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 group^{Footnote 1}	Prov. / Terr.	Population			Private dwellings, 2016		Land area in square kilometres, 2016	Population density per square kilometre, 2016
Geographic name	Population centre size group^{Footnote 1}	Prov. / Terr.	2016	2011	% change	Total	Occupied by usual residents	Land area in square kilometres, 2016	Population density per square kilometre, 2016

Airdrie	Medium	Alta.	61,082	42,844 Revised ^r	42.6	22,219	21,488	32.78	1,863.2
Banff	Small	Alta.	7,851	7,584	3.5	2,729	2,543	4.77	1,646.0
Barrhead	Small	Alta.	4,387	4,158 Revised ^r	5.5	1,925	1,831	4.75	922.8
Beaverlodge	Small	Alta.	2,327	2,245 Revised ^r	3.7	978	907	3.06	759.7
Blairmore	Small	Alta.	1,545	1,521 Revised ^r	1.6	886	731	2.04	758.3
Bonnyville	Small	Alta.	5,081	5,860 Revised ^r	-13.3	2,296	1,963	5.37	945.9
Bow Island	Small	Alta.	1,773	1,862 Revised ^r	-4.8	608	563	1.37	1,292.4
Brooks	Small	Alta.	14,436	13,656 Revised ^r	5.7	5,406	5,040	12.86	1,122.3
Calgary	Large urban	Alta.	1,237,656	1,094,379 Revised ^r	13.1	489,271	466,391	586.08	2,111.8
Camrose	Small	Alta.	18,520	17,057 Revised ^r	8.6	8,429	7,968	17.08	1,084.6
Canmore	Small	Alta.	11,764	10,539	11.6	6,192	4,697	13.44	875.4
Cardston	Small	Alta.	3,258	3,283 Revised ^r	-0.8	1,160	1,067	3.22	1,012.5
Claresholm	Small	Alta.	3,424	3,378 Revised ^r	1.4	1,602	1,507	2.68	1,276.0
Coaldale	Small	Alta.	8,153	7,239 Revised ^r	12.6	3,036	2,977	5.92	1,378.4
Cochrane	Small	Alta.	25,289	17,433 Revised ^r	45.1	9,959	9,542	23.40	1,080.6
Devon	Small	Alta.	6,578	6,515 Revised ^r	1.0	2,493	2,415	14.30	460.2
Didsbury	Small	Alta.	5,222	4,905 Revised ^r	6.5	2,098	2,013	5.52	946.7
Drayton Valley	Small	Alta.	6,867	6,751 Revised ^r	1.7	2,955	2,636	6.77	1,014.0
Drumheller	Small	Alta.	6,439	6,582 Revised ^r	-2.2	3,006	2,767	9.47	679.6
Edmonton	Large urban	Alta.	1,062,643	935,361 Revised ^r	13.6	436,072	408,474	572.69	1,855.5
Edson	Small	Alta.	8,148	8,214 Revised ^r	-0.8	3,659	3,262	10.25	795.3
Fairview	Small	Alta.	2,598	2,767 Revised ^r	-6.1	1,200	1,097	2.18	1,191.1
Fort Macleod	Small	Alta.	2,708	2,874 Revised ^r	-5.8	1,316	1,132	2.19	1,239.1
Fort McMurray	Medium	Alta.	66,573	60,555 Revised ^r	9.9	28,567	23,937	51.79	1,285.4
Fox Creek	Small	Alta.	1,720	1,770 Revised ^r	-2.8	909	678	1.27	1,354.5

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Footnote 1

Population centres are classified into three groups, depending on the size of their population:

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

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 2016 population centre.

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