The Regional Growth Study is a partnership between the County of Grande Prairie and the Towns of Beaverlodge, Sexsmith and Wembley under the Alberta Community Partnership (ACP) program.
The County of Grande Prairie Regional Growth Study (RGS) was commissioned in 2024 by four partner municipalities – the County of Grande Prairie No. 1 (the County), the Town of Beaverlodge, the Town of Sexsmith, and the Town of Wembley. The purpose of the RGS is to provide data to support informed decisions regarding long-term planning for land supply, infrastructure, economic development, and community amenities. In addition, the RGS prepares a foundation for an improved level of integrated municipal service delivery for the region by addressing a gap in regional growth information, allowing the partner municipalities to be more proactive in-service delivery.
The RGS will serve as a common resource for the partner municipalities to refer to when working collaboratively on initiatives such as intermunicipal planning, economic development, infrastructure planning, and joint service delivery. Ultimately, the RGS can inform future intermunicipal development plan (IDP) updates,1 detailed planning for future study areas within IDPs, future municipal development plan (MDP) updates, regional and municipal economic development strategies or plans, infrastructure master planning, future intermunicipal collaboration framework (ICF) updates, and more.
The horizon of the RGS was originally 50 years from 2024 to 2074. However, the timeframe was adjusted to 52 years from 2024 to 2076 for two reasons – to align with the scheduled completion of the RGS in 2025 and to align with the Statistics Canada cycle of a federal census every fifth year.
Review the full report here: Regional Growth Study 2024 - 2076 - Final Report November 2025