Canada: Agglomerations

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 2023-07-01
Alberta	Province	3,128,757	3,514,151	3,871,947	4,237,310	4,695,290	→
British Columbia	Province	4,100,504	4,290,987	4,570,866	4,934,202	5,519,013	→
Manitoba	Province	1,156,673	1,189,446	1,249,094	1,334,734	1,454,902	→
New Brunswick	Province	749,375	745,430	758,121	766,697	834,691	→
Newfoundland and Labrador	Province	519,411	509,047	526,235	529,742	538,605	→
Northwest Territories	Territory	41,698	43,396	43,624	44,656	44,972	→
Nova Scotia	Province	935,172	935,164	943,163	952,159	1,058,694	→
Nunavut	Territory	28,817	31,394	34,658	37,656	40,673	→
Ontario	Province	12,093,412	12,765,133	13,392,364	14,078,499	15,608,369	→
Prince Edward Island	Province	136,882	137,709	144,415	149,740	173,787	→
Québec [Quebec]	Province	7,441,305	7,692,400	8,059,752	8,292,832	8,874,683	→
Saskatchewan	Province	996,854	1,002,074	1,083,005	1,147,315	1,209,107	→
Yukon	Territory	30,339	32,555	36,151	39,533	44,975	→
Canada	Country	31,359,199	32,888,886	34,713,395	36,545,075	40,097,761

Major Metropolitan Areas

	Name	Population Estimate 2023-07-01
1	Toronto	6,804,847
2	Montréal	4,502,177
3	Vancouver	2,971,853
4	Calgary	1,682,509
5	Ottawa - Gatineau	1,609,805
6	Edmonton	1,563,571
7	Winnipeg	910,240
8	Québec	880,875
9	Hamilton	841,186

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 2023-07-01
Abbotsford - Mission	Metropolitan Area	British Columbia	155,191	166,250	176,701	193,234	213,785	→
Alma	Census Agglomeration	Québec	30,508	30,143	31,042	30,643	30,745	→
Amos	Census Agglomeration	Québec	18,630	18,446	18,653	19,006	18,958	→
Baie-Comeau	Census Agglomeration	Québec	30,092	29,124	28,673	27,449	26,599	→
Barrie	Metropolitan Area	Ontario	161,594	186,496	194,593	206,896	238,540	→
Bathurst	Census Agglomeration	New Brunswick	33,979	32,681	31,885	31,619	32,821	→
Belleville	Metropolitan Area	Ontario	100,915	104,512	104,639	108,194	121,982	→
Brandon	Census Agglomeration	Manitoba	43,718	46,159	50,356	54,154	59,152	→
Brantford	Metropolitan Area	Ontario	129,635	136,306	139,770	146,115	167,718	→
Brockville	Census Agglomeration	Ontario	32,728	32,944	31,798	31,912	33,649	→
Brooks	Census Agglomeration	Alberta	12,050	13,328	14,624	14,826	15,762	→
Calgary	Metropolitan Area	Alberta	1,007,907	1,156,150	1,299,559	1,453,860	1,682,509	→
Campbell River	Census Agglomeration	British Columbia	34,409	35,960	36,935	40,006	43,812	→
Campbellton	Census Agglomeration	New Brunswick / Québec	16,931	16,251	15,825	15,029	15,165	→
Camrose	Census Agglomeration	Alberta	15,423	16,625	18,095	19,135	19,687	→
Canmore	Census Agglomeration	Alberta	11,280	12,524	13,104	14,806	17,813	→
Cape Breton (Sydney)	Census Agglomeration	Nova Scotia	110,930	106,825	102,986	100,281	109,962	→
Centre Wellington (Fergus)	Census Agglomeration	Ontario	25,488	26,910	27,547	29,463	33,811	→
Charlottetown	Census Agglomeration	Prince Edward Island	62,437	63,953	70,663	76,453	90,648	→
Chatham-Kent	Census Agglomeration	Ontario	111,546	111,085	105,969	105,168	110,986	→
Chilliwack	Census Agglomeration	British Columbia	81,038	88,641	97,576	108,739	124,163	→
Cobourg	Census Agglomeration	Ontario	17,959	18,702	19,324	20,178	20,854	→
Collingwood	Census Agglomeration	Ontario	16,947	18,116	20,373	22,710	26,846	→
Corner Brook	Census Agglomeration	Newfoundland and Labrador	29,907	30,288	31,061	31,339	31,061	→
Cornwall	Census Agglomeration	Ontario	60,079	60,263	60,530	61,645	66,351	→
Courtenay	Census Agglomeration	British Columbia	49,300	53,506	56,607	61,261	67,844	→
Cowansville	Census Agglomeration	Québec	12,207	12,147	12,755	13,920	16,180	→
Cranbrook	Census Agglomeration	British Columbia	25,024	24,995	25,638	27,273	28,968	→
Dawson Creek	Census Agglomeration	British Columbia	17,906	18,149	18,531	19,468	19,550	→
Dolbeau-Mistassini	Census Agglomeration	Québec	16,647	16,100	15,982	15,525	15,320	→
Drummondville	Census Agglomeration	Québec	83,546	88,171	94,006	98,582	106,347	→
Duncan	Census Agglomeration	British Columbia	40,515	42,696	43,908	46,968	50,590	→
Edmonton	Metropolitan Area	Alberta	985,447	1,104,768	1,233,817	1,388,606	1,563,571	→
Edmundston	Census Agglomeration	New Brunswick	23,769	22,683	22,270	22,361	23,113	→
Elliot Lake	Census Agglomeration	Ontario	12,109	11,671	11,212	11,083	12,115	→
Essa (Angus - Borden)	Census Agglomeration	Ontario	17,527	17,800	19,504	22,123	25,125	→
Estevan	Census Agglomeration	Saskatchewan	12,225	12,341	13,622	13,736	12,982	→
Fort St. John	Census Agglomeration	British Columbia	24,292	26,498	28,268	29,863	29,988	→
Fredericton	Census Agglomeration	New Brunswick	90,367	94,309	101,226	106,393	119,059	→
Gander	Census Agglomeration	Newfoundland and Labrador	11,468	11,818	13,061	13,580	14,037	→
Granby	Census Agglomeration	Québec	71,611	76,566	82,320	86,296	93,922	→
Grande Prairie	Census Agglomeration	Alberta	40,531	52,289	60,455	65,096	67,606	→
Grand Falls-Windsor	Census Agglomeration	Newfoundland and Labrador	13,589	13,516	13,983	14,286	14,398	→
Greater Sudbury (Grand Sudbury)	Metropolitan Area	Ontario	165,164	168,485	169,572	171,705	185,230	→
Guelph	Metropolitan Area	Ontario	130,568	140,202	147,997	160,702	180,476	→
Halifax	Metropolitan Area	Nova Scotia	397,058	409,592	427,891	445,326	518,711	→
Hamilton	Metropolitan Area	Ontario	697,366	721,934	748,466	779,719	841,186	→
Hawkesbury	Census Agglomeration	Ontario / Québec	12,055	12,351	12,242	12,173	12,668	→
High River	Census Agglomeration	Alberta	9,852	11,383	13,676	14,125	15,184	→
Ingersoll	Census Agglomeration	Ontario	11,471	12,104	12,585	13,287	14,642	→
Joliette	Census Agglomeration	Québec	40,705	43,984	47,745	50,028	54,583	→
Kamloops	Census Agglomeration	British Columbia	92,512	97,458	102,188	111,084	125,332	→
Kawartha Lakes (Lindsay)	Census Agglomeration	Ontario	72,887	76,146	75,479	78,384	85,117	→
Kelowna	Metropolitan Area	British Columbia	156,043	170,950	186,270	208,874	246,894	→
Kenora	Census Agglomeration	Ontario	16,319	15,505	15,599	15,660	15,612	→
Kentville	Census Agglomeration	Nova Scotia	25,892	26,499	26,911	26,688	28,842	→
Kingston	Metropolitan Area	Ontario	154,873	158,700	164,384	169,997	188,267	→
Kitchener - Cambridge - Waterloo (Tri-Cities)	Metropolitan Area	Ontario	455,905	492,541	517,628	553,879	665,188	→
Lachute	Census Agglomeration	Québec	11,802	11,854	12,630	12,885	15,021	→
Lacombe	Census Agglomeration	Alberta	9,763	11,309	12,503	13,337	13,600	→
Ladysmith	Census Agglomeration	British Columbia	12,608	13,498	13,932	15,285	16,539	→
Lethbridge	Metropolitan Area	Alberta	91,393	101,896	111,253	121,990	135,230	→
Lloydminster	Census Agglomeration	Alberta / Saskatchewan	26,595	30,553	34,923	37,636	38,214	→
London	Metropolitan Area	Ontario	458,700	478,822	492,475	523,022	608,343	→
Matane	Census Agglomeration	Québec	19,829	19,574	19,272	18,757	18,886	→
Medicine Hat	Census Agglomeration	Alberta	64,533	72,827	76,043	78,434	80,331	→
Midland	Census Agglomeration	Ontario	25,700	26,393	26,084	27,263	29,957	→
Miramichi (Chatham - Douglastown)	Census Agglomeration	New Brunswick	30,180	28,965	28,135	27,872	29,411	→
Moncton	Metropolitan Area	New Brunswick	124,627	132,111	142,912	150,156	178,971	→
Montréal	Metropolitan Area	Québec	3,669,938	3,828,356	4,036,837	4,193,413	4,502,177	→
Moose Jaw	Census Agglomeration	Saskatchewan	34,041	34,137	35,485	36,266	36,966	→
Nanaimo	Census Agglomeration	British Columbia	90,058	96,085	101,344	111,651	125,430	→
Nelson	Census Agglomeration	British Columbia	17,179	17,384	18,250	19,016	19,973	→
New Glasgow	Census Agglomeration	Nova Scotia	37,450	36,665	36,195	34,932	36,208	→
Norfolk (Simcoe)	Census Agglomeration	Ontario	63,534	64,492	64,351	66,423	73,730	→
North Battleford	Census Agglomeration	Saskatchewan	19,100	18,628	19,849	20,476	19,953	→
North Bay	Census Agglomeration	Ontario	73,225	74,049	74,045	73,118	79,732	→
Okotoks	Census Agglomeration	Alberta	13,304	19,387	26,655	29,949	32,214	→
Orillia	Census Agglomeration	Ontario	30,481	31,261	31,711	32,501	36,316	→
Oshawa	Metropolitan Area	Ontario	315,315	347,944	372,501	398,669	464,356	→
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	1,609,805	→
Owen Sound	Census Agglomeration	Ontario	32,893	33,121	32,593	32,715	34,757	→
Parksville	Census Agglomeration	British Columbia	25,421	27,222	28,057	30,453	32,292	→
Pembroke	Census Agglomeration	Ontario	23,175	24,156	24,859	24,110	25,068	→
Penticton	Census Agglomeration	British Columbia	41,594	42,632	43,282	45,905	49,650	→
Petawawa	Census Agglomeration	Ontario	14,993	15,612	16,570	17,742	19,464	→
Peterborough	Metropolitan Area	Ontario	116,685	120,596	122,554	127,603	142,737	→
Portage la Prairie	Census Agglomeration	Manitoba	13,195	12,937	13,063	13,570	13,980	→
Port Alberni	Census Agglomeration	British Columbia	25,478	25,312	25,131	25,674	27,343	→
Port Hope	Census Agglomeration	Ontario	16,269	16,764	16,492	17,424	18,707	→
Powell River	Census Agglomeration	British Columbia	16,901	16,970	16,792	17,518	18,815	→
Prince Albert	Census Agglomeration	Saskatchewan	43,166	43,026	44,981	46,233	47,385	→
Prince George	Census Agglomeration	British Columbia	87,026	86,691	86,859	91,494	96,758	→
Prince Rupert	Census Agglomeration	British Columbia	16,174	14,428	14,031	13,970	14,155	→
Québec	Metropolitan Area	Québec	714,436	743,428	789,511	817,163	880,875	→
Quesnel	Census Agglomeration	British Columbia	24,582	23,382	23,901	24,034	23,853	→
Red Deer	Census Agglomeration	Alberta	73,080	89,071	96,916	102,941	109,262	→
Regina	Metropolitan Area	Saskatchewan	198,340	203,572	225,246	249,788	271,119	→
Rimouski	Census Agglomeration	Québec	49,700	50,302	52,664	53,654	55,733	→
Rivière-du-Loup	Census Agglomeration	Québec	26,682	28,141	29,091	29,207	30,637	→
Rouyn-Noranda	Census Agglomeration	Québec	39,887	40,274	41,599	42,702	42,954	→
Saguenay (Chicoutimi - Jonquière)	Metropolitan Area	Québec	162,155	158,701	161,790	161,824	167,399	→
Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts	Census Agglomeration	Québec	15,335	16,667	17,338	18,333	20,694	→
Sainte-Marie	Census Agglomeration	Québec	11,513	11,858	13,038	13,582	13,745	→
Saint-Georges	Census Agglomeration	Québec	30,286	31,561	33,270	34,265	35,764	→
Saint-Hyacinthe	Census Agglomeration	Québec	53,722	54,448	56,665	58,629	62,497	→
Saint John	Metropolitan Area	New Brunswick	127,177	126,745	129,680	129,658	138,985	→
Salaberry-de-Valleyfield	Census Agglomeration	Québec	39,759	39,906	40,240	41,088	44,827	→
Salmon Arm	Census Agglomeration	British Columbia	15,965	16,979	17,745	18,930	20,938	→
Sarnia	Census Agglomeration	Ontario	99,665	99,529	99,623	99,041	106,984	→
Saskatoon	Metropolitan Area	Saskatchewan	234,394	246,127	280,673	313,434	352,093	→
Sault Ste. Marie	Census Agglomeration	Ontario	82,226	82,792	82,201	80,145	85,033	→
Sept-Îles	Census Agglomeration	Québec	27,723	28,038	28,886	28,174	27,845	→
Shawinigan	Census Agglomeration	Québec	52,398	51,848	50,006	49,081	51,165	→
Sherbrooke	Metropolitan Area	Québec	185,753	194,707	206,465	215,730	238,808	→
Sorel-Tracy	Census Agglomeration	Québec	41,349	41,213	41,611	41,475	42,729	→
Squamish	Census Agglomeration	British Columbia	15,180	16,036	18,369	21,715	29,206	→
St. Catharines - Niagara	Metropolitan Area	Ontario	394,752	402,926	404,937	425,266	478,261	→
Steinbach	Census Agglomeration	Manitoba	9,866	12,007	14,900	16,885	19,258	→
St. John's	Metropolitan Area	Newfoundland and Labrador	179,699	188,198	206,603	215,534	232,039	→
Stratford	Census Agglomeration	Ontario	31,218	31,553	31,781	32,753	35,421	→
Strathmore	Census Agglomeration	Alberta	8,389	11,199	12,948	14,097	15,202	→
Summerside	Census Agglomeration	Prince Edward Island	16,656	16,667	17,208	17,350	19,795	→
Swift Current	Census Agglomeration	Saskatchewan	16,668	16,916	18,140	19,189	19,686	→
Sylvan Lake	Census Agglomeration	Alberta	8,659	11,629	13,938	15,790	17,970	→
Terrace	Census Agglomeration	British Columbia	20,172	19,006	19,216	19,795	21,202	→
Thetford Mines	Census Agglomeration	Québec	28,678	27,982	27,902	27,709	28,947	→
Thompson	Census Agglomeration	Manitoba	13,664	13,749	13,376	14,167	13,438	→
Thunder Bay	Metropolitan Area	Ontario	126,836	125,921	125,063	126,189	130,752	→
Tillsonburg	Census Agglomeration	Ontario	14,645	15,253	16,041	16,786	19,767	→
Timmins	Census Agglomeration	Ontario	45,259	44,430	44,259	42,636	44,819	→
Toronto (Greater Toronto Area)	Metropolitan Area	Ontario	5,004,342	5,418,316	5,852,887	6,202,798	6,804,847	→
Trail	Census Agglomeration	British Columbia	14,603	14,241	14,445	14,690	15,143	→
Trois-Rivières	Metropolitan Area	Québec	143,142	147,126	153,888	157,615	169,204	→
Truro	Census Agglomeration	Nova Scotia	45,715	46,235	46,861	46,590	49,597	→
Val-d'Or	Census Agglomeration	Québec	32,543	32,785	33,815	33,946	34,512	→
Vancouver	Metropolitan Area	British Columbia	2,099,745	2,218,269	2,422,957	2,619,630	2,971,853	→
Vernon	Census Agglomeration	British Columbia	54,051	57,575	60,121	64,870	71,966	→
Victoria	Metropolitan Area	British Columbia	328,100	342,279	358,777	390,727	434,429	→
Victoriaville	Census Agglomeration	Québec	44,494	46,380	49,476	51,737	54,199	→
Wasaga Beach	Census Agglomeration	Ontario	13,472	15,892	18,576	22,168	27,595	→
Wetaskiwin	Census Agglomeration	Alberta	11,444	12,156	12,990	13,023	12,797	→
Weyburn	Census Agglomeration	Saskatchewan	10,679	10,764	12,052	12,486	12,764	→
Whitehorse	Census Agglomeration	Yukon	22,724	24,676	28,051	31,123	36,315	→
Williams Lake	Census Agglomeration	British Columbia	25,438	24,221	23,721	23,942	25,088	→
Windsor (incl. Leamington)	Metropolitan Area	Ontario	397,124	406,874	400,460	416,871	467,973	→
Winkler	Census Agglomeration	Manitoba	20,181	23,875	28,094	31,538	36,054	→
Winnipeg	Metropolitan Area	Manitoba	702,397	722,298	760,667	821,697	910,240	→
Wood Buffalo (Fort McMurray)	Census Agglomeration	Alberta	46,561	58,887	73,966	73,834	78,737	→
Woodstock	Census Agglomeration	Ontario	35,516	37,443	40,105	43,280	51,387	→
Yellowknife	Census Agglomeration	Northwest Territories	18,562	19,697	20,158	21,169	22,600	→
Yorkton	Census Agglomeration	Saskatchewan	18,985	18,915	19,925	20,503	20,631	→

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.