Mormon members belong to stakes, districts, and branches in a temple district, like the Cardston Alberta Temple Temple District, which grows as members join the Church

Cardston Alberta Temple

Temple District Chronological

Congregations are organized into stakes, districts, and branches, which belong to a temple district. Following are the stakes belonging to the Cardston Alberta Temple District listed in order of creation.
The Cardston Alberta Temple serves members from 20 stakes based in the B.C. Rockies, the Calgary Region, Northern Montana, and Southern Alberta:

Cardston Alberta StakeJune 9, 1895
Raymond Alberta StakeAugust 30, 1903
Calgary Alberta StakeNovember 10, 1921
Cardston Alberta TempleDedicated August 26, 1923
Lethbridge Alberta StakeOctober 28, 1951
Great Falls Montana StakeJune 16, 1957
Taber Alberta StakeSeptember 11, 1960
Calgary Alberta North StakeApril 17, 1966
Kalispell Montana StakeNovember 20, 1970
Lethbridge Alberta East StakeNovember 24, 1974
Great Falls Montana East StakeNovember 5, 1978
Cranbrook British Columbia StakeJanuary 14, 1979
Calgary Alberta West StakeMay 27, 1979
Calgary Alberta South StakeFebruary 3, 1980
Magrath Alberta StakeOctober 26, 1980
Cardston Alberta West StakeNovember 13, 1983
Fort Macleod Alberta StakeSeptember 29, 1985
Calgary Alberta East StakeFebruary 14, 1993
Medicine Hat Alberta StakeNovember 20, 1994
Lethbridge Alberta West StakeOctober 26, 1997
Calgary Alberta Foothills StakeDecember 5, 1999