Provinces & Territories
| Name | Abbr. | Status | Capital | Area A-L (km²) | Population C 1991-06-04 | Population C 1996-05-14 | Population C 2001-05-15 | Population C 2006-05-16 | Population C 2011-05-10 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| i | Alberta | ALTA | Prov | Edmonton | 640,082 | 2,545,553 | 2,696,826 | 2,974,807 | 3,290,350 | 3,645,257 | 64008200 |
| i | British Columbia | BC | Prov | Victoria | 922,509 | 3,282,061 | 3,724,500 | 3,907,738 | 4,113,487 | 4,400,057 | 92250900 |
| i | Manitoba | MAN | Prov | Winnipeg | 552,330 | 1,091,942 | 1,113,898 | 1,119,583 | 1,148,401 | 1,208,268 | 55233000 |
| i | New Brunswick | NB | Prov | Fredericton | 71,377 | 723,900 | 738,133 | 729,498 | 729,997 | 751,171 | 7137700 |
| i | Newfoundland and Labrador | NL | Prov | St. John's | 370,511 | 568,474 | 551,792 | 512,930 | 505,469 | 514,536 | 37051100 |
| i | Northwest Territories | NWT | Terr | Yellowknife | 1,143,793 | 57,649 | 39,672 | 37,360 | 41,464 | 41,462 | 114379300 |
| i | Nova Scotia | NS | Prov | Halifax | 52,939 | 899,942 | 909,282 | 908,007 | 913,462 | 921,727 | 5293900 |
| i | Nunavut | NVT | Terr | Iqaluit | 1,877,788 | Northwest Territories | 24,730 | 26,745 | 29,474 | 31,906 | 187778800 |
| i | Ontario | ONT | Prov | Toronto | 908,608 | 10,084,885 | 10,753,573 | 11,410,046 | 12,160,282 | 12,851,821 | 90860800 |
| i | Prince Edward Island | PEI | Prov | Charlottetown | 5,686 | 129,765 | 134,557 | 135,294 | 135,851 | 140,204 | 568600 |
| i | Québec [Quebec] {Quebec} | QUE | Prov | Québec | 1,356,547 | 6,895,963 | 7,138,795 | 7,237,479 | 7,546,131 | 7,903,001 | 135654700 |
| i | Saskatchewan | SASK | Prov | Regina | 588,239 | 988,928 | 990,237 | 978,933 | 968,157 | 1,033,381 | 58823900 |
| i | Yukon | YT | Terr | Whitehorse | 474,713 | 27,797 | 30,766 | 28,674 | 30,372 | 33,897 | 47471300 |
| Canada | CAN | Fed | Ottawa | 8,965,121 | 27,296,859 | 28,846,761 | 30,007,094 | 31,612,897 | 33,476,688 |
- Statistics Canada (web).
For some provinces and territories census data for one or more incompletely enumerated Indian reserves or settlements are excluded.
Major Metropolitan Areas
| Name | Adm. | Population A C 2011-05-10 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Toronto | ONT | 5,583,064 |
| 2 | Montréal | QUE | 3,824,221 |
| 3 | Vancouver | BC | 2,313,328 |
| 4 | Ottawa | ONT | 1,236,324 |
| 5 | Calgary | ALTA | 1,214,839 |
| 6 | Edmonton | ALTA | 1,159,869 |
| 7 | Québec | QUE | 765,706 |
| 8 | Winnipeg | MAN | 730,018 |
| 9 | Hamilton | ONT | 721,053 |
| 10 | Kitchener | ONT | 477,160 |
| 11 | London | ONT | 474,786 |
Contents: Metropolitan Areas & Agglomerations
| Name | Adm. | Population A C 2001-05-15 | Population A C 2006-05-16 | Population A C 2011-05-10 | Area | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| i | Abbotsford (Matsqui) | BC | 147,370 | 159,020 | 170,191 | 60518 |
| i | Alma | QUE | ... | 31,864 | 33,018 | 34035 |
| i | Amos | QUE | ... | 17,176 | 17,090 | 165099 |
| i | Baie-Comeau | QUE | 30,401 | 29,674 | 28,789 | 113727 |
| i | Barrie | ONT | 148,480 | 177,061 | 187,013 | 89783 |
| i | Bathurst | NB | ... | 34,106 | 33,484 | 229280 |
| i | Bay Roberts | NL | 10,531 | 10,507 | 10,871 | 10371 |
| i | Belleville | ONT | 87,395 | 91,518 | 92,540 | 74136 |
| i | Brandon | MAN | 46,273 | 48,256 | 53,229 | 171246 |
| i | Brantford | ONT | 118,086 | 124,607 | 135,501 | 107311 |
| i | Brockville | ONT | 39,049 | 39,668 | 39,024 | 89344 |
| i | Brooks | ALTA | 21,685 | 22,452 | 23,430 | 593120 |
| i | Calgary | ALTA | 951,494 | 1,079,310 | 1,214,839 | 510755 |
| i | Campbell River | BC | ... | 34,707 | 36,096 | 173737 |
| i | Campbellton | NB | 18,820 | 17,878 | 17,842 | 162994 |
| i | Camrose | ALTA | 14,870 | 15,630 | 17,286 | 4250 |
| i | Canmore | ALTA | 10,792 | 12,039 | 12,288 | 6890 |
| i | Cape Breton (Sydney) | NS | 109,330 | 105,928 | 101,619 | 247060 |
| i | Charlottetown | PEI | 57,234 | 59,325 | 64,487 | 79854 |
| i | Chatham-Kent | ONT | 107,709 | 108,589 | 104,075 | 247069 |
| i | Chilliwack | BC | 74,003 | 82,465 | 92,308 | 122012 |
| i | Cobourg | ONT | 17,172 | 18,210 | 18,519 | 2237 |
| i | Cold Lake (Grand Centre) | ALTA | 11,520 | 11,991 | 13,839 | 5930 |
| i | Collingwood | ONT | 16,039 | 17,290 | 19,241 | 3346 |
| i | Corner Brook | NL | ... | 27,194 | 27,202 | 26717 |
| i | Cornwall | ONT | 57,581 | 58,485 | 58,957 | 50903 |
| i | Courtenay | BC | ... | 51,383 | 55,213 | 62513 |
| i | Cowansville | QUE | ... | 12,182 | 12,489 | 4609 |
| i | Cranbrook | BC | 24,275 | 24,138 | 25,037 | 456803 |
| i | Dawson Creek | BC | 10,754 | 10,994 | 11,583 | 2437 |
| i | Dolbeau-Mistassini | QUE | ... | 16,257 | 16,019 | 65179 |
| i | Drummondville | QUE | ... | 82,949 | 88,480 | 80381 |
| i | Duncan | BC | ... | 41,387 | 43,252 | 37368 |
| i | Edmonton | ALTA | 937,845 | 1,034,945 | 1,159,869 | 942673 |
| i | Edmundston | NB | ... | 22,471 | 21,903 | 91685 |
| i | Elliot Lake | ONT | 11,956 | 11,549 | 11,348 | 71456 |
| i | Estevan | SASK | 11,297 | 11,883 | 12,973 | 79532 |
| i | Fergus (Centre Wellington) | ONT | 24,260 | 26,049 | 26,693 | 40573 |
| i | Fort St. John | BC | 23,007 | 25,136 | 26,380 | 62080 |
| i | Fredericton | NB | 81,346 | 86,226 | 94,268 | 488640 |
| i | Granby | QUE | ... | 71,176 | 77,077 | 39652 |
| i | Grande Prairie | ALTA | ... | 47,107 | 55,032 | 7280 |
| i | Grand Falls-Windsor | NL | 13,340 | 13,558 | 13,725 | 5467 |
| i | Greater Sudbury (Grand Sudbury) | ONT | 155,601 | 158,258 | 160,770 | 341062 |
| i | Guelph | ONT | ... | 133,698 | 141,097 | 59352 |
| i | Halifax | NS | 359,183 | 372,858 | 390,328 | 549571 |
| i | Hamilton | ONT | 662,401 | 692,911 | 721,053 | 137185 |
| i | Hawkesbury | ONT | 11,634 | 12,267 | 12,128 | 1227 |
| i | High River | ALTA | ... | 10,716 | 12,920 | 1427 |
| i | Ingersoll | ONT | 10,977 | 11,760 | 12,146 | 1290 |
| i | Joliette | QUE | 39,720 | 43,306 | 46,932 | 10903 |
| i | Kamloops | BC | 88,951 | 92,797 | 98,754 | 566864 |
| i | Kawartha Lakes (Lindsay) | ONT | 69,179 | 74,561 | 73,214 | 308306 |
| i | Kelowna | BC | 147,739 | 162,276 | 179,839 | 290486 |
| i | Kenora | ONT | 15,838 | 15,177 | 15,348 | 21175 |
| i | Kentville | NS | 25,172 | 25,969 | 26,359 | 60976 |
| i | Kingston | ONT | 146,838 | 152,358 | 159,561 | 193892 |
| i | Kitchener | ONT | 414,284 | 451,235 | 477,160 | 82743 |
| i | Lachute | QUE | 11,628 | 11,832 | 12,551 | 10920 |
| i | Lacombe | ALTA | ... | 10,752 | 11,707 | 2089 |
| i | Leamington | ONT | 46,757 | 49,741 | 49,765 | 50876 |
| i | Lethbridge | ALTA | 87,388 | 95,196 | 105,999 | 297562 |
| i | Lloydminster [incl. part in Saskatchewan] | ALTA | 23,964 | 27,023 | 30,798 | 108837 |
| i | London | ONT | 435,600 | 457,720 | 474,786 | 266562 |
| i | Matane | QUE | ... | 18,709 | 18,368 | 66296 |
| i | Medicine Hat | ALTA | 61,735 | 68,822 | 72,807 | 1328865 |
| i | Midland | ONT | 33,692 | 35,432 | 35,419 | 19994 |
| i | Miramichi (Chatham - Douglastown) | NB | ... | 28,773 | 28,115 | 757830 |
| i | Moncton | NB | 118,678 | 126,424 | 138,644 | 240631 |
| i | Montréal [Montreal] {Montreal} | QUE | 3,451,027 | 3,635,556 | 3,824,221 | 425831 |
| i | Moose Jaw | SASK | 33,519 | 33,360 | 34,421 | 84442 |
| i | Nanaimo | BC | 85,664 | 92,361 | 98,021 | 128084 |
| i | New Glasgow | NS | 36,735 | 36,288 | 35,809 | 206666 |
| i | Norfolk (Simcoe) | ONT | 60,847 | 62,563 | 63,175 | 160760 |
| i | North Battleford | SASK | 18,590 | 18,081 | 19,216 | 112299 |
| i | North Bay | ONT | 62,303 | 63,424 | 64,043 | 78848 |
| i | Okotoks | ALTA | 11,689 | 17,150 | 24,511 | 1924 |
| i | Orillia | ONT | 38,333 | 40,532 | 40,731 | 45855 |
| i | Oshawa | ONT | 296,298 | 330,594 | 356,177 | 90351 |
| i | Ottawa | ONT | 1,067,800 | 1,133,633 | 1,236,324 | 628703 |
| i | Owen Sound | ONT | 31,583 | 32,259 | 32,092 | 62858 |
| i | Parksville | BC | 24,285 | 26,518 | 27,822 | 8176 |
| i | Pembroke | ONT | 22,223 | 23,195 | 24,017 | 56679 |
| i | Penticton | BC | ... | 41,303 | 42,361 | 172495 |
| i | Petawawa | ONT | 14,398 | 14,651 | 15,988 | 16468 |
| i | Peterborough | ONT | 110,876 | 116,570 | 118,975 | 150690 |
| i | Portage la Prairie | MAN | ... | 12,728 | 12,996 | 2467 |
| i | Port Alberni | BC | 25,299 | 25,343 | 25,465 | 172872 |
| i | Port Hope | ONT | 15,605 | 16,390 | 16,214 | 27903 |
| i | Powell River | BC | 16,604 | 16,537 | 16,689 | 80072 |
| i | Prince Albert | SASK | 41,460 | 40,766 | 42,673 | 189149 |
| i | Prince George | BC | 85,035 | 83,225 | 84,232 | 1768650 |
| i | Prince Rupert | BC | 15,302 | 13,392 | 13,052 | 22294 |
| i | Québec [Quebec] {Quebec} | QUE | 686,569 | 719,153 | 765,706 | 334912 |
| i | Quesnel | BC | ... | 21,049 | 22,096 | 1420704 |
| i | Red Deer | ALTA | 67,829 | 83,154 | 90,564 | 10429 |
| i | Regina | SASK | 192,800 | 194,971 | 210,556 | 340828 |
| i | Rimouski | QUE | ... | 48,918 | 50,912 | 63122 |
| i | Rivière-du-Loup {Riviere-du-Loup} | QUE | ... | 26,423 | 27,734 | 47291 |
| i | Rouyn-Noranda | QUE | 39,621 | 40,650 | 41,798 | 643847 |
| i | Saguenay (Chicoutimi-Jonquière) | QUE | ... | 156,305 | 157,790 | 256402 |
| i | Saint-Georges | QUE | ... | 32,902 | 34,642 | 35562 |
| i | Saint-Hyacinthe | QUE | ... | 54,976 | 56,794 | 32676 |
| i | Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu | QUE | 79,600 | 87,492 | 92,394 | 22578 |
| i | Saint John | NB | 122,678 | 122,389 | 127,761 | 336295 |
| i | Salaberry-de-Valleyfield | QUE | 39,028 | 39,672 | 40,077 | 10710 |
| i | Salmon Arm | BC | 15,388 | 16,205 | 17,683 | 16556 |
| i | Sarnia | ONT | 88,331 | 88,793 | 89,555 | 79987 |
| i | Saskatoon | SASK | 225,927 | 233,923 | 260,600 | 521452 |
| i | Sault Ste. Marie | ONT | 78,908 | 80,098 | 79,800 | 80538 |
| i | Sept-Îles {Sept-Iles} | QUE | 27,623 | 27,827 | 28,487 | 177052 |
| i | Shawinigan | QUE | 56,412 | 56,408 | 55,009 | 98714 |
| i | Sherbrooke | QUE | ... | 191,410 | 201,890 | 145961 |
| i | Sorel-Tracy | QUE | ... | 46,595 | 47,772 | 23378 |
| i | Squamish | BC | 14,435 | 15,256 | 17,479 | 10559 |
| i | St. Catharines | ONT | 377,009 | 390,317 | 392,184 | 139751 |
| i | St. John's {St. Johns} | NL | 172,918 | 181,113 | 196,966 | 80465 |
| i | Steinbach | MAN | ... | 11,066 | 13,524 | 2557 |
| i | Stratford | ONT | 29,780 | 30,516 | 30,886 | 2695 |
| i | Strathmore | ALTA | ... | 10,280 | 12,305 | 2728 |
| i | Summerside | PEI | 16,200 | 16,153 | 16,488 | 9185 |
| i | Swift Current | SASK | 16,527 | 16,533 | 17,535 | 113174 |
| i | Sylvan Lake | ALTA | ... | 10,703 | 12,762 | 1684 |
| i | Temiskaming Shores (Haileybury-New Liskeard) | ONT | ... | 13,654 | 13,566 | 58143 |
| i | Terrace | BC | ... | 15,420 | 15,569 | 7391 |
| i | Thetford Mines | QUE | ... | 28,110 | 27,968 | 40698 |
| i | Thompson | MAN | 13,261 | 13,446 | 12,839 | 348124 |
| i | Thunder Bay | ONT | 121,986 | 122,907 | 121,596 | 255637 |
| i | Tillsonburg | ONT | 14,052 | 14,822 | 15,301 | 2234 |
| i | Timmins | ONT | 43,686 | 42,997 | 43,165 | 297915 |
| i | Toronto | ONT | 4,682,897 | 5,113,149 | 5,583,064 | 590571 |
| i | Trois-Rivières {Trois-Rivieres} | QUE | ... | 144,713 | 151,773 | 104115 |
| i | Truro | NS | 44,276 | 45,077 | 45,888 | 273269 |
| i | Val-d'Or {Val-dOr} | QUE | 32,423 | 32,288 | 33,265 | 355503 |
| i | Vancouver | BC | 1,986,965 | 2,116,581 | 2,313,328 | 288255 |
| i | Vernon | BC | 51,530 | 55,418 | 58,584 | 104082 |
| i | Victoria | BC | 311,902 | 330,088 | 344,615 | 69615 |
| i | Victoriaville | QUE | ... | 43,195 | 46,354 | 15329 |
| i | Wetaskiwin | ALTA | 11,154 | 11,689 | 12,525 | 1820 |
| i | Whitehorse | YT | 21,405 | 22,898 | 26,028 | 848891 |
| i | Williams Lake | BC | 19,768 | 18,760 | 18,490 | 265673 |
| i | Windsor | ONT | 307,877 | 323,342 | 319,246 | 102231 |
| i | Winnipeg | MAN | 676,594 | 694,668 | 730,018 | 530309 |
| i | Wood Buffalo (Fort McMurray) | ALTA | 42,581 | 52,643 | 66,896 | 6378295 |
| i | Woodstock | ONT | 33,269 | 35,822 | 37,754 | 4900 |
| i | Yellowknife | NWT | 16,541 | 18,700 | 19,234 | 10544 |
| i | Yorkton | SASK | 17,554 | 17,438 | 18,238 | 84337 |
- Statistics Canada (web).
Boundaries of the metropolitan areas and agglomerations according to the 2011 definition.