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This is a list of the census metropolitan areas and agglomerations in Canada by population, using data from the 2021 Canadian census and the 2016 Canadian census. [1] Each entry is identified as a census metropolitan area (CMA) or a census agglomeration (CA) as defined by Statistics Canada.
The Province of Ontario has 51 first-level administrative divisions, which collectively cover the whole province. With two exceptions, [a] their areas match the 49 census divisions Statistics Canada has for Ontario. The Province has four types of first-level division: single-tier municipalities, regional municipalities, counties, and districts.
Windsor Census Metropolitan Area, Ontario: 452,208. [3] Inland Empire United States: 4,669,149 2022 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA Metro Area [2] San Francisco United States: 4,578,135 2022 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Metro Area [2] Montréal Canada: 4,372,913 2022 Montréal Census Metropolitan Area, Québec [3] Santo Domingo ...
CMAs may cross census division and provincial boundaries, although the Ottawa-Gatineau metropolitan area in Ontario and Quebec is the only one that currently crosses a provincial border. The methodology used by Statistics Canada does not allow for CMA-CMA mergers into larger statistical areas; consequently, there is no Canadian equivalent to ...
A census agglomeration is a census geographic unit in Canada determined by Statistics Canada. A census agglomeration comprises one or more adjacent census subdivisions that has a core population of 10,000 or greater. It is eligible for classification as a census metropolitan area once it reaches a population of 100,000. [1]
The term was first introduced in the Canada 2011 Census; prior to that, Statistics Canada used the term urban area. [ 1 ] In the 2021 Census of Population , Statistics Canada listed 300 population centres in the province of Ontario .
The Census Bureau created the metropolitan district for the 1910 census as a standardized classification for large urban centers and their surrounding areas. The original threshold for a metropolitan district was 200,000, but was lowered to 100,000 in 1930 and 50,000 in 1940. [12]
Statistics Canada's review of CMAs and CAs for the 2016 Census resulted in the addition of eight new CAs and the demotion of two CAs, and the promotion of two CAs to census metropolitan areas (CMAs). [3] [4]