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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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 | |||
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2016 | 2011 | % change | Total | Occupied by usual residents | |||||
Abbotsford | Large urban | B.C. | 121,279 | 115,011 Revised r | 5.4 | 45,281 | 43,007 | 68.50 | 1,770.5 |
Barrie | Large urban | Ont. | 145,614 | 140,383 Revised r | 3.7 | 55,655 | 53,898 | 83.67 | 1,740.2 |
Calgary | Large urban | Alta. | 1,237,656 | 1,094,379 Revised r | 13.1 | 489,271 | 466,391 | 586.08 | 2,111.8 |
Chicoutimi - Jonquière | Large urban | Que. | 104,222 | 104,589 Revised r | -0.4 | 50,969 | 48,460 | 90.33 | 1,153.8 |
Edmonton | Large urban | Alta. | 1,062,643 | 935,361 Revised r | 13.6 | 436,072 | 408,474 | 572.69 | 1,855.5 |
Guelph | Large urban | Ont. | 132,397 | 122,457 Revised r | 8.1 | 56,109 | 52,290 | 74.10 | 1,786.7 |
Halifax | Large urban | N.S. | 316,701 | 304,979 Revised r | 3.8 | 150,284 | 139,921 | 234.72 | 1,349.3 |
Hamilton | Large urban | Ont. | 693,645 | 671,008 Revised r | 3.4 | 286,803 | 274,649 | 351.67 | 1,972.4 |
Kanata | Large urban | Ont. | 117,304 | 104,559 Revised r | 12.2 | 41,653 | 40,903 | 59.70 | 1,964.9 |
Kelowna | Large urban | B.C. | 151,957 | 140,131 Revised r | 8.4 | 67,767 | 63,946 | 136.44 | 1,113.8 |
Kingston | Large urban | Ont. | 117,660 | 114,928 Revised r | 2.4 | 57,665 | 51,353 | 74.77 | 1,573.7 |
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 |
Milton | Large urban | Ont. | 101,715 | 75,880 Revised r | 34.0 | 32,452 | 31,325 | 40.36 | 2,520.3 |
Moncton | Large urban | N.B. | 108,620 | 103,926 Revised r | 4.5 | 51,242 | 47,269 | 110.35 | 984.3 |
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 |
Oshawa | Large urban | Ont. | 308,875 | 290,704 Revised r | 6.3 | 116,268 | 113,297 | 154.57 | 1,998.3 |
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 | |
Québec | Large urban | Que. | 705,103 | 681,804 Revised r | 3.4 | 341,184 | 324,430 | 427.66 | 1,648.8 |
Regina | Large urban | Sask. | 214,631 | 192,079 Revised r | 11.7 | 92,841 | 87,168 | 103.11 | 2,081.5 |
Saskatoon | Large urban | Sask. | 245,181 | 220,546 Revised r | 11.2 | 106,637 | 98,155 | 125.50 | 1,953.7 |
Sherbrooke | Large urban | Que. | 139,565 | 133,673 Revised r | 4.4 | 71,545 | 65,201 | 96.34 | 1,448.7 |
St. Catharines - Niagara Falls | Large urban | Ont. | 229,246 | 220,616 Revised r | 3.9 | 101,461 | 96,037 | 136.28 | 1,682.2 |
St. John's | Large urban | N.L. | 178,427 | 172,312 Revised r | 3.5 | 81,394 | 74,706 | 166.00 | 1,074.9 |
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 |
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