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Provinces & Territories

The population of the Canadian provinces and territories by census years.

Name	Abbr.	Status	Capital	Area A-L (km²)	Population Census (C) 2001-05-15	Population Census (C) 2006-05-16	Population Census (C) 2011-05-10	Population Census (C) 2016-05-10	Population Census (C) 2021-05-11
Alberta	ALTA	Prov	Edmonton	634,658	2,974,807	3,290,350	3,645,257	4,067,175	4,262,635	63465800	→
British Columbia	BC	Prov	Victoria	920,687	3,907,738	4,113,487	4,400,057	4,648,055	5,000,880	92068700	→
Manitoba	MAN	Prov	Winnipeg	540,310	1,119,583	1,148,401	1,208,268	1,278,365	1,342,155	54031000	→
New Brunswick	NB	Prov	Fredericton	71,248	729,498	729,997	751,171	747,101	775,610	7124800	→
Newfoundland and Labrador	NL	Prov	St. John's	358,170	512,930	505,469	514,536	519,716	510,550	35817000	→
Northwest Territories	NWT	Terr	Yellowknife	1,127,712	37,360	41,464	41,462	41,786	41,070	112771200	→
Nova Scotia	NS	Prov	Halifax	52,825	908,007	913,462	921,727	923,598	969,380	5282500	→
Nunavut	NVT	Terr	Iqaluit	1,836,994	26,745	29,474	31,906	35,944	36,860	183699400	→
Ontario	ONT	Prov	Toronto	892,412	11,410,046	12,160,282	12,851,821	13,448,494	14,223,945	89241200	→
Prince Edward Island	PEI	Prov	Charlottetown	5,681	135,294	135,851	140,204	142,907	154,330	568100	→
Québec [Quebec]	QUE	Prov	Québec	1,298,600	7,237,479	7,546,131	7,903,001	8,164,361	8,501,835	129860000	→
Saskatchewan	SASK	Prov	Regina	577,060	978,933	968,157	1,033,381	1,098,352	1,132,505	57706000	→
Yukon	YT	Terr	Whitehorse	472,345	28,674	30,372	33,897	35,874	40,235	47234500	→
Canada	CAN	Fed	Ottawa	8,788,703	30,007,094	31,612,897	33,476,688	35,151,728	36,991,980		→

For some provinces and territories census data for one or more incompletely enumerated Indian reserves or settlements are excluded.
Statistics Canada (web).

Major Urban Areas

	Name	Adm.	Population Census (C) 2021-05-11
1	Toronto	ONT	5,647,656
2	Montréal	QUE	3,675,219
3	Vancouver	BC	2,426,160
4	Calgary	ALTA	1,305,550
5	Edmonton	ALTA	1,151,635
6	Ottawa	ONT	1,068,821
7	Winnipeg	MAN	758,515
8	Québec	QUE	733,156
9	Hamilton	ONT	729,560
10	Kitchener	ONT	522,888

Contents: Urban Areas & Population Centers

The population of all Canadian urban areas and population centers with more than 10,000 inhabitants according to census results.

Name	Adm.	Population Census (C) 2001-05-15	Population Census (C) 2006-05-16	Population Census (C) 2011-05-10	Population Census (C) 2016-05-10	Population Census (C) 2021-05-11	Area
Abbotsford (Matsqui)	BC	...	...	115,011	122,163	132,300	7120	→
Airdrie	ALTA	20,382	28,927	42,844	61,082	73,578	3304	→
Aldergrove	BC	...	...	12,083	12,126	13,105	703	→
Alliston	ONT	11,093	12,523	15,343	19,092	23,253	1878	→
Alma	QUE	...	...	19,965	21,490	20,274	1594	→
Amherstburg	ONT	12,804	13,499	13,724	14,003	15,177	1370	→
Angus - Borden CFB-BFC	ONT	...	...	10,132	12,561	14,503	1419	→
Arnprior	ONT	9,100	9,076	9,892	10,426	11,305	1209	→
Barrie	ONT	...	...	140,383	146,394	154,676	9533	→
Bathurst	NB	...	...	15,990	15,867	15,985	2792	→
Beamsville	ONT	9,047	9,703	10,655	11,869	13,323	988	→
Beaumont	ALTA	7,006	8,961	13,284	17,396	20,779	1040	→
Belleville	ONT	61,886	64,310	66,331	68,859	75,052	8948	→
Beloeil	QUE	43,235	46,574	48,688	51,132	52,959	2650	→
Binbrook	ONT	...	...	4,926	8,794	10,791	641	→
Blackfalds	ALTA	3,116	4,618	6,123	9,161	10,315	893	→
Bolton	ONT	...	26,232	27,108	26,378	26,795	2071	→
Bowmanville	ONT	32,777	38,265	43,385	48,929	56,742	3123	→
Bracebridge	ONT	7,951	8,847	9,030	9,232	9,884	1338	→
Bradford	ONT	17,070	19,212	23,024	30,765	38,128	1610	→
Brandon	MAN	39,716	41,511	45,624	48,345	50,532	2873	→
Brantford	ONT	86,417	90,192	94,269	98,250	104,413	6213	→
Brockville	ONT	23,024	23,620	22,286	21,854	22,293	1870	→
Brooks	ALTA	11,818	12,579	13,656	14,436	14,904	1278	→
Buckingham	QUE	...	...	15,685	16,791	17,407	1974	→
Caledonia	ONT	9,228	10,150	9,871	9,833	12,179	918	→
Calgary	ALTA	879,252	988,079	1,094,379	1,240,413	1,305,550	62172	→
Campbell River	BC	31,506	33,121	33,448	35,440	38,108	3300	→
Camrose	ALTA	14,870	15,605	17,057	18,520	18,454	1710	→
Canmore	ALTA	10,094	10,884	10,539	12,021	13,268	1296	→
Carleton Place	ONT	...	...	10,829	11,970	13,940	1289	→
Castlegar	BC	...	...	...	9,592	10,029	1901	→
Charlottetown	PEI	40,615	41,046	44,112	48,054	52,390	5756	→
Châteauguay	QUE	...	...	66,445	71,164	75,891	5048	→
Chatham	ONT	44,156	45,783	44,676	43,550	45,171	3121	→
Chestermere	ALTA	3,856	9,564	14,363	19,477	21,425	899	→
Chilliwack	BC	53,335	58,593	67,374	73,171	81,622	5602	→
Cobourg	ONT	17,172	18,210	18,088	19,031	19,830	1558	→
Cochrane	ALTA	11,798	13,491	17,433	25,501	31,638	2371	→
Collingwood	ONT	15,605	15,964	17,986	20,213	22,983	1638	→
Corner Brook	NL	20,009	19,976	19,631	19,546	19,129	2160	→
Cornwall	ONT	...	...	45,508	46,114	47,286	3240	→
Courtenay	BC	...	...	43,346	45,314	48,917	5658	→
Cowansville	QUE	...	...	10,947	12,028	13,334	1636	→
Cranbrook	BC	18,564	18,373	18,761	19,641	20,008	1632	→
Dawson Creek	BC	...	...	10,987	11,621	11,706	1234	→
Dolbeau-Mistassini	QUE	...	...	11,476	11,494	10,849	1049	→
Drummondville	QUE	58,552	62,199	65,341	68,634	72,089	5230	→
Duncan	BC	...	...	22,539	23,559	24,358	2275	→
Edmonton	ALTA	782,163	862,544	935,361	1,070,998	1,151,635	62720	→
Edmundston	NB	...	...	...	12,945	13,125	1906	→
Elliot Lake	ONT	11,842	11,420	11,162	10,503	10,998	1026	→
Elmira	ONT	8,155	8,872	9,677	10,273	10,790	815	→
Estevan	SASK	10,242	10,084	10,845	11,316	10,629	943	→
Fergus (Centre Wellington)	ONT	16,732	18,349	19,335	20,928	23,209	1831	→
Fort Erie	ONT	...	...	14,490	14,772	15,372	1462	→
Fort McMurray	ALTA	38,667	47,705	60,555	67,123	68,002	5217	→
Fort Saskatchewan	ALTA	...	...	18,738	23,944	26,831	2185	→
Fort St. John	BC	16,226	17,697	18,572	20,026	21,123	1489	→
Fredericton	NB	54,068	57,255	56,663	61,014	64,614	8960	→
Gander	NL	9,391	9,410	10,229	10,220	9,918	1364	→
Georgetown	ONT	31,510	36,755	40,185	42,326	44,058	2570	→
Glace Bay	NS	21,187	19,968	18,475	17,604	16,915	3119	→
Granby	QUE	53,126	56,777	57,351	59,706	62,624	4839	→
Grande Prairie	ALTA	36,735	47,066	55,236	62,382	63,172	4974	→
Grand Falls - Windsor	NL	12,445	12,471	12,209	12,519	11,986	1234	→
Greater Sudbury (Grand Sudbury)	ONT	...	...	87,950	88,155	92,093	7579	→
Guelph	ONT	106,920	115,635	122,457	132,705	144,356	7957	→
Halifax	NS	277,915	288,604	304,979	317,334	348,634	23829	→
Hamilton	ONT	620,232	647,682	672,484	693,362	729,560	35603	→
Hauterive	QUE	12,609	12,160	11,844	11,549	11,147	867	→
Hawkesbury	ONT	11,634	12,267	11,894	11,732	11,755	1082	→
High River	ALTA	9,383	10,716	12,498	13,420	14,119	1013	→
Hudson	QUE	...	19,200	20,648	22,158	24,245	3467	→
Ingersoll	ONT	10,977	11,760	11,977	12,694	13,607	1032	→
Innisfil	ONT	...	...	20,365	24,277	29,464	2371	→
Joliette	QUE	36,231	39,219	42,850	46,277	49,246	3903	→
Kamloops	BC	72,296	74,897	77,200	85,702	92,442	7435	→
Kanata	ONT	70,904	86,632	104,559	118,308	137,118	6235	→
Kelowna	BC	116,673	128,127	140,131	160,095	181,380	16892	→
Kenora	ONT	11,816	11,316	10,970	11,112	10,974	1525	→
Kentville	NS	...	...	...	14,449	14,905	2798	→
Keswick	ONT	...	24,502	26,002	26,999	27,145	1656	→
Kingston	ONT	108,664	112,580	114,928	119,061	127,943	8343	→
Kitchener	ONT	387,319	423,659	446,295	473,230	522,888	29645	→
Lachute	QUE	...	...	10,121	10,565	11,221	959	→
Lacombe	ALTA	9,547	10,752	11,429	12,740	12,835	1187	→
Ladner	BC	...	...	22,179	22,193	23,016	738	→
Ladysmith	BC	...	...	9,904	10,637	11,194	1385	→
Lake Country (Duck Lake)	BC	...	...	...	10,085	12,725	2493	→
L'Assomption	QUE	...	...	15,154	16,024	16,443	1163	→
Laurentides	QUE	...	...	9,834	13,023	15,768	1278	→
Lavaltrie	QUE	8,618	9,709	10,380	10,767	11,301	703	→
Leamington	ONT	29,073	31,113	32,520	33,049	35,730	3177	→
Leduc	ALTA	15,032	16,967	23,827	29,561	33,505	6743	→
Les Coteaux	QUE	10,680	13,104	15,694	17,396	19,582	1813	→
Lethbridge	ALTA	...	...	79,364	89,309	92,563	6400	→
Lindsay	ONT	17,757	19,361	20,291	20,713	22,367	1557	→
Lloydminster (incl. Lloydminster (Sask.))	ALTA	20,988	24,028	27,769	31,400	31,582	2443	→
London	ONT	339,081	355,237	365,715	384,784	423,369	24497	→
Magog	QUE	17,927	19,106	19,997	21,001	22,222	1957	→
Marieville	QUE	5,509	5,735	8,238	9,253	10,015	674	→
Martensville	SASK	4,365	4,978	7,711	9,645	10,499	548	→
Matane	QUE	11,635	11,420	10,890	10,787	10,371	1016	→
Medicine Hat	ALTA	...	...	59,624	63,111	63,382	5320	→
Midland	ONT	...	...	23,791	24,443	26,246	2741	→
Milton	ONT	22,436	45,486	75,880	101,885	124,579	4520	→
Miramichi (Chatham - Douglastown)	NB	...	...	11,443	11,364	11,594	2778	→
Mission	BC	...	...	31,109	33,713	36,193	2724	→
Moncton	NB	90,431	96,987	103,926	109,075	119,785	11073	→
Montréal [Montreal]	QUE	3,161,967	3,260,508	3,387,653	3,528,651	3,675,219	138247	→
Moose Jaw	SASK	32,631	32,526	32,546	32,993	32,813	2214	→
Morinville	ALTA	...	...	8,569	9,848	10,385	1116	→
Nanaimo	BC	77,842	84,100	86,952	96,415	106,079	8676	→
Nelson	BC	9,735	9,529	10,347	10,669	11,198	745	→
New Glasgow	NS	21,102	20,876	19,623	19,137	19,316	2982	→
New Hamburg	ONT	...	10,315	11,709	13,595	14,379	1575	→
North Battleford	SASK	...	...	13,182	14,135	13,649	866	→
North Bay	ONT	51,900	53,100	52,405	50,396	51,433	6491	→
Okotoks	ALTA	11,689	17,150	24,470	28,833	30,214	1723	→
Orangeville	ONT	...	...	...	32,318	34,177	1977	→
Orillia	ONT	29,121	30,259	30,546	31,128	33,379	2268	→
Oshawa	ONT	242,831	270,059	290,704	309,759	335,949	15979	→
Ottawa	ONT	834,799	867,593	945,592	994,576	1,068,821	54949	→
Owen Sound	ONT	22,324	22,208	22,354	22,032	22,318	2086	→
Paris	ONT	9,881	11,177	11,722	12,389	14,956	1355	→
Parksville	BC	...	...	...	25,364	27,330	2745	→
Pembroke	ONT	15,019	15,555	16,469	16,203	16,571	1747	→
Penticton	BC	...	...	32,823	33,899	36,893	2584	→
Petawawa	ONT	10,656	11,002	12,402	13,870	14,382	1601	→
Peterborough	ONT	73,303	77,348	79,863	82,149	84,793	5458	→
Portage la Prairie	MAN	13,019	12,728	12,613	13,013	12,944	993	→
Port Alberni	BC	20,314	20,189	20,823	20,910	21,711	2849	→
Port-Alfred - Bagotville (La Baie)	QUE	14,844	14,018	13,817	13,865	13,350	1311	→
Port Colborne	ONT	...	...	15,079	14,800	15,441	1329	→
Port Hope	ONT	11,718	12,356	12,177	12,587	13,012	1272	→
Powell River	BC	...	...	12,374	12,389	13,116	1737	→
Prince Albert	SASK	34,752	34,547	34,057	35,102	36,768	2138	→
Prince George	BC	66,871	65,066	62,623	66,315	67,339	7390	→
Prince Rupert	BC	13,799	12,128	11,985	11,733	11,814	797	→
Québec [Quebec]	QUE	635,512	661,011	681,804	708,280	733,156	44285	→
Quesnel	BC	...	...	12,216	12,196	12,110	2523	→
Quispamsis	NB	...	...	23,862	24,549	24,881	0	→
Red Deer	ALTA	67,829	82,732	89,715	99,773	99,846	6593	→
Regina	SASK	178,225	179,246	192,079	214,664	224,996	10561	→
Rimouski	QUE	...	...	35,437	38,478	38,708	2779	→
Rivière-du-Loup	QUE	15,035	16,129	17,747	18,321	19,081	2017	→
Rockland	ONT	8,542	9,210	10,980	12,399	13,625	815	→
Rouyn-Noranda	QUE	23,658	23,433	23,137	23,569	23,186	2218	→
Saguenay (Chicoutimi - Jonquière)	QUE	108,409	106,184	104,589	104,741	103,934	9456	→
Saint-Amable	QUE	...	...	...	10,144	11,199	790	→
Saint-Augustin	QUE	...	...	7,457	9,453	11,769	1135	→
Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts	QUE	...	...	10,567	11,348	12,136	1951	→
Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines	QUE	9,885	10,179	10,917	10,865	11,269	406	→
Sainte-Marie	QUE	...	9,164	10,409	11,220	10,716	1065	→
Saint-Georges	QUE	22,508	24,135	24,940	27,103	27,402	2710	→
Saint-Hyacinthe	QUE	45,749	47,306	47,289	50,104	50,616	3080	→
Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu	QUE	70,550	78,519	81,802	85,022	88,083	5380	→
Saint-Jérôme	QUE	57,767	66,779	78,716	91,205	100,859	9698	→
Saint John	NB	...	...	60,459	61,152	63,447	7005	→
Salaberry-de-Valleyfield	QUE	38,197	38,936	38,323	39,655	41,655	3393	→
Salmon Arm	BC	...	...	...	14,948	16,065	2099	→
Sarnia	ONT	...	...	73,044	73,403	73,944	6054	→
Saskatoon	SASK	196,811	202,425	220,546	245,904	264,637	13463	→
Sault Ste. Marie	ONT	67,679	67,734	68,143	66,313	64,923	5296	→
Selkirk	MAN	...	...	9,416	9,604	9,761	593	→
Sept-Îles	QUE	23,093	22,837	23,028	22,218	21,352	1325	→
Shawinigan	QUE	...	...	39,427	38,695	38,930	3177	→
Sherbrooke	QUE	127,573	134,882	133,673	140,300	151,157	10261	→
Simcoe	ONT	...	...	...	14,649	16,121	1650	→
Sooke	BC	...	...	...	9,936	11,583	1530	→
Sorel-Tracy	QUE	36,786	36,594	35,770	36,365	36,650	3061	→
Spruce Grove	ALTA	17,290	21,092	27,970	36,279	39,348	2976	→
Squamish	BC	...	...	...	18,902	22,221	2211	→
St. Catharines	ONT	...	...	220,616	229,776	242,460	14059	→
St. John's	NL	151,822	157,316	172,312	181,955	185,565	17800	→
St. Thomas	ONT	36,189	39,573	40,973	41,834	45,732	2810	→
Steinbach	MAN	...	...	...	15,790	17,589	1780	→
Stony Plain	ALTA	9,109	11,355	14,249	16,416	17,253	1773	→
Stouffville	ONT	11,073	12,411	24,654	32,634	36,753	1417	→
Stratford	ONT	29,780	30,516	30,516	31,094	32,878	2330	→
Strathmore	ALTA	7,621	10,220	12,179	13,592	13,851	946	→
Strathroy	ONT	12,860	13,541	14,391	14,505	16,056	1530	→
Summerland	BC	...	...	...	9,466	9,860	1583	→
Summerside	PEI	...	...	13,872	13,969	14,952	1697	→
Swift Current	SASK	14,821	14,946	15,091	16,264	16,304	1468	→
Sydney	NS	33,913	32,496	30,175	30,170	30,960	3091	→
Sydney Mines	NS	...	...	12,964	12,823	12,353	1811	→
Sylvan Lake	ALTA	7,894	10,703	12,436	14,977	16,142	1049	→
Terrace	BC	...	...	13,395	14,327	14,633	2219	→
Thetford Mines	QUE	...	...	16,440	16,236	17,046	1510	→
Thompson	MAN	...	...	12,074	13,037	12,329	781	→
Thunder Bay	ONT	...	...	95,251	94,767	95,266	7603	→
Tillsonburg	ONT	14,052	14,822	14,933	15,834	18,573	1897	→
Timmins	ONT	31,188	30,253	30,485	29,331	28,874	1849	→
Toronto	ONT	4,375,899	4,732,361	5,144,412	5,433,590	5,647,656	182905	→
Trail - Fruitvale	BC	12,892	12,583	12,427	12,736	12,863	2165	→
Trois-Rivières	QUE	...	...	119,030	124,158	128,057	9858	→
Truro	NS	21,710	22,376	22,470	23,205	23,583	3152	→
Tsawwassen	BC	...	...	21,439	21,845	23,940	1495	→
Uxbridge	ONT	8,540	10,175	11,709	11,832	11,794	1546	→
Val-d'Or	QUE	...	...	25,023	25,590	25,473	2517	→
Valley East	ONT	...	...	17,343	17,451	17,251	2582	→
Vancouver	BC	1,859,397	1,980,961	2,124,443	2,268,864	2,426,160	91164	→
Varennes	QUE	...	18,385	20,300	20,585	20,591	1036	→
Vernon	BC	40,124	42,731	46,125	48,425	51,896	5116	→
Victoria	BC	288,697	303,977	314,596	337,235	363,222	22271	→
Victoriaville	QUE	36,083	38,435	41,925	44,735	46,322	3527	→
Wallaceburg	ONT	11,114	10,703	10,127	10,098	10,323	884	→
Warman	SASK	3,481	4,769	7,049	10,961	12,362	765	→
Wasaga Beach	ONT	...	...	15,378	18,653	22,194	2821	→
Welland	ONT	...	...	60,540	63,011	69,302	5721	→
Wetaskiwin	ALTA	11,154	11,689	12,221	12,491	12,438	1211	→
Weyburn	SASK	9,534	9,433	10,011	10,755	10,883	851	→
Whistler	BC	...	...	7,176	8,739	9,974	1174	→
Whitehorse	YT	16,843	18,141	20,296	21,770	24,513	3597	→
White Rock	BC	66,391	74,023	85,062	93,811	109,167	5423	→
Williams Lake	BC	...	...	...	11,702	11,906	2769	→
Windsor	ONT	265,540	278,869	277,970	288,363	306,519	18496	→
Winkler	MAN	...	10,209	12,273	14,311	15,335	1902	→
Winnipeg	MAN	626,956	641,556	670,025	712,858	758,515	35699	→
Woodstock	ONT	33,061	35,424	37,443	40,614	46,296	3440	→
Yellowknife	NWT	16,055	17,863	18,676	19,141	19,673	1811	→
Yorkton	SASK	15,227	15,164	15,367	16,046	15,969	1068	→

Urban areas and population centers in the boundaries of 2021.
Statistics Canada.