Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and population centres, 2011 and 2006 censuses

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This table presents the 2011 and 2006 population counts and the 2011 dwelling counts, land area and population ranking for population centres within a selected province or territory. It also shows the percentage change in the population counts between 2006 and 2011.

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Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and population centres, 2011 and 2006 censuses
Geographic name Population centre size group1 Population Private dwellings, 2011 Land area in square kilometres, 2011 Population rank, 2011
2011 2006 % change Private dwellings, 2011 - Total Private dwellings, 2011 - Occupied by usual residents Population rank, 2011 - National Population rank, 2011 - Prov. / Terr.
Note:
  1. Starting with the 2011 Census, the term 'population centre' replaces the term 'urban area.' Population centres are classified into one of three population size groups:

    • small population centres, with a population of between 1,000 and 29,999
    • medium population centres, with a population of between 30,000 and 99,999
    • large urban population centres, consisting of a population of 100,000 and over.

    For more information, please see the note titled From urban areas to population centres, available on our website, which explains the new terminology and classification of population centres.

    Population is defined using population and population density data from the current census and is delineated using the dissemination block. The previous census counts provided in this table are the aggregation of the previous census population counts for the dissemination blocks that constitute the 2011 population centre.
Geographic name: alpha sort Z to A Geographic name: alpha sort A to Z Population, 2011 - total: sort highest to lowest Population centre, 2011 - Size groups: sort lowest to highest Population, 2011 - total: sort highest to lowest Population, 2011 - total: sort lowest to highest Population, 2006 - total: sort highest to lowest Population, 2006 - total: sort lowest to highest Population, % change: sort highest to lowest Population, % change: sort lowest to highest Private dwellings, 2011 - total: sort highest to lowest Private dwellings, 2011 - total: sort lowest to highest Private dwellings, 2011 - occupied by usual residents: sort highest to lowest Private dwellings, 2011 - occupied by usual residents: sort lowest to highest Land area in square kilometres, 2011: sort highest to lowest Land area in square kilometres, 2011: sort lowest to highest Population rank, 2011 - national: sort highest to lowest Population rank, 2011 - national: sort lowest to highest  
Canada †   33,476,688 31,612,897 5.9 14,569,633 13,320,614 8,965,121.42    
Alberta †   3,645,257 3,290,350 10.8 1,505,007 1,390,275 640,081.87    
Calgary Large urban 1,095,404 988,079 10.9 445,238 422,876 704.51 4 1
Edmonton Large urban 960,015 862,544 11.3 404,796 379,072 855.32 5 2
Red Deer Medium 90,207 82,732 A 9.0 38,643 36,211 61.04 34 3
Lethbridge Medium 83,679 74,870 A 11.8 37,474 34,213 122.52 36 4
Medicine Hat Medium 65,671 62,203 A 5.6 29,572 27,562 128.39 48 5
Fort McMurray Medium 61,374 47,705 28.7 26,401 21,729 59.89 52 6
Grande Prairie Medium 54,913 47,066 A 16.7 22,933 21,137 42.30 54 7
Airdrie Medium 42,564 28,927 A 47.1 15,638 15,024 33.10 66 8
Spruce Grove Small 27,947 21,092 A 32.5 10,893 10,367 22.41 87 9
Lloydminster Small 27,804 24,028 15.7 11,453 10,613 41.53 88  ···
Lloydminster (Saskatchewan part / partie de la Saskatchewan)   9,772 8,118 20.4 4,002 3,683 17.34 ··· 10
Lloydminster (Alberta part / partie de l'Alberta)   18,032 15,910 13.3 7,451 6,930 24.19 ··· 12
Okotoks Small 24,511 17,150 A 42.9 8,704 8,423 19.24 94 10
Leduc Small 24,279 16,967 43.1 9,789 9,290 36.97 97 11
Camrose Small 17,226 15,605 A 10.4 7,920 7,438 26.23 125 13
Cochrane Small 16,841 13,491 A 24.8 6,521 6,241 19.55 127 14
Chestermere Small 14,363 9,564 50.2 4,703 4,489 8.91 139 15
Stony Plain Small 13,882 11,355 22.3 5,663 5,293 17.62 145 16
Brooks Small 13,818 12,579 A 9.8 5,555 5,082 18.23 146 17
Grand Centre Small 13,714 11,855 15.7 5,582 5,109 29.22 147 18
Beaumont Small 13,284 8,961 48.2 4,566 4,369 10.50 153 19
High River Small 12,920 10,716 A 20.6 5,473 5,261 14.27 156 20
Sylvan Lake Small 12,762 10,703 A 19.2 5,922 4,770 16.84 159 21
Wetaskiwin Small 12,525 11,689 A 7.2 5,477 5,131 18.20 161 22
Strathmore Small 12,216 10,220 A 19.5 4,893 4,545 10.57 165 23
Lacombe Small 11,707 10,752 A 8.9 4,686 4,413 20.89 176 24
Canmore Small 10,539 10,884 -3.2 6,270 4,347 12.71 190 25
Morinville Small 9,849 8,007 23.0 3,672 3,486 21.92 204 26
Hinton Small 9,640 9,738 -1.0 4,143 3,781 33.93 207 27
Whitecourt Small 9,595 8,971 7.0 3,890 3,626 13.73 208 28
Edson Small 8,475 8,098 4.7 3,701 3,386 29.58 222 29
Olds Small 8,235 7,253 A 13.5 3,702 3,400 14.87 227 30
Taber Small 8,199 7,677 6.8 3,316 3,120 15.21 228 31
Innisfail Small 7,876 7,331 A 7.4 3,323 3,118 19.53 232 32
Banff Small 7,584 6,700 13.2 2,850 2,565 4.88 238 33
Coaldale Small 7,493 6,177 21.3 2,844 2,751 7.95 241 34
Drayton Valley Small 7,049 6,893 2.3 2,899 2,740 12.27 260 35
Rocky Mountain House Small 6,933 6,874 0.9 2,800 2,651 12.99 264 36
Slave Lake Small 6,792 6,703 1.3 2,558 2,298 14.43 267 37
Ponoka Small 6,773 6,591 2.8 3,048 2,786 13.06 268 38
Drumheller Small 6,723 6,544 2.7 3,041 2,853 11.08 273 39
Devon Small 6,510 6,261 A 4.0 2,471 2,387 11.72 280 40
Blackfalds Small 6,300 4,618 A 36.4 2,458 2,250 16.36 286 41
Bonnyville Small 6,216 5,832 6.6 2,482 2,324 14.10 291 42
Wainwright Small 5,925 5,426 9.2 2,577 2,384 8.91 302 43
Stettler Small 5,779 5,445 A 6.1 2,545 2,359 13.13 308 44
Vegreville Small 5,717 5,519 3.6 2,680 2,429 13.93 309 45
St. Paul Small 5,400 5,106 5.8 2,338 2,169 7.89 319 46
Didsbury Small 4,876 4,275 14.1 1,952 1,891 5.47 335 47
Westlock Small 4,823 5,008 -3.7 2,212 2,038 13.57 339 48
Black Diamond Small 4,545 3,813 19.2 1,938 1,836 9.63 353 49
Barrhead Small 4,432 4,209 5.3 1,932 1,805 8.10 363 50
Peace River Small 4,252 4,430 A -4.0 1,975 1,741 7.93 373 51
Grande Cache Small 4,103 3,690 11.2 1,680 1,499 4.99 381 52
Vermilion Small 3,930 4,036 -2.6 1,845 1,651 13.69 390 53
Claresholm Small 3,758 3,700 1.6 1,756 1,635 9.08 404 54
Raymond Small 3,743 3,225 A 16.1 1,235 1,165 6.85 406 55
Pincher Creek Small 3,685 3,625 1.7 1,581 1,500 10.19 410 56
High Level Small 3,641 3,887 -6.3 1,463 1,272 31.99 412 57
Cardston Small 3,580 3,452 3.7 1,322 1,208 8.64 418 58
Jasper Small 3,560 3,673 -3.1 1,459 1,307 5.41 420 59
Carstairs Small 3,442 2,699 A 27.5 1,397 1,311 11.53 431 60
Langdon Small 3,403 2,380 43.0 1,071 1,048 1.94 435 61
Three Hills Small 3,198 3,160 1.2 1,257 1,178 5.80 449 62
Fairview Small 3,162 3,297 -4.1 1,322 1,266 11.30 453 63
Gibbons Small 3,030 2,642 14.7 1,111 1,075 7.39 465 64
Fort Macleod Small 3,021 2,982 1.3 1,317 1,214 9.05 467 65
Athabasca Small 2,990 2,580 A 15.9 1,283 1,175 17.48 470 66
Crossfield Small 2,853 2,668 A 6.9 1,090 1,018 11.87 489 67
Hanna Small 2,673 2,847 -6.1 1,317 1,208 8.56 512 68
High Prairie Small 2,666 2,785 A -4.3 1,099 999 8.01 513 69
Sundre Small 2,610 2,540 A 2.8 1,738 1,144 11.23 522 70
Lac la Biche Small 2,544 2,758 -7.8 1,047 938 6.20 530 71
Grimshaw Small 2,515 2,537 -0.9 1,093 984 7.21 534 72
Sexsmith Small 2,393 1,959 22.2 839 799 3.43 556 73
Rimbey Small 2,378 2,252 5.6 1,081 983 11.34 559 74
Penhold Small 2,375 1,971 A 20.5 925 889 5.33 560 75
Beaverlodge Small 2,365 2,264 4.5 981 892 5.58 563 76
Magrath Small 2,217 2,081 6.5 748 684 4.97 596 77
Tofield Small 2,182 1,876 16.3 878 844 8.17 604 78
Nanton Small 2,132 2,055 3.7 957 905 4.80 613 79
Millet Small 2,092 2,068 1.2 869 836 3.74 621 80
Provost Small 2,041 2,072 -1.5 839 777 4.93 632 81
Bow Island Small 2,025 1,790 13.1 670 641 5.92 635 82
Calmar Small 1,970 1,959 0.6 798 760 4.65 645 83
Fox Creek Small 1,969 2,278 -13.6 980 773 11.54 647 84
Coalhurst Small 1,963 1,523 28.9 786 716 2.39 649 85
Redwater Small 1,895 2,192 -13.5 832 767 7.96 662 86
La Crète Small 1,885 1,488 A 26.7 660 638 3.22 667 87
Vulcan Small 1,836 1,940 -5.4 865 768 6.58 678 88
Valleyview Small 1,761 1,725 2.1 786 737 9.66 691 89
Lamont Small 1,753 1,669 A 5.0 673 643 9.27 693 90
Blairmore Small 1,723 1,830 -5.8 956 781 3.90 697 91
Clairmont Small 1,652 2,012 A -17.9 657 630 0.86 715 92
Picture Butte Small 1,650 1,592 3.6 660 625 3.02 716 93
Bon Accord Small 1,488 1,534 -3.0 569 541 2.11 763 94
Swan Hills Small 1,460 1,645 -11.2 715 573 2.62 773 95
Elk Point Small 1,412 1,487 -5.0 619 572 4.88 787 96
Mayerthorpe Small 1,398 1,474 -5.2 629 589 4.78 792 97
Wembley Small 1,383 1,443 -4.2 542 514 4.54 797 98
Two Hills Small 1,379 1,047 31.7 522 472 3.31 801 99
Bassano Small 1,282 1,345 -4.7 585 542 5.16 834 100
Bowden Small 1,241 1,210 A 2.6 545 518 2.73 850 101
Manning Small 1,164 1,493 -22.0 501 461 3.42 872 102
Irricana Small 1,162 1,243 -6.5 480 444 3.18 873 103
Eckville Small 1,125 951 A 18.3 485 436 1.58 894 104
Trochu Small 1,072 1,005 A 6.7 429 414 2.82 913 105
Viking Small 1,041 1,085 -4.1 473 445 3.76 928 106
Spirit River Small 1,025 1,148 -10.7 471 425 2.81 931 107
Smoky Lake Small 1,022 1,010 1.2 478 430 4.20 934 108
Nobleford Small 1,000 689 A 45.1 375 334 1.54 942 109

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†
excludes census data for one or more incompletely enumerated Indian reserves or Indian settlements. For further information, refer to Notes.
incompletely enumerated Indian reserve or Indian settlement. For further information, refer to Notes.
A
adjusted figure due to boundary change. For further information, refer to Content considerations.
E
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