Population and Dwelling Count Highlight Tables, 2016 Census
Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and population centres, 2016 and 2011 censuses – 100% data
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This table presents the 2016 and 2011 population counts and the 2016 dwelling counts, land area and population ranking for population centres for Canada and within a selected province or territory. It also shows the percentage change in the population counts between 2011 and 2016.
Data table
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Geographic name | Population centre size groupFootnote 1 | Prov. / Terr. | Population | Private dwellings, 2016 | Land area in square kilometres, 2016 | Population density per square kilometre, 2016 | |||
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2016 | 2011 | % change | Total | Occupied by usual residents | |||||
Calgary | Large urban | Alta. | 1,237,656 | 1,094,379 Revised r | 13.1 | 489,271 | 466,391 | 586.08 | 2,111.8 |
Edmonton | Large urban | Alta. | 1,062,643 | 935,361 Revised r | 13.6 | 436,072 | 408,474 | 572.69 | 1,855.5 |
Red Deer | Medium | Alta. | 99,718 | 89,715 Revised r | 11.1 | 41,989 | 39,704 | 62.91 | 1,585.2 |
Lethbridge | Medium | Alta. | 87,572 | 79,364 Revised r | 10.3 | 37,761 | 35,623 | 55.90 | 1,566.5 |
Fort McMurray | Medium | Alta. | 66,573 | 60,555 Revised r | 9.9 | 28,567 | 23,937 | 51.79 | 1,285.4 |
Medicine Hat | Medium | Alta. | 62,935 | 59,624 Revised r | 5.6 | 27,766 | 26,460 | 51.33 | 1,226.1 |
Grande Prairie | Medium | Alta. | 62,320 | 55,236 Revised r | 12.8 | 25,948 | 23,450 | 47.48 | 1,312.6 |
Airdrie | Medium | Alta. | 61,082 | 42,844 Revised r | 42.6 | 22,219 | 21,488 | 32.78 | 1,863.2 |
Spruce Grove | Medium | Alta. | 36,135 | 27,970 Revised r | 29.2 | 14,015 | 13,416 | 29.09 | 1,242.0 |
Lloydminster | Medium | Alta./Sask. | 31,400 | 27,769 Revised r | 13.1 | 13,345 | 11,831 | 21.71 | 1,446.1 |
Lloydminster (Saskatchewan part) | Sask. | 11,755 | 9,752 Revised r | 20.5 | 4,902 | 4,388 | 7.46 | 1,576.1 | |
Lloydminster (Alberta part) | Alta. | 19,645 | 18,017 Revised r | 9.0 | 8,443 | 7,443 | 14.25 | 1,378.1 | |
Leduc | Small | Alta. | 29,556 | 23,827 Revised r | 24.0 | 12,031 | 11,106 | 61.96 | 477.0 |
Okotoks | Small | Alta. | 28,833 | 24,470 Revised r | 17.8 | 9,815 | 9,643 | 16.98 | 1,698.4 |
Cochrane | Small | Alta. | 25,289 | 17,433 Revised r | 45.1 | 9,959 | 9,542 | 23.40 | 1,080.6 |
Fort Saskatchewan | Small | Alta. | 23,895 | 18,738 Revised r | 27.5 | 9,832 | 9,157 | 21.31 | 1,121.2 |
Chestermere | Small | Alta. | 19,472 | 14,363 | 35.6 | 6,107 | 5,982 | 8.89 | 2,190.9 |
Camrose | Small | Alta. | 18,520 | 17,057 Revised r | 8.6 | 8,429 | 7,968 | 17.08 | 1,084.6 |
Beaumont | Small | Alta. | 17,396 | 13,284 | 31.0 | 5,980 | 5,633 | 10.47 | 1,661.1 |
Stony Plain | Small | Alta. | 16,271 | 14,249 Revised r | 14.2 | 6,574 | 6,266 | 15.96 | 1,019.8 |
Sylvan Lake | Small | Alta. | 14,942 | 12,436 Revised r | 20.2 | 6,710 | 5,664 | 9.58 | 1,559.3 |
Brooks | Small | Alta. | 14,436 | 13,656 Revised r | 5.7 | 5,406 | 5,040 | 12.86 | 1,122.3 |
Strathmore | Small | Alta. | 13,592 | 12,179 Revised r | 11.6 | 5,275 | 5,084 | 9.13 | 1,489.4 |
High River | Small | Alta. | 13,420 | 12,498 Revised r | 7.4 | 5,560 | 5,293 | 10.17 | 1,319.4 |
Wetaskiwin | Small | Alta. | 12,486 | 12,221 Revised r | 2.2 | 5,503 | 5,063 | 11.18 | 1,116.5 |
Lacombe | Small | Alta. | 12,442 | 11,429 Revised r | 8.9 | 4,796 | 4,563 | 11.46 | 1,085.9 |
Canmore | Small | Alta. | 11,764 | 10,539 | 11.6 | 6,192 | 4,697 | 13.44 | 875.4 |
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