Canadian Population Centres — Interactive by Caleb Newton

Hover rows to highlight; click a centre name to auto-build a summary below. Click header titles for quick tips.

Click any centre name in the table to see a sentence-style summary here.

Reveal data

Centre
City/urban centre (clickable to show a summary).
Province
Two-letter province/territory code.
2021 Population
Core column we sorted by; spotlighted on hover.
2016 Population Change % Land Area (km²) Density (/km²)
TorontoON27943562731571+2.3%630.24436
MontréalQC17638671704694+3.5%365.14831
VancouverBC662248631486+4.9%114.75776
CalgaryAB13248301237656+7.0%820.61614
EdmontonAB1010899932546+8.4%767.91317
Ottawa–GatineauON/QC989657934243+5.9%571.71731
WinnipegMB749607705244+6.3%464.31614
Québec CityQC549459531902+3.3%454.11210
HamiltonON579200536917+7.9%293.51974
Kitchener–Cambridge–WaterlooON470015417715+12.5%274.81711
HalifaxNS348634316701+10.1%234.81485
LondonON336539322500+4.3%232.71446
Figure 1. Selected Canadian population centres (sorted by 2021 Population, the core column).

Glossary

Population Centre
A built-up area used for census stats; different from a full metro area.
Land Area
Size of the centre’s land in square kilometres (km²).
Population Density
Residents per km² (population ÷ land area).
Change %
Percent change from 2016 to 2021 populations.
Core Column
The main column used for sorting/comparison (2021 Population here).