The municipality of Stadskanaal also includes the following towns, villages and townships: Alteveer, Barlage, Blekslage, Braamberg, Ceresdorp, Höchte, Holte, Horsten, Kopstukken, Mussel, Musselkanaal, Onstwedde, Oomsberg, Smeerling, Sterenborg, Ter Maarsch, Ter Wupping, Veenhuizen, Vledderhuizen, Vledderveen, Vosseberg, Wessinghuizen.