List of the 100 largest municipalities in Canada by population

The table below lists the 100 largest census subdivisions (municipalities or municipal equivalents) in Canada by population, using data from the 2016 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. Many census subdivisions are part of a larger census metropolitan area or census agglomeration. For their ranking, see the list of census metropolitan areas and agglomerations in Canada.

List

A city is displayed in bold if it is a provincial or federal capital, and in italics if it is the most populous city in the province. The three territories and one province—Yukon, Northwest Territories, Nunavut and Prince Edward Island—do not have municipalities among the 100 most populous in Canada.

Rank
(2016)		 Municipality Province Municipal status Land area
(km2, 2011)		 Growth rate

2011–2016

 Population
(2016)		 Population
(2011)		 Population
(2006)		 Population
(2001)		 Population
(1996)
1
 Toronto Ontario City 630.2 4.46% 2,731,571 2,615,060 2,503,281 2,481,494 2,385,421
2
 Montreal Quebec Ville 365.1 3.34% 1,704,694 1,649,519 1,620,693 1,583,590 1,547,030
3
 Calgary Alberta City 825.3 12.99% 1,239,220 1,096,833 988,193 879,003 768,082
4
 Ottawa Ontario City 2,790.2 5.76% 934,243 883,391 812,129 774,072 721,136
5
 Edmonton Alberta City 684.4 14.82% 932,546 812,201 730,372 666,104 616,306
6
 Mississauga Ontario City 292.4 1.14% 721,599 713,443 668,549 612,925 544,382
7
 Winnipeg Manitoba City 464.1 6.27% 705,224 663,617 633,451 619,544 618,477
8
 Vancouver British Columbia City 115.0 4.64% 631,486 603,502 578,041 545,671 514,008
9
 Brampton Ontario City 266.3 13.31% 593,638 523,911 433,806 325,428 268,251
10
 Hamilton Ontario City 1,117.2 3.26% 536,917 519,949 504,559 490,268 467,799
11
 Quebec City Quebec Ville 454.1 2.96% 531,902 516,622 491,142 476,330 473,569
12
 Surrey British Columbia City 316.4 10.60% 517,887 468,251 394,976 347,820 304,477
13
 Laval Quebec Ville 247.1 5.34% 422,993 401,553 368,709 343,005 330,393
14
 Halifax Nova Scotia Regional municipality 5,490.3 3.34% 403,131 390,096 372,679 359,111 342,851
15
 London Ontario City 420.6 4.83% 383,822 366,151 352,395 336,539 325,669
16
 Markham Ontario City 212.6 9.03% 328,966 301,709 261,573 208,615 173,383
17
 Vaughan Ontario City 273.5 6.22% 306,233 288,301 238,866 182,022 132,549
18
 Gatineau Quebec Ville 343.0 4.11% 276,245 265,349 242,124 226,696 217,591
19
 Saskatoon Saskatchewan City 209.6 10.89% 246,376 222,189 202,340 196,861 193,653
20
 Longueuil Quebec Ville 115.6 3.58% 239,700 231,409 229,330 225,761 227,408
21
 Kitchener Ontario City 136.8 6.42% 233,222 219,153 204,668 190,399 178,420
22
 Burnaby British Columbia City 90.6 4.27% 232,755 223,218 202,799 193,954 179,209
23
 Windsor Ontario City 146.3 2.99% 217,188 210,891 216,473 209,218 197,694
24
 Regina Saskatchewan City 179.97 11.40% 215,106 193,100 179,246 178,225 180,404
25
 Richmond British Columbia City 129.3 4.11% 198,309 190,473 174,461 164,345 148,867
26
 Richmond Hill Ontario City 101.0 5.11% 195,022 185,541 162,704 132,030 101,725
27
 Oakville Ontario Town 138.9 6.20% 193,832 182,520 165,613 144,738 128,405
28
 Burlington Ontario City 185.7 4.29% 183,314 175,779 164,415 150,836 136,976
29
 Greater Sudbury Ontario City 3,227.4 0.78% 161,531 160,274 157,857 155,219 165,336
30
 Sherbrooke Quebec Ville 353.5 4.35% 161,323 154,601 147,427 138,785 136,883
31
 Oshawa Ontario City 145.7 6.58% 159,458 149,607 141,590 139,051 134,464
32
 Saguenay Quebec Ville 1,126.5 0.83% 145,949 144,746 143,692 147,133 152,811
33
 Lévis Quebec Ville 449.3 3.35% 143,414 138,769 130,006 121,999 103,750
34
 Barrie Ontario City 77.4 4.22% 141,434 135,711 128,430 103,710 79,191
35
 Abbotsford British Columbia City 375.6 5.92% 141,397 133,497 123,864 115,494 105,403
36
 Coquitlam British Columbia City 122.3 10.14% 139,284 126,456 114,565 112,890 101,820
37
 Trois-Rivières Quebec Ville 288.9 2.30% 134,413 131,338 126,323 122,395 124,417
38
 St. Catharines Ontario City 96.1 1.30% 133,113 131,400 131,989 129,170 130,926
39
 Guelph Ontario City 87.2 8.30% 131,794 121,688 114,943 106,170 95,821
40
 Cambridge Ontario City 113.0 2.50% 129,920 126,748 120,371 110,372 101,429
41
 Whitby Ontario Town 146.5 5.21% 128,377 122,022 111,184 87,413 73,794
42
 Kelowna British Columbia City 211.6 8.58% 127,380 117,312 106,707 96,288 89,442
43
 Kingston Ontario City 451.2 0.35% 123,798 123,363 117,207 114,195 112,605
44
 Ajax Ontario Town 67.1 9.19% 119,677 109,600 90,167 73,753 64,430
45
 Langley British Columbia District municipality 308.0 12.58% 117,285 104,177 93,726 86,896 80,179
46
 Saanich British Columbia District municipality 103.8 4.01% 114,148 109,752 108,265 103,654 101,388
47
 Terrebonne Quebec Ville 154.7 4.94% 111,575 106,322 94,703 80,536 75,116
48
 Milton Ontario Town 363.2 30.54% 110,128 84,362 53,939 31,471 32,104
49
 St. John's Newfoundland and Labrador City 446.0 2.53% 108,860 106,172 100,646 99,182 101,936
50
 Thunder Bay Ontario City 328.2 -0.41% 107,909 108,359 109,140 109,016 113,662
51
 Waterloo Ontario City 64.0 6.28% 104,986 98,780 97,475 86,543 77,949
52
 Delta British Columbia City 180.1 2.38% 102,238 99,863 96,723 96,950 95,411
53
 Chatham-Kent Ontario Municipality 2,458.1 −1.95% 101,647 103,671 108,177 107,341 109,950
54
 Red Deer Alberta City 104.3 10.88% 100,418 90,564 82,772 67,829 60,080
55
 Strathcona County Alberta Specialized municipality 1,180.6 6.00% 98,044 92,490 82,511 71,986 64,176
56
 Brantford Ontario City 72.5 4.11% 97,496 93,650 90,192 86,417 86,417
57
 Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu Quebec Ville 225.8 2.94% 95,114 92,394 87,492 79,600 76,461
58
 Cape Breton Nova Scotia Regional municipality 2,433.4 −3.20% 94,285 97,398 102,250 105,968 114,733
59
 Lethbridge Alberta City 122.4 11.51% 92,729 83,517 74,637 67,374 63,053
60
 Clarington Ontario Municipality 611.3 8.83% 92,013 84,548 77,820 69,834 60,615
61
 Pickering Ontario City 231.6 3.44% 91,771 88,721 87,838 87,139 78,989
62
 Nanaimo British Columbia City 91.3 7.99% 90,504 83,810 78,692 73,000 70,130
63
 Kamloops British Columbia City 299.2 5.37% 90,280 85,678 80,376 77,281 76,394
64
 Niagara Falls Ontario City 209.7 6.11% 88,071 82,997 82,184 78,815 76,917
65
 North Vancouver British Columbia District municipality 160.8 1.80% 85,935 84,412 82,562 82,310 80,418
66
 Victoria British Columbia City 19.5 7.22% 85,792 80,017 78,057 74,125 73,405
67
 Brossard Quebec Ville 45.2 8.13% 85,721 79,273 71,154 65,026 65,927
68
 Repentigny Quebec Ville 61.8 2.79% 84,285 82,000 76,237 72,218 70,677
69
 Newmarket Ontario Town 38.3 5.31% 84,224 79,978 74,295 65,788 57,125
70
 Chilliwack British Columbia City 261.65 7.51% 83,788 77,936 69,217 62,567 60,186
71
 Maple Ridge British Columbia City 266.8 8.16% 82,256 76,052 68,949 63,169 56,173
72
 Peterborough Ontario City 63.8 2.97% 81,032 78,698 74,898 71,446 69,742
73
 Kawartha Lakes Ontario City 3,083.1 3.01% 75,423 73,219 74,561 69,179 67,926
74
 Drummondville Quebec Ville 246.9 4.97% 75,423 71,852 67,392 63,029 58,588
75
 Saint-Jérôme Quebec Ville 90.5 8.60% 74,346 68,456 63,729 59,614 59,533
76
 Prince George British Columbia City 318.3 2.82% 74,003 71,974 70,981 72,406 75,510
77
 Sault Ste. Marie Ontario City 223.3 −2.36% 73,368 75,141 74,948 74,566 80,054
78
 Moncton New Brunswick City 141.2 4.08% 71,889 69,074 64,128 61,046 59,313
79
 Sarnia Ontario City 164.7 −1.07% 71,594 72,366 71,419 70,876 72,738
80
 Wood Buffalo Alberta Specialized municipality 63,637.5 9.19% 71,589 65,565 51,496 41,445 35,213
81
 New Westminster British Columbia City 15.6 7.61% 70,996 65,976 58,549 54,656 49,350
82
 Saint John New Brunswick City 315.8 −3.55% 67,575 70,063 68,043 69,661 72,494
83
 Caledon Ontario Town 688.2 11.84% 66,502 59,460 57,050 50,605 39,893
84
 Granby Quebec Ville 152.7 4.40% 66,222 63,433 47,637 44,121 43,316
85
 St. Albert Alberta City 48.3 6.71% 65,589 61,466 57,719 53,081 46,888
86
 Norfolk County Ontario City 1,607.6 1.38% 64,044 63,175 62,563 60,847 60,534
87
 Medicine Hat Alberta City 112.0 5.42% 63,260 60,005 56,997 51,249 46,783
88
 Grande Prairie Alberta City 72.8 13.50% 63,166 55,655 47,076 36,983 31,353
89
 Airdrie Alberta City 84.57 42.31% 61,581 43,271 28,927 20,407 15,946
90
 Halton Hills Ontario Town 276.3 3.64% 61,161 59,013 55,289 48,184 42,390
91
 Port Coquitlam British Columbia City 29.2 4.74% 58,612 55,958 52,687 51,257 46,682
92
 Fredericton New Brunswick City 131.7 3.55% 58,220 56,224 50,535 47,580 46,507
93
 Blainville Quebec Ville 55.1 6.27% 56,863 53,510 46,493 36,029 29,603
94
 Saint-Hyacinthe Quebec Ville 188.7 4.53% 55,648 53,236 51,616 50,394 50,027
95
 Aurora Ontario Town 49.8 4.21% 55,445 53,203 47,629 40,167 34,857
96
 North Vancouver British Columbia City 11.8 9.76% 52,898 48,196 45,165 44,303 41,475
97
 Welland Ontario City 81.1 3.28% 52,293 50,631 50,331 48,402 48,411
98
 North Bay Ontario City 319.1 −3.91% 51,553 53,651 53,966 52,771 54,332
99
 Belleville Ontario City 247.2 2.55% 50,716 49,454 48,821 46,029 46,195
100
 Mirabel Quebec Ville 485.07 20.39% 50,513 41,957 34,626 27,315 22,626

Highest growth, 2011–2016

The following is a list of the 15 census subdivisions in Canada with a population of 5,000 or greater that experienced the highest percentage of population growth between the 2011 and 2016 censuses as published by Statistics Canada.[2]

Subdivision Population (2016) Population (2011) Change (2011–2016)
Warman, Saskatchewan (city) 11,020 7,104 +55.12%
Blackfalds, Alberta (town) 9,328 6,300 +48.06%
Cochrane, Alberta (town) 25,853 17,580 +47.06%
Airdrie, Alberta (city) 61,581 42,564 +44.68%
Shelburne, Ontario (town) 8,126 5,846 +39.00%
Chestermere, Alberta (city) 19,887 14,824 +34.15%
Beaumont, Alberta (town) 17,396 13,284 +30.95%
Milton, Ontario (town) 110,128 84,362 +30.54%
Spruce Grove, Alberta (city) 34,066 26,171 +30.17%
Tsinstikeptum Indian Reserve No. 9 (Indian reserve) 7,612 5,872 +29.63%
Sainte-Brigitte-de-Laval, Quebec (municipalité) 7,348 5,696 +29.00%
Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta (city) 24,149 19,051 +26.76%
Contrecœur, Quebec (ville) 7,887 6,252 +26.15%
Bradford West Gwillimbury, Ontario (town) 35,325 28,077 +25.81%
Martensville, Saskatchewan (city) 9,645 7,716 +25.00%

Largest decreases, 2006–2011

The following is a list of the 15 census subdivisions in Canada with a population of 5,000 or greater that experienced the largest percentage of population decreases between the 2006 and 2011 censuses as published by Statistics Canada.[2]

Subdivision Population (2011) Population (2006) Change (2006–2011)
Unorganized Thunder Bay District, Ontario (unorganized) 5,909 6,585 −10.27%
Inverness, Subdivision A, Nova Scotia (subdivision) 5,280 5,859 −9.88%
Hearst, Ontario (town) 5,090 5,620 −9.43%
Lac La Biche County, Alberta (municipal district) 8,402 9,123 −7.90%
Kitimat, British Columbia (district municipality) 8,335 8,987 −7.25%
Dryden, Ontario (city) 7,617 8,195 −7.05%
Digby, Nova Scotia (municipal district) 7,463 7,986 −6.55%
Shippagan, New Brunswick (parish) 5,032 5,370 −6.29%
Clare, Nova Scotia (municipal district) 8,319 8,813 −5.61%
Yarmouth, Nova Scotia (town) 6,761 7,162 −5.60%
The Blue Mountains, Ontario (town) 6,453 6,825 −5.45%
Kings, Subdivision D, Nova Scotia (subdivision of county municipality) 5,201 5,499 −5.42%
Brock, Ontario (township) 11,341 11,979 −5.33%
Annapolis, Subdivision A, Nova Scotia (subdivision of county municipality) 6,008 6,342 −5.27%
La Tuque, Quebec (ville) 11,227 11,821 −5.02%

See also

References
  1. "Population and dwelling counts, for Canada and census subdivisions (municipalities), 2016 and 2011 censuses". Statistics Canada. 7 February 2018. Retrieved 2021-02-05.
  2. "Municipalities in Canada with the largest and fastest-growing populations between 2011 and 2016". Statistics Canada. 8 February 2017. Retrieved 11 February 2017.
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