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Country

38,935,934 Population [2022] – estimate

41,288,599 Population [2024] – estimate

8,788,703km² Area

4.698/km² Density [2024]

3.0% Annual Population Change [2022 → 2024]

Provinces and Territories

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

Name	Status	Population Estimate 2002-07-01	Population Estimate 2007-07-01	Population Estimate 2012-07-01	Population Estimate 2017-07-01	Population Estimate 2022-07-01	Population Estimate 2024-07-01
Alberta	Province	3,128,757	3,514,151	3,871,947	4,237,310	4,510,747	4,888,723	→
British Columbia	Province	4,100,504	4,290,987	4,570,866	4,934,202	5,357,486	5,698,430	→
Manitoba	Province	1,156,673	1,189,446	1,249,094	1,334,734	1,412,568	1,494,301	→
New Brunswick	Province	749,375	745,430	758,121	766,697	809,264	854,355	→
Newfoundland and Labrador	Province	519,411	509,047	526,235	529,742	531,308	545,247	→
Northwest Territories	Territory	41,698	43,396	43,624	44,656	44,634	44,731	→
Nova Scotia	Province	935,172	935,164	943,163	952,159	1,025,263	1,076,374	→
Nunavut	Territory	28,817	31,394	34,658	37,656	40,457	41,159	→
Ontario	Province	12,093,412	12,765,133	13,392,364	14,078,499	15,141,455	16,124,116	→
Prince Edward Island	Province	136,882	137,709	144,415	149,740	167,213	178,550	→
Québec [Quebec]	Province	7,441,305	7,692,400	8,059,752	8,292,832	8,673,184	9,056,044	→
Saskatchewan	Province	996,854	1,002,074	1,083,005	1,147,315	1,178,455	1,239,865	→
Yukon	Territory	30,339	32,555	36,151	39,533	43,900	46,704	→
Canada	Country	31,359,199	32,888,886	34,713,395	36,545,075	38,935,934	41,288,599

Major Metropolitan Areas

	Name	Population Estimate 2024-07-01
1	Toronto	7,106,379
2	Montréal	4,615,154
3	Vancouver	3,108,941
4	Calgary	1,778,881
5	Ottawa - Gatineau	1,660,269
6	Edmonton	1,631,614
7	Winnipeg	941,641
8	Québec	900,343
9	Hamilton	860,266

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 2002-07-01	Population Estimate 2007-07-01	Population Estimate 2012-07-01	Population Estimate 2017-07-01	Population Estimate 2022-07-01	Population Estimate 2024-07-01
Abbotsford - Mission	Metropolitan Area	British Columbia	155,191	166,250	176,701	193,234	207,369	220,786	→
Alma	Census Agglomeration	Québec	30,508	30,143	31,042	30,643	30,515	30,901	→
Amos	Census Agglomeration	Québec	18,630	18,446	18,653	19,006	18,944	18,974	→
Baie-Comeau	Census Agglomeration	Québec	30,092	29,124	28,673	27,449	26,661	26,556	→
Barrie	Metropolitan Area	Ontario	161,594	186,496	194,593	206,896	230,022	245,586	→
Bathurst	Census Agglomeration	New Brunswick	33,979	32,681	31,885	31,619	32,184	33,366	→
Belleville	Metropolitan Area	Ontario	100,915	104,512	104,639	108,194	118,469	123,572	→
Brandon	Census Agglomeration	Manitoba	43,718	46,159	50,356	54,154	56,975	61,863	→
Brantford	Metropolitan Area	Ontario	129,635	136,306	139,770	146,115	161,442	173,530	→
Brockville	Census Agglomeration	Ontario	32,728	32,944	31,798	31,912	33,278	33,924	→
Brooks	Census Agglomeration	Alberta	12,050	13,328	14,624	14,826	15,429	16,416	→
Calgary	Metropolitan Area	Alberta	1,007,907	1,156,150	1,299,559	1,453,860	1,586,947	1,778,881	→
Campbell River	Census Agglomeration	British Columbia	34,409	35,960	36,935	40,006	43,175	43,721	→
Campbellton	Census Agglomeration	New Brunswick / Québec	16,931	16,251	15,825	15,029	15,084	15,410	→
Camrose	Census Agglomeration	Alberta	15,423	16,625	18,095	19,135	19,382	19,957	→
Canmore	Census Agglomeration	Alberta	11,280	12,524	13,104	14,806	17,092	17,929	→
Cape Breton (Sydney)	Census Agglomeration	Nova Scotia	110,930	106,825	102,986	100,281	103,110	112,699	→
Centre Wellington (Fergus)	Census Agglomeration	Ontario	25,488	26,910	27,547	29,463	33,147	34,312	→
Charlottetown	Census Agglomeration	Prince Edward Island	62,437	63,953	70,663	76,453	86,412	93,877	→
Chatham-Kent	Census Agglomeration	Ontario	111,546	111,085	105,969	105,168	109,440	111,705	→
Chilliwack	Census Agglomeration	British Columbia	81,038	88,641	97,576	108,739	121,565	126,850	→
Cobourg	Census Agglomeration	Ontario	17,959	18,702	19,324	20,178	20,978	21,115	→
Collingwood	Census Agglomeration	Ontario	16,947	18,116	20,373	22,710	26,273	27,167	→
Corner Brook	Census Agglomeration	Newfoundland and Labrador	29,907	30,288	31,061	31,339	30,973	31,204	→
Cornwall	Census Agglomeration	Ontario	60,079	60,263	60,530	61,645	64,435	68,046	→
Courtenay	Census Agglomeration	British Columbia	49,300	53,506	56,607	61,261	66,793	69,672	→
Cowansville	Census Agglomeration	Québec	12,207	12,147	12,755	13,920	15,899	16,608	→
Cranbrook	Census Agglomeration	British Columbia	25,024	24,995	25,638	27,273	28,612	29,810	→
Dawson Creek	Census Agglomeration	British Columbia	17,906	18,149	18,531	19,468	19,082	20,140	→
Dolbeau-Mistassini	Census Agglomeration	Québec	16,647	16,100	15,982	15,525	15,285	15,297	→
Drummondville	Census Agglomeration	Québec	83,546	88,171	94,006	98,582	103,854	108,291	→
Duncan	Census Agglomeration	British Columbia	40,515	42,696	43,908	46,968	49,967	50,601	→
Edmonton	Metropolitan Area	Alberta	985,447	1,104,768	1,233,817	1,388,606	1,499,878	1,631,614	→
Edmundston	Census Agglomeration	New Brunswick	23,769	22,683	22,270	22,361	22,655	24,275	→
Elliot Lake	Census Agglomeration	Ontario	12,109	11,671	11,212	11,083	11,917	11,917	→
Essa (Angus - Borden)	Census Agglomeration	Ontario	17,527	17,800	19,504	22,123	24,615	25,103	→
Estevan	Census Agglomeration	Saskatchewan	12,225	12,341	13,622	13,736	13,006	13,157	→
Fort St. John	Census Agglomeration	British Columbia	24,292	26,498	28,268	29,863	30,117	30,979	→
Fredericton	Census Agglomeration	New Brunswick	90,367	94,309	101,226	106,393	114,495	122,500	→
Gander	Census Agglomeration	Newfoundland and Labrador	11,468	11,818	13,061	13,580	13,849	14,296	→
Granby	Census Agglomeration	Québec	71,611	76,566	82,320	86,296	92,638	95,339	→
Grande Prairie	Census Agglomeration	Alberta	40,531	52,289	60,455	65,096	66,026	70,383	→
Grand Falls-Windsor	Census Agglomeration	Newfoundland and Labrador	13,589	13,516	13,983	14,286	14,362	14,546	→
Greater Sudbury (Grand Sudbury)	Metropolitan Area	Ontario	165,164	168,485	169,572	171,705	180,100	191,902	→
Guelph	Metropolitan Area	Ontario	130,568	140,202	147,997	160,702	176,492	183,224	→
Halifax	Metropolitan Area	Nova Scotia	397,058	409,592	427,891	445,326	498,943	530,167	→
Hamilton	Metropolitan Area	Ontario	697,366	721,934	748,466	779,719	827,398	860,266	→
Hawkesbury	Census Agglomeration	Ontario / Québec	12,055	12,351	12,242	12,173	12,434	12,629	→
High River	Census Agglomeration	Alberta	9,852	11,383	13,676	14,125	14,821	15,696	→
Ingersoll	Census Agglomeration	Ontario	11,471	12,104	12,585	13,287	14,457	14,964	→
Joliette	Census Agglomeration	Québec	40,705	43,984	47,745	50,028	53,761	55,504	→
Kamloops	Census Agglomeration	British Columbia	92,512	97,458	102,188	111,084	122,117	128,233	→
Kawartha Lakes (Lindsay)	Census Agglomeration	Ontario	72,887	76,146	75,479	78,384	83,694	84,959	→
Kelowna	Metropolitan Area	British Columbia	156,043	170,950	186,270	208,874	239,748	251,756	→
Kenora	Census Agglomeration	Ontario	16,319	15,505	15,599	15,660	15,568	15,289	→
Kentville	Census Agglomeration	Nova Scotia	25,892	26,499	26,911	26,688	28,329	29,341	→
Kingston	Metropolitan Area	Ontario	154,873	158,700	164,384	169,997	184,063	192,389	→
Kitchener - Cambridge - Waterloo (Tri-Cities)	Metropolitan Area	Ontario	455,905	492,541	517,628	553,879	626,735	696,417	→
Lachute	Census Agglomeration	Québec	11,802	11,854	12,630	12,885	14,826	15,241	→
Lacombe	Census Agglomeration	Alberta	9,763	11,309	12,503	13,337	13,598	13,697	→
Ladysmith	Census Agglomeration	British Columbia	12,608	13,498	13,932	15,285	16,354	16,611	→
Lethbridge	Metropolitan Area	Alberta	91,393	101,896	111,253	121,990	130,751	139,844	→
Lloydminster	Census Agglomeration	Alberta / Saskatchewan	26,595	30,553	34,923	37,636	37,641	39,025	→
London	Metropolitan Area	Ontario	458,700	478,822	492,475	523,022	585,834	626,260	→
Matane	Census Agglomeration	Québec	19,829	19,574	19,272	18,757	18,761	18,793	→
Medicine Hat	Census Agglomeration	Alberta	64,533	72,827	76,043	78,434	79,051	81,646	→
Midland	Census Agglomeration	Ontario	25,700	26,393	26,084	27,263	29,475	29,918	→
Miramichi (Chatham - Douglastown)	Census Agglomeration	New Brunswick	30,180	28,965	28,135	27,872	28,624	30,098	→
Moncton	Metropolitan Area	New Brunswick	124,627	132,111	142,912	150,156	168,581	188,036	→
Montréal	Metropolitan Area	Québec	3,669,938	3,828,356	4,036,837	4,193,413	4,374,055	4,615,154	→
Moose Jaw	Census Agglomeration	Saskatchewan	34,041	34,137	35,485	36,266	35,995	37,426	→
Nanaimo	Census Agglomeration	British Columbia	90,058	96,085	101,344	111,651	122,968	128,371	→
Nelson	Census Agglomeration	British Columbia	17,179	17,384	18,250	19,016	20,015	20,371	→
New Glasgow	Census Agglomeration	Nova Scotia	37,450	36,665	36,195	34,932	35,745	36,316	→
Norfolk (Simcoe)	Census Agglomeration	Ontario	63,534	64,492	64,351	66,423	72,231	74,208	→
North Battleford	Census Agglomeration	Saskatchewan	19,100	18,628	19,849	20,476	19,842	20,059	→
North Bay	Census Agglomeration	Ontario	73,225	74,049	74,045	73,118	76,774	84,076	→
Okotoks	Census Agglomeration	Alberta	13,304	19,387	26,655	29,949	31,472	32,695	→
Orillia	Census Agglomeration	Ontario	30,481	31,261	31,711	32,501	35,467	36,837	→
Oshawa	Metropolitan Area	Ontario	315,315	347,944	372,501	398,669	447,764	482,359	→
Ottawa - Gatineau (National Capital Region; incl. Arnprior, Carleton Place)	Metropolitan Area	Ontario / Québec	1,186,232	1,250,095	1,351,419	1,437,124	1,568,019	1,660,269	→
Owen Sound	Census Agglomeration	Ontario	32,893	33,121	32,593	32,715	34,359	35,016	→
Parksville	Census Agglomeration	British Columbia	25,421	27,222	28,057	30,453	32,101	32,498	→
Pembroke	Census Agglomeration	Ontario	23,175	24,156	24,859	24,110	24,816	24,963	→
Penticton	Census Agglomeration	British Columbia	41,594	42,632	43,282	45,905	49,426	49,637	→
Petawawa	Census Agglomeration	Ontario	14,993	15,612	16,570	17,742	19,304	20,039	→
Peterborough	Metropolitan Area	Ontario	116,685	120,596	122,554	127,603	136,963	148,027	→
Portage la Prairie	Census Agglomeration	Manitoba	13,195	12,937	13,063	13,570	13,796	14,197	→
Port Alberni	Census Agglomeration	British Columbia	25,478	25,312	25,131	25,674	27,091	27,679	→
Port Hope	Census Agglomeration	Ontario	16,269	16,764	16,492	17,424	18,354	18,722	→
Powell River	Census Agglomeration	British Columbia	16,901	16,970	16,792	17,518	18,650	19,018	→
Prince Albert	Census Agglomeration	Saskatchewan	43,166	43,026	44,981	46,233	46,901	47,929	→
Prince George	Census Agglomeration	British Columbia	87,026	86,691	86,859	91,494	94,767	98,808	→
Prince Rupert	Census Agglomeration	British Columbia	16,174	14,428	14,031	13,970	14,118	14,087	→
Québec	Metropolitan Area	Québec	714,436	743,428	789,511	817,163	858,197	900,343	→
Quesnel	Census Agglomeration	British Columbia	24,582	23,382	23,901	24,034	23,948	24,225	→
Red Deer	Census Agglomeration	Alberta	73,080	89,071	96,916	102,941	105,654	112,759	→
Regina	Metropolitan Area	Saskatchewan	198,340	203,572	225,246	249,788	260,515	282,032	→
Rimouski	Census Agglomeration	Québec	49,700	50,302	52,664	53,654	54,639	56,976	→
Rivière-du-Loup	Census Agglomeration	Québec	26,682	28,141	29,091	29,207	30,270	30,967	→
Rouyn-Noranda	Census Agglomeration	Québec	39,887	40,274	41,599	42,702	42,677	43,338	→
Saguenay (Chicoutimi - Jonquière)	Metropolitan Area	Québec	162,155	158,701	161,790	161,824	164,255	170,380	→
Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts	Census Agglomeration	Québec	15,335	16,667	17,338	18,333	20,238	20,907	→
Sainte-Marie	Census Agglomeration	Québec	11,513	11,858	13,038	13,582	13,479	13,918	→
Saint-Georges	Census Agglomeration	Québec	30,286	31,561	33,270	34,265	35,241	36,116	→
Saint-Hyacinthe	Census Agglomeration	Québec	53,722	54,448	56,665	58,629	61,225	63,379	→
Saint John	Metropolitan Area	New Brunswick	127,177	126,745	129,680	129,658	135,557	142,433	→
Salaberry-de-Valleyfield	Census Agglomeration	Québec	39,759	39,906	40,240	41,088	43,883	46,036	→
Salmon Arm	Census Agglomeration	British Columbia	15,965	16,979	17,745	18,930	20,643	21,059	→
Sarnia	Census Agglomeration	Ontario	99,665	99,529	99,623	99,041	104,135	108,636	→
Saskatoon	Metropolitan Area	Saskatchewan	234,394	246,127	280,673	313,434	335,938	367,336	→
Sault Ste. Marie	Census Agglomeration	Ontario	82,226	82,792	82,201	80,145	81,955	88,012	→
Sept-Îles	Census Agglomeration	Québec	27,723	28,038	28,886	28,174	27,811	27,959	→
Shawinigan	Census Agglomeration	Québec	52,398	51,848	50,006	49,081	50,701	51,780	→
Sherbrooke	Metropolitan Area	Québec	185,753	194,707	206,465	215,730	233,356	243,517	→
Sorel-Tracy	Census Agglomeration	Québec	41,349	41,213	41,611	41,475	42,549	43,160	→
Squamish	Census Agglomeration	British Columbia	15,180	16,036	18,369	21,715	27,670	29,132	→
St. Catharines - Niagara	Metropolitan Area	Ontario	394,752	402,926	404,937	425,266	462,037	492,480	→
Steinbach	Census Agglomeration	Manitoba	9,866	12,007	14,900	16,885	18,574	19,926	→
St. John's	Metropolitan Area	Newfoundland and Labrador	179,699	188,198	206,603	215,534	224,712	239,316	→
Stratford	Census Agglomeration	Ontario	31,218	31,553	31,781	32,753	34,865	35,545	→
Strathmore	Census Agglomeration	Alberta	8,389	11,199	12,948	14,097	14,832	15,502	→
Summerside	Census Agglomeration	Prince Edward Island	16,656	16,667	17,208	17,350	19,314	20,389	→
Swift Current	Census Agglomeration	Saskatchewan	16,668	16,916	18,140	19,189	19,377	19,884	→
Sylvan Lake	Census Agglomeration	Alberta	8,659	11,629	13,938	15,790	17,445	18,352	→
Terrace	Census Agglomeration	British Columbia	20,172	19,006	19,216	19,795	20,738	21,766	→
Thetford Mines	Census Agglomeration	Québec	28,678	27,982	27,902	27,709	28,503	29,328	→
Thompson	Census Agglomeration	Manitoba	13,664	13,749	13,376	14,167	13,405	13,159	→
Thunder Bay	Metropolitan Area	Ontario	126,836	125,921	125,063	126,189	128,931	133,063	→
Tillsonburg	Census Agglomeration	Ontario	14,645	15,253	16,041	16,786	19,049	20,039	→
Timmins	Census Agglomeration	Ontario	45,259	44,430	44,259	42,636	43,108	45,594	→
Toronto (Greater Toronto Area)	Metropolitan Area	Ontario	5,004,342	5,418,316	5,852,887	6,202,798	6,582,012	7,106,379	→
Trail	Census Agglomeration	British Columbia	14,603	14,241	14,445	14,690	15,166	15,153	→
Trois-Rivières	Metropolitan Area	Québec	143,142	147,126	153,888	157,615	165,731	173,288	→
Truro	Census Agglomeration	Nova Scotia	45,715	46,235	46,861	46,590	48,785	50,355	→
Val-d'Or	Census Agglomeration	Québec	32,543	32,785	33,815	33,946	34,292	34,803	→
Vancouver	Metropolitan Area	British Columbia	2,099,745	2,218,269	2,422,957	2,619,630	2,853,203	3,108,941	→
Vernon	Census Agglomeration	British Columbia	54,051	57,575	60,121	64,870	70,964	73,445	→
Victoria	Metropolitan Area	British Columbia	328,100	342,279	358,777	390,727	426,397	441,491	→
Victoriaville	Census Agglomeration	Québec	44,494	46,380	49,476	51,737	53,618	54,988	→
Wasaga Beach	Census Agglomeration	Ontario	13,472	15,892	18,576	22,168	26,613	27,906	→
Wetaskiwin	Census Agglomeration	Alberta	11,444	12,156	12,990	13,023	12,804	12,771	→
Weyburn	Census Agglomeration	Saskatchewan	10,679	10,764	12,052	12,486	12,605	12,831	→
Whitehorse	Census Agglomeration	Yukon	22,724	24,676	28,051	31,123	35,235	38,000	→
Williams Lake	Census Agglomeration	British Columbia	25,438	24,221	23,721	23,942	24,883	25,059	→
Windsor (incl. Leamington)	Metropolitan Area	Ontario	397,124	406,874	400,460	416,871	452,394	483,556	→
Winkler	Census Agglomeration	Manitoba	20,181	23,875	28,094	31,538	34,389	37,070	→
Winnipeg	Metropolitan Area	Manitoba	702,397	722,298	760,667	821,697	875,837	941,641	→
Wood Buffalo (Fort McMurray)	Census Agglomeration	Alberta	46,561	58,887	73,966	73,834	76,766	82,221	→
Woodstock	Census Agglomeration	Ontario	35,516	37,443	40,105	43,280	50,054	52,476	→
Yellowknife	Census Agglomeration	Northwest Territories	18,562	19,697	20,158	21,169	22,147	22,735	→
Yorkton	Census Agglomeration	Saskatchewan	18,985	18,915	19,925	20,503	20,344	21,040	→

Source: Statistics Canada.

Explanation: Metropolitan areas and census agglomerations according to the 2021 definition. In contrast to census figures, population estimates are adjusted for underenumeration.