The table below lists the
100 largest metropolitan areas in
Canada by population, using data from the
Canada 2001 Census and the
Canada 2006 Census. Each
metropolitan area is identified by its
Census Metropolitan Area
(CMA) or
Census Agglomeration
(CA) as defined by
Statistics
Canada. Any other municipality that comprises at least 10 per
cent of the CMA or CA population is listed in parentheses.
A city's
metropolitan area may be larger than its CMA as defined by Stats
Canada, such as the case with the Greater Toronto Area, and the National Capital
Region
.
See also:
List of
the 100 largest cities in Canada by population.
| Rank in 2006 |
Rank in 2001 |
Place |
Province |
Type |
2006 Population |
2001 Population |
% change |
| 1 |
1 |
Toronto (Mississauga ) |
Ontario |
CMA |
5,113,149 |
4,682,897 |
9.19 |
| 2 |
2 |
Montreal (Laval , Longueuil ) |
Quebec |
CMA |
3,635,571 |
3,451,027 |
5.35 |
| 3 |
3 |
Vancouver (Surrey , Burnaby ) |
British Columbia |
CMA |
2,116,581 |
1,986,965 |
6.52 |
| 4 |
4 |
Ottawa (Gatineau ) |
Ontario/Quebec |
CMA |
1,130,761 |
1,063,664 |
6.31 |
| 5 |
5 |
Calgary |
Alberta |
CMA |
1,079,310 |
951,494 |
13.43 |
| 6 |
6 |
Edmonton |
Alberta |
CMA |
1,034,945 |
937,845 |
10.35 |
| 7 |
7 |
Quebec City (Lévis ) |
Quebec |
CMA |
715,515 |
686,569 |
4.22 |
| 8 |
8 |
Winnipeg |
Manitoba |
CMA |
694,668 |
676,594 |
2.67 |
| 9 |
9 |
Hamilton (Burlington ) |
Ontario |
CMA |
692,911 |
662,401 |
4.61 |
| 10 |
10 |
London |
Ontario |
CMA |
457,720 |
435,600 |
5.08 |
| 11 |
11 |
Kitchener (Cambridge , Waterloo ) |
Ontario |
CMA |
451,235 |
414,284 |
8.92 |
| 12 |
12 |
St. Catharines -Niagara (Niagara
Falls , Welland ) |
Ontario |
CMA |
390,317 |
377,009 |
3.53 |
| 13 |
13 |
Halifax |
Nova Scotia |
CMA |
372,858 |
359,183 |
3.81 |
| 14 |
16 |
Oshawa (Whitby , Clarington ) |
Ontario |
CMA |
330,594 |
296,298 |
11.57 |
| 15 |
14 |
Victoria (Saanich ) |
British Columbia |
CMA |
330,088 |
311,902 |
5.83 |
| 16 |
15 |
Windsor (Tecumseh,
LaSalle , Lakeshore ) |
Ontario |
CMA |
323,342 |
307,877 |
5.02 |
| 17 |
17 |
Saskatoon |
Saskatchewan |
CMA |
233,923 |
225,927 |
3.54 |
| 18 |
18 |
Regina |
Saskatchewan |
CMA |
194,971 |
192,800 |
1.13 |
| 19 |
19 |
Sherbrooke (Magog ) |
Quebec |
CMA |
186,952 |
175,950 |
6.25 |
| 20 |
20 |
St.
John's (Mount
Pearl , Conception Bay South ) |
Newfoundland and Labrador |
CMA |
181,113 |
172,918 |
4.74 |
| 21 |
23 |
Barrie (Innisfil ) |
Ontario |
CMA |
177,061 |
148,480 |
19.25 |
| 22 |
24 |
Kelowna (West
Kelowna ) |
British Columbia |
CMA |
162,276 |
147,739 |
9.84 |
| 23 |
25 |
Abbotsford (Mission ) |
British Columbia |
CMA |
159,020 |
147,370 |
7.91 |
| 24 |
21 |
Greater Sudbury |
Ontario |
CMA |
158,258 |
155,601 |
1.71 |
| 25 |
26 |
Kingston (South
Frontenac) |
Ontario |
CMA |
152,358 |
146,838 |
3.76 |
| 26 |
22 |
Saguenay |
Quebec |
CMA |
151,643 |
154,938 |
-2.13 |
| 27 |
27 |
Trois-Rivières |
Quebec |
CMA |
141,529 |
137,507 |
2.92 |
| 28 |
32 |
Guelph |
Ontario |
CMA |
127,009 |
117,344 |
8.24 |
| 29 |
30 |
Moncton (Dieppe , Riverview ) |
New Brunswick |
CMA |
126,424 |
118,678 |
6.53 |
| 30 |
31 |
Brantford (Brant) |
Ontario |
CMA |
124,607 |
118,086 |
5.52 |
| 31 |
29 |
Thunder Bay |
Ontario |
CMA |
122,907 |
121,986 |
0.76 |
| 32 |
28 |
Saint John (Quispamsis ) |
New Brunswick |
CMA |
122,389 |
122,678 |
-0.24 |
| 33 |
33 |
Peterborough (Smith-Ennismore-Lakefield) |
Ontario |
CMA |
116,570 |
110,876 |
5.14 |
| 34 |
35 |
Chatham-Kent |
Ontario |
CA |
108,589 |
107,709 |
0.82 |
| 35 |
34 |
Cape Breton |
Nova Scotia |
CA |
105,928 |
109,330 |
-3.11 |
| 36 |
39 |
Lethbridge (County of Lethbridge ) |
Alberta |
CA |
95,196 |
87,388 |
8.93 |
| 37 |
36 |
Kamloops |
British Columbia |
CA |
92,882 |
88,951 |
4.42 |
| 38 |
40 |
Nanaimo |
British Columbia |
CA |
92,361 |
85,664 |
7.82 |
| 39 |
38 |
Belleville (Quinte
West) |
Ontario |
CA |
91,518 |
87,395 |
4.72 |
| 40 |
37 |
Sarnia (St. Clair) |
Ontario |
CA |
88,793 |
88,331 |
0.52 |
| 41 |
43 |
Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu |
Quebec |
CA |
87,492 |
79,600 |
9.91 |
| 42 |
42 |
Fredericton |
New Brunswick |
CA |
85,688 |
81,346 |
5.34 |
| 43 |
41 |
Prince George |
British Columbia |
CA |
83,225 |
85,035 |
-2.13 |
| 44 |
48 |
Red Deer |
Alberta |
CA |
82,772 |
67,829 |
22.03 |
| 45 |
45 |
Chilliwack |
British Columbia |
CA |
80,892 |
74,003 |
9.31 |
| 46 |
44 |
Sault Ste. Marie |
Ontario |
CA |
80,098 |
78,908 |
1.51 |
| 47 |
46 |
Drummondville |
Quebec |
CA |
78,108 |
72,778 |
7.32 |
| 48 |
47 |
Kawartha Lakes |
Ontario |
CA |
74,561 |
69,179 |
7.78 |
| 49 |
53 |
Grande Prairie (Grande
Prairie County No. 1 ) |
Alberta |
CA |
71,868 |
58,787 |
22.25 |
| 50 |
51 |
Medicine Hat |
Alberta |
CA |
68,822 |
61,735 |
11.48 |
| 51 |
49 |
Granby |
Quebec |
CA |
68,352 |
63,069 |
8.38 |
| 52 |
50 |
North Bay |
Ontario |
CA |
63,424 |
62,303 |
1.80 |
| 53 |
52 |
Norfolk |
Ontario |
CA |
62,563 |
60,847 |
2.82 |
| 54 |
55 |
Charlottetown (Stratford ) |
Prince Edward Island |
CA |
58,625 |
57,234 |
2.43 |
| 55 |
54 |
Cornwall (South Stormont ) |
Ontario |
CA |
58,485 |
57,581 |
1.57 |
| 56 |
56 |
Shawinigan |
Quebec |
CA |
56,434 |
56,412 |
0.04 |
| 57 |
57 |
Saint-Hyacinthe |
Quebec |
CA |
55,823 |
54,275 |
2.85 |
| 58 |
58 |
Vernon (Coldstream ) |
British Columbia |
CA |
55,418 |
51,530 |
7.55 |
| 59 |
67 |
Wood Buffalo |
Alberta |
CA |
52,643 |
42,581 |
23.63 |
| 60 |
61 |
Leamington (Kingsville) |
Ontario |
CA |
49,741 |
46,757 |
6.38 |
| 61 |
64 |
Courtenay (Comox , Comox-Strathcona
B) |
British Columbia |
CA |
49,214 |
45,205 |
8.87 |
| 62 |
60 |
Victoriaville |
Quebec |
CA |
48,893 |
46,908 |
4.23 |
| 63 |
59 |
Sorel-Tracy (Contrecoeur ) |
Quebec |
CA |
48,295 |
47,802 |
1.03 |
| 64 |
62 |
Brandon |
Manitoba |
CA |
48,256 |
46,273 |
4.29 |
| 65 |
63 |
Rimouski |
Quebec |
CA |
46,807 |
46,012 |
1.73 |
| 66 |
65 |
Truro (Colchester, Subd.
B & C) |
Nova Scotia |
CA |
45,077 |
44,276 |
1.81 |
| 67 |
70 |
Joliette (Notre-Dame-des-Prairies , Saint-Charles-Borromée ) |
Quebec |
CA |
43,595 |
39,720 |
9.76 |
| 68 |
68 |
Penticton (Okanagan-Similkameen
D) |
British Columbia |
CA |
43,313 |
41,564 |
4.21 |
| 69 |
66 |
Timmins |
Ontario |
CA |
42,997 |
43,686 |
-1.58 |
| 70 |
74 |
Duncan (North
Cowichan) |
British Columbia |
CA |
41,387 |
38,813 |
6.63 |
| 71 |
69 |
Prince Albert |
Saskatchewan |
CA |
40,766 |
41,460 |
-1.67 |
| 72 |
75 |
Orillia (Ramara) |
Ontario |
CA |
40,532 |
38,333 |
5.74 |
| 73 |
71 |
Rouyn-Noranda |
Quebec |
CA |
39,924 |
39,621 |
0.76 |
| 74 |
73 |
Salaberry-de-Valleyfield |
Quebec |
CA |
39,672 |
39,028 |
1.65 |
| 75 |
72 |
Brockville (Elizabethtown-Kitley , Augusta ) |
Ontario |
CA |
39,668 |
39,049 |
1.59 |
| 76 |
77 |
Campbell River (Comox-Strathcona D ) |
British Columbia |
CA |
36,461 |
35,036 |
4.07 |
| 77 |
76 |
New Glasgow (Pictou, Subd. C & B , Stellarton , Westville ) |
Nova Scotia |
CA |
36,288 |
36,735 |
-1.22 |
| 78 |
80 |
Woodstock |
Ontario |
CA |
35,480 |
33,269 |
6.65 |
| 79 |
78 |
Midland (Tay , Penetanguishene ) |
Ontario |
CA |
35,402 |
33,692 |
5.08 |
| 80 |
79 |
Moose
Jaw |
Saskatchewan |
CA |
33,360 |
33,519 |
-0.47 |
| 81 |
81 |
Alma |
Quebec |
CA |
32,603 |
32,930 |
-0.99 |
| 82 |
83 |
Val-d'Or |
Quebec |
CA |
32,288 |
32,423 |
-0.42 |
| 83 |
84 |
Owen
Sound (Georgian
Bluffs) |
Ontario |
CA |
32,259 |
31,583 |
2.14 |
| 84 |
82 |
Bathurst (Bathurst Parish, Beresford
Parish , Beresford ) |
New Brunswick |
CA |
31,424 |
32,523 |
-3.38 |
| 85 |
87 |
Saint-Georges |
Quebec |
CA |
31,364 |
29,759 |
5.39 |
| 86 |
86 |
Stratford |
Ontario |
CA |
30,461 |
29,780 |
2.29 |
| 87 |
85 |
Baie-Comeau |
Quebec |
CA |
29,808 |
30,401 |
-1.95 |
| 88 |
88 |
Sept-Îles |
Quebec |
CA |
27,827 |
27,623 |
0.74 |
| 89 |
98 |
Lloydminster |
Alberta/Saskatchewan |
CA |
27,023 |
23,964 |
12.76 |
| 90 |
90 |
Corner Brook |
Newfoundland and Labrador |
CA |
26,623 |
26,153 |
1.80 |
| 91 |
95 |
Parksville (Qualicum Beach , Nanaimo
G) |
British Columbia |
CA |
26,518 |
24,285 |
9.19 |
| 92 |
89 |
Thetford Mines |
Quebec |
CA |
26,107 |
26,721 |
-2.30 |
| 93 |
97 |
Centre
Wellington |
Ontario |
CA |
26,049 |
24,260 |
7.37 |
| 94 |
93 |
Kentville (Kings,
Subd. B &
C) |
Nova Scotia |
CA |
25,969 |
25,172 |
3.17 |
| 95 |
91 |
Port Alberni (Alberni-Clayoquot E ) |
British Columbia |
CA |
25,297 |
25,299 |
-0.01 |
| 96 |
100 |
Fort St. John (Peace
River C) |
British Columbia |
CA |
25,136 |
23,007 |
9.25 |
| 97 |
92 |
Miramichi (North Esk ) |
New Brunswick |
CA |
24,737 |
25,274 |
-2.12 |
| 98 |
99 |
Rivière-du-Loup (Saint-Antonin ) |
Quebec |
CA |
24,570 |
23,229 |
5.77 |
| 99 |
96 |
Cranbrook (East
Kootenay C) |
British Columbia |
CA |
24,138 |
24,275 |
-0.56 |
| 100 |
101 |
Pembroke (Big Laurentian Valley ) |
Ontario |
CA |
23,195 |
22,223 |
4.37 |
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