The Master Surname Index (not online) (mostly burials in Alberta cemeteries) of the Alberta Genealogical Society lists some 180 Gagne, 3 Pivin, 70 Pare, 50 Dragon, 40 Lapierre names and data.

For further research please contact the AGS Research Services Committee of the Edmonton Branch,
http://www.compusmart.ab.ca/abgensoc

The Edmonton Branch
http://agsedm.edmonton.ab.ca

You can find Local History Books at these next three sites.
http://www.rootsweb.com/~canab/index.html

Local Alberta History Book Collection.
and go to the bottom of this - “Search For Keyword” and type in the surname.
http://www.ourfutureourpast.ca/loc_hist/

Also Local History Books.
go to the bottom - “Search Full Text” and type in the surname.
http://www.ourroots.ca/e/search.asp

Alberta Vital Statistics
http://www3.gov.ab.ca/gs/services/vpe/index.cfm
You can order death papers, however when ordering this you are given 2 options - the Certificate,
or a "Certified Photographic Print of the Registration of Death" which usually gives more information than that fancy Certificate.

Canada National Archives for homesteads (Western Land Grants)
http://www.archives.ca/02/0201_e.html

Peter
for the AGS