Population and Dwelling Count Highlight Tables, 2016 Census

Population and dwelling counts, for Canada and census subdivisions (municipalities), 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, population density and population ranking for all census subdivisions, as well as the percentage change in the population counts between 2011 and 2016. In addition, the table shows the census subdivision type.

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Population and dwelling counts, for Canada and census subdivisions (municipalities), 2016 and 2011 censuses. This table presents the 2016 and 2011 population counts and the 2016 dwelling counts, land area, population density and population ranking for all census subdivisions, as well as the percentage change in the population counts between 2011 and 2016. In addition, the table shows the census subdivision type. 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.	Population			Private dwellings, 2016		Land area in square kilometres, 2016	Population density per square kilometre, 2016	CSD population rank, 2016
Geographic name	Type^{Footnote 1}	Prov. / Terr.	2016	2011	% change	Total	Occupied by usual residents	Land area in square kilometres, 2016	Population density per square kilometre, 2016	National	Prov. / Terr.

Canada^{Footnote 2}			35,151,728	33,476,688	5.0	15,412,443	14,072,079	8,965,588.85	3.9
Toronto	C	Ont.	2,731,571	2,615,060	4.5	1,179,057	1,112,929	630.20	4,334.4	1	1
Montréal	V	Que.	1,704,694	1,649,519	3.3	843,872	779,802	365.65	4,662.1	2	1
Calgary	CY	Alta.	1,239,220	1,096,833	13.0	489,650	466,725	825.56	1,501.1	3	1
Ottawa	CV	Ont.	934,243	883,391	5.8	395,985	373,756	2,790.30	334.8	4	2
Edmonton	CY	Alta.	932,546	812,201	14.8	387,950	360,828	685.25	1,360.9	5	2
Mississauga	CY	Ont.	721,599	713,443	1.1	248,469	240,913	292.43	2,467.6	6	3
Winnipeg	CY	Man.	705,244	663,617	6.3	294,245	281,046	464.33	1,518.8	7	1
Vancouver	CY	B.C.	631,486	603,502	4.6	309,418	283,916	114.97	5,492.6	8	1
Brampton^{Footnote 7}	CY	Ont.	593,638	523,906 Revised ^r	13.3	173,428	168,011	266.36	2,228.7	9	4
Hamilton	C	Ont.	536,917	519,949	3.3	222,918	211,596	1,117.29	480.6	10	5
Québec^{Footnote 7}	V	Que.	531,902	516,576 Revised ^r	3.0	266,409	252,043	453.38	1,173.2	11	2
Surrey	CY	B.C.	517,887	468,251	10.6	181,159	169,964	316.41	1,636.8	12	2
Laval	V	Que.	422,993	401,553	5.3	165,686	160,328	247.23	1,710.9	13	3
Halifax^{Footnote 7}	RGM	N.S.	403,131	390,086 Revised ^r	3.3	187,338	173,324	5,490.35	73.4	14	1
London	CY	Ont.	383,822	366,151	4.8	175,558	163,140	420.35	913.1	15	6
Markham	CY	Ont.	328,966	301,709	9.0	106,131	102,676	212.35	1,549.2	16	7
Vaughan	CY	Ont.	306,233	288,301	6.2	96,657	94,253	273.56	1,119.4	17	8
Gatineau	V	Que.	276,245	265,349	4.1	125,608	118,385	342.80	805.8	18	4
Saskatoon^{Footnote 7}	CY	Sask.	246,376 use with caution ^E	222,246 Revised ^r	10.9 use with caution ^E	107,098	98,565	228.13	1,080.0	19	1
Longueuil	V	Que.	239,700	231,409	3.6	110,761	105,533	115.75	2,070.9	20	5
Kitchener	CY	Ont.	233,222	219,153	6.4	95,495	92,217	136.77	1,705.2	21	9
Burnaby	CY	B.C.	232,755	223,218	4.3	98,030	92,201	90.61	2,568.7	22	3
Windsor	CY	Ont.	217,188	210,891	3.0	97,777	91,632	146.38	1,483.8	23	10
Regina^{Footnote 7}	CY	Sask.	215,106	193,150 Revised ^r	11.4	93,197	87,417	179.97	1,195.2	24	2
Richmond	CY	B.C.	198,309	190,473	4.1	77,478	73,457	129.27	1,534.1	25	4
Richmond Hill	T	Ont.	195,022	185,541	5.1	66,465	64,116	101.11	1,928.8	26	11
Oakville	T	Ont.	193,832	182,520	6.2	68,617	66,269	138.89	1,395.6	27	12
Burlington	CY	Ont.	183,314	175,779	4.3	72,535	71,373	185.66	987.3	28	13
Greater Sudbury	CV	Ont.	161,531	160,274	0.8	75,029	69,152	3,228.35	50.0	29	14
Sherbrooke	V	Que.	161,323	154,601	4.3	80,341	73,506	353.76	456.0	30	6
Oshawa	CY	Ont.	159,458	149,607	6.6	64,883	62,595	145.64	1,094.9	31	15
Saguenay	V	Que.	145,949	144,746	0.8	69,859	66,246	1,128.56	129.3	32	7
Lévis	V	Que.	143,414	138,769	3.3	62,585	60,779	449.05	319.4	33	8
Barrie^{Footnote 5}	CY	Ont.	141,434	136,063 Revised ^r	3.9	54,227	52,476	99.04	1,428.0	34	16
Abbotsford	CY	B.C.	141,397	133,497	5.9	51,770	49,040	375.55	376.5	35	5
Coquitlam^{Footnote 5}	CY	B.C.	139,284	126,804 Revised ^r	9.8	54,393	51,325	122.30	1,138.9	36	6
Trois-Rivières	V	Que.	134,413	131,338	2.3	67,771	63,157	289.32	464.6	37	9
St. Catharines	CY	Ont.	133,113	131,400	1.3	59,879	56,873	96.13	1,384.8	38	17
Guelph	CY	Ont.	131,794	121,688	8.3	55,927	52,090	87.22	1,511.1	39	18
Cambridge	CY	Ont.	129,920	126,748	2.5	49,388	48,239	113.01	1,149.6	40	19
Whitby	T	Ont.	128,377	122,022	5.2	44,195	43,529	146.66	875.4	41	20
Kelowna	CY	B.C.	127,380	117,312	8.6	57,433	53,903	211.85	601.3	42	7
Kingston	CY	Ont.	123,798	123,363	0.4	59,977	53,518	451.19	274.4	43	21
Ajax	T	Ont.	119,677	109,600	9.2	38,105	37,549	67.00	1,786.4	44	22
Langley	DM	B.C.	117,285	104,177	12.6	43,720	41,982	308.03	380.8	45	8
Saanich	DM	B.C.	114,148	109,752	4.0	49,422	46,652	103.78	1,099.9	46	9
Terrebonne	V	Que.	111,575	106,322	4.9	42,622	41,801	154.12	723.9	47	10
Milton	T	Ont.	110,128	84,362	30.5	35,537	34,257	363.22	303.2	48	23
St. John's	CY	N.L.	108,860	106,172	2.5	52,410	47,627	445.88	244.1	49	1
Thunder Bay	CY	Ont.	107,909	108,359	-0.4	50,388	47,182	328.36	328.6	50	24
Waterloo	CY	Ont.	104,986	98,780	6.3	46,096	40,381	64.02	1,639.8	51	25
Delta	DM	B.C.	102,238	99,863	2.4	37,590	35,758	180.20	567.4	52	10
Chatham-Kent	MU	Ont.	101,647	103,671	-2.0	46,103	43,026	2,457.90	41.4	53	26
Red Deer	CY	Alta.	100,418	90,564	10.9	42,285	39,982	104.73	958.8	54	3
Strathcona County	SM	Alta.	98,044	92,490	6.0	36,354	35,567	1,182.78	82.9	55	4
Brantford	CY	Ont.	97,496	93,650	4.1	40,732	39,215	72.44	1,345.9	56	27
Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu	V	Que.	95,114	92,394	2.9	42,036	40,843	226.63	419.7	57	11
Cape Breton	RGM	N.S.	94,285	97,398	-3.2	45,742	41,679	2,430.06	38.8	58	2
Lethbridge	CY	Alta.	92,729	83,517	11.0	39,867	37,575	122.09	759.5	59	5
Clarington	MU	Ont.	92,013	84,548	8.8	33,384	32,838	611.40	150.5	60	28
Pickering	CY	Ont.	91,771	88,721	3.4	31,630	30,919	231.55	396.3	61	29
Nanaimo	CY	B.C.	90,504	83,810	8.0	40,885	39,165	90.76	997.2	62	11
Kamloops	CY	B.C.	90,280	85,678	5.4	39,081	36,814	299.25	301.7	63	12
Niagara Falls	CY	Ont.	88,071	82,997	6.1	37,265	35,773	209.73	419.9	64	30
North Vancouver	DM	B.C.	85,935	84,412	1.8	32,624	31,116	160.76	534.6	65	13
Victoria	CY	B.C.	85,792	80,017	7.2	49,212	45,762	19.47	4,405.8	66	14
Brossard	V	Que.	85,721	79,273	8.1	34,249	33,257	45.23	1,895.4	67	12
Repentigny	V	Que.	84,285	82,000	2.8	33,876	33,321	61.23	1,376.5	68	13
Newmarket	T	Ont.	84,224	79,978	5.3	29,315	28,673	38.45	2,190.5	69	31
Chilliwack	CY	B.C.	83,788	77,936	7.5	34,038	32,440	261.65	320.2	70	15
Maple Ridge	CY	B.C.	82,256	76,052	8.2	31,400	30,262	266.78	308.3	71	16
Peterborough^{Footnote 7}	CY	Ont.	81,032	78,777 Revised ^r	2.9	36,785	34,710	64.25	1,261.2	72	32
Drummondville	V	Que.	75,423	71,852	5.0	35,402	34,018	247.15	305.2	73	14
Kawartha Lakes^{Footnote 7}	CY	Ont.	75,423	73,219 Revised ^r	3.0	38,444	31,106	3,084.38	24.5	73	33
Saint-Jérôme	V	Que.	74,346	68,456	8.6	35,316	33,642	90.44	822.1	75	15
Prince George	CY	B.C.	74,003	71,974	2.8	32,098	30,236	318.26	232.5	76	17
Sault Ste. Marie	CY	Ont.	73,368	75,141	-2.4	34,485	32,634	223.24	328.6	77	34
Moncton	C	N.B.	71,889	69,074	4.1	35,380	32,135	141.92	506.5	78	1
Sarnia	CY	Ont.	71,594	72,366	-1.1	33,324	31,937	164.85	434.3	79	35
Wood Buffalo	SM	Alta.	71,589	65,565	9.2	30,713	25,659	61,777.65	1.2	80	6
New Westminster	CY	B.C.	70,996	65,976	7.6	34,235	32,708	15.63	4,543.4	81	18
Saint John	C	N.B.	67,575	70,063	-3.6	33,801	30,208	315.96	213.9	82	2
Caledon	T	Ont.	66,502	59,460	11.8	22,021	21,256	688.16	96.6	83	36
Granby	V	Que.	66,222	63,433	4.4	30,880	29,948	152.79	433.4	84	16
St. Albert	CY	Alta.	65,589	61,466	6.7	24,446	23,954	48.45	1,353.9	85	7
Norfolk County	CY	Ont.	64,044	63,175	1.4	28,720	26,007	1,607.55	39.8	86	37
Medicine Hat	CY	Alta.	63,260	60,005	5.4	27,970	26,652	112.04	564.6	87	8
Grande Prairie^{Footnote 7}	CY	Alta.	63,166	55,655 Revised ^r	13.5	26,204	23,676	132.73	475.9	88	9
Airdrie^{Footnote 7}	CY	Alta.	61,581	43,271 Revised ^r	42.3	22,398	21,661	84.57	728.2	89	10
Halton Hills^{Footnote 7}	T	Ont.	61,161	59,013 Revised ^r	3.6	21,475	21,078	276.27	221.4	90	38
Port Coquitlam^{Footnote 5}	CY	B.C.	58,612	55,958 Revised ^r	4.7	22,586	21,753	29.17	2,009.4	91	19
Fredericton	C	N.B.	58,220 use with caution ^E	56,224	3.6 use with caution ^E	28,431	25,957	132.57	439.2	92	3
Blainville	V	Que.	56,863	53,510	6.3	21,006	20,600	55.16	1,030.9	93	17
Saint-Hyacinthe	V	Que.	55,648	53,236	4.5	27,050	25,483	188.97	294.5	94	18
Aurora	T	Ont.	55,445	53,203	4.2	19,381	18,851	49.85	1,112.3	95	39
North Vancouver	CY	B.C.	52,898	48,196	9.8	26,426	24,645	11.85	4,465.1	96	20
Welland	CY	Ont.	52,293	50,631	3.3	23,323	22,490	81.04	645.3	97	40
North Bay	CY	Ont.	51,553	53,651	-3.9	24,799	22,614	319.11	161.6	98	41
Belleville	CY	Ont.	50,716	49,454	2.6	22,744	21,732	247.25	205.1	99	42
Mirabel	V	Que.	50,513	41,957	20.4	20,395	19,631	485.07	104.1	100	19

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Census subdivisions (CSDs) are classified into 53 types according to official designations adopted by provincial/territorial or federal authorities.

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

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This geographic area underwent a formal review in 2011, resulting in the re-allocation of the population and/or dwelling counts for the area. The 2011 population and/or dwelling counts have been revised.

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