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

Edmonton

Ottawa

Winnipeg

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 by percentage growth 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.

Between 2006 and 2011, twenty-four CAs experienced population decline. 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 (2020 Est.)	Rank (2016)	Geographic name	Province	Type	Population (2020 Est.)[7]	Population (2016)	Change
1	1	Toronto	Ontario	CMA	6,555,205	5,928,040	+10.58%
2	2	Montreal	Quebec	CMA	4,364,189	4,098,927	+6.47%
3	3	Vancouver	British Columbia	CMA	2,737,698	2,463,431	+11.13%
4	4	Calgary	Alberta	CMA	1,543,283	1,392,609	+10.82%
5	6	Edmonton	Alberta	CMA	1,468,926	1,321,426	+11.16%
6	5	Ottawa–Gatineau	Ontario/Quebec	CMA	1,461,494	1,323,783	+10.40%
7	8	Winnipeg	Manitoba	CMA	850,056	778,489	+9.19%
8	7	Quebec City	Quebec	CMA	832,328	800,296	+4.00%
9	9	Hamilton	Ontario	CMA	804,691	747,545	+7.64%
10	10	Kitchener–Cambridge–Waterloo	Ontario	CMA	593,882	523,894	+13.36%
11	11	London	Ontario	CMA	551,066	494,069	+11.54%
12	13	Halifax	Nova Scotia	CMA	448,544	403,390	+11.19%
13	12	St. Catharines – Niagara	Ontario	CMA	437,114	406,074	+7.64%
14	14	Oshawa	Ontario	CMA	423,036	379,848	+11.37%
15	15	Victoria	British Columbia	CMA	408,883	367,770	+11.18%
16	16	Windsor	Ontario	CMA	356,880	329,144	+8.43%
17	17	Saskatoon	Saskatchewan	CMA	336,614	295,095	+14.07%
18	18	Regina	Saskatchewan	CMA	263,184	236,481	+11.29%
19	19	Sherbrooke	Quebec	CMA	224,557	212,105	+5.87%
20	22	Kelowna	British Columbia	CMA	222,748	194,882	+14.30%
21	21	Barrie	Ontario	CMA	218,188	197,059	+10.72%
22	20	St. John's	Newfoundland and Labrador	CMA	214,014	205,955	+3.91%
23	23	Abbotsford–Mission	British Columbia	CMA	204,265	180,518	+13.15%
24	25	Kingston	Ontario	CMA	176,184	161,175	+9.31%
25	24	Greater Sudbury	Ontario	CMA	172,462	164,689	+4.72%
26	28	Guelph	Ontario	CMA	167,509	151,984	+10.21%
27	26	Saguenay	Quebec	CMA	163,354	160,980	+1.47%
28	27	Trois-Rivières	Quebec	CMA	163,287	156,042	+4.64%
29	29	Moncton	New Brunswick	CMA	158,695	144,810	+9.59%
30	30	Brantford	Ontario	CMA	151,566	134,203	+12.94%
31	32	Peterborough	Ontario	CMA	131,939	121,721	+8.39%
32	31	Saint John	New Brunswick	CMA	131,772	126,202	+4.41%
33	34	Lethbridge	Alberta	CMA	128,851	117,394	+9.76%
34	33	Thunder Bay	Ontario	CMA	126,861	121,621	+4.31%
35	34	Nanaimo	British Columbia	CA	117,144	104,936	+11.63%
36	36	Kamloops	British Columbia	CA	116,896	103,811	+12.60%
37	40	Chilliwack	British Columbia	CA	116,626	101,512	+14.89%
38	37	Belleville	Ontario	CMA	112,980	103,472	+9.19%
39	39	Fredericton	New Brunswick	CA	111,024	101,760	+9.10%
40	38	Chatham-Kent	Ontario	CA	106,620	102,042	+4.49%
41	41	Red Deer	Alberta	CA	105,767	100,418	+5.33%
42	43	Sarnia	Ontario	CA	100,985	96,151	+5.03%
43	44	Drummondville	Quebec	CA	100,821	96,118	+4.89%
44	42	Cape Breton	Nova Scotia	CA	100,711	98,722	+2.01%
45	45	Prince George	British Columbia	CA	96,015	86,622	+10.84%
46	46	Granby	Quebec	CA	90,459	85,056	+6.35%
47	47	Sault Ste. Marie	Ontario	CA	81,238	78,159	+3.94%
48	49	Kawartha Lakes	Ontario	CA	81,042	75,423	+7.45%
49	52	Charlottetown	Prince Edward Island	CA	80,347	69,325	+15.90%
50	48	Medicine Hat	Alberta	CA	79,450	76,522	+3.83%
51	50	Wood Buffalo	Alberta	CA	76,263	73,320	+4.01%
52	51	North Bay	Ontario	CA	73,749	70,378	+4.79%
53	53	Norfolk	Ontario	CA	70,489	64,044	+10.06%
54	54	Grande Prairie	Alberta	CA	69,025	63,166	+9.28%
55	55	Vernon	British Columbia	CA	66,966	61,334	+9.18%
56	58	Brandon	Manitoba	CA	63,188	58,003	+8.94%
57	56	Cornwall	Ontario	CA	62,225	59,699	+4.23%
58	57	Saint-Hyacinthe	Quebec	CA	61,424	59,614	+3.04%
59	61	Courtenay	British Columbia	CA	60,120	54,157	+11.01%
60	59	Rimouski	Quebec	CA	56,394	55,349	+1.89%
61	60	Shawinigan	Quebec	CA	54,940	54,181	+1.40%
62	64	Leamington	Ontario	CA	52,649	49,147	+7.13%
63	62	Joliette	Quebec	CA	52,261	49,439	+5.71%
64	63	Victoriaville	Quebec	CA	50,779	49,151	+3.31%
65	66	Duncan	British Columbia	CA	48,495	44,451	+9.10%
66	65	Truro	Nova Scotia	CA	47,031	45,753	+2.79%
67	68	Penticton	British Columbia	CA	46,885	43,432	+7.95%
68	67	Prince Albert	Saskatchewan	CA	46,609	44,160	+5.55%
69	72	Woodstock	Ontario	CA	46,464	40,902	+13.60%
70	69	Rouyn-Noranda	Quebec	CA	43,113	42,334	+1.84%
71	70	Timmins	Ontario	CA	42,948	41,788	+2.78%
72	73	Salaberry-de-Valleyfield	Quebec	CA	42,854	40,745	+5.18%
73	75	Campbell River	British Columbia	CA	42,166	37,861	+11.37%
74	71	Sorel-Tracy	Quebec	CA	42,112	41,629	+1.16%
75	74	Brockville	Ontario	CA	40,912	38,553	+6.12%
76	76	Midland	Ontario	CA	39,971	35,859	+11.47%
77	86	Carleton Place	Ontario	CA	36,916	31,451	+17.38%
78	78	Lloydminster	Alberta/Saskatchewan	CA	36,473	34,583	+5.47%
79	77	Moose Jaw	Saskatchewan	CA	35,732	35,053	+1.94%
80	79	New Glasgow	Nova Scotia	CA	34,897	34,487	+1.19%
81	80	Val-d'Or	Quebec	CA	34,513	33,871	+1.90%
82	89	Winkler	Manitoba	CA	34,325	30,297	+13.30%
83	84	Owen Sound	Ontario	CA	34,044	31,820	+6.99%
84	87	Orillia	Ontario	CA	34,002	31,166	+9.10%
85	85	Stratford	Ontario	CA	33,868	31,465	+7.64%
86	82	Saint-Georges	Quebec	CA	33,678	32,513	+3.58%
87	96	Whitehorse	Yukon	CA	33,480	28,225	+18.62%
88	81	Alma	Quebec	CA	33,014	32,849	+0.50%
89	83	Corner Brook	Newfoundland and Labrador	CA	31,936	31,917	+0.06%
90	88	Bathurst	New Brunswick	CA	31,691	31,110	+1.87%
91	90	Parksville	British Columbia	CA	31,144	28,922	+7.68%
92	92	Okotoks	Alberta	CA	31,118	28,881	+7.75%
93	97	Centre Wellington	Ontario	CA	31,092	28,191	+10.29%
94	95	Fort St. John	British Columbia	CA	29,885	28,396	+5.24%
95	91	Rivière-du-Loup	Quebec	CA	29,737	28,902	+2.89%
96	94	Thetford Mines	Quebec	CA	28,878	28,448	+1.51%
97	93	Sept-Îles	Quebec	CA	28,208	28,534	−1.14%
98	100	Kentville	Nova Scotia	CA	28,196	26,222	+7.53%
99	99	Miramichi	New Brunswick	CA	27,997	27,523	+1.72%
100	101	Cranbrook	British Columbia	CA	27,938	26,083	+7.11%
101	102	Port Alberni	British Columbia	CA	27,060	25,112	+7.76%
102	98	Baie-Comeau	Quebec	CA	26,776	27,692	−3.31%
103	103	Brooks	Alberta	CA	25,246	24,662	+2.37%
104	107	Collingwood	Ontario	CA	24,539	21,793	+12.60%
105	106	Quesnel	British Columbia	CA	24,486	23,146	+5.79%
106	104	Edmundston	New Brunswick	CA	23,778	23,524	+1.08%
107	108	Wasaga Beach	Ontario	CA	23,475	20,675	+13.54%
108	105	Pembroke	Ontario	CA	23,421	23,269	+0.65%
109	109	Squamish	British Columbia	CA	23,335	19,893	+17.30%
110	111	Yellowknife	Northwest Territories	CA	22,290	19,569	+13.90%
111	112	Cobourg	Ontario	CA	20,152	19,440	+3.66%
112	113	Yorkton	Saskatchewan	CA	19,489	18,905	+3.09%
113	110	North Battleford	Saskatchewan	CA	19,457	19,623	−0.85%
114	115	Swift Current	Saskatchewan	CA	19,386	18,536	+4.59%
115	116	Nelson	British Columbia	CA	19,709	18,307	+7.66%
116	119	Salmon Arm	British Columbia	CA	19,699	17,904	+10.03%
117	117	Williams Lake	British Columbia	CA	19,391	18,277	+6.10%
118	120	Petawawa	Ontario	CA	19,074	17,187	+10.98%
119	114	Camrose	Alberta	CA	18,980	18,742	+1.27%
120	123	Summerside	Prince Edward Island	CA	18,042	16,587	+8.77%
121	122	Port Hope	Ontario	CA	17,731	16,753	+5.84%
122	125	Tillsonburg	Ontario	CA	17,660	15,872	+11.27%
123	121	Powell River	British Columbia	CA	17,628	16,783	+5.03%
124	118	Matane	Quebec	CA	17,626	17,926	−1.67%
125	124	Arnprior	Ontario	CA	17,588	15,973	+10.11%
126	128	Terrace	British Columbia	CA	17,267	15,723	+9.82%
127	130	Sylvan Lake	Alberta	CA	15,990	15,302	+4.50%
128	127	Campbellton	New Brunswick	CA	15,901	15,746	+0.98%
129	126	Steinbach	Manitoba	CA	15,809	15,829	−0.13%
130	131	Kenora	Ontario	CA	15,772	15,096	+4.48%
131	134	Canmore	Alberta	CA	15,458	13,992	+10.48%
132	129	Dolbeau-Mistassini	Quebec	CA	15,427	15,673	−1.57%
133	137	Cowansville	Quebec	CA	15,017	13,656	+9.97%
134	132	Cold Lake	Alberta	CA	14,397	14,961	−3.77%
135	135	Strathmore	Alberta	CA	14,279	13,756	+3.80%
136	133	Grand Falls-Windsor	Newfoundland and Labrador	CA	14,250	14,171	+0.56%
137	139	High River	Alberta	CA	14,178	13,584	+4.37%
138	136	Thompson	Manitoba	CA	14,092	13,678	+3.03%
139	145	Ingersoll	Ontario	CA	14,029	12,757	+9.97%
140	146	Prince Rupert	British Columbia	CA	13,606	12,687	+7.24%
141	138	Estevan	Saskatchewan	CA	13,603	13,615	−0.09%
142	148	Dawson Creek	British Columbia	CA	13,509	12,178	+10.93%
143	141	Portage la Prairie	Manitoba	CA	13,495	13,304	+1.44%
144	144	Lachute	Quebec	CA	13,472	12,862	+4.74%
145	142	Gander	Newfoundland and Labrador	CA	13,448	13,234	+1.62%
146	143	Lacombe	Alberta	CA	13,364	13,057	+2.35%
147	140	Sainte-Marie	Quebec	CA	13,265	13,565	−2.21%
148	147	Wetaskiwin	Alberta	CA	12,977	12,655	+2.54%
149	149	Hawkesbury	Ontario/Quebec	CA	12,431	11,974	+3.82%
150	152	Elliot Lake	Ontario	CA	11,423	10,741	+6.35%
151	150	Bay Roberts	Newfoundland and Labrador	CA	11,182	11,083	+0.89%
152	151	Weyburn	Saskatchewan	CA	11,145	10,870	+2.53%

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, 2016 and 2011 censuses (table). 2016 Census". Statistics Canada. Retrieved February 19, 2017.
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.
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.
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.
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.
7. "Population estimates, July 1, by census metropolitan area and census agglomeration, 2016 boundaries". Statistics Canada. Retrieved January 19, 2021.

External links

• Population estimates of census metropolitan areas, Statistics Canada