Canada: Agglomerations

Provinces and Territories

The population of the Canadian provinces and territories according to official estimates.

Name	Status	Population Estimate 1997-07-01	Population Estimate 2002-07-01	Population Estimate 2007-07-01	Population Estimate 2012-07-01	Population Estimate 2017-07-01	Population Estimate 2021-07-01
Alberta	Province	2,829,848	3,128,262	3,514,147	3,874,548	4,241,100	4,442,879	→
British Columbia	Province	3,948,583	4,100,161	4,290,984	4,566,769	4,929,384	5,214,805	→
Manitoba	Province	1,136,128	1,156,636	1,189,451	1,249,975	1,334,790	1,383,765	→
New Brunswick	Province	752,511	749,379	745,433	758,378	766,621	789,225	→
Newfoundland and Labrador	Province	550,911	519,483	509,055	526,345	528,249	520,553	→
Northwest Territories	Territory	41,625	41,694	43,372	43,648	44,891	45,504	→
Nova Scotia	Province	932,402	935,155	935,115	943,635	950,108	992,055	→
Nunavut	Territory	25,884	28,822	31,395	34,672	37,546	39,403	→
Ontario	Province	11,227,651	12,093,299	12,764,806	13,390,632	14,070,141	14,826,276	→
Prince Edward Island	Province	136,095	136,876	137,711	144,530	150,402	164,318	→
Québec [Quebec]	Province	7,274,611	7,441,498	7,692,916	8,061,101	8,302,063	8,604,495	→
Saskatchewan	Province	1,017,902	996,816	1,002,086	1,083,755	1,150,331	1,179,844	→
Yukon	Territory	31,797	30,337	32,554	36,234	39,610	42,986	→
Canada	Country	29,905,948	31,358,418	32,889,025	34,714,222	36,545,236	38,246,108

Major Metropolitan Areas

	Name	Population Estimate 2021-07-01
1	Toronto	6,572,524
2	Montréal	4,342,213
3	Vancouver	2,773,148
4	Calgary	1,559,284
5	Edmonton	1,480,754
6	Ottawa - Gatineau	1,476,756
7	Winnipeg	852,778
8	Québec	836,837
9	Hamilton	812,528

Contents: Metropolitan Areas and Census Agglomerations

The population of all Canadian metropolitan areas and census agglomerations according to official estimates.

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Name	Status	Province(s)	Population Estimate 1997-07-01	Population Estimate 2002-07-01	Population Estimate 2007-07-01	Population Estimate 2012-07-01	Population Estimate 2017-07-01	Population Estimate 2021-07-01
Abbotsford - Mission	Metropolitan Area	British Columbia	145,868	155,316	166,354	176,526	193,390	205,847	→
Alma	Census Agglomeration	Québec	...	...	32,163	33,266	32,911	33,103	→
Arnprior	Census Agglomeration	Ontario	...	...	15,062	16,089	16,662	18,185	→
Baie-Comeau	Census Agglomeration	Québec	...	...	29,220	28,749	27,542	26,695	→
Barrie	Metropolitan Area	Ontario	146,495	161,642	186,501	194,450	206,729	221,576	→
Bathurst	Census Agglomeration	New Brunswick	...	...	32,735	31,952	31,650	31,808	→
Bay Roberts	Census Agglomeration	Newfoundland and Labrador	...	...	10,605	11,070	11,337	11,011	→
Belleville	Metropolitan Area	Ontario	...	...	104,664	104,718	107,922	113,729	→
Brandon	Census Agglomeration	Manitoba	...	...	52,027	56,607	60,867	63,056	→
Brantford	Metropolitan Area	Ontario	123,674	129,629	136,502	139,847	145,652	154,483	→
Brockville	Census Agglomeration	Ontario	...	...	40,747	39,352	39,681	40,948	→
Brooks	Census Agglomeration	Alberta	...	...	23,742	24,997	25,082	24,854	→
Calgary	Metropolitan Area	Alberta	868,650	1,007,469	1,155,560	1,300,292	1,458,336	1,559,284	→
Campbell River	Census Agglomeration	British Columbia	...	...	36,038	36,993	40,163	42,870	→
Campbellton	Census Agglomeration	New Brunswick / Québec	...	...	17,592	17,127	16,180	15,803	→
Camrose	Census Agglomeration	Alberta	...	...	16,705	18,176	19,082	18,575	→
Canmore	Census Agglomeration	Alberta	...	...	12,615	13,214	14,865	15,751	→
Cape Breton (Sydney)	Census Agglomeration	Nova Scotia	...	...	106,827	103,122	99,638	98,643	→
Carleton Place	Census Agglomeration	Ontario	...	...	28,778	30,363	33,397	38,877	→
Centre Wellington (Fergus)	Census Agglomeration	Ontario	...	...	26,996	27,639	29,506	32,060	→
Charlottetown	Census Agglomeration	Prince Edward Island	...	...	61,591	68,188	74,485	83,063	→
Chatham-Kent	Census Agglomeration	Ontario	...	...	111,170	106,000	105,259	107,929	→
Chilliwack	Census Agglomeration	British Columbia	...	...	88,694	97,595	108,962	119,725	→
Cobourg	Census Agglomeration	Ontario	...	...	18,783	19,423	20,020	19,962	→
Cold Lake (Grand Centre)	Census Agglomeration	Alberta	...	...	12,936	14,796	15,048	13,911	→
Collingwood	Census Agglomeration	Ontario	...	...	18,209	20,456	22,668	25,249	→
Corner Brook	Census Agglomeration	Newfoundland and Labrador	...	...	31,340	32,098	32,360	31,500	→
Cornwall	Census Agglomeration	Ontario	...	...	60,340	60,559	61,443	62,235	→
Courtenay	Census Agglomeration	British Columbia	...	...	50,551	53,054	57,242	60,973	→
Cowansville	Census Agglomeration	Québec	...	...	12,272	12,862	14,047	15,553	→
Cranbrook	Census Agglomeration	British Columbia	...	...	25,080	25,698	27,306	28,094	→
Dawson Creek	Census Agglomeration	British Columbia	...	...	11,643	12,191	12,998	13,715	→
Dolbeau-Mistassini	Census Agglomeration	Québec	...	...	15,966	15,915	15,518	15,305	→
Drummondville	Census Agglomeration	Québec	...	...	87,308	93,060	97,851	102,504	→
Duncan	Census Agglomeration	British Columbia	...	...	42,760	43,948	46,961	48,951	→
Edmonton	Metropolitan Area	Alberta	900,471	984,555	1,104,317	1,234,307	1,390,149	1,480,754	→
Edmundston	Census Agglomeration	New Brunswick	...	...	24,295	24,000	23,996	23,804	→
Elliot Lake	Census Agglomeration	Ontario	...	...	11,763	11,301	11,144	11,524	→
Estevan	Census Agglomeration	Saskatchewan	...	...	12,450	13,728	13,846	13,257	→
Fort St. John	Census Agglomeration	British Columbia	...	...	26,565	28,315	29,802	30,139	→
Fredericton	Census Agglomeration	New Brunswick	...	...	93,391	100,362	106,034	112,138	→
Gander	Census Agglomeration	Newfoundland and Labrador	...	...	11,907	13,142	13,606	13,523	→
Granby	Census Agglomeration	Québec	...	...	76,543	82,450	86,523	92,291	→
Grande Prairie	Census Agglomeration	Alberta	...	...	52,372	60,548	65,298	68,240	→
Grand Falls-Windsor	Census Agglomeration	Newfoundland and Labrador	...	...	13,605	14,068	14,384	14,338	→
Greater Sudbury (Grand Sudbury)	Metropolitan Area	Ontario	168,582	161,198	167,308	168,205	169,578	172,781	→
Guelph	Metropolitan Area	Ontario	114,021	131,172	140,239	147,971	159,996	169,674	→
Halifax	Metropolitan Area	Nova Scotia	355,526	374,410	386,402	404,376	421,712	460,274	→
Hamilton	Metropolitan Area	Ontario	643,286	697,023	721,376	747,678	777,572	812,528	→
Hawkesbury	Census Agglomeration	Ontario / Québec	...	...	12,484	12,426	12,399	12,634	→
High River	Census Agglomeration	Alberta	...	...	11,458	13,777	14,133	14,175	→
Ingersoll	Census Agglomeration	Ontario	...	...	12,204	12,665	13,367	14,149	→
Joliette	Census Agglomeration	Québec	...	...	44,188	47,849	50,100	53,241	→
Kamloops	Census Agglomeration	British Columbia	...	...	97,468	102,073	110,509	117,620	→
Kawartha Lakes (Lindsay)	Census Agglomeration	Ontario	...	...	76,177	75,517	78,492	82,401	→
Kelowna	Metropolitan Area	British Columbia	145,314	155,950	170,995	186,137	208,476	229,400	→
Kenora	Census Agglomeration	Ontario	...	...	15,608	15,699	15,855	15,904	→
Kentville	Census Agglomeration	Nova Scotia	...	...	26,594	27,010	27,015	28,788	→
Kingston	Metropolitan Area	Ontario	148,855	154,919	158,849	164,353	169,487	176,467	→
Kitchener - Cambridge - Waterloo (Tri-Cities)	Metropolitan Area	Ontario	400,687	439,937	492,486	517,359	553,526	600,304	→
Lachute	Census Agglomeration	Québec	...	...	11,955	12,738	12,905	13,888	→
Lacombe	Census Agglomeration	Alberta	...	...	11,391	12,579	13,241	12,879	→
Leamington	Census Agglomeration	Ontario	...	...	51,480	50,631	53,058	53,284	→
Lethbridge	Metropolitan Area	Alberta	...	...	101,924	111,288	122,403	130,027	→
Lloydminster	Census Agglomeration	Alberta / Saskatchewan	...	...	29,142	33,257	35,727	36,186	→
London	Metropolitan Area	Ontario	439,584	458,586	478,557	491,868	520,146	556,397	→
Matane	Census Agglomeration	Québec	...	...	18,763	18,458	17,923	17,483	→
Medicine Hat	Census Agglomeration	Alberta	...	...	72,900	76,139	78,573	79,147	→
Midland	Census Agglomeration	Ontario	...	...	36,531	36,132	38,042	40,299	→
Miramichi (Chatham - Douglastown)	Census Agglomeration	New Brunswick	...	...	29,054	28,216	27,965	28,014	→
Moncton	Metropolitan Area	New Brunswick	119,352	123,776	132,060	142,871	150,438	162,422	→
Montréal	Metropolitan Area	Québec	3,423,596	3,570,498	3,820,627	4,031,655	4,193,207	4,342,213	→
Moose Jaw	Census Agglomeration	Saskatchewan	...	...	34,208	35,557	36,267	35,349	→
Nanaimo	Census Agglomeration	British Columbia	...	...	96,089	101,238	111,163	117,972	→
Nelson	Census Agglomeration	British Columbia	...	...	17,473	18,339	19,209	20,119	→
New Glasgow	Census Agglomeration	Nova Scotia	...	...	36,765	36,303	34,958	35,193	→
Norfolk (Simcoe)	Census Agglomeration	Ontario	...	...	64,615	64,434	67,019	71,820	→
North Battleford	Census Agglomeration	Saskatchewan	...	...	18,357	19,567	20,092	19,323	→
North Bay	Census Agglomeration	Ontario	...	...	74,134	74,083	73,190	74,426	→
Okotoks	Census Agglomeration	Alberta	...	...	19,363	26,620	29,943	31,291	→
Orillia	Census Agglomeration	Ontario	...	...	31,374	31,793	32,577	34,582	→
Oshawa	Metropolitan Area	Ontario	284,834	315,099	347,901	372,288	398,742	434,736	→
Ottawa - Gatineau (National Capital Region)	Metropolitan Area	Ontario / Québec	1,036,836	1,126,321	1,205,632	1,303,562	1,384,897	1,476,756	→
Owen Sound	Census Agglomeration	Ontario	...	...	33,215	32,665	32,887	34,269	→
Parksville	Census Agglomeration	British Columbia	...	...	27,293	28,121	30,471	31,537	→
Pembroke	Census Agglomeration	Ontario	...	...	24,241	24,935	23,897	23,328	→
Penticton	Census Agglomeration	British Columbia	...	...	42,607	43,220	45,540	47,506	→
Petawawa	Census Agglomeration	Ontario	...	...	15,700	16,660	17,998	19,719	→
Peterborough	Metropolitan Area	Ontario	111,976	116,736	120,672	122,458	127,162	131,608	→
Portage la Prairie	Census Agglomeration	Manitoba	...	...	13,031	13,158	13,575	13,446	→
Port Alberni	Census Agglomeration	British Columbia	...	...	25,877	25,663	26,254	27,455	→
Port Hope	Census Agglomeration	Ontario	...	...	16,852	16,561	17,494	17,773	→
Powell River	Census Agglomeration	British Columbia	...	...	17,038	16,863	17,460	17,819	→
Prince Albert	Census Agglomeration	Saskatchewan	...	...	43,072	45,044	46,111	46,238	→
Prince George	Census Agglomeration	British Columbia	...	...	86,694	86,842	91,993	96,553	→
Prince Rupert	Census Agglomeration	British Columbia	...	...	13,654	13,312	13,328	13,740	→
Québec	Metropolitan Area	Québec	689,763	708,728	738,487	783,796	810,125	836,837	→
Quesnel	Census Agglomeration	British Columbia	...	...	23,474	23,964	24,149	24,234	→
Red Deer	Census Agglomeration	Alberta	...	...	89,085	96,878	103,302	105,415	→
Regina	Metropolitan Area	Saskatchewan	199,777	196,908	203,144	225,232	251,167	263,659	→
Rimouski	Census Agglomeration	Québec	...	...	52,360	54,645	55,658	56,639	→
Rivière-du-Loup	Census Agglomeration	Québec	...	...	28,244	29,169	29,237	29,893	→
Rouyn-Noranda	Census Agglomeration	Québec	...	...	40,387	41,669	42,849	43,047	→
Saguenay (Chicoutimi - Jonquière)	Metropolitan Area	Québec	161,188	160,973	158,111	161,168	161,694	163,583	→
Sainte-Marie	Census Agglomeration	Québec	...	...	11,963	13,131	13,740	13,482	→
Saint-Georges	Census Agglomeration	Québec	...	...	30,178	31,778	32,851	33,730	→
Saint-Hyacinthe	Census Agglomeration	Québec	...	...	55,872	58,066	60,126	61,849	→
Saint John	Metropolitan Area	New Brunswick	128,162	125,856	126,700	129,755	129,483	132,499	→
Salaberry-de-Valleyfield	Census Agglomeration	Québec	...	...	40,020	40,341	41,297	43,791	→
Salmon Arm	Census Agglomeration	British Columbia	...	...	17,061	17,815	18,872	19,728	→
Sarnia	Census Agglomeration	Ontario	...	...	99,577	99,549	98,595	100,483	→
Saskatoon	Metropolitan Area	Saskatchewan	230,357	232,779	246,052	280,765	315,702	340,086	→
Sault Ste. Marie	Census Agglomeration	Ontario	...	...	82,874	82,217	80,204	80,268	→
Sept-Îles	Census Agglomeration	Québec	...	...	28,143	28,993	28,325	28,243	→
Shawinigan	Census Agglomeration	Québec	...	...	56,128	54,671	54,265	55,975	→
Sherbrooke	Metropolitan Area	Québec	174,709	185,838	194,838	206,677	215,386	227,403	→
Sorel-Tracy	Census Agglomeration	Québec	...	...	41,307	41,698	41,629	42,576	→
Squamish	Census Agglomeration	British Columbia	...	...	16,102	18,410	21,528	24,161	→
St. Catharines - Niagara	Metropolitan Area	Ontario	381,539	394,772	402,845	404,504	422,407	439,777	→
Steinbach	Census Agglomeration	Manitoba	...	...	11,952	14,843	16,256	15,940	→
St. John's	Metropolitan Area	Newfoundland and Labrador	184,286	177,681	186,173	204,537	212,144	214,674	→
Stratford	Census Agglomeration	Ontario	...	...	31,662	31,845	32,771	34,219	→
Strathmore	Census Agglomeration	Alberta	...	...	11,260	13,015	14,055	14,322	→
Summerside	Census Agglomeration	Prince Edward Island	...	...	16,473	17,009	17,103	18,470	→
Swift Current	Census Agglomeration	Saskatchewan	...	...	17,006	18,215	19,274	19,246	→
Sylvan Lake	Census Agglomeration	Alberta	...	...	11,721	14,029	15,648	15,857	→
Terrace	Census Agglomeration	British Columbia	...	...	15,847	15,974	16,404	17,472	→
Thetford Mines	Census Agglomeration	Québec	...	...	28,947	28,933	28,647	29,113	→
Thompson	Census Agglomeration	Manitoba	...	...	13,823	13,484	14,462	13,907	→
Thunder Bay	Metropolitan Area	Ontario	133,371	126,800	125,977	125,031	125,535	125,247	→
Tillsonburg	Census Agglomeration	Ontario	...	...	15,341	16,117	16,647	17,575	→
Timmins	Census Agglomeration	Ontario	...	...	44,514	44,323	42,659	42,183	→
Toronto (Greater Toronto Area)	Metropolitan Area	Ontario	4,493,065	5,004,011	5,415,765	5,852,841	6,217,328	6,572,524	→
Trois-Rivières	Metropolitan Area	Québec	142,397	143,138	147,126	153,902	158,181	164,973	→
Truro	Census Agglomeration	Nova Scotia	...	...	46,297	46,929	46,497	47,558	→
Val-d'Or	Census Agglomeration	Québec	...	...	32,900	33,903	34,095	34,608	→
Vancouver	Metropolitan Area	British Columbia	1,957,766	2,098,170	2,216,948	2,418,938	2,616,904	2,773,148	→
Vernon	Census Agglomeration	British Columbia	...	...	57,637	60,128	64,511	67,800	→
Victoria	Metropolitan Area	British Columbia	318,159	328,301	342,052	358,426	390,665	415,573	→
Victoriaville	Census Agglomeration	Québec	...	...	44,264	47,383	49,662	51,102	→
Wasaga Beach	Census Agglomeration	Ontario	...	...	15,972	18,651	22,054	24,554	→
Wetaskiwin	Census Agglomeration	Alberta	...	...	12,252	13,095	13,122	12,804	→
Weyburn	Census Agglomeration	Saskatchewan	...	...	9,767	10,922	11,261	11,232	→
Whitehorse	Census Agglomeration	Yukon	...	...	24,624	28,055	31,203	34,478	→
Williams Lake	Census Agglomeration	British Columbia	...	...	19,384	18,858	19,009	19,503	→
Windsor	Metropolitan Area	Ontario	299,666	326,624	335,457	329,971	340,999	351,116	→
Winkler	Census Agglomeration	Manitoba	...	...	23,955	28,217	31,898	35,034	→
Winnipeg	Metropolitan Area	Manitoba	683,782	700,054	719,269	757,053	817,603	852,778	→
Wood Buffalo (Fort McMurray)	Census Agglomeration	Alberta	...	...	58,974	74,259	73,493	75,910	→
Woodstock	Census Agglomeration	Ontario	...	...	37,351	39,972	43,093	48,213	→
Yellowknife	Census Agglomeration	Northwest Territories	...	...	19,678	20,189	21,407	22,664	→
Yorkton	Census Agglomeration	Saskatchewan	...	...	17,913	18,942	19,553	19,289	→

Source: Statistics Canada (web).

Explanation: Boundaries of metropolitan areas and census agglomerations according to the definition of 2016. In contrast to census figures, population estimates are adjusted for underenumeration.