List of the 100 largest municipalities in Canada by population

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The table below lists the 100 largest municipalities in Canada by population, using data from the Canada 2006 census for census subdivisions.1

This list includes only the population within a municipality's boundaries as defined at the time of the census. Many municipalities are part of a larger census metropolitan area or census agglomeration. For their ranking, see the list of the 100 largest metropolitan areas in Canada.

Contents

List

Rank Municipality Province Type Population 1996 vs 2006 (%)
2006 2001 1996
1 Toronto Ontario city 2,503,281 2,481,494 2,385,421 4.9
2 Montreal Quebec ville 1,620,693 1,583,590 1,547,030 4.8
3 Calgary Alberta city 988,193 879,003 768,082 28.7
4 Ottawa Ontario city 812,129 774,072 721,136 12.6
5 Edmonton Alberta city 730,372 666,104 616,306 18.5
6 Mississauga Ontario city 668,549 612,000 544,382 22.8
7 Winnipeg Manitoba city 633,451 619,544 618,477 2.4
8 Vancouver British Columbia city 578,041 545,671 514,008 12.5
9 Hamilton Ontario city 504,559 490,268 467,799 7.9
10 Quebec City Quebec ville 491,142 476,330 467,728 5.0
11 Brampton Ontario city 433,806 325,428 268,251 61.7
12 Surrey British Columbia city 394,976 347,820 304,477 29.7
13 Halifax Nova Scotia regional municipality 372,679 359,111 342,851 8.7
14 Laval Quebec ville 368,709 343,005 330,393 11.6
15 London Ontario city 352,395 336,539 325,669 8.2
16 Markham Ontario town 261,573 208,615 173,383 50.9
17 Gatineau Quebec ville 242,124 226,696 217,591 11.2
18 Vaughan Ontario city 238,866 182,022 132,549 80.2
19 Longueuil Quebec ville 229,330 225,761 225,722 1.6
20 Windsor Ontario city 216,473 209,218 197,694 9.5
21 Kitchener Ontario city 204,668 190,399 178,420 14.7
22 Burnaby British Columbia city 202,799 193,954 179,209 13.2
23 Saskatoon Saskatchewan city 202,340 196,861 193,653 4.5
24 Regina Saskatchewan city 179,246 178,225 180,404 -0.6
25 Richmond British Columbia city 174,461 164,345 148,867 17.2
26 Oakville Ontario town 165,613 144,738 128,405 29.0
27 Burlington Ontario city 164,415 150,836 136,976 20.0
28 Richmond Hill Ontario town 162,704 132,030 101,725 60.0
29 Greater Sudbury Ontario city 157,857 155,219 165,336 -4.5
30 Sherbrooke Quebec ville 147,427 138,785 136,883 7.7
31 Saguenay Quebec ville 143,692 147,133 152,811 -6.0
32 Oshawa Ontario city 141,590 139,051 134,464 5.3
33 St. Catharines Ontario city 131,989 129,170 130,926 0.8
34 Lévis Quebec ville 130,006 121,999 103,750 25.3
35 Barrie Ontario city 128,430 103,710 79,191 62.1
36 Trois-Rivières Quebec ville 126,323 122,395 124,417 1.5
37 Abbotsford British Columbia city 123,864 115,494 105,403 17.5
38 Cambridge Ontario city 120,371 110,372 101,429 18.7
39 Kingston Ontario city 117,207 114,195 112,605 4.1
40 Guelph Ontario city 114,943 106,170 95,821 20.0
41 Coquitlam British Columbia city 114,565 112,890 101,820 12.5
42 Whitby Ontario town 111,184 87,413 73,794 50.7
43 Thunder Bay Ontario city 109,140 109,016 113,662 -4.0
44 Saanich British Columbia district municipality 108,265 103,654 101,388 6.8
45 Chatham-Kent Ontario municipality 108,177 107,341 109,950 -1.6
46 Kelowna British Columbia city 106,707 96,288 89,442 19.3
47 Cape Breton Nova Scotia regional municipality 102,250 105,968 114,733 -10.9
48 St. John's Newfoundland and Labrador city 100,646 99,182 101,936 -1.3
49 Waterloo Ontario city 97,475 86,543 77,949 25.1
50 Delta British Columbia district municipality 96,723 96,950 95,411 1.4
51 Terrebonne Quebec ville 94,703 80,536 75,116 26.1
52 Langley British Columbia district municipality 93,726 86,896 80,179 16.9
53 Brantford Ontario city 90,192 86,417 86,417 4.4
54 Ajax Ontario town 90,167 73,753 64,430 40.0
55 Pickering Ontario city 87,838 87,139 78,989 11.3
56 Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu Quebec ville 87,492 79,600 76,461 14.4
57 Red Deer Alberta city 82,772 67,829 60,080 37.8
58 North Vancouver British Columbia district municipality 82,562 82,310 80,418 2.7
59 Strathcona [Alberta special municipality 82,511 71,986 64,176 28.6
60 Niagara Falls Ontario city 82,184 78,815 76,917 6.8
61 Kamloops British Columbia city 80,376 77,281 76,394 5.2
62 Nanaimo British Columbia city 78,692 73,000 70,130 12.2
63 Victoria British Columbia city 78,057 74,125 73,405 6.3
64 Clarington Ontario municipality 77,820 69,834 60,615 28.3
65 Repentigny Quebec ville 76,237 72,218 70,677 7.9
66 Sault Ste. Marie Ontario city 74,948 74,566 80,054 -6.4
67 Peterborough Ontario city 74,898 71,446 69,742 7.4
68 Lethbridge Alberta city 74,637 67,374 63,053 18.4
69 Kawartha Lakes Ontario city 74,561 69,179 67,926 9.8
70 Newmarket Ontario town 74,295 65,788 57,125 30.0
71 Sarnia Ontario city 71,419 70,876 72,738 -1.8
72 Brossard Quebec ville 71,154 65,026 65,927 7.9
73 Prince George British Columbia city 70,981 72,406 75,510 -6.0
74 Chilliwack British Columbia city 69,217 62,567 60,186 15.0
75 Maple Ridge British Columbia district municipality 68,949 63,169 56,173 22.7
76 Saint John New Brunswick city 68,043 69,661 72,494 -6.1
77 Drummondville Quebec ville 67,392 63,029 58,588 15.0
78 Moncton New Brunswick city 64,128 61,046 59,313 8.1
79 Saint-Jérôme Quebec ville 63,729 59,614 59,533 7.0
80 Norfolk County Ontario city 62,563 60,847 60,534 3.4
81 New Westminster British Columbia city 58,549 54,656 49,350 18.6
82 St. Albert Alberta city 57,719 53,081 46,888 23.1
83 Caledon Ontario town 57,050 50,605 39,893 43.0
84 Medicine Hat Alberta city 56,997 51,249 46,783 21.8
85 Halton Hills Ontario town 55,289 48,184 42,390 30.4
86 North Bay Ontario city 53,966 52,771 54,332 -0.7
87 Milton Ontario town 53,939 31,471 32,104 68.0
88 Port Coquitlam British Columbia city 52,687 51,257 46,682 12.9
89 Shawinigan Quebec ville 51,904 52,040 56,721 -8.5
90 Saint-Hyacinthe Quebec ville 51,616 50,394 50,027 3.2
91 Wood Buffalo Alberta regional municipality 51,496 41,445 35,213 61.9
92 Fredericton New Brunswick city 50,535 47,580 46,507 8.7
93 Welland Ontario city 50,331 48,402 48,411 4.0
94 Dollard-des-Ormeaux Quebec ville 48,930 48,206 47,826 2.3
95 Belleville Ontario city 48,821 46,029 46,195 5.7
96 Granby Quebec ville 47,637 44,121 43,316 10.0
97 Aurora Ontario town 47,629 40,167 34,857 36.6
98 Grande Prairie Alberta city 47,076 36,983 31,353 50.1
99 Blainville Quebec ville 46,493 36,029 29,603 57.1
100 Cornwall Ontario city 45,965 45,640 47,403 -3.0

Most Growth 2001-2006

Census Division 2006 Population % vs 2001
Chestermere, Alberta (Town) 9,564 148.0%
Milton, Ontario (Town) 53,939 71.4
Okotoks, Alberta (Town) 17,145 46.7
Airdrie, Alberta (City) 28,927 41.8
Greater Vancouver A, British Columbia (Regional District Electoral Area) 11,050 37.5
Sylvan Lake, Alberta (Town) 10,208 36.1
Cantley, Quebec (Municipalité) 7,926 34.4
Saint-Colomban, Quebec (Paroisse) 10,136 34.8
Strathmore, Alberta (Town) 10,225 34.2
Brampton, Ontario (City) 433,806 33.3
Saint-Lazare, Quebec (Ville) 17,016 32.0
Saint-Philippe, Quebec (Municipalité) 5,121 31.6
McMasterville, Quebec (Municipalité) 5,234 31.4
Vaughan, Ontario (City) 238,866 31.2
Paradise, Newfoundland and Labrador (Town) 12,584 31.1
Vaudreuil-Dorion, Quebec (City) 25,789 29.5
Sainte-Marthe-sur-le-Lac, Quebec (Ville) 11,311 29.4
Blainville, Quebec (Ville) 46,493 29.0
Stony Plain, Alberta (Town) 12,363 28.5
Beaumont, Alberta (Town) 8,961 27.9

Greatest Decline 2001-2006

Census Division 2006 Population % vs 2001
Kitimat, British Columbia (District Municipality) 8,987 -12.6
Prince Rupert, British Columbia (City) 12,815 -12.5
Cariboo A, British Columbia (Regional District Electoral Area) 5,859 -8.9
Crowsnest Pass, Alberta (Town) 5,749 -8.2
Marystown, Newfoundland and Labrador (Town) 5,436 -8.0
Kapuskasing, Ontario (Town) 8,509 -7.9
Kenora, Unorganized, Ontario (Unorganized) 7,041 -7.7
Stephenville, Newfoundland and Labrador (Town) 6,588 -7.3
Quesnel, British Columbia (City) 9,326 -7.1
Bulkley-Nechako Regional District, British Columbia (Regional District Electoral Area) 5,290 -7.1
Inverness, Subdivision B, Nova Scotia (Sub. of County Municipality) 5,369 -6.9
Flin Flon, Manitoba (City) 5,594 -6.8
Melfort, Saskatchewan (City) 5,192 -6.6
Labrador City, Newfoundland and Labrador (Town) 7,240 -6.5
Algoma, Unorganized, North Part, Ontario (Unorganized) 5,717 -6.5
Terrace, British Columbia (City) 11,320 -6.5
Bathurst, New Brunswick (Parish) 5,144 -6.4
Alnwick, New Brunswick (Parish) 6,152 -6.3
Banff, Alberta (Town) 6,700 -6.1
Yarmouth, Nova Scotia (Town) 7,162 -5.3
  • Populations shown for 2001 and 1996 are what the populations would have been if the municipal boundaries were as defined in 2006. Because of mergers and demergers, these numbers may be different from the populations for the municipalities as their boundaries were actually defined in those years.
  • These are only city proper populations; suburbs outside city limits are not included.
  • Quebec municipal classifications such as "Ville" have not been translated, because they do not directly correspond to the meaning generally understood by their English translations. Translating to "City" would be inaccurate.
  • Some municipalities calculate their populations differently than Statistics Canada. For example, Statistics Canada does not count post-secondary students in the municipality where they are attending school, yet those municipalities may count them.

References

  1. ^ Population and dwelling counts, for Canada and census subdivisions (municipalities), 2006 and 2001 censuses - 100% data

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