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The term was introduced in the Canada 2011 Census; prior to that, Statistics Canada used the term urban area. [ 1 ] As of the 2006 Census of Canada , the Province of Alberta had 107 urban areas [ 2 ] with a cumulative population of 2,699,851 and an average population of 25,232.
Such is the case with the Greater Toronto Area, where its metro population is notably higher than its CMA population due to its inclusion of the neighbouring Oshawa CMA to the east and the Burlington portion of the neighbouring Hamilton CMA to the west. [2] In 2021, 27,465,137 people (71.9% of Canada's population) lived in a CMA, while ...
Canada population density map (2014). A population centre, in the context of a Canadian census, is a populated place, or a cluster of interrelated populated places, which meets the demographic characteristics of an urban area, having a population of at least 1,000 people and a population density of no fewer than 400 people per square km 2.
The tables below list Canada's 117 census agglomerations at the 2016 Census, [1] as determined by Statistics Canada, up from 113 in the 2011 Census. [ 2 ] 2016 changes
For the 2011 census, urban area was renamed "population centre". [14] [15] In 2011, Statistics Canada identified 942 population centres in Canada. Some population centres cross municipal boundaries and not all municipalities contain a population centre while others have more than one. [16]
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] At the 2016 Census, the Province of Alberta had 15 census agglomerations, [2] down from 16 in the 2011 Census. [3]
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 273 population centres in the province of Quebec . [ 2 ]
The table below lists the 100 largest census subdivisions (municipalities or municipal equivalents) in Canada by population, using data from the 2021 Canadian census for census subdivisions. [1] This list includes only the population within a census subdivision's boundaries as defined at the time of the census.