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 from its CMA as defined by Statistics Canada, resulting in differing populations. Such is the case with the Greater Toronto Area where its metro population is notably higher than its CMA population due to its inclusion of the neighbouring Oshawa CMA to the east and the Burlington portion of the neighbouring Hamilton CMA to the west.^[3]

Toronto

Montreal

Vancouver

Ottawa

Calgary

Edmonton

Quebec City

Winnipeg

Hamilton

Kitchener

Recent growth

Between 2006 and 2011, four of the five fastest growing CMAs were located in Western Canada with Alberta's two CMAs, Calgary and Edmonton, leading the country. Saskatoon, Kelowna and Moncton rounded out the top five in the country, while nine other CMAs registered growth that outpaced the national average. Of the remaining nineteen CMAs, all but two of them recorded population growth. Those that experienced population decline were Thunder Bay and Windsor.^[1][4]

Ten of the fifteen fastest growing CAs in Canada between the two most recent censuses were located in Alberta. The other five were located in British Columbia with two, and Manitoba, Ontario and Yukon each with one. Twenty-four CAs experienced population decline between 2006 and 2011. The fifteen CAs that experienced the greatest population decline were located in British Columbia (two), Manitoba (one), New Brunswick (one), Nova Scotia (three), Ontario (four) and Quebec (four). Okotoks experienced the greatest increase while Thompson experienced the greatest decline.^[1][4]

List

Canada had 33 CMAs and 114 CAs as of the 2011 census.

Rank (2011)	Rank (2006)	Geographic name	Province	Type	Population (2011)	Population (2006)	Change
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 (Selwyn)	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

1. "Population and dwelling counts, for census metropolitan areas and census agglomerations, 2011 and 2006 censuses (table). 2011 Census.". Statistics Canada. Retrieved February 8, 2012.
2. "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. Retrieved February 8, 2012.
3. "What's the difference between the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) and CMA Toronto (census metropolitan area)?". Computing in the Humanities and Social Sciences University of Toronto. May 9, 2001. Retrieved August 5, 2013.
4. "The Canadian Population in 2011: Population Counts and Growth" (PDF) (PDF). Statistics Canada. February 2012. pp. 13–17. Retrieved October 12, 2014.

External links

• Population estimates of census metropolitan areas, Statistics Canada