | ||
| Red Deer | 89,891 | 32.0 | 92,836 | 450 | Olymel | ||
| Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo | 89,167 | 53.0 | 124,592 | 700,000 | Syncrude Canada | ||
| Slave Lake | 7,031 | 8.0 | 107,500 | 200,000 | Aspen Regional Healthcare Centre | ||
| Spruce Grove | 23,326 | 46.0 | 76,758 | 350,000 | Parkland School Division | ||
| St. Albert | 58,501 | 10.2 | 104,600 | 450,000 | City of St. Albert | ||
| Strathcona County | 87,998 | 22.0 | 114,033 | 550,000 | Elk Island Public Schools | ||
| Taber | 7,591 | -1.0 | 55,265 | 160,000 | n/a | ||
| Vegreville | 5,834 | 8.5 | 66,587 | n/a | St. Joseph's Hospital | ||
| Wainwright | 5,775 | 12.9 | 67,751 | 123,000 | Department of National Defence | ||
| Whitecourt | 9,202 | 10.5 | 87,813 | 175,000 | Millar Western Forest Products | ||
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