Population and Dwelling Count Highlight Tables, 2016 Census

Population counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions, population centre size groups and rural areas, 2016 Census – 100% data

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This table shows the distribution of the population by population centre size groups and the residual rural areas, for all census divisions by the selected province or territory.

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Population counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions, population centre size groups and rural areas, 2016 Census. This table shows the distribution of the population by population centre size groups and the residual rural areas, for all census divisions by the selected province or territory. Same-page links within the first column 'Geographic name' will move focus to the map beneath the table. When sorting the table headers (ascending or descending), the page reloads and focus moves to the top of the table.
Geographic name	Type^{Footnote 1}	Prov. / Terr.	Total population, 2016	Population centre size groups			Total rural population, 2016
Geographic name	Type^{Footnote 1}	Prov. / Terr.	Total population, 2016	100,000 and over	30,000 to 99,999	Less than 30,000	Total rural population, 2016

Canada^{Footnote 2}			35,151,728	20,938,295	3,179,294	4,458,766	6,575,373
Toronto	CDR	Ont.	2,731,571	2,731,437	0	0	134
Greater Vancouver	RD	B.C.	2,463,431	2,264,823	93,729	58,219	46,660
Montréal	TÉ	Que.	1,942,044	1,939,529	0	0	2,515
Division No. 6	CDR	Alta.	1,498,778	1,237,656	61,082	122,195	77,845
Peel	RM	Ont.	1,381,739	1,323,675	0	33,186	24,878
Division No. 11	CDR	Alta.	1,366,050	1,062,643	36,135	135,068	132,204
York	RM	Ont.	1,109,909	976,334	32,634	56,711	44,230
Ottawa	CDR	Ont.	934,243	853,010	0	16,461	64,772
Division No. 11	CDR	Man.	708,823	700,593	0	0	8,230
Durham	RM	Ont.	645,862	513,541	39,371	38,669	54,281
Québec	TÉ	Que.	569,717	558,257	0	47	11,413
Halton	RM	Ont.	548,435	472,740	42,123	9,462	24,110
Hamilton	CDR	Ont.	536,917	491,171	0	10,663	35,083
Waterloo	RM	Ont.	535,154	470,015	0	34,280	30,859
Simcoe	CTY	Ont.	479,650	145,614	31,128	176,832	126,076
Middlesex^{Footnote 2}	CTY	Ont.	455,526	383,437	0	28,414	43,675
Niagara	RM	Ont.	447,888	254,107	62,388	73,977	57,416
Laval	TÉ	Que.	422,993	418,028	0	0	4,965
Longueuil	TÉ	Que.	415,347	412,381	0	0	2,966
Halifax	CTY	N.S.	403,390	316,701	0	6,693	79,996
Essex	CTY	Ont.	398,953	287,069	32,991	29,241	49,652
Capital^{Footnote 2}	RD	B.C.	383,360	335,696	0	9,269	38,395
Division No. 11	CDR	Sask.	303,423	245,181	0	29,726	28,516
Fraser Valley	RD	B.C.	295,934	121,279	106,422	15,396	52,837
Gatineau	TÉ	Que.	276,245	247,165	0	23,278	5,802

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revised. The 2011 count for this area has been revised

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Footnote 1

Census divisions are classified into 12 types according to official designations adopted by provincial or territorial authorities. Two exceptions are 'census division / division de recensement' (CDR) and 'territory / territoire' (TER), which are geographic units created as equivalents by Statistics Canada, in cooperation with the provinces and territories, for the purpose of disseminating statistical data.

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Footnote 2

Excludes census data for one or more incompletely enumerated Indian reserves or Indian settlements

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