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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Toronto Large urban Ont. 5,429,524 5,144,412 Revised r 5.5 2,059,207 1,967,380 1,792.99 3,028.2
Montréal Large urban Que. 3,519,595 3,387,653 Revised r 3.9 1,580,731 1,493,381 1,293.99 2,719.9
Vancouver Large urban B.C. 2,264,823 2,124,443 Revised r 6.6 944,471 883,021 876.44 2,584.1
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
Ottawa - Gatineau Large urban Ont./Que. 989,567 945,592 Revised r 4.7 439,953 412,533 520.82 1,900.0
Ottawa - Gatineau (Quebec part)   Que. 253,861 243,339 Revised r 4.3 115,839 108,865 179.34 1,415.6
Ottawa - Gatineau (Ontario part)   Ont. 735,706 702,253 Revised r 4.8 324,114 303,668 341.48 2,154.5
Winnipeg Large urban Man. 711,925 670,025 Revised r 6.3 296,630 283,454 343.99 2,069.6
Québec Large urban Que. 705,103 681,804 Revised r 3.4 341,184 324,430 427.66 1,648.8
Hamilton Large urban Ont. 693,645 671,008 Revised r 3.4 286,803 274,649 351.67 1,972.4
Kitchener Large urban Ont. 470,015 446,295 Revised r 5.3 191,637 181,511 269.23 1,745.8
London Large urban Ont. 383,437 365,715 Revised r 4.8 175,205 162,861 232.48 1,649.3
Victoria Large urban B.C. 335,696 314,596 Revised r 6.7 158,734 149,903 215.88 1,555.0
Halifax Large urban N.S. 316,701 304,979 Revised r 3.8 150,284 139,921 234.72 1,349.3
Oshawa Large urban Ont. 308,875 290,704 Revised r 6.3 116,268 113,297 154.57 1,998.3
Windsor Large urban Ont. 287,069 277,970 Revised r 3.3 123,293 116,706 176.21 1,629.1
Saskatoon Large urban Sask. 245,181 220,546 Revised r 11.2 106,637 98,155 125.50 1,953.7
St. Catharines - Niagara Falls Large urban Ont. 229,246 220,616 Revised r 3.9 101,461 96,037 136.28 1,682.2
Regina Large urban Sask. 214,631 192,079 Revised r 11.7 92,841 87,168 103.11 2,081.5
St. John's Large urban N.L. 178,427 172,312 Revised r 3.5 81,394 74,706 166.00 1,074.9
Kelowna Large urban B.C. 151,957 140,131 Revised r 8.4 67,767 63,946 136.44 1,113.8
Barrie Large urban Ont. 145,614 140,383 Revised r 3.7 55,655 53,898 83.67 1,740.2
Sherbrooke Large urban Que. 139,565 133,673 Revised r 4.4 71,545 65,201 96.34 1,448.7
Guelph Large urban Ont. 132,397 122,457 Revised r 8.1 56,109 52,290 74.10 1,786.7
Abbotsford Large urban B.C. 121,279 115,011 Revised r 5.4 45,281 43,007 68.50 1,770.5
Kingston Large urban Ont. 117,660 114,928 Revised r 2.4 57,665 51,353 74.77 1,573.7
Kanata Large urban Ont. 117,304 104,559 Revised r 12.2 41,653 40,903 59.70 1,964.9
Trois-Rivières Large urban Que. 114,203 112,626 Revised r 1.4 59,235 54,919 72.23 1,581.2
Moncton Large urban N.B. 108,620 103,926 Revised r 4.5 51,242 47,269 110.35 984.3
Chicoutimi - Jonquière Large urban Que. 104,222 104,589 Revised r -0.4 50,969 48,460 90.33 1,153.8
Milton Large urban Ont. 101,715 75,880 Revised r 34.0 32,452 31,325 40.36 2,520.3
Red Deer Medium Alta. 99,718 89,715 Revised r 11.1 41,989 39,704 62.91 1,585.2
Brantford Medium Ont. 98,179 94,269 Revised r 4.1 40,964 39,445 61.02 1,609.0
Thunder Bay Medium Ont. 93,952 95,251 Revised r -1.4 45,168 42,088 71.40 1,315.8
White Rock Medium B.C. 93,729 85,062 Revised r 10.2 41,249 38,780 53.54 1,750.6
Nanaimo Medium B.C. 92,004 85,357 Revised r 7.8 41,562 39,790 72.63 1,266.7
Sudbury Medium Ont. 88,054 87,950 Revised r 0.1 44,251 40,098 75.93 1,159.7
Lethbridge Medium Alta. 87,572 79,364 Revised r 10.3 37,761 35,623 55.90 1,566.5
Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu Medium Que. 84,685 81,802 Revised r 3.5 37,990 36,862 51.78 1,635.5
Peterborough Medium Ont. 82,094 79,863 Revised r 2.8 37,201 35,131 53.81 1,525.7
Kamloops Medium B.C. 78,026 72,755 Revised r 7.2 34,577 32,649 56.27 1,386.6
Saint-Jérôme Medium Que. 77,146 69,598 Revised r 10.8 35,952 34,285 64.30 1,199.8
Chilliwack Medium B.C. 73,161 67,374 Revised r 8.6 30,902 29,685 54.09 1,352.6
Sarnia Medium Ont. 72,125 73,044 Revised r -1.3 33,599 32,156 52.40 1,376.5
Châteauguay Medium Que. 71,164 66,445 Revised r 7.1 29,154 28,226 49.48 1,438.2
Drummondville Medium Que. 68,601 65,341 Revised r 5.0 32,561 31,318 52.15 1,315.4
Belleville Medium Ont. 67,666 66,331 Revised r 2.0 30,709 29,377 82.64 818.8
Fort McMurray Medium Alta. 66,573 60,555 Revised r 9.9 28,567 23,937 51.79 1,285.4
Sault Ste. Marie Medium Ont. 66,313 68,143 Revised r -2.7 31,556 29,888 53.05 1,250.1
Prince George Medium B.C. 65,510 62,623 Revised r 4.6 28,780 27,041 70.18 933.5
Medicine Hat Medium Alta. 62,935 59,624 Revised r 5.6 27,766 26,460 51.33 1,226.1
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