A locality, in general, is a place that is settled by humans. In the Canadian province of Alberta, a locality is an unincorporated place, community, or area with a limited or scattered population, with boundaries that "are often undefined".^[1] Localities cover a diversity of items, including: industrial areas, such as Acheson; residential acreage developments, such as McDermott; trailer parks, such as Branch Inn Trailer Court in Yellowhead County; mixed-use roadside stops, such as Beach Corner; residential neighbourhoods in large cities that are considered part of a historic or planning area, such as Mount Royal; long ago settlements that have devolved back into farmland, such as Connor Creek; and others.

Alberta had 864 localities within its Geographical Names System (GNS) in October 2020.^[2] Excluding municipalities, hamlets, and airports, Statistics Canada recognized 2,342 localities in Alberta in its 2006 Census of Population,^[3] of which 830 are also in Alberta's GNS. Between the two authorities there are 2,372 localities in Alberta.

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