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Candidates per Council Seat: Parkland County, Spruce Grove and Stony Plain

3.14+0.14 from Oct 2021

Parkland County · Latest: Oct 2025

Latest data: Oct 2025

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Candidates for mayor and council divided by the seats up for election, each municipal general election since 2013, in Parkland County, Spruce Grove and Stony Plain. Parkland County's races have grown more crowded: 1.86 candidates a seat in 2013, 3.00 in 2021 and 3.14 in 2025, when 22 people ran for its 7 seats and none was acclaimed. Spruce Grove went from 1.57 to 2.14 in 2021 and back to 1.71 in 2025; Stony Plain from 1.43 to 2.29 in 2025. A figure of 1 would mean every seat was filled by acclamation.

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Municipal Election Turnout: Parkland County, Spruce Grove and Stony Plain vs Alberta

Share of eligible voters who voted in each municipal general election since 2013, the first year Alberta's election records carry voter counts, in Parkland County, the City of Spruce Grove and the Town of Stony Plain, beside the median Alberta municipality. In October 2025 Parkland County turned out 20.8%, Spruce Grove 18.6% and Stony Plain 19.6%, against an Alberta median of 31.4%; in 2021 the three were 29.4%, 28.9% and 30.8% against 35.0%. All three have sat below the province's middle municipality at every election since 2013. Eligible voters are each municipality's own count (Spruce Grove's 2013 figure is a round 22,000).

Governance · Parkland County, Spruce Grove and Stony PlainAd hoc

Parkland County's Six Divisions, 2025 Election: Eligible Voters and Votes for Councillor

Each of Parkland County's six electoral divisions in the October 2025 general election: the eligible voters the County reported, and the votes cast for councillor there (each division elects one). Division 2 had the most eligible voters (5,471) and division 6 the fewest (2,636), though division 6 is the largest by area at about 987 km² against 150 km² for division 3. Votes for councillor ran from 624 in division 6 to 1,248 in division 3. A voter who skipped the councillor race is not counted, so votes are a little below the number of people who voted.

Governance · Parkland CountyAd hoc

Municipal Debt per Person: Spruce Grove, Stony Plain and Parkland County

Each municipality's total debt divided by its population that year, for the City of Spruce Grove, the Town of Stony Plain and Parkland County, beside all Alberta municipalities combined (their total debt over their total population). The 2020 to 2022 workbooks carry no population schedule, so per-person figures skip those years. Calendar financial years from 2017, from each municipality's Financial Information Return as published by Alberta Municipal Affairs; a municipality that has not filed for a year is left out of it.

Governance · Spruce Grove, Stony Plain and Parkland CountyAnnual

Municipal Reserves per Person: Spruce Grove, Stony Plain and Parkland County

Each municipality's restricted surplus (the money it has set aside in reserves) divided by its population that year, for Spruce Grove, Stony Plain and Parkland County, beside all Alberta municipalities combined. Figures are as each municipality reported them: Spruce Grove's returns show a negative restricted surplus for 2018 to 2023. The 2020 to 2022 workbooks carry no population schedule, so per-person figures skip those years. Calendar financial years from 2017, from each municipality's Financial Information Return as published by Alberta Municipal Affairs; a municipality that has not filed for a year is left out of it.

Governance · Spruce Grove, Stony Plain and Parkland CountyAnnual

Share of the Legal Debt Limit in Use: Spruce Grove, Stony Plain and Parkland County

Total debt as a percentage of the debt limit the Municipal Government Act's debt limit regulation sets for each municipality as a multiple of its revenue, for Spruce Grove, Stony Plain and Parkland County, beside all Alberta municipalities combined. Calendar financial years from 2017, from each municipality's Financial Information Return as published by Alberta Municipal Affairs; a municipality that has not filed for a year is left out of it.

Governance · Spruce Grove, Stony Plain and Parkland CountyAnnual

Residential Municipal Tax Rate: Spruce Grove, Stony Plain and Parkland County

Each municipality's general residential tax rate in mills (dollars of municipal tax per $1,000 of assessed value), for the City of Spruce Grove, the Town of Stony Plain and Parkland County. In 2025 Spruce Grove charged 6.71 mills and Stony Plain 6.72, up from 5.57 and 5.82 in 2017; Parkland County charged 4.46, up from 3.79. A rate is not a tax bill: what a household pays also depends on its assessment, and the provincial education requisition is billed on top. Calendar years from 2017, from Alberta Municipal Affairs' tax rate data.

Governance · Spruce Grove, Stony Plain and Parkland CountyAnnual

Candidates per Council Seat: Parkland County, Spruce Grove and Stony Plain

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Share of the Legal Debt Limit in Use: Spruce Grove, Stony Plain and Parkland County

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Share of the Legal Debt Limit in Use: Spruce Grove, Stony Plain and Parkland County

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