List of Canadian census agglomerations by province or territory

The tables below list Canada's 114 census agglomerations at the 2011 Census,[1] as determined by Statistics Canada, up from 111 in the 2006 Census.[2]

2011 changes

Statistics Canada's review of CMAs and CAs for the 2011 Census resulted in the addition of five new CAs and the retirement of two CAs.[3] It did not result in the promotion of any CAs to a census metropolitan area (CMA).[3]

New census agglomerations

Retired census agglomerations

2006 changes

Statistics Canada's review of CMAs and CAs for the 2006 Census resulted in the addition of seven new CAs, the retirement of three CAs, and the promotion of six CAs to CMAs.

New census agglomerations

Retired census agglomerations

Promoted census agglomerations

Lists

Alberta

Statistics Canada recognized 16 census agglomerations within Alberta in the 2011 Census.[4]

Name Land area
(km²)		 Population
in 2011 in 2006 % change per km² rank
Brooks 5,931.20 23,430 22,452 4.4 4.0 70
Camrose 42.50 17,286 15,630 10.6 406.7 84
Canmore 68.90 12,288 12,039 2.1 178.4 108
Cold Lake 59.30 13,839 11,991 15.4 233.4 94
Grande Prairie 72.80 55,032 47,107 16.8 755.9 26
High River 14.27 12,920 10,716 20.6 905.5 101
Lacombe 20.89 11,707 10,752 8.9 560.3 111
Lethbridge 2,975.62 105,999 95,196 11.3 35.6 1
Name Land area
(km²)		 Population
in 2011 in 2006 % change per km² rank
Lloydminster (portion) 24.19 18,032 15,910 13.3 745.6 54
Medicine Hat 13,288.65 72,807 68,822 5.8 5.5 17
Okotoks 19.24 24,511 17,150 42.9 1273.8 68
Red Deer 104.29 90,564 83,154 8.9 868.4 10
Strathmore 27.28 12,305 10,280 19.7 451.0 107
Sylvan Lake 16.84 12,762 10,703 19.2 758.0 103
Wetaskiwin 18.20 12,525 11,689 7.2 688.2 105
Wood Buffalo 63,782.95 66,896 52,643 27.1 1.0 18

British Columbia

Statistics Canada recognized 21 census agglomerations within British Columbia in the 2011 Census.[5]

Name Land area
(km²)		 Population
in 2011 in 2006 % change per km² rank
Campbell River 1,737.37 36,096 34,707 4.0 20.8 44
Chilliwack 1,220.12 92,308 82,465 11.9 75.7 9
Courtenay 625.13 55,213 51,383 7.5 88.3 25
Cranbrook 4,568.03 25,037 24,138 3.7 5.5 67
Dawson Creek 24.37 11,583 10,994 5.4 475.4 112
Duncan 373.68 43,252 41,387 4.5 115.7 35
Fort St. John 620.80 26,380 25,136 4.9 42.5 63
Kamloops 5,668.64 98,754 92,797 6.4 17.4 4
Nanaimo 1,280.84 98,021 92,361 6.1 76.5 5
Parksville 81.76 27,822 26,518 4.9 340.3 59
Penticton 1,724.95 42,361 41,303 2.6 24.6 38
Name Land area
(km²)		 Population
in 2011 in 2006 % change per km² rank
Port Alberni 1,728.72 25,465 25,343 0.5 14.7 66
Powell River 800.72 16,689 16,537 0.9 20.8 86
Prince George 17,686.50 84,232 83,225 1.2 4.8 13
Prince Rupert 222.94 13,052 13,392 -2.5 58.5 98
Quesnel 14,207.04 22,096 21,049 5.0 1.6 71
Salmon Arm 165.57 17,683 16,205 9.1 106.8 81
Squamish 105.59 17,479 15,256 14.6 165.5 83
Terrace 73.91 15,569 15,420 1.0 210.6 91
Vernon 1,040.82 58,584 55,418 5.7 56.3 23
Williams Lake 2,656.73 18,490 18,760 -1.4 7.0 77

Manitoba

Statistics Canada recognized four census agglomerations within Manitoba in the 2011 Census.[6]

Name Land area
(km²)		 Population
in 2011 in 2006 % change per km² rank
Brandon 1,712.46 53,229 48,256 10.3 31.1 28
Portage la Prairie 24.67 12,996 12,728 2.1 526.7 99
Steinbach 25.57 13,524 11,066 22.2 528.9 97
Thompson 3,481.24 12,839 13,446 -4.5 3.7 102

New Brunswick

Statistics Canada recognized five census agglomerations within New Brunswick in the 2011 Census.[7]

Name Land area
(km²)		 Population
in 2011 in 2006 % change per km² rank
Bathurst 2,292.80 33,484 34,106 -1.8 14.6 49
Campbellton (portion) 1,194.81 14,520 14,816 -2.0 12.2 80
Edmundston 916.85 21,903 22,471 -2.5 23.9 72
Fredericton 4,886.40 94,268 86,226 9.3 19.3 6
Miramichi 7,578.30 28,115 28,773 -2.3 3.7 57

Newfoundland and Labrador

Statistics Canada recognized three census agglomerations within Newfoundland and Labrador in the 2011 Census.[8]

Name Land area
(km²)		 Population
in 2011 in 2006 % change per km² rank
Bay Roberts 103.71 10,871 10,507 3.5 104.8 114
Corner Brook 267.17 27,202 27,194 0.0 101.8 61
Grand Falls-Windsor 54.67 13,725 13,558 1.2 251.1 95

Northwest Territories

Statistics Canada recognized one census agglomeration within the Northwest Territories in the 2011 Census.[9]

Name Land area
(km²)		 Population
in 2011 in 2006 % change per km² rank
Yellowknife 105.44 19,234 18,700 2.9 182.4 74

Nova Scotia

Statistics Canada recognized four census agglomerations within Nova Scotia in the 2011 Census.[10]

Name Land area
(km²)		 Population
in 2011 in 2006 % change per km² rank
Cape Breton 2,470.60 101,619 105,928 -4.1 41.1 3
Kentville 609.76 26,359 25,969 1.5 609.76 64
New Glasgow 2,066.66 35,809 36,288 -1.3 17.3 45
Truro 2,732.69 45,888 45,077 1.8 16.8 34

Nunavut

Statistics Canada recognized no census agglomerations within Nunavut in the 2011 Census.[11]

Ontario

Statistics Canada recognized 28 census agglomerations within Ontario in the 2011 Census.[12]

Name Land area
(km²)		 Population
in 2011 in 2006 % change per km² rank
Belleville 741.36 92,540 91,518 1.1 124.8 7
Brockville 893.44 39,024 39,668 -1.6 43.7 42
Centre Wellington 407.53 26,693 26,049 2.5 65.5 62
Chatham-Kent 2,470.69 104,075 108,589 -4.2 42.1 2
Cobourg 22.37 18,519 18,210 1.7 827.8 76
Collingwood 33.46 19,241 17,290 11.3 575.1 73
Cornwall 509.03 58,957 58,485 0.8 115.8 22
Elliot Lake 714.56 11,348 11,549 -1.7 15.9 113
Hawkesbury (portion) 9.46 10,551 10,869 -2.9 1115.6 110
Ingersoll 12.90 12,146 11,760 3.3 941.8 109
Kawartha Lakes 3,083.06 73,214 74,561 -1.8 23.7 16
Kenora 211.75 15,348 15,177 1.1 72.5 92
Leamington 508.76 49,765 49,741 0.0 97.8 30
Midland 199.94 35,419 35,432 0.0 177.2 46
Norfolk 1,607.60 63,175 62,563 1.0 39.3 21
Name Land area
(km²)		 Population
in 2011 in 2006 % change per km² rank
North Bay 788.48 64,043 63,424 1.0 81.2 20
Orillia 458.55 40,731 40,532 0.5 88.8 40
Owen Sound 628.58 32,092 32,259 -0.5 51.1 52
Pembroke 566.79 24,017 23,195 3.5 42.4 69
Petawawa 164.68 15,988 14,651 9.1 97.1 90
Port Hope 279.03 16,214 16,390 -1.1 58.1 88
Sarnia 799.87 89,555 88,793 0.9 112.0 11
Sault Ste. Marie 805.38 79,800 80,098 -0.4 99.1 14
Stratford 26.95 30,886 30,516 1.2 1146.0 53
Temiskaming Shores 581.43 13,566 13,654 -0.6 23.3 96
Tillsonburg 22.34 15,301 14,822 3.2 685.1 93
Timmins 2,979.15 43,165 42,997 0.4 14.5 36
Woodstock 49.00 37,754 35,822 5.4 770.5 43

Prince Edward Island

Statistics Canada recognized two census agglomerations within Prince Edward Island in the 2011 Census.[13]

Name Land area
(km²)		 Population
in 2011 in 2006 % change per km² rank
Charlottetown 798.54 64,487 59,325 8.7 80.8 19
Summerside 91.85 16,488 16,153 2.1 179.5 87

Quebec

Statistics Canada recognized 25 census agglomerations within Quebec in the 2011 Census.[14]

Name Land area
(km²)		 Population
in 2011 in 2006 % change per km² rank
Alma 340.35 33,018 31,864 3.6 97 51
Amos 1,650.99 17,090 17,176 -0.5 10.4 85
Baie-Comeau 1,137.27 28,789 29,674 -3.0 25.3 55
Campbellton (portion) 435.14 3,322 3,062 8.5 7.6 80
Cowansville 46.09 12,489 12,182 2.5 271.0 106
Dolbeau-Mistassini 651.79 16,019 16,257 -1.5 24.6 89
Drummondville 803.81 88,480 82,949 6.7 110.1 12
Granby 396.52 77,077 71,176 8.3 194.4 15
Hawkesbury (portion) 2.81 1,577 1,398 12.8 560.4 110
Joliette 109.03 46,932 43,306 8.4 430.5 32
Lachute 109.20 12,551 11,832 6.1 114.9 104
Matane 662.96 18,368 18,709 -1.8 27.7 78
Rimouski 631.22 50,912 48,918 4.1 80.7 29
Rivière-du-Loup 472.91 27,734 26,423 5.0 58.6 60
Name Land area
(km²)		 Population
in 2011 in 2006 % change per km² rank
Rouyn-Noranda 6,438.47 41,798 40,650 2.8 6.5 39
Saint-Georges 355.62 34,642 32,902 5.3 97.4 47
Saint-Hyacinthe 326.76 56,794 54,976 3.3 173.8 24
Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu 225.78 92,394 87,492 5.6 409.2 8
Salaberry-de-Valleyfield 107.10 40,077 39,672 1.0 374.2 41
Sept-Îles 1,770.52 28,487 27,827 2.4 16.1 56
Shawinigan 987.14 55,009 56,408 -2.5 55.7 27
Sorel-Tracy 233.78 47,772 46,595 2.5 204.3 31
Thetford Mines 406.98 27,968 28,110 -0.5 68.7 58
Val-d'Or 3,555.03 33,265 32,288 3.0 9.4 50
Victoriaville 153.29 46,354 43,195 7.3 302.4 33

Saskatchewan

Statistics Canada recognized seven census agglomerations within Saskatchewan in the 2011 Census.[15]

Name Land area
(km²)		 Population
in 2011 in 2006 % change per km² rank
Estevan 795.32 12,973 11,883 9.2 16.3 100
Lloydminster (portion) 1,064.18 12,766 11,113 14.9 12.0 54
Moose Jaw 844.42 34,421 33,360 3.2 40.8 48
North Battleford 1,122.99 19,216 18,081 6.3 17.1 75
Prince Albert 1,891.49 42,673 40,766 4.7 22.6 37
Swift Current 1,131.74 17,535 16,533 6.1 15.5 82
Yorkton 843.37 18,238 17,438 4.6 21.6 79

Yukon

Statistics Canada recognized one census agglomeration within Yukon in the 2011 Census.[16]

Name Land area
(km²)		 Population
in 2011 in 2006 % change per km² rank
Whitehorse 8,488.91 26,028 22,898 13.7 3.1 65

References

  1. ↑ "Population and dwelling counts, for census agglomerations, 2011 and 2006 censuses". Statistics Canada. 2012-02-02. Retrieved 2012-03-17.
  2. ↑ "Population and dwelling counts, for census agglomerations, 2006 and 2001 censuses - 100% data". Statistics Canada. 2008-11-05. Retrieved 2012-03-06.
  3. 1 2 "Summary of the results of the preliminary delineation of 2011 census metropolitan areas and census agglomerations". Statistics Canada. 2009-08-26. Retrieved 2011-11-22.
  4. ↑ "Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, census metropolitan areas and census agglomerations, 2011 and 2006 censuses (Alberta)". Statistics Canada. 2012-02-08. Retrieved 2012-03-18.
  5. ↑ "Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, census metropolitan areas and census agglomerations, 2011 and 2006 censuses (British Columbia)". Statistics Canada. 2012-02-08. Retrieved 2012-03-18.
  6. ↑ "Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, census metropolitan areas and census agglomerations, 2011 and 2006 censuses (Manitoba)". Statistics Canada. 2012-02-08. Retrieved 2012-03-17.
  7. ↑ "Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, census metropolitan areas and census agglomerations, 2011 and 2006 censuses (New Brunswick)". Statistics Canada. 2012-02-08. Retrieved 2012-03-17.
  8. ↑ "Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, census metropolitan areas and census agglomerations, 2011 and 2006 censuses (Newfoundland and Labrador)". Statistics Canada. 2012-02-08. Retrieved 2012-03-17.
  9. ↑ "Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, census metropolitan areas and census agglomerations, 2011 and 2006 censuses (Northwest Territories)". Statistics Canada. 2012-02-08. Retrieved 2012-03-07.
  10. ↑ "Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, census metropolitan areas and census agglomerations, 2011 and 2006 censuses (Nova Scotia)". Statistics Canada. 2012-02-08. Retrieved 2012-03-17.
  11. ↑ "Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, census metropolitan areas and census agglomerations, 2011 and 2006 censuses (Nunavut)". Statistics Canada. 2012-02-08. Retrieved 2012-03-07.
  12. ↑ "Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, census metropolitan areas and census agglomerations, 2011 and 2006 censuses (Ontario)". Statistics Canada. 2012-02-08. Retrieved 2012-03-18.
  13. ↑ "Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, census metropolitan areas and census agglomerations, 2011 and 2006 censuses (Prince Edward Island)". Statistics Canada. 2012-02-08. Retrieved 2012-03-17.
  14. ↑ "Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, census metropolitan areas and census agglomerations, 2011 and 2006 censuses (Quebec)". Statistics Canada. 2012-02-08. Retrieved 2012-03-18.
  15. ↑ "Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, census metropolitan areas and census agglomerations, 2011 and 2006 censuses (Saskatchewan)". Statistics Canada. 2012-02-08. Retrieved 2012-03-18.
  16. ↑ "Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, census metropolitan areas and census agglomerations, 2011 and 2006 censuses (Yukon)". Statistics Canada. 2012-02-08. Retrieved 2012-03-07.


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