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.

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Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and population centres, 2016 and 2011 censuses. 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. 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 Population centre size groupFootnote 1 Prov. / Terr. Population Private dwellings, 2016 Land area in square kilometres, 2016 Population density per square kilometre, 2016
2016 2011 % change Total Occupied by usual residents
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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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