List of census metropolitan areas and agglomerations in Canada
The table below lists the census metropolitan areas and agglomerations in Canada by population, using data from the Canada 2011 Census.[1] Each entry is identified as a census metropolitan area (CMA) or a census agglomeration (CA) as defined by Statistics Canada. Any other census subdivision that comprises at least 10 per cent of the CMA or CA population is listed in parentheses.[2]
Note that a city's metropolitan area in colloquial or administrative terms may be different than its CMA as defined by Statistics Canada, resulting in differing populations. Such is the case with the Greater Toronto Area and the National Capital Region where their metro populations are notably higher than their respective CMA populations.
Statistics Canada listed 147 CMAs and CAs in its 2011 census data.
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Rank (2011) |
Rank (2006) |
Geographic name | Province | Type | Population (2011) |
Population (2006) |
Change |
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1 | 1 | Toronto (Mississauga) | Ontario | CMA | 5,583,064 | 5,113,149 | 9.2 |
2 | 2 | Montreal (Laval) | Quebec | CMA | 3,824,221 | 3,635,556 | 5.2 |
3 | 3 | Vancouver (Surrey) | British Columbia | CMA | 2,313,328 | 2,116,581 | 9.3 |
4 | 4 | Ottawa - Gatineau | Ontario/Quebec | CMA | 1,236,324 | 1,133,633 | 9.1 |
5 | 5 | Calgary | Alberta | CMA | 1,214,839 | 1,079,310 | 12.6 |
6 | 6 | Edmonton | Alberta | CMA | 1,159,869 | 1,034,945 | 12.1 |
7 | 7 | Quebec (Lévis) | Quebec | CMA | 765,706 | 719,153 | 6.5 |
8 | 8 | Winnipeg | Manitoba | CMA | 730,018 | 694,668 | 5.1 |
9 | 9 | Hamilton (Burlington) | Ontario | CMA | 721,053 | 692,911 | 4.1 |
10 | 11 | Kitchener–Cambridge–Waterloo | Ontario | CMA | 477,160 | 451,235 | 5.7 |
11 | 10 | London | Ontario | CMA | 474,786 | 457,720 | 3.7 |
12 | 12 | St. Catharines–Niagara (Niagara Falls, Welland) | Ontario | CMA | 392,184 | 390,317 | 0.5 |
13 | 13 | Halifax | Nova Scotia | CMA | 390,328 | 372,858 | 4.7 |
14 | 14 | Oshawa (Whitby, Clarington) | Ontario | CMA | 356,177 | 330,594 | 7.7 |
15 | 15 | Victoria (Saanich) | British Columbia | CMA | 344,615 | 330,088 | 4.4 |
16 | 16 | Windsor (Lakeshore) | Ontario | CMA | 319,246 | 323,342 | -1.3 |
17 | 17 | Saskatoon | Saskatchewan | CMA | 260,600 | 233,923 | 11.4 |
18 | 18 | Regina | Saskatchewan | CMA | 210,556 | 194,971 | 8 |
19 | 19 | Sherbrooke (Magog) | Quebec | CMA | 201,890 | 191,410 | 5.5 |
20 | 20 | St. John's (Mount Pearl, Conception Bay South) | Newfoundland and Labrador | CMA | 196,966 | 181,113 | 8.8 |
21 | 21 | Barrie (Innisfil) | Ontario | CMA | 187,013 | 177,061 | 5.6 |
22 | 22 | Kelowna (West Kelowna) | British Columbia | CMA | 179,839 | 162,276 | 10.8 |
23 | 23 | Abbotsford–Mission | British Columbia | CMA | 170,191 | 159,020 | 7 |
24 | 24 | Greater Sudbury | Ontario | CMA | 160,770 | 158,258 | 1.6 |
25 | 26 | Kingston (South Frontenac, Loyalist) | Ontario | CMA | 159,561 | 152,358 | 4.7 |
26 | 25 | Saguenay | Quebec | CMA | 157,790 | 156,305 | 1 |
27 | 27 | Trois-Rivières | Quebec | CMA | 151,773 | 144,713 | 4.9 |
28 | 28 | Guelph | Ontario | CMA | 141,097 | 133,698 | 5.5 |
29 | 29 | Moncton (Dieppe, Riverview) | New Brunswick | CMA | 138,644 | 126,424 | 9.7 |
30 | 30 | Brantford (Brant) | Ontario | CMA | 135,501 | 124,607 | 8.7 |
31 | 32 | Saint John (Quispamsis) | New Brunswick | CMA | 127,761 | 122,389 | 4.4 |
32 | 31 | Thunder Bay | Ontario | CMA | 121,596 | 122,907 | -1.1 |
33 | 33 | Peterborough (Smith-Ennismore-Lakefield) | Ontario | CMA | 118,975 | 116,570 | 2.1 |
34 | 36 | Lethbridge | Alberta | CA | 105,999 | 95,196 | 11.3 |
35 | 34 | Chatham-Kent | Ontario | CA | 104,075 | 108,589 | -4.2 |
36 | 35 | Cape Breton | Nova Scotia | CA | 101,619 | 105,928 | -4.1 |
37 | 37 | Kamloops | British Columbia | CA | 98,754 | 92,797 | 6.4 |
38 | 38 | Nanaimo | British Columbia | CA | 98,021 | 92,361 | 6.1 |
39 | 42 | Fredericton | New Brunswick | CA | 94,268 | 86,226 | 9.3 |
40 | 39 | Belleville (Quinte West) | Ontario | CA | 92,540 | 91,518 | 1.1 |
41 | 41 | Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu | Quebec | CA | 92,394 | 87,492 | 5.6 |
42 | 46 | Chilliwack | British Columbia | CA | 92,308 | 82,465 | 11.9 |
43 | 44 | Red Deer | Alberta | CA | 90,564 | 83,154 | 8.9 |
44 | 40 | Sarnia (St. Clair) | Ontario | CA | 89,555 | 88,793 | 0.9 |
45 | 45 | Drummondville | Quebec | CA | 88,480 | 82,949 | 6.7 |
46 | 43 | Prince George | British Columbia | CA | 84,232 | 83,225 | 1.2 |
47 | 47 | Sault Ste. Marie | Ontario | CA | 79,800 | 80,098 | -0.4 |
48 | 49 | Granby | Quebec | CA | 77,077 | 71,176 | 8.3 |
49 | 48 | Kawartha Lakes | Ontario | CA | 73,214 | 74,561 | -1.8 |
50 | 50 | Medicine Hat | Alberta | CA | 72,807 | 68,822 | 5.8 |
51 | 58 | Wood Buffalo | Alberta | CA | 66,896 | 52,643 | 27.1 |
52 | 53 | Charlottetown (Stratford) | Prince Edward Island | CA | 64,487 | 59,325 | 8.7 |
53 | 51 | North Bay | Ontario | CA | 64,043 | 63,424 | 1 |
54 | 52 | Norfolk | Ontario | CA | 63,175 | 62,563 | 1 |
55 | 54 | Cornwall (South Stormont) | Ontario | CA | 58,957 | 58,485 | 0.8 |
56 | 56 | Vernon (Coldstream) | British Columbia | CA | 58,584 | 55,418 | 5.7 |
57 | 57 | Saint-Hyacinthe | Quebec | CA | 56,794 | 54,976 | 3.3 |
58 | 59 | Courtenay (Comox, Comox Valley A & B) | British Columbia | CA | 55,213 | 51,383 | 7.5 |
59 | 63 | Grande Prairie | Alberta | CA | 55,032 | 47,107 | 16.8 |
60 | 55 | Shawinigan | Quebec | CA | 55,009 | 56,408 | -2.5 |
61 | 62 | Brandon | Manitoba | CA | 53,229 | 48,256 | 10.3 |
62 | 61 | Rimouski | Quebec | CA | 50,912 | 48,918 | 4.1 |
63 | 60 | Leamington (Kingsville) | Ontario | CA | 49,765 | 49,741 | 0 |
64 | 64 | Sorel-Tracy (Contrecœur) | Quebec | CA | 47,772 | 46,595 | 2.5 |
65 | 66 | Joliette (Notre-Dame-des-Prairies, Saint-Charles-Borromée, Saint-Paul) | Quebec | CA | 46,932 | 43,306 | 8.4 |
66 | 67 | Victoriaville | Quebec | CA | 46,354 | 43,195 | 7.3 |
67 | 65 | Truro (Colchester, Subd. B & C) | Nova Scotia | CA | 45,888 | 45,077 | 1.8 |
68 | 69 | Duncan (North Cowichan) | British Columbia | CA | 43,252 | 41,387 | 4.5 |
69 | 68 | Timmins | Ontario | CA | 43,165 | 42,997 | 0.4 |
70 | 71 | Prince Albert | Saskatchewan | CA | 42,673 | 40,766 | 4.7 |
71 | 70 | Penticton (Okanagan-Similkameen D) | British Columbia | CA | 42,361 | 41,303 | 2.6 |
72 | 72 | Rouyn-Noranda | Quebec | CA | 41,798 | 40,650 | 2.8 |
73 | 73 | Orillia (Ramara) | Ontario | CA | 40,731 | 40,532 | 0.5 |
74 | 74 | Salaberry-de-Valleyfield | Quebec | CA | 40,077 | 39,672 | 1 |
75 | 75 | Brockville (Elizabethtown-Kitley, Augusta) | Ontario | CA | 39,024 | 39,668 | -1.6 |
76 | 77 | Woodstock | Ontario | CA | 37,754 | 35,822 | 5.4 |
77 | 79 | Campbell River (Strathcona D) | British Columbia | CA | 36,096 | 34,707 | 4 |
78 | 76 | New Glasgow (Pictou, Subd. C & B, Stellarton, Westville) | Nova Scotia | CA | 35,809 | 36,288 | -1.3 |
79 | 78 | Midland (Tay, Penetanguishene) | Ontario | CA | 35,419 | 35,432 | 0 |
80 | 82 | Saint-Georges | Quebec | CA | 34,642 | 32,902 | 5.3 |
81 | 81 | Moose Jaw | Saskatchewan | CA | 34,421 | 33,360 | 3.2 |
82 | 80 | Bathurst (Bathurst Parish, Beresford Parish, Beresford) | New Brunswick | CA | 33,484 | 34,106 | -1.8 |
83 | 83 | Val-d'Or | Quebec | CA | 33,265 | 32,288 | 3 |
84 | 85 | Alma | Quebec | CA | 33,018 | 31,864 | 3.6 |
85 | 84 | Owen Sound (Georgian Bluffs) | Ontario | CA | 32,092 | 32,259 | -0.5 |
86 | 86 | Stratford | Ontario | CA | 30,886 | 30,516 | 1.2 |
87 | 92 | Lloydminster | Alberta/Saskatchewan | CA | 30,798 | 27,023 | 14 |
88 | 87 | Baie-Comeau | Quebec | CA | 28,789 | 29,674 | -3 |
89 | 90 | Sept-Îles | Quebec | CA | 28,487 | 27,827 | 2.4 |
90 | 88 | Miramichi (North Esk) | New Brunswick | CA | 28,115 | 28,773 | -2.3 |
91 | 89 | Thetford Mines | Quebec | CA | 27,968 | 28,110 | -0.5 |
92 | 93 | Parksville (Qualicum Beach, Nanaimo G) | British Columbia | CA | 27,822 | 26,518 | 4.9 |
93 | 94 | Rivière-du-Loup (Saint-Antonin) | Quebec | CA | 27,734 | 26,423 | 5 |
94 | 91 | Corner Brook | Newfoundland and Labrador | CA | 27,202 | 27,194 | 0 |
95 | 95 | Centre Wellington | Ontario | CA | 26,693 | 26,049 | 2.5 |
96 | 98 | Fort St. John (Peace River C) | British Columbia | CA | 26,380 | 25,136 | 4.9 |
97 | 96 | Kentville (Kings, Subd. B & C) | Nova Scotia | CA | 26,359 | 25,969 | 1.5 |
98 | 101 | Whitehorse | Yukon | CA | 26,028 | 22,898 | 13.7 |
99 | 97 | Port Alberni (Alberni-Clayoquot E) | British Columbia | CA | 25,465 | 25,343 | 0.5 |
100 | 99 | Cranbrook (East Kootenay C) | British Columbia | CA | 25,037 | 24,138 | 3.7 |
101 | 114 | Okotoks | Alberta | CA | 24,511 | 17,150 | 42.9 |
102 | 100 | Pembroke (Laurentian Valley) | Ontario | CA | 24,017 | 23,195 | 3.5 |
103 | 103 | Brooks (Newell County) | Alberta | CA | 23,430 | 22,452 | 4.4 |
104 | 104 | Quesnel (Cariboo A & B) | British Columbia | CA | 22,096 | 21,049 | 5 |
105 | 102 | Edmundston | New Brunswick | CA | 21,903 | 22,471 | -2.5 |
106 | 112 | Collingwood | Ontario | CA | 19,241 | 17,290 | 11.3 |
107 | 107 | Yellowknife | Northwest Territories | CA | 19,234 | 18,700 | 2.9 |
108 | 109 | North Battleford (Battleford) | Saskatchewan | CA | 19,216 | 18,081 | 6.3 |
109 | 108 | Cobourg | Ontario | CA | 18,519 | 18,210 | 1.7 |
110 | 105 | Williams Lake (Cariboo D & E) | British Columbia | CA | 18,490 | 18,760 | -1.4 |
111 | 106 | Matane | Quebec | CA | 18,368 | 18,709 | -1.8 |
112 | 111 | Yorkton (Orkney No. 244) | Saskatchewan | CA | 18,238 | 17,438 | 4.6 |
113 | 110 | Campbellton, New Brunswick (Addington, Dalhousie, Listuguj) | New Brunswick | CA | 17,842 | 17,878 | -0.2 |
114 | 119 | Salmon Arm | British Columbia | CA | 17,683 | 16,205 | 9.1 |
115 | 116 | Swift Current (Swift Current No. 137) | Saskatchewan | CA | 17,535 | 16,533 | 6.1 |
116 | 123 | Squamish | British Columbia | CA | 17,479 | 15,256 | 14.6 |
117 | 121 | Camrose | Alberta | CA | 17,286 | 15,630 | 10.6 |
118 | 113 | Amos | Quebec | CA | 17,090 | 17,176 | -0.5 |
119 | 115 | Powell River (Powell River C) | British Columbia | CA | 16,689 | 16,537 | 0.9 |
120 | 120 | Summerside | Prince Edward Island | CA | 16,488 | 16,153 | 2.1 |
121 | 117 | Port Hope | Ontario | CA | 16,214 | 16,390 | -1.1 |
122 | 118 | Dolbeau-Mistassini | Quebec | CA | 16,019 | 16,257 | -1.5 |
123 | 126 | Petawawa | Ontario | CA | 15,988 | 14,651 | 9.1 |
124 | 122 | Terrace (Kitimat-Stikine E) | British Columbia | CA | 15,569 | 15,420 | 1 |
125 | 124 | Kenora | Ontario | CA | 15,348 | 15,177 | 1.1 |
126 | 125 | Tillsonburg | Ontario | CA | 15,301 | 14,822 | 3.2 |
127 | 135 | Cold Lake | Alberta | CA | 13,839 | 11,991 | 15.4 |
128 | 128 | Grand Falls-Windsor | Newfoundland and Labrador | CA | 13,725 | 13,558 | 1.2 |
129 | 127 | Temiskaming Shores | Ontario | CA | 13,566 | 13,654 | -0.6 |
130 | 141 | Steinbach | Manitoba | CA | 13,524 | 11,066 | 22.2 |
131 | 130 | Prince Rupert | British Columbia | CA | 13,052 | 13,392 | -2.5 |
132 | 131 | Portage la Prairie | Manitoba | CA | 12,996 | 12,728 | 2.1 |
133 | 136 | Estevan | Saskatchewan | CA | 12,973 | 11,883 | 9.2 |
134 | 144 | High River | Alberta | CA | 12,920 | 10,716 | 20.6 |
135 | 129 | Thompson | Manitoba | CA | 12,839 | 13,446 | -4.5 |
136 | 145 | Sylvan Lake | Alberta | CA | 12,762 | 10,703 | 19.2 |
137 | 137 | Lachute | Quebec | CA | 12,551 | 11,832 | 6.1 |
138 | 139 | Wetaskiwin | Alberta | CA | 12,525 | 11,689 | 7.2 |
139 | 133 | Cowansville | Quebec | CA | 12,489 | 12,182 | 2.5 |
140 | 147 | Strathmore | Alberta | CA | 12,305 | 10,280 | 19.7 |
141 | 134 | Canmore | Alberta | CA | 12,288 | 12,039 | 2.1 |
142 | 138 | Ingersoll | Ontario | CA | 12,146 | 11,760 | 3.3 |
143 | 132 | Hawkesbury (Grenville) | Ontario/Quebec | CA | 12,128 | 12,267 | -1.1 |
144 | 143 | Lacombe | Alberta | CA | 11,707 | 10,752 | 8.9 |
145 | 142 | Dawson Creek | British Columbia | CA | 11,583 | 10,994 | 5.4 |
146 | 140 | Elliot Lake | Ontario | CA | 11,348 | 11,549 | -1.7 |
147 | 146 | Bay Roberts (Spaniard's Bay, Upper Island Cove) | Newfoundland and Labrador | CA | 10,871 | 10,507 | 3.5 |
See also
- List of Canadian census agglomerations by province or territory
- List of census agglomerations in Canada
- List of the 100 largest municipalities in Canada by population
- List of the 100 largest urban areas in Canada by population
- Population of Canada by year
References
- ^ "Population and dwelling counts, for census metropolitan areas and census agglomerations, 2011 and 2006 censuses (table). 2011 Census.". Statistics Canada. http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2011/dp-pd/hlt-fst/pd-pl/Table-Tableau.cfm?LANG=Eng&T=201&S=3&O=D&RPP=150. Retrieved February 8, 2012.
- ^ "Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, census metropolitan areas, census agglomerations and census subdivisions (municipalities), 2011 and 2006 censuses. 2011 Census.". Statistics Canada. January 15, 2012. http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2011/dp-pd/hlt-fst/pd-pl/Select-Geo-Choix.cfm?LANG=Eng&T=203&GK=CMA. Retrieved February 8, 2012.
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