List of the 100 largest municipalities in Canada by population

The table below lists the 100 largest municipalities in Canada by population, using data from the Canada 2011 census for census subdivisions.^[1]

This list includes only the population within a municipality's boundaries as defined at the time of the census. Many municipalities are part of a larger census metropolitan area or census agglomeration. For their ranking, see the list of the 100 largest metropolitan areas in Canada.

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Rank	Municipality	Province	Type	Land area (km2, 2011)	Population 2011	Population 2006	Population 2001	Population 1996	Change 2006–2011	Change 1996-2011
1	Toronto	Ontario	city	630.21	2,615,060	2,503,281	2,481,494	2,385,421	4.5	9.6
2	Montreal	Quebec	ville	365.13	1,649,519	1,620,693	1,583,590	1,547,030	1.8	6.6
3	Calgary	Alberta	city	825.29	1,096,833	988,193	879,003	768,082	10.9	42.7
4	Ottawa	Ontario	city	2,790.22	883,391	812,129	774,072	721,136	8.8	22.5
5	Edmonton	Alberta	city	684.37	812,201	730,372	666,104	616,306	11.2	31.8
6	Mississauga	Ontario	city	292.40	713,443	668,549	612,000	544,382	6.7	31.1
7	Winnipeg	Manitoba	city	464.08	663,617	633,451	619,544	618,477	4.8	7.3
8	Vancouver	British Columbia	city	114.97	603,502	578,041	545,671	514,008	4.4	17.3
9	Brampton	Ontario	city	266.34	523,911	433,806	325,428	268,251	20.8	95.1
10	Hamilton	Ontario	city	1117.23	519,949	504,559	490,268	467,799	3.1	11.1
11	Quebec City	Quebec	ville	454.10	516,622	491,142	476,330	467,728	5.2	10.5
12	Surrey	British Columbia	city	316.41	468,251	394,976	347,820	304,477	18.6	53.9
13	Laval	Quebec	ville	247.09	401,553	368,709	343,005	330,393	8.9	21.5
14	Halifax	Nova Scotia	regional municipality	5,490.28	390,096	372,679	359,111	342,851	4.7	14.1
15	London	Ontario	city	420.57	366,151	352,395	336,539	325,669	3.9	12.6
16	Markham	Ontario	town	212.58	301,709	261,573	208,615	173,383	15.3	74.0
17	Vaughan	Ontario	city	273.52	288,301	238,866	182,022	132,549	20.7	118.2
18	Gatineau	Quebec	ville	342.98	265,349	242,124	226,696	217,591	9.6	22.1
19	Longueuil	Quebec	ville	115.59	231,409	229,330	225,761	225,722	0.9	2.7
20	Burnaby	British Columbia	city	90.61	223,218	202,799	193,954	179,209	10.1	24.6
21	Saskatoon	Saskatchewan	city	209.56	222,189	202,340	196,861	193,653	9.8	15.0
22	Kitchener	Ontario	city	136.79	219,153	204,668	190,399	178,420	7.1	22.3
23	Windsor	Ontario	city	146.32	210,891	216,473	209,218	197,694	−2.6	6.6
24	Regina	Saskatchewan	city	145.45	193,100	179,246	178,225	180,404	7.7	7.2
25	Richmond	British Columbia	city	129.27	190,473	174,461	164,345	148,867	9.2	28.4
26	Richmond Hill	Ontario	town	100.95	185,541	162,704	132,030	101,725	14.0	83.1
27	Oakville	Ontario	town	138.88	182,520	165,613	144,738	128,405	10.2	42.2
28	Burlington	Ontario	city	185.66	175,779	164,415	150,836	136,976	6.9	28.7
29	Greater Sudbury	Ontario	city	3,227.38	160,274	157,857	155,219	165,336	1.5	−3.2
30	Sherbrooke	Quebec	ville	353.49	154,601	147,427	138,785	136,883	4.9	13.2
31	Oshawa	Ontario	city	145.68	149,607	141,590	139,051	134,464	5.7	11.1
32	Saguenay	Quebec	ville	1,126.48	144,746	143,692	147,133	152,811	0.7	−5.2
33	Lévis	Quebec	ville	449.31	138,769	130,006	121,999	103,750	6.7	33.9
34	Barrie	Ontario	city	77.39	135,711	128,430	103,710	79,191	5.7	70.9
35	Abbotsford	British Columbia	city	375.55	133,497	123,864	115,494	105,403	7.4	26.7
36	St. Catharines	Ontario	city	96.11	131,400	131,989	129,170	130,926	−0.4	0.4
37	Trois-Rivières	Quebec	ville	288.90	131,338	126,323	122,395	124,417	4.0	5.6
38	Cambridge	Ontario	city	113.00	126,748	120,371	110,372	101,429	5.3	24.6
39	Coquitlam	British Columbia	city	122.30	126,456	114,565	112,890	101,820	10.4	24.8
40	Kingston	Ontario	city	451.17	123,363	117,207	114,195	112,605	5.3	9.8
41	Whitby	Ontario	town	146.53	122,022	111,184	87,413	73,794	9.7	64.9
42	Guelph	Ontario	city	87.20	121,688	114,943	106,170	95,821	5.9	26.1
43	Kelowna	British Columbia	city	211.62	117,312	106,707	96,288	89,442	9.6	31.5
44	Saanich	British Columbia	district municipality	103.78	109,752	108,265	103,654	101,388	1.4	7.9
45	Ajax	Ontario	town	67.07	109,600	90,167	73,753	64,430	21.6	70.3
46	Thunder Bay	Ontario	city	328.24	108,359	109,140	109,016	113,662	−0.7	−4.4
47	Terrebonne	Quebec	ville	154.74	106,322	94,703	80,536	75,116	12.3	41.3
48	St. John's	Newfoundland and Labrador	city	446.04	106,172	100,646	99,182	101,936	5.5	4.0
49	Langley	British Columbia	district municipality	308.03	104,177	93,726	86,896	80,179	11.2	30.0
50	Chatham-Kent	Ontario	municipality	2,458.09	103,671	108,177	107,341	109,950	−4.2	−5.8
51	Delta	British Columbia	district municipality	180.11	99,863	96,723	96,950	95,411	3.3	4.7
52	Waterloo	Ontario	city	64.02	98,780	97,475	86,543	77,949	1.3	26.7
53	Cape Breton	Nova Scotia	regional municipality	2,433.35	97,398	102,250	105,968	114,733	−4.7	−15.2
54	Brantford	Ontario	city	72.47	93,650	90,192	86,417	86,417	3.8	8.4
55	Strathcona County	Alberta	specialized municipality	1,180.56	92,490	82,511	71,986	64,176	12.1	44.1
56	Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu	Quebec	ville	225.78	92,394	87,492	79,600	76,461	5.6	20.8
57	Red Deer	Alberta	city	104.29	90,564	82,772	67,829	60,080	8.9	50.7
58	Pickering	Ontario	city	231.59	88,721	87,838	87,139	78,989	1.0	12.3
59	Kamloops	British Columbia	city	299.23	85,678	80,376	77,281	76,394	6.6	12.2
60	Clarington	Ontario	municipality	611.30	84,548	77,820	69,834	60,615	8.6	39.5
61	North Vancouver	British Columbia	district municipality	160.76	84,412	82,562	82,310	80,418	2.2	5.0
62	Milton	Ontario	town	363.22	84,362	53,939	31,471	32,104	56.5	162.8
63	Nanaimo	British Columbia	city	91.30	83,810	78,692	73,000	70,130	6.5	18.0
64	Lethbridge	Alberta	city	122.36	83,517	74,637	67,374	63,053	11.8	32.5
65	Niagara Falls	Ontario	city	209.71	82,997	82,184	78,815	76,917	1.0	7.9
66	Repentigny	Quebec	ville	61.79	82,000	76,237	72,218	70,677	7.6	16.0
67	Victoria	British Columbia	city	19.47	80,017	78,057	74,125	73,405	2.5	9.0
68	Newmarket	Ontario	town	38.33	79,978	74,295	65,788	57,125	7.6	40.0
69	Brossard	Quebec	ville	45.20	79,273	71,154	65,026	65,927	11.4	20.2
70	Peterborough	Ontario	city	63.80	78,698	74,898	71,446	69,742	4.4	12.8
71	Chilliwack	British Columbia	city	261.50	77,936	69,217	62,567	60,186	12.6	29.5
72	Maple Ridge	British Columbia	district municipality	266.78	76,052	68,949	63,169	56,173	10.3	35.4
73	Sault Ste. Marie	Ontario	city	223.26	75,141	74,948	74,566	80,054	0.3	−6.3
74	Kawartha Lakes	Ontario	city	3,083.06	73,214	74,561	69,179	67,926	−1.8	7.8
75	Sarnia	Ontario	city	164.71	72,366	71,419	70,876	72,738	1.3	−0.5
76	Prince George	British Columbia	city	318.26	71,974	70,981	72,406	75,510	1.4	−4.7
77	Drummondville	Quebec	ville	246.85	71,852	67,392	63,029	58,588	6.6	22.6
78	Saint John	New Brunswick	city	315.82	70,063	68,043	69,661	72,494	3.0	-3.4
79	Moncton	New Brunswick	city	141.17	69,074	64,128	61,046	59,313	7.7	16.5
80	Saint-Jérôme	Quebec	ville	90.52	68,456	63,729	59,614	59,533	7.4	15.0
81	New Westminster	British Columbia	city	15.63	65,976	58,549	54,656	49,350	12.7	33.7
82	Wood Buffalo	Alberta	specialized municipality	63,637.47	65,565	51,496	41,445	35,213	27.3	86.2
83	Granby	Quebec	ville	152.72	63,433	47,637	44,121	43,316	6.8	46.4
84	Norfolk County	Ontario	city	1,607.60	63,175	62,563	60,847	60,534	1.0	4.4
85	St. Albert	Alberta	city	48.27	61,466	57,719	53,081	46,888	6.4	31.1
86	Medicine Hat	Alberta	city	112.01	60,005	56,997	51,249	46,783	5.3	28.3
87	Caledon	Ontario	town	688.15	59,460	57,050	50,605	39,893	4.2	49.1
88	Halton Hills	Ontario	town	276.25	59,008	55,289	48,184	42,390	6.7	39.2
89	Port Coquitlam	British Columbia	city	29.17	56,342	52,687	51,257	46,682	6.9	20.7
90	Fredericton	New Brunswick	city	131.67	56,224	50,535	47,580	46,507	11.3	20.9
91	Grande Prairie	Alberta	city	72.80	55,032	47,076	36,983	31,353	16.8	75.5
92	North Bay	Ontario	city	319.05	53,651	53,966	52,771	54,332	−0.6	−1.2
93	Blainville	Quebec	ville	55.10	53,510	46,493	36,029	29,603	15.1	80.8
94	Saint-Hyacinthe	Quebec	ville	188.69	53,236	51,616	50,394	50,027	3.1	6.4
95	Aurora	Ontario	town	49.78	53,203	47,629	40,167	34,857	11.7	52.6
96	Welland	Ontario	city	81.09	50,631	50,331	48,402	48,411	0.6	4.6
97	Shawinigan	Quebec	ville	733.48	50,060	51,904	52,040	56,721	−3.6	−11.7
98	Dollard-des-Ormeaux	Quebec	ville	15.10	49,637	48,930	48,206	47,826	1.4	3.8
99	Belleville	Ontario	city	247.21	49,454	48,821	46,029	46,195	1.3	7.1
100	North Vancouver	British Columbia	city	11.83	48,196	45,165	44,303	41,475	6.7	16.2

Shown above, over half of the 100 largest Canadian municipalities are located in one of the two largest provinces – Ontario and Quebec. Very few are listed as being in one of the Atlantic Provinces – New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, and Newfoundland and Labrador, as well as the Prairie Provinces – Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta. There are none listed in the Territories – Nunavut, Northwest Territories, and Yukon. The last province, with an average (relatively) amount of cities listed, is British Columbia.

[edit] Most growth 2006–2011 (population >5,000)

Census Subdivision	2011 Population	% vs 2006
Milton, Ontario (town)	84,362	56.5
Martensville, Saskatchewan (city)	7,716	55.0
Whitchurch–Stouffville, Ontario (town)	37,628	54.3
Sainte-Brigitte-de-Laval, Quebec (municipalité)	5,696	50.3
Chestermere, Alberta (town)	14,824	49.4
Warman, Saskatchewan (town)	7,084	48.5
Beaumont, Alberta (town)	13,284	48.2
Airdrie, Alberta (city)	42,564	47.1
Leduc, Alberta (city)	24,279	43.1
Okotoks, Alberta (town)	24,511	42.9
La Broquerie, Manitoba (rural municipality)	5,198	42.1
Paradise, Newfoundland and Labrador (town)	17,695	40.6
Sainte-Marthe-sur-le-Lac, Quebec (ville)	15,689	38.7
Blackfalds, Alberta (town)	6,300	36.4
Marieville, Quebec (ville)	10,094	34.1
Spruce Grove, Alberta (city)	26,171	33.9
Shannon, Quebec (municipalité)	5,086	33.0
Stanley, Manitoba (rural municipality)	8,356	31.2
Langford, British Columbia (city)	29,228	30.1

[edit] Greatest decline 2006–2011

Census Subdivision	2011 Population	% vs 2006
Thunder Bay, Unorganized, Ontario (Unorganized)	5,909	−10.3
Inverness, Subdivision A, Nova Scotia (subdivision)	5,280	−9.9
Hearst, Ontario (town)	5,090	−9.4
Lac La Biche County, Alberta (municipal district)	8,402	−7.9
Kitimat, British Columbia (district municipality)	8,335	−7.3
Dryden, Ontario (city)	7,617	−7.1
Digby, Nova Scotia (municipal district)	7,463	−6.5
Shippigan, New Brunswick (parish)	5,032	−6.3
Clare, Nova Scotia (municipal district)	8,319	−5.6
Yarmouth, Nova Scotia (town)	6,761	−5.6
The Blue Mountains, Ontario (town)	6,453	−5.5
Kings, Subdivision D, Nova Scotia (sub. of county municipality)	5,201	−5.4
Annapolis, Subdivision A, Nova Scotia (sub. of county municipality)	6,008	−5.3
Brock, Ontario (township)	11,341	−5.3
La Tuque, Quebec (ville)	11,227	−5.0
Peace River D, British Columbia (regional district electoral area)	5,479	−4.7
Cape Breton Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia (regional municipality)	97,398	−4.7
Argyle, Nova Scotia (municipal district)	8,252	−4.7
Elizabethtown-Kitley, Ontario (township)	9,724	−4.7

Populations shown for 2001 and 1996 are what the populations would have been if the municipal boundaries were as defined in 2006. Because of mergers and demergers, these numbers may be different from the populations for the municipalities as their boundaries were actually defined in those years.
These are only city proper populations; suburbs outside city limits are not included.
Quebec municipal classifications such as "Ville" have not been translated, because they do not directly correspond to the meaning generally understood by their English translations. Translating to "City" would be inaccurate.
Some municipalities calculate their populations differently than Statistics Canada. For example, Statistics Canada does not count post-secondary students in the municipality where they are attending school, yet those municipalities may count them.