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List of largest Canadian cities by census. A collection of four maps showing the distribution of population for 1851 (Newfoundland 1857), 1871 (Newfoundland 1869), 1901 and 1921 by historical region. This is a list of the largest cities in Canada by census starting with the 1871 census of Canada, the first national census.
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.
Further information: List of North American metropolitan areas by population. Canada had 41 CMAs and 111 CAs at the 2021 census. The number of CMAs increased from 35 in 2016 with the promotion of the Nanaimo, Kamloops, Chilliwack, Fredericton, Drummondville and Red Deer CAs. [ 6 ] Overall, between promotion to CMA, absorption, and dissolution ...
List of the largest cities and towns in Canada by area. Canada had 1,137 municipalities that held city, town or ville [a] status as of 2011. [1] This list presents the 100 largest of these municipalities by land area in square kilometres at the time of the 2011 census. [2]
According to the 2021 Canadian census, British Columbia is the third most populous province in Canada, with 5,000,879 inhabitants, and the fourth largest province by land area, covering 920,686.55 square kilometres (355,479.06 square miles). [6] As of 2024, British Columbia has 161 municipalities, [7] out of which 53 are categorized as cities. [8]
The census geographic units of Canada are the census subdivisions defined and used by Canada's federal government statistics bureau Statistics Canada [ 1 ] to conduct the country's quinquennial census. These areas exist solely for the purposes of statistical analysis and presentation; they have no government of their own.
List of the largest municipalities in Canada by population, municipalities ranging from cities to rural districts. List of the largest population centres in Canada, population centres (formerly urban areas) based on continuous population density, regardless of municipal boundaries. List of census metropolitan areas and agglomerations in Canada ...
A population centre, in Canadian census data, is a type of census unit 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 persons per square km 2. [ 1 ] Note that the population of a "population centre" is not the same thing as the population ...