Canada: Agglomerations

Contents: Canada

Country

38,950,132 Population [2022] – estimate

41,651,653 Population [2025] – estimate

8,788,703km² Area

4.739/km² Density [2025]

Provinces and Territories

The population of the Canadian provinces and territories according to official estimates.

Name	Status	Population Estimate 2002-07-01	Population Estimate 2007-07-01	Population Estimate 2012-07-01	Population Estimate 2017-07-01	Population Estimate 2022-07-01	Population Estimate 2025-07-01
Alberta	Province	3,128,757	3,514,151	3,871,947	4,237,310	4,512,731	5,029,346	→
British Columbia	Province	4,100,504	4,290,987	4,570,866	4,934,202	5,358,845	5,697,536	→
Manitoba	Province	1,156,673	1,189,446	1,249,094	1,334,734	1,413,498	1,509,702	→
New Brunswick	Province	749,375	745,430	758,121	766,697	808,869	869,682	→
Newfoundland and Labrador	Province	519,411	509,047	526,235	529,742	531,257	549,911	→
Northwest Territories	Territory	41,698	43,396	43,624	44,656	44,631	45,950	→
Nova Scotia	Province	935,172	935,164	943,163	952,159	1,024,034	1,093,245	→
Nunavut	Territory	28,817	31,394	34,658	37,656	40,603	41,830	→
Ontario	Province	12,093,412	12,765,133	13,392,364	14,078,499	15,155,836	16,258,260	→
Prince Edward Island	Province	136,882	137,709	144,415	149,740	167,200	182,657	→
Québec [Quebec]	Province	7,441,305	7,692,400	8,059,752	8,292,832	8,669,963	9,058,297	→
Saskatchewan	Province	996,854	1,002,074	1,083,005	1,147,315	1,178,796	1,266,959	→
Yukon	Territory	30,339	32,555	36,151	39,533	43,869	48,278	→
Canada	Country	31,359,199	32,888,886	34,713,395	36,545,075	38,950,132	41,651,653

Major Metropolitan Areas

	Name	Population Estimate 2025-07-01
1	Toronto	7,108,874
2	Montréal	4,597,837
3	Vancouver	3,088,036
4	Calgary	1,836,012
5	Ottawa - Gatineau	1,700,014
6	Edmonton	1,692,385
7	Winnipeg	951,758
8	Québec	903,607
9	Hamilton	871,143
10	Kitchener - Cambridge - Waterloo	701,568

Contents: Metropolitan Areas and Census Agglomerations

The population of all Canadian metropolitan areas and census agglomerations according to official estimates.

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Name	Status	Province(s)	Population Estimate 2002-07-01	Population Estimate 2007-07-01	Population Estimate 2012-07-01	Population Estimate 2017-07-01	Population Estimate 2022-07-01	Population Estimate 2025-07-01
Abbotsford - Mission	Metropolitan Area	British Columbia	155,191	166,250	176,701	193,234	207,467	223,828	→
Alma	Census Agglomeration	Québec	30,508	30,143	31,042	30,643	30,496	30,682	→
Amos	Census Agglomeration	Québec	18,630	18,446	18,653	19,006	18,939	18,862	→
Baie-Comeau	Census Agglomeration	Québec	30,092	29,124	28,673	27,449	26,652	26,446	→
Barrie	Metropolitan Area	Ontario	161,594	186,496	194,593	206,896	230,302	252,446	→
Bathurst	Census Agglomeration	New Brunswick	33,979	32,681	31,885	31,619	32,177	33,467	→
Belleville	Metropolitan Area	Ontario	100,915	104,512	104,639	108,194	118,545	124,978	→
Brandon	Census Agglomeration	Manitoba	43,718	46,159	50,356	54,154	57,004	62,723	→
Brantford	Metropolitan Area	Ontario	129,635	136,306	139,770	146,115	161,449	176,307	→
Brockville	Census Agglomeration	Ontario	32,728	32,944	31,798	31,912	33,255	33,946	→
Brooks	Census Agglomeration	Alberta	12,050	13,328	14,624	14,826	15,407	16,698	→
Calgary	Metropolitan Area	Alberta	1,007,907	1,156,150	1,299,559	1,453,860	1,587,723	1,836,012	→
Campbell River	Census Agglomeration	British Columbia	34,409	35,960	36,935	40,006	43,176	43,999	→
Campbellton	Census Agglomeration	New Brunswick / Québec	16,931	16,251	15,825	15,029	15,096	15,554	→
Camrose	Census Agglomeration	Alberta	15,423	16,625	18,095	19,135	19,387	20,071	→
Canmore	Census Agglomeration	Alberta	11,280	12,524	13,104	14,806	17,091	17,897	→
Cape Breton (Sydney)	Census Agglomeration	Nova Scotia	110,930	106,825	102,986	100,281	102,830	111,889	→
Centre Wellington (Fergus)	Census Agglomeration	Ontario	25,488	26,910	27,547	29,463	33,138	35,736	→
Charlottetown	Census Agglomeration	Prince Edward Island	62,437	63,953	70,663	76,453	86,395	96,516	→
Chatham-Kent	Census Agglomeration	Ontario	111,546	111,085	105,969	105,168	109,418	112,977	→
Chilliwack	Census Agglomeration	British Columbia	81,038	88,641	97,576	108,739	121,511	130,283	→
Cobourg	Census Agglomeration	Ontario	17,959	18,702	19,324	20,178	20,968	21,028	→
Collingwood	Census Agglomeration	Ontario	16,947	18,116	20,373	22,710	26,286	27,266	→
Corner Brook	Census Agglomeration	Newfoundland and Labrador	29,907	30,288	31,061	31,339	30,985	31,880	→
Cornwall	Census Agglomeration	Ontario	60,079	60,263	60,530	61,645	64,435	68,503	→
Courtenay	Census Agglomeration	British Columbia	49,300	53,506	56,607	61,261	66,804	70,323	→
Cowansville	Census Agglomeration	Québec	12,207	12,147	12,755	13,920	15,908	17,011	→
Cranbrook	Census Agglomeration	British Columbia	25,024	24,995	25,638	27,273	28,613	29,713	→
Dawson Creek	Census Agglomeration	British Columbia	17,906	18,149	18,531	19,468	19,096	20,264	→
Dolbeau-Mistassini	Census Agglomeration	Québec	16,647	16,100	15,982	15,525	15,283	15,213	→
Drummondville	Census Agglomeration	Québec	83,546	88,171	94,006	98,582	103,827	109,151	→
Duncan	Census Agglomeration	British Columbia	40,515	42,696	43,908	46,968	49,934	51,122	→
Edmonton	Metropolitan Area	Alberta	985,447	1,104,768	1,233,817	1,388,606	1,500,864	1,692,385	→
Edmundston	Census Agglomeration	New Brunswick	23,769	22,683	22,270	22,361	22,634	24,655	→
Elliot Lake	Census Agglomeration	Ontario	12,109	11,671	11,212	11,083	11,914	11,901	→
Essa (Angus - Borden)	Census Agglomeration	Ontario	17,527	17,800	19,504	22,123	24,611	25,868	→
Estevan	Census Agglomeration	Saskatchewan	12,225	12,341	13,622	13,736	13,000	13,266	→
Fort St. John	Census Agglomeration	British Columbia	24,292	26,498	28,268	29,863	30,111	30,862	→
Fredericton	Census Agglomeration	New Brunswick	90,367	94,309	101,226	106,393	114,480	125,303	→
Gander	Census Agglomeration	Newfoundland and Labrador	11,468	11,818	13,061	13,580	13,838	14,389	→
Granby	Census Agglomeration	Québec	71,611	76,566	82,320	86,296	92,605	95,867	→
Grande Prairie	Census Agglomeration	Alberta	40,531	52,289	60,455	65,096	66,029	72,120	→
Grand Falls-Windsor	Census Agglomeration	Newfoundland and Labrador	13,589	13,516	13,983	14,286	14,366	14,549	→
Greater Sudbury (Grand Sudbury)	Metropolitan Area	Ontario	165,164	168,485	169,572	171,705	180,295	194,278	→
Guelph	Metropolitan Area	Ontario	130,568	140,202	147,997	160,702	176,523	183,134	→
Halifax	Metropolitan Area	Nova Scotia	397,058	409,592	427,891	445,326	498,222	544,834	→
Hamilton	Metropolitan Area	Ontario	697,366	721,934	748,466	779,719	827,480	871,143	→
Hawkesbury	Census Agglomeration	Ontario / Québec	12,055	12,351	12,242	12,173	12,428	13,134	→
High River	Census Agglomeration	Alberta	9,852	11,383	13,676	14,125	14,820	15,514	→
Ingersoll	Census Agglomeration	Ontario	11,471	12,104	12,585	13,287	14,451	15,042	→
Joliette	Census Agglomeration	Québec	40,705	43,984	47,745	50,028	53,706	56,044	→
Kamloops	Census Agglomeration	British Columbia	92,512	97,458	102,188	111,084	122,129	127,198	→
Kawartha Lakes (Lindsay)	Census Agglomeration	Ontario	72,887	76,146	75,479	78,384	83,694	85,223	→
Kelowna	Metropolitan Area	British Columbia	156,043	170,950	186,270	208,874	239,880	254,605	→
Kenora	Census Agglomeration	Ontario	16,319	15,505	15,599	15,660	15,566	15,370	→
Kentville	Census Agglomeration	Nova Scotia	25,892	26,499	26,911	26,688	28,283	29,559	→
Kingston	Metropolitan Area	Ontario	154,873	158,700	164,384	169,997	184,150	193,466	→
Kitchener - Cambridge - Waterloo (Tri-Cities)	Metropolitan Area	Ontario	455,905	492,541	517,628	553,879	627,929	701,568	→
Lachute	Census Agglomeration	Québec	11,802	11,854	12,630	12,885	14,828	15,364	→
Lacombe	Census Agglomeration	Alberta	9,763	11,309	12,503	13,337	13,622	13,657	→
Ladysmith	Census Agglomeration	British Columbia	12,608	13,498	13,932	15,285	16,337	16,679	→
Lethbridge	Metropolitan Area	Alberta	91,393	101,896	111,253	121,990	130,818	143,143	→
Lloydminster	Census Agglomeration	Alberta / Saskatchewan	26,595	30,553	34,923	37,636	37,661	39,806	→
London	Metropolitan Area	Ontario	458,700	478,822	492,475	523,022	586,473	633,002	→
Matane	Census Agglomeration	Québec	19,829	19,574	19,272	18,757	18,782	18,724	→
Medicine Hat	Census Agglomeration	Alberta	64,533	72,827	76,043	78,434	79,057	82,880	→
Midland	Census Agglomeration	Ontario	25,700	26,393	26,084	27,263	29,470	30,087	→
Miramichi (Chatham - Douglastown)	Census Agglomeration	New Brunswick	30,180	28,965	28,135	27,872	28,620	30,218	→
Moncton	Metropolitan Area	New Brunswick	124,627	132,111	142,912	150,156	168,356	196,143	→
Montréal	Metropolitan Area	Québec	3,669,938	3,828,356	4,036,837	4,193,413	4,372,296	4,597,837	→
Moose Jaw	Census Agglomeration	Saskatchewan	34,041	34,137	35,485	36,266	35,997	37,434	→
Nanaimo	Census Agglomeration	British Columbia	90,058	96,085	101,344	111,651	122,944	129,750	→
Nelson	Census Agglomeration	British Columbia	17,179	17,384	18,250	19,016	20,002	20,182	→
New Glasgow	Census Agglomeration	Nova Scotia	37,450	36,665	36,195	34,932	35,739	36,677	→
Norfolk (Simcoe)	Census Agglomeration	Ontario	63,534	64,492	64,351	66,423	72,233	75,773	→
North Battleford	Census Agglomeration	Saskatchewan	19,100	18,628	19,849	20,476	19,836	20,772	→
North Bay	Census Agglomeration	Ontario	73,225	74,049	74,045	73,118	76,924	84,834	→
Okotoks	Census Agglomeration	Alberta	13,304	19,387	26,655	29,949	31,467	32,992	→
Orillia	Census Agglomeration	Ontario	30,481	31,261	31,711	32,501	35,483	37,477	→
Oshawa	Metropolitan Area	Ontario	315,315	347,944	372,501	398,669	447,894	493,441	→
Ottawa - Gatineau (National Capital Region; incl. Arnprior, Carleton Place)	Metropolitan Area	Ontario / Québec	1,186,232	1,250,095	1,351,419	1,437,124	1,568,982	1,700,014	→
Owen Sound	Census Agglomeration	Ontario	32,893	33,121	32,593	32,715	34,365	35,534	→
Parksville	Census Agglomeration	British Columbia	25,421	27,222	28,057	30,453	32,097	32,525	→
Pembroke	Census Agglomeration	Ontario	23,175	24,156	24,859	24,110	24,802	24,465	→
Penticton	Census Agglomeration	British Columbia	41,594	42,632	43,282	45,905	49,408	49,807	→
Petawawa	Census Agglomeration	Ontario	14,993	15,612	16,570	17,742	19,309	20,890	→
Peterborough	Metropolitan Area	Ontario	116,685	120,596	122,554	127,603	137,058	149,938	→
Portage la Prairie	Census Agglomeration	Manitoba	13,195	12,937	13,063	13,570	13,782	13,921	→
Port Alberni	Census Agglomeration	British Columbia	25,478	25,312	25,131	25,674	27,088	27,672	→
Port Hope	Census Agglomeration	Ontario	16,269	16,764	16,492	17,424	18,331	18,565	→
Powell River	Census Agglomeration	British Columbia	16,901	16,970	16,792	17,518	18,650	18,966	→
Prince Albert	Census Agglomeration	Saskatchewan	43,166	43,026	44,981	46,233	46,934	48,655	→
Prince George	Census Agglomeration	British Columbia	87,026	86,691	86,859	91,494	94,810	100,127	→
Prince Rupert	Census Agglomeration	British Columbia	16,174	14,428	14,031	13,970	14,112	14,052	→
Québec	Metropolitan Area	Québec	714,436	743,428	789,511	817,163	857,697	903,607	→
Quesnel	Census Agglomeration	British Columbia	24,582	23,382	23,901	24,034	23,953	24,222	→
Red Deer	Census Agglomeration	Alberta	73,080	89,071	96,916	102,941	105,653	115,273	→
Regina	Metropolitan Area	Saskatchewan	198,340	203,572	225,246	249,788	260,689	291,187	→
Rimouski	Census Agglomeration	Québec	49,700	50,302	52,664	53,654	54,651	56,959	→
Rivière-du-Loup	Census Agglomeration	Québec	26,682	28,141	29,091	29,207	30,259	30,925	→
Rouyn-Noranda	Census Agglomeration	Québec	39,887	40,274	41,599	42,702	42,696	43,281	→
Saguenay (Chicoutimi - Jonquière)	Metropolitan Area	Québec	162,155	158,701	161,790	161,824	164,244	170,192	→
Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts	Census Agglomeration	Québec	15,335	16,667	17,338	18,333	20,241	21,208	→
Sainte-Marie	Census Agglomeration	Québec	11,513	11,858	13,038	13,582	13,343	13,933	→
Saint-Georges	Census Agglomeration	Québec	30,286	31,561	33,270	34,265	35,215	36,067	→
Saint-Hyacinthe	Census Agglomeration	Québec	53,722	54,448	56,665	58,629	61,224	63,565	→
Saint John	Metropolitan Area	New Brunswick	127,177	126,745	129,680	129,658	135,443	144,543	→
Salaberry-de-Valleyfield	Census Agglomeration	Québec	39,759	39,906	40,240	41,088	43,880	46,892	→
Salmon Arm	Census Agglomeration	British Columbia	15,965	16,979	17,745	18,930	20,640	21,216	→
Sarnia	Census Agglomeration	Ontario	99,665	99,529	99,623	99,041	104,006	108,986	→
Saskatoon	Metropolitan Area	Saskatchewan	234,394	246,127	280,673	313,434	336,168	378,475	→
Sault Ste. Marie	Census Agglomeration	Ontario	82,226	82,792	82,201	80,145	81,955	88,307	→
Sept-Îles	Census Agglomeration	Québec	27,723	28,038	28,886	28,174	27,813	27,853	→
Shawinigan	Census Agglomeration	Québec	52,398	51,848	50,006	49,081	50,678	51,734	→
Sherbrooke	Metropolitan Area	Québec	185,753	194,707	206,465	215,730	233,354	243,911	→
Sorel-Tracy	Census Agglomeration	Québec	41,349	41,213	41,611	41,475	42,525	43,478	→
Squamish	Census Agglomeration	British Columbia	15,180	16,036	18,369	21,715	27,661	29,752	→
St. Catharines - Niagara	Metropolitan Area	Ontario	394,752	402,926	404,937	425,266	462,224	503,670	→
Steinbach	Census Agglomeration	Manitoba	9,866	12,007	14,900	16,885	18,570	20,081	→
St. John's	Metropolitan Area	Newfoundland and Labrador	179,699	188,198	206,603	215,534	224,707	243,478	→
Stratford	Census Agglomeration	Ontario	31,218	31,553	31,781	32,753	34,835	35,702	→
Strathmore	Census Agglomeration	Alberta	8,389	11,199	12,948	14,097	14,802	15,589	→
Summerside	Census Agglomeration	Prince Edward Island	16,656	16,667	17,208	17,350	19,344	21,017	→
Swift Current	Census Agglomeration	Saskatchewan	16,668	16,916	18,140	19,189	19,390	20,312	→
Sylvan Lake	Census Agglomeration	Alberta	8,659	11,629	13,938	15,790	17,456	18,953	→
Terrace	Census Agglomeration	British Columbia	20,172	19,006	19,216	19,795	20,724	21,934	→
Thetford Mines	Census Agglomeration	Québec	28,678	27,982	27,902	27,709	28,485	29,602	→
Thompson	Census Agglomeration	Manitoba	13,664	13,749	13,376	14,167	13,435	13,065	→
Thunder Bay	Metropolitan Area	Ontario	126,836	125,921	125,063	126,189	129,009	133,765	→
Tillsonburg	Census Agglomeration	Ontario	14,645	15,253	16,041	16,786	19,052	20,575	→
Timmins	Census Agglomeration	Ontario	45,259	44,430	44,259	42,636	43,147	45,983	→
Toronto (Greater Toronto Area)	Metropolitan Area	Ontario	5,004,342	5,418,316	5,852,887	6,202,798	6,591,642	7,108,874	→
Trail	Census Agglomeration	British Columbia	14,603	14,241	14,445	14,690	15,175	15,149	→
Trois-Rivières	Metropolitan Area	Québec	143,142	147,126	153,888	157,615	165,780	174,316	→
Truro	Census Agglomeration	Nova Scotia	45,715	46,235	46,861	46,590	48,762	51,166	→
Val-d'Or	Census Agglomeration	Québec	32,543	32,785	33,815	33,946	34,279	34,862	→
Vancouver	Metropolitan Area	British Columbia	2,099,745	2,218,269	2,422,957	2,619,630	2,855,205	3,088,036	→
Vernon	Census Agglomeration	British Columbia	54,051	57,575	60,121	64,870	70,959	73,500	→
Victoria	Metropolitan Area	British Columbia	328,100	342,279	358,777	390,727	426,033	445,090	→
Victoriaville	Census Agglomeration	Québec	44,494	46,380	49,476	51,737	53,589	55,053	→
Wasaga Beach	Census Agglomeration	Ontario	13,472	15,892	18,576	22,168	26,606	29,039	→
Wetaskiwin	Census Agglomeration	Alberta	11,444	12,156	12,990	13,023	12,807	13,032	→
Weyburn	Census Agglomeration	Saskatchewan	10,679	10,764	12,052	12,486	12,574	13,100	→
Whitehorse	Census Agglomeration	Yukon	22,724	24,676	28,051	31,123	35,213	39,584	→
Williams Lake	Census Agglomeration	British Columbia	25,438	24,221	23,721	23,942	24,872	25,061	→
Windsor (incl. Leamington)	Metropolitan Area	Ontario	397,124	406,874	400,460	416,871	453,224	488,738	→
Winkler	Census Agglomeration	Manitoba	20,181	23,875	28,094	31,538	34,326	37,719	→
Winnipeg	Metropolitan Area	Manitoba	702,397	722,298	760,667	821,697	877,045	951,758	→
Wood Buffalo (Fort McMurray)	Census Agglomeration	Alberta	46,561	58,887	73,966	73,834	76,748	83,376	→
Woodstock	Census Agglomeration	Ontario	35,516	37,443	40,105	43,280	50,084	53,801	→
Yellowknife	Census Agglomeration	Northwest Territories	18,562	19,697	20,158	21,169	22,165	23,826	→
Yorkton	Census Agglomeration	Saskatchewan	18,985	18,915	19,925	20,503	20,339	21,562	→

Source: Statistics Canada.

Explanation: Metropolitan areas and census agglomerations according to the 2021 definition. In contrast to census figures, population estimates are adjusted for underenumeration.