Annual average daily traffic, both directions, at five count sites on the north–south highways around Spruce Grove and Stony Plain, 1990 to 2025. Highway 60 north of Highway 16A, past Acheson, went from 4,760 vehicles a day in 1990 to 12,140 in 2025, and south of Highway 627 toward Devon from 7,280 to 15,080. Highway 627 east of Highway 779 went from 1,750 to 6,160, and Highway 779 north of Highway 16 from 1,750 to 7,780. Highway 779 south of Highway 16A, in Stony Plain, carried 14,340, against 11,820 in 1990. Each line is one site as Alberta Transportation and Economic Corridors names it; a year with no count is left out.
Municipalities · Spruce Grove, Stony Plain and Parkland CountyAnnual
Main way employed residents got to work, as a share of those with a usual place of work or no fixed workplace, in the 2021 Census. Close to nine in ten drive themselves: 87.7% in Spruce Grove, 88.5% in Stony Plain and 90.9% in Parkland County, against 81.6% across Alberta. Public transit carried 1.1% of Spruce Grove's commuters, 1.3% of Stony Plain's and 0.5% of Parkland County's, against 5.6% province-wide. Census week fell in May 2021, during the pandemic, so working from home was high and is not among these modes. From the long-form (25% sample) questionnaire.
Community · Spruce Grove, Stony Plain and Parkland CountyAd hoc
Number of new incorporations registered each year with a registered address in the City of Spruce Grove, the Town of Stony Plain and Parkland County, from Service Alberta's corporate registry as published on the Alberta Regional Dashboard, 2000 to 2025. Spruce Grove registered 292 in 2025, up from 102 in 2000; Stony Plain 178, up from 94; Parkland County 243, up from 97, its highest year. A new incorporation is not the same as a new operating business: it counts companies registered, including holding companies and ones that never trade, by the address they gave.
Economy · Spruce Grove, Stony Plain and Parkland CountyAnnual
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
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
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
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