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 2016 Census.[1] Each entry is identified as a census metropolitan area (CMA) or a census agglomeration (CA) as defined by Statistics Canada.

Toronto

Montreal

Vancouver

Calgary

Ottawa

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.[2]

Recent growth

Between 2011 and 2016, the six fastest growing CMAs were located in Western Canada with Alberta's two CMAs, Calgary and Edmonton, leading the country. Saskatoon, Regina, and Lethbridge rounded out the top five in the country and each grew by at least 10%. Of the remaining 30 CMAs, all but two of them recorded population growth. Those that experienced population decline were Brantford and Saint John.[3][4][5]

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.[3][4]

List

Canada had 35 CMAs and 117 CAs as of the 2016 census. The number of CMAs increased from 33 in 2011 by promoting the Belleville and Lethbridge CAs.[6] The number of CAs increased from 113 through the creation of eight new CAs – Arnprior, Carleton Place, Gander, Nelson, Sainte-Marie, Wasaga Beach, Weyburn and Winkler – the demotion of two CAs – Amos and Temiskaming Shores – and the promotion of Belleville and Lethbridge to CMAs.[6]

Rank (2016)	Rank (2011)	Geographic name	Province	Type	Population (2016)	Population (2011)	Change
1	1	Toronto	Ontario	CMA	5,928,040	5,583,064	+6.18%
2	2	Montreal	Quebec	CMA	4,098,927	3,934,078	+4.19%
3	3	Vancouver	British Columbia	CMA	2,463,431	2,313,328	+6.49%
4	5	Calgary	Alberta	CMA	1,392,609	1,214,839	+14.63%
5	4	Ottawa–Gatineau	Ontario/Quebec	CMA	1,323,783	1,254,919	+5.49%
6	6	Edmonton	Alberta	CMA	1,321,426	1,159,869	+13.93%
7	7	Quebec City	Quebec	CMA	800,296	767,310	+4.30%
8	8	Winnipeg	Manitoba	CMA	778,489	730,018	+6.64%
9	9	Hamilton	Ontario	CMA	747,545	721,053	+3.67%
10	10	Kitchener–Cambridge–Waterloo	Ontario	CMA	523,894	496,383	+5.54%
11	11	London	Ontario	CMA	494,069	474,786	+4.06%
12	12	St. Catharines – Niagara	Ontario	CMA	406,074	392,184	+3.54%
13	13	Halifax	Nova Scotia	CMA	403,390	390,328	+3.35%
14	14	Oshawa	Ontario	CMA	379,848	356,177	+6.65%
15	15	Victoria	British Columbia	CMA	367,770	344,580	+6.73%
16	16	Windsor	Ontario	CMA	329,144	319,246	+3.10%
17	17	Saskatoon	Saskatchewan	CMA	295,095	262,215	+12.54%
18	18	Regina	Saskatchewan	CMA	236,481	211,519	+11.80%
19	19	Sherbrooke	Quebec	CMA	212,105	202,261	+4.87%
20	20	St. John's	Newfoundland and Labrador	CMA	205,955	196,954	+4.57%
21	21	Barrie	Ontario	CMA	197,059	187,013	+5.37%
22	22	Kelowna	British Columbia	CMA	194,882	179,839	+8.36%
23	23	Abbotsford–Mission	British Columbia	CMA	180,518	170,191	+6.07%
24	24	Greater Sudbury	Ontario	CMA	164,689	163,067	+0.99%
25	25	Kingston	Ontario	CMA	161,175	159,561	+1.01%
26	26	Saguenay	Quebec	CMA	160,980	158,658	+1.46%
27	27	Trois-Rivières	Quebec	CMA	156,042	151,773	+2.81%
28	28	Guelph	Ontario	CMA	151,984	141,097	+7.72%
29	29	Moncton	New Brunswick	CMA	144,810	139,287	+3.97%
30	30	Brantford	Ontario	CMA	134,203	135,501	−0.96%
31	31	Saint John	New Brunswick	CMA	126,202	129,057	−2.21%
32	33	Peterborough	Ontario	CMA	121,721	118,975	+2.31%
33	32	Thunder Bay	Ontario	CMA	121,621	121,596	+0.02%
34	34	Lethbridge	Alberta	CMA	117,394	105,999	+10.75%
35	38	Nanaimo	British Columbia	CA	104,936	98,021	+7.05%
36	37	Kamloops	British Columbia	CA	103,811	98,754	+5.12%
37	40	Belleville	Ontario	CMA	103,472	101,668	+1.77%
38	35	Chatham-Kent	Ontario	CA	102,042	104,075	−1.95%
39	39	Fredericton	New Brunswick	CA	101,760	98,320	+3.50%
40	42	Chilliwack	British Columbia	CA	101,512	93,882	+8.13%
41	43	Red Deer	Alberta	CA	100,418	90,564	+10.88%
42	36	Cape Breton	Nova Scotia	CA	98,722	101,619	−2.85%
43	44	Sarnia	Ontario	CA	96,151	97,131	−1.01%
44	45	Drummondville	Quebec	CA	96,118	91,222	+5.37%
45	46	Prince George	British Columbia	CA	86,622	84,232	+2.84%
46	48	Granby	Quebec	CA	85,056	80,863	+5.19%
47	47	Sault Ste. Marie	Ontario	CA	78,159	79,800	−2.06%
48	50	Medicine Hat	Alberta	CA	76,522	72,807	+5.10%
49	49	Kawartha Lakes	Ontario	CA	75,423	73,219	+3.01%
50	51	Wood Buffalo	Alberta	CA	73,320	66,896	+9.60%
51	53	North Bay	Ontario	CA	70,378	72,241	−2.58%
52	52	Charlottetown	Prince Edward Island	CA	69,325	65,523	+5.80%
53	54	Norfolk	Ontario	CA	64,044	63,175	+1.38%
54	59	Grande Prairie	Alberta	CA	63,166	55,655	+13.50%
55	56	Vernon	British Columbia	CA	61,334	58,584	+4.69%
56	55	Cornwall	Ontario	CA	59,699	58,957	+1.26%
57	57	Saint-Hyacinthe	Quebec	CA	59,614	56,794	+4.97%
58	61	Brandon	Manitoba	CA	58,003	54,847	+5.75%
59	62	Rimouski	Quebec	CA	55,349	53,711	+3.05%
60	60	Shawinigan	Quebec	CA	54,181	54,489	−0.57%
61	58	Courtenay	British Columbia	CA	54,157	51,787	+4.58%
62	65	Joliette	Quebec	CA	49,439	46,932	+5.34%
63	66	Victoriaville	Quebec	CA	49,151	46,354	+6.03%
64	63	Leamington	Ontario	CA	49,147	49,765	−1.24%
65	67	Truro	Nova Scotia	CA	45,753	45,888	−0.29%
66	68	Duncan	British Columbia	CA	44,451	43,252	+2.77%
67	70	Prince Albert	Saskatchewan	CA	44,160	43,680	+1.10%
68	71	Penticton	British Columbia	CA	43,432	42,361	+2.53%
69	72	Rouyn-Noranda	Quebec	CA	42,334	41,012	+3.22%
70	69	Timmins	Ontario	CA	41,788	43,165	−3.19%
71	64	Sorel-Tracy	Quebec	CA	41,629	41,520	+0.26%
72	76	Woodstock	Ontario	CA	40,902	37,754	+8.34%
73	74	Salaberry-de-Valleyfield	Quebec	CA	40,745	40,077	+1.67%
74	75	Brockville	Ontario	CA	38,553	39,024	−1.21%
75	77	Campbell River	British Columbia	CA	37,861	36,096	+4.89%
76	79	Midland	Ontario	CA	35,859	35,419	+1.24%
77	81	Moose Jaw	Saskatchewan	CA	35,053	34,421	+1.84%
78	87	Lloydminster	Alberta/Saskatchewan	CA	34,583	30,798	+12.29%
79	78	New Glasgow	Nova Scotia	CA	34,487	35,809	−3.69%
80	83	Val-d'Or	Quebec	CA	33,871	33,265	+1.82%
81	84	Alma	Quebec	CA	32,849	33,018	−0.51%
82	80	Saint-Georges	Quebec	CA	32,513	31,173	+4.30%
83	94	Corner Brook	Newfoundland and Labrador	CA	31,917	31,417	+1.59%
84	85	Owen Sound	Ontario	CA	31,820	32,092	−0.85%
85	86	Stratford	Ontario	CA	31,465	30,903	+1.82%
86	NR	Carleton Place	Ontario	CA	31,451	29,180	+7.78%
87	73	Orillia	Ontario	CA	31,166	30,586	+1.90%
88	82	Bathurst	New Brunswick	CA	31,110	31,936	−2.59%
89	NR	Winkler	Manitoba	CA	30,297	26,838	+12.89%
90	92	Parksville	British Columbia	CA	28,922	27,822	+3.95%
91	93	Rivière-du-Loup	Quebec	CA	28,902	28,987	−0.29%
92	101	Okotoks	Alberta	CA	28,881	24,511	+17.83%
93	89	Sept-Îles	Quebec	CA	28,534	28,487	+0.16%
94	91	Thetford Mines	Quebec	CA	28,448	28,927	−1.66%
95	96	Fort St. John	British Columbia	CA	28,396	26,380	+7.64%
96	98	Whitehorse	Yukon	CA	28,225	26,028	+8.44%
97	95	Centre Wellington	Ontario	CA	28,191	26,693	+5.61%
98	88	Baie-Comeau	Quebec	CA	27,692	28,465	−2.72%
99	90	Miramichi	New Brunswick	CA	27,523	28,115	−2.11%
100	97	Kentville	Nova Scotia	CA	26,222	26,359	−0.52%
101	100	Cranbrook	British Columbia	CA	26,083	25,037	+4.18%
102	99	Port Alberni	British Columbia	CA	25,112	25,465	−1.39%
103	103	Brooks	Alberta	CA	24,662	23,430	+5.26%
104	105	Edmundston	New Brunswick	CA	23,524	23,819	−1.24%
105	102	Pembroke	Ontario	CA	23,269	24,017	−3.11%
106	104	Quesnel	British Columbia	CA	23,146	23,566	−1.78%
107	106	Collingwood	Ontario	CA	21,793	19,241	+13.26%
108	NR	Wasaga Beach	Ontario	CA	20,675	17,537	+17.89%
109	116	Squamish	British Columbia	CA	19,893	17,479	+13.81%
110	108	North Battleford	Saskatchewan	CA	19,623	18,850	+4.10%
111	107	Yellowknife	Northwest Territories	CA	19,569	19,234	+1.74%
112	109	Cobourg	Ontario	CA	19,440	18,519	+4.97%
113	112	Yorkton	Saskatchewan	CA	18,905	18,238	+3.66%
114	117	Camrose	Alberta	CA	18,742	17,286	+8.42%
115	115	Swift Current	Saskatchewan	CA	18,536	17,535	+5.71%
116	NR	Nelson	British Columbia	CA	18,307	17,987	+1.78%
117	110	Williams Lake	British Columbia	CA	18,277	18,490	−1.15%
118	111	Matane	Quebec	CA	17,926	18,368	−2.41%
119	114	Salmon Arm	British Columbia	CA	17,904	17,683	+1.25%
120	123	Petawawa	Ontario	CA	17,187	15,988	+7.50%
121	119	Powell River	British Columbia	CA	16,783	16,689	+0.56%
122	121	Port Hope	Ontario	CA	16,753	16,214	+3.32%
123	120	Summerside	Prince Edward Island	CA	16,587	16,488	+0.60%
124	NR	Arnprior	Ontario	CA	15,973	15,485	+3.15%
125	126	Tillsonburg	Ontario	CA	15,872	15,301	+3.73%
126	130	Steinbach	Manitoba	CA	15,829	13,524	+17.04%
127	113	Campbellton	New Brunswick	CA	15,746	17,361	−9.30%
128	124	Terrace	British Columbia	CA	15,723	15,569	+0.99%
129	122	Dolbeau-Mistassini	Quebec	CA	15,673	15,826	−0.97%
130	136	Sylvan Lake	Alberta	CA	15,302	12,797	+19.57%
131	125	Kenora	Ontario	CA	15,096	15,348	−1.64%
132	127	Cold Lake	Alberta	CA	14,961	13,839	+8.11%
133	128	Grand Falls-Windsor	Newfoundland and Labrador	CA	14,171	13,725	+3.25%
134	141	Canmore	Alberta	CA	13,992	12,288	+13.87%
135	140	Strathmore	Alberta	CA	13,756	12,305	+11.79%
136	135	Thompson	Manitoba	CA	13,678	12,829	+6.62%
137	139	Cowansville	Quebec	CA	13,656	12,489	+9.34%
138	133	Estevan	Saskatchewan	CA	13,615	12,973	+4.95%
139	134	High River	Alberta	CA	13,584	12,930	+5.06%
140	NR	Sainte-Marie	Quebec	CA	13,565	12,889	+5.24%
141	132	Portage la Prairie	Manitoba	CA	13,304	12,996	+2.37%
142	NR	Gander	Newfoundland and Labrador	CA	13,234	12,683	+4.34%
143	144	Lacombe	Alberta	CA	13,057	11,707	+11.53%
144	137	Lachute	Quebec	CA	12,862	12,551	+2.48%
145	142	Ingersoll	Ontario	CA	12,757	12,146	+5.03%
146	131	Prince Rupert	British Columbia	CA	12,687	13,052	−2.80%
147	138	Wetaskiwin	Alberta	CA	12,655	12,525	+1.04%
148	145	Dawson Creek	British Columbia	CA	12,178	11,583	+5.14%
149	143	Hawkesbury	Ontario/Quebec	CA	11,974	12,128	−1.27%
150	147	Bay Roberts	Newfoundland and Labrador	CA	11,083	10,871	+1.95%
151	NR	Weyburn	Saskatchewan	CA	10,870	10,484	+3.68%
152	146	Elliot Lake	Ontario	CA	10,741	11,348	−5.35%

References

"Population and dwelling counts, for census metropolitan areas and census agglomerations, 2016 and 2011 censuses (table). 2016 Census". Statistics Canada. Retrieved February 19, 2017.
"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. Archived from the original on April 9, 2010. Retrieved August 5, 2013.
"Population and dwelling counts, for census metropolitan areas and census agglomerations, 2011 and 2006 censuses (table). 2011 Census". Statistics Canada. Archived from the original on July 22, 2012. Retrieved February 8, 2012.
"The Canadian Population in 2011: Population Counts and Growth" (PDF) (PDF). Statistics Canada. February 2012. pp. 13–17. Archived (PDF) from the original on July 2, 2013. Retrieved October 12, 2014.
Canada, Government of Canada, Statistics. "The Daily — Population size and growth in Canada: Key results from the 2016 Census". www.statcan.gc.ca. Archived from the original on 10 February 2017. Retrieved 29 April 2018.
"Statistical Area Classification - Variant of SGC 2016 (Census metropolitan area and census agglomeration)". Statistics Canada. November 16, 2016. Archived from the original on November 16, 2016. Retrieved November 16, 2016. There are 35 CMAs and 117 CAs in 2016. Two new CMAs were created: Belleville (Ont.) and Lethbridge (Alta.). Eight new CAs were created: Gander (N.L.), Sainte-Marie (Que.), Arnprior (Ont.), Carleton Place (Ont.), Wasaga Beach (Ont.), Winkler (Man.), Weyburn (Sask.) and Nelson (Alta.). The CAs of Amos (Que.) and Temiskaming Shores (Ont.) were retired because the population of their cores dropped below 10,000 in 2011.

External links

Population estimates of census metropolitan areas, Statistics Canada

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[2016census-1] "Population and dwelling counts, for census metropolitan areas and census agglomerations, 2016 and 2011 censuses (table). 2016 Census". Statistics Canada. Retrieved February 19, 2017.

[CHASS-2] "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. Archived from the original on April 9, 2010. Retrieved August 5, 2013.

[2011census-3] "Population and dwelling counts, for census metropolitan areas and census agglomerations, 2011 and 2006 censuses (table). 2011 Census". Statistics Canada. Archived from the original on July 22, 2012. Retrieved February 8, 2012.

[CanadianPopulation-4] "The Canadian Population in 2011: Population Counts and Growth" (PDF) (PDF). Statistics Canada. February 2012. pp. 13–17. Archived (PDF) from the original on July 2, 2013. Retrieved October 12, 2014.

[5] Canada, Government of Canada, Statistics. "The Daily — Population size and growth in Canada: Key results from the 2016 Census". www.statcan.gc.ca. Archived from the original on 10 February 2017. Retrieved 29 April 2018.

[SGC2016CMA-6] "Statistical Area Classification - Variant of SGC 2016 (Census metropolitan area and census agglomeration)". Statistics Canada. November 16, 2016. Archived from the original on November 16, 2016. Retrieved November 16, 2016. There are 35 CMAs and 117 CAs in 2016. Two new CMAs were created: Belleville (Ont.) and Lethbridge (Alta.). Eight new CAs were created: Gander (N.L.), Sainte-Marie (Que.), Arnprior (Ont.), Carleton Place (Ont.), Wasaga Beach (Ont.), Winkler (Man.), Weyburn (Sask.) and Nelson (Alta.). The CAs of Amos (Que.) and Temiskaming Shores (Ont.) were retired because the population of their cores dropped below 10,000 in 2011.

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