The Town also takes into consideration the remaining developable land within the current boundary:
It is estimated that there is capacity within the current Town boundary for a total population of 3427 (an increase of 725 people from the 2016 population)
There are approximately 11.5 acres of vacant commercial land, and 6 acres of industrial land
As a part of the Calgary region, the Town has experienced steady growth, although more modest than the growth of communities closer to the city. The Joint Growth Strategy prepared low and high estimates of population growth (for more detail on the population projection
The low growth projection assumed the recent rate of growth of 2.5% would continue for near future, then gradually decline to 2.0% by 2056