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

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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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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