 At least 12 communities incorporated as a new town between 1956 and 1967.Cynthia and Drayton Valley were the first communities in Alberta to incorporate as new towns on June 1, 1956.Drayton Valley did so after only six months of incorporation as a village, and was also the community that operated under new town status for the shortest period – eight months from June 1, 1956 to February 1, 1957.