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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