List of cities in Canada

This is a list of incorporated cities of Canada in alphabetical order categorized by province. More thorough lists of communities are available for each province.

Contents 1 Provincial and territorial capitals 2 Alberta 3 British Columbia 4 Manitoba 5 New Brunswick 6 Newfoundland and Labrador 7 Northwest Territories 8 Nova Scotia 9 Nunavut 10 Ontario 11 Prince Edward Island 12 Quebec 13 Saskatchewan 14 Yukon 15 See also 16 References 17 External links

Provincial and territorial capitals

• Alberta: Edmonton
• British Columbia: Victoria
• Manitoba: Winnipeg
• New Brunswick: Fredericton
• Newfoundland and Labrador: St. John's
• Nova Scotia: Halifax
• Ontario: Toronto
• Prince Edward Island: Charlottetown
• Quebec: Quebec City
• Saskatchewan: Regina
• Northwest Territories: Yellowknife
• Nunavut: Iqaluit
• Yukon: Whitehorse

Alberta

To qualify as a city in Alberta, a sufficient population size (over 10,000 people) must be present and a majority of the buildings must be on parcels of land smaller than 1850 square metres.^[1] A community is not always incorporated as a city even if it meets these requirements. For example, Fort McMurray merged with Improvement District No. 18 in 1995 to form the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo. As a result, it lost its city status and is officially known as a hamlet. Some communities attained city status without reaching the 10,000-population threshold, such as Drumheller (which reverted to town status in 1997). Sherwood Park, despite having ample qualifications to be a city, has chosen to remain, legally, a hamlet.

City	Area (km²)	Population (2006)	Density (/km²)	Location	Remarks
Airdrie	21.48	&0000000000029035.00000029,035	1352		Part of Calgary Metropolitan Area
Brooks	17.46	&0000000000011604.00000011,604	664
Calgary	701.79	&0000000000991759.000000991,759	1413		Largest city in Alberta
Camrose	25.85	&0000000000015850.00000015,850	613
Cold Lake	59.30	&0000000000011595.00000011,595	196
Edmonton	683.88	&0000000000730371.000000730,371	1042		Capital of Alberta, second largest city.
Fort Saskatchewan	45.30	&0000000000014685.00000014,685	324		Part of Edmonton Capital Region
Grande Prairie	60.42	&0000000000044631.00000044,631	739
Leduc	36.97	&0000000000015630.00000015,630	423		Part of Edmonton Capital Region
Lethbridge	121.83	&0000000000078713.00000078,713	646
Lloydminster	24.19	&0000000000015487.00000015,487	640		City stretches into Saskatchewan, numbers for Alberta side only
Medicine Hat	111.99	&0000000000056048.00000056,048	500
Red Deer	60.90	&0000000000082971.00000082,971	1362
Spruce Grove	26.40	&0000000000018405.00000018,405	697		Part of Edmonton Capital Region
St. Albert	34.61	&0000000000056310.00000056,310	1627		Part of Edmonton Capital Region
Wetaskiwin	15.83	&0000000000011154.00000011,154	705

Sources: Population from Alberta Municipal Affairs^[2]; Area from Statistics Canada^[3]

See also: List of communities in Alberta

British Columbia

In British Columbia, a community can be incorporated as a city if its population exceeds 5,000.^[4] Once so incorporated, a city does not lose this status even if its population later declines; the once-thriving city of Greenwood, for example, now has a population of just 695 people.

See also: List of communities in British Columbia and List of municipalities in British Columbia

City	Population (2006)[5]	Area (km²)	Location	Remarks
Abbotsford	&0000000000123864.000000123,864	359.36
Armstrong	&0000000000004241.0000004,241	5.24
Burnaby	&0000000000202799.000000202,799	89.12		Part of Metro Vancouver
Campbell River	&0000000000029572.00000029,572	143.48
Castlegar	&0000000000007259.0000007,259	19.8
Chilliwack	&0000000000069217.00000069,217	260.19
Colwood	&0000000000014687.00000014,687	17.76		Part of Greater Victoria
Coquitlam	&0000000000114565.000000114,565	121.69		Part of Metro Vancouver
Courtenay	&0000000000021940.00000021,940	26.68
Cranbrook	&0000000000018267.00000018,267	25.14
Dawson Creek	&0000000000010994.00000010,994	22.32
Duncan	&0000000000004986.0000004,986	2.05
Enderby	&0000000000002828.0000002,828	4.23
Fernie	&0000000000004217.0000004,217	16.05
Fort St. John	&0000000000017402.00000017,402	22.74
Grand Forks	&0000000000004036.0000004,036	10.44
Greenwood	&0000000000000625.000000625	2.52
Kamloops	&0000000000080376.00000080,376	297.3
Kelowna	&0000000000106707.000000106,707	211.69
Kimberley	&0000000000006139.0000006,139	58.31
Kitimat	&0000000000008987.0000008,987	242.63
Langford	&0000000000022459.00000022,459	39.55		Part of Greater Victoria
Langley	&0000000000023606.00000023,606	10.22		Part of Metro Vancouver
Merritt	&0000000000006998.0000006,998	24.94
Nanaimo	&0000000000078692.00000078,692	89.3
Nelson	&0000000000009258.0000009,258	11.72
New Westminster	&0000000000058549.00000058,549	15.41		Part of Metro Vancouver
North Vancouver	&0000000000045165.00000045,165	11.85		Part of Metro Vancouver
Parksville	&0000000000010993.00000010,993	14.6
Penticton	&0000000000031909.00000031,909	42.02
Pitt Meadows	&0000000000015623.00000015,623	85.38		Part of Metro Vancouver
Port Alberni	&0000000000017548.00000017,548	19.92
Port Coquitlam	&0000000000052687.00000052,687	28.85		Part of Metro Vancouver
Port Moody	&0000000000027512.00000027,512	25.62		Part of Metro Vancouver
Powell River	&0000000000012957.00000012,957	29.77
Prince George	&0000000000070981.00000070,981	316
Prince Rupert	&0000000000012815.00000012,815	54.9
Quesnel	&0000000000009326.0000009,326	35.34
Revelstoke	&0000000000007230.0000007,230	31.9
Richmond	&0000000000174461.000000174,461	128.76		Part of Metro Vancouver
Rossland	&0000000000003278.0000003,278	57.97
Salmon Arm	&0000000000016012.00000016,012	155.36
Surrey	&0000000000394976.000000394,976	317.19		Part of Metro Vancouver
Terrace	&0000000000011320.00000011,320	41.52
Trail	&0000000000007237.0000007,237	34.78
Vancouver	&0000000000578041.000000578,041	114.71		Largest city, part of Metro Vancouver
Vernon	&0000000000035944.00000035,944	94.2
Victoria	&0000000000078057.00000078,057	19.68		Provincial capital, Part of Greater Victoria
White Rock	&0000000000018755.00000018,755	5.16		Part of Metro Vancouver
Williams Lake	&0000000000010744.00000010,744	33.11

Manitoba

City	Population (2006)	Area (km²)	Location	Remarks
Brandon	41,511	465.16
Dauphin	7,906	12.65
Flin Flon	5,594	11.55		(partially in Saskatchewan)
Portage la Prairie	12,728	24.67
Selkirk	9,515	24.87
Steinbach	11,066	25.57
Thompson	13,446	17.18
Winkler	9,106	17.02
Winnipeg	633,451	464.01		provincial capital/largest city

New Brunswick

See also: List of communities in New Brunswick

City	Population (2006)	Area (km²)	Location	Remarks
Bathurst
Campbellton
Dieppe
Edmundston
Fredericton				Provincial capital
Miramichi
Moncton				Largest metropolitan area
Saint John				Largest city

Newfoundland and Labrador

See also: List of communities in Newfoundland and Labrador

• Corner Brook
• Mount Pearl
• St. John's - provincial capital/largest city

Northwest Territories

As in the other two Canadian territories, the only incorporated city in the Northwest Territories is its capital, Yellowknife.

See also: List of communities in the Northwest Territories

• Yellowknife - territorial capital

Nova Scotia

Nova Scotia no longer has any incorporated cities, as they were amalgamated into Regional Municipalities in the 1990s.

See also: List of communities in Nova Scotia

• Halifax - provincial capital and Metropolitan Area, now part of the Halifax Regional Municipality
• Sydney - former city, now part of the Cape Breton Regional Municipality
• Dartmouth - formerly the second largest city in Nova Scotia, now a Metropolitan Area and part of the Halifax Regional Municipality.

Nunavut

As in the other two Canadian territories, the only incorporated city in Nunavut is its capital, Iqaluit.

See also: List of communities in Nunavut

• Iqaluit - territorial capital

Ontario

In Ontario, city status is conferred by the provincial government, generally upon the request of the incorporated municipality. A municipality may apply for city status anytime after its population surpasses 10,000. This status is not automatically conferred on a community that reaches this population target, but must be requested by the municipality and granted by the provincial Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing. Not all municipalities which reach this population target have pursued city designation (as, for example, Markham, Ajax and Oakville). Once designated a city, however, a municipality does not lose this status even if its population later falls back below 10,000 (as, for example, Dryden.)

City status may also be conferred on some rural counties which have been amalgamated such that all municipal governance takes place at the county level with no further municipal subdivisions. Thus, city status in Ontario does not always connote a primarily urbanized community.

See also: List of communities in Ontario

City	Census division	Population 2006[6]	Location
Barrie	Simcoe County	128,430
Belleville	Hastings County	48,821
Brampton	Peel Region	433,806
Brant	Brant	34,415
Brantford	Brant	90,192
Brockville	Leeds and Grenville	21,957
Burlington	Halton Region	164,415
Cambridge	Waterloo Region	120,371
Chatham-Kent	single-tier	108,177
Clarence-Rockland	Prescott and Russell	20,790
Cornwall	Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry	45,965
Dryden	Kenora District	8,195
Elliot Lake	Algoma District	11,549
Greater Sudbury	single-tier	157,857
Guelph	Wellington County	114,943
Haldimand County	single-tier	45,212
Hamilton	single-tier	504,559
Kawartha Lakes	single-tier	74,561
Kenora	Kenora District	15,177
Kingston	Frontenac County	117,207
Kitchener	Waterloo Region	204,668
Lambton Shores	Lambton County	11,150
London	Middlesex County	352,395
Mississauga	Peel Region	668,549
Niagara Falls	Niagara Region	82,184
Norfolk County	single-tier	60,847
North Bay	Nipissing District	53,966
Orillia	Simcoe County	30,259
Oshawa	Durham Region	141,590
Ottawa	single-tier	812,129
Owen Sound	Grey County	21,753
Pembroke	Renfrew County	13,930
Peterborough	Peterborough County	74,898
Pickering	Durham Region	87,838
Prince Edward County	single-tier	25,496
Port Colborne	Niagara Region	18,599
Quinte West	Hastings County	42,697
Sarnia	Lambton County	71,419
Sault Ste. Marie	Algoma District	74,948
St. Catharines	Niagara Region	131,989
St. Thomas	Elgin County	36,110
Stratford	Perth County	30,461
Temiskaming Shores	Timiskaming District	10,442
Thorold	Niagara Region	18,224
Thunder Bay	Thunder Bay	109,140
Timmins	Cochrane District	42,997
Toronto	single-tier	2,503,281
Vaughan	York Region	238,866
Waterloo	Waterloo Region	97,475
Welland	Niagara Region	50,331
Whitby	Durham Region	112,000
Windsor	Essex County	216,473
Woodstock	Oxford County	35,480

Prince Edward Island

See also: List of communities in Prince Edward Island

• Charlottetown - provincial capital/largest city
• Summerside

Quebec

In Quebec, provincial law does not currently distinguish between towns and cities — one designation, ville, covers both types of communities regardless of size. A ville might be informally referred to as a town or a city in English, but this is an arbitrary and subjective distinction. Quebec does, however, distinguish between villes and other types of incorporated municipalities, such as municipalités and villages autochthones. Quebec did at one time distinguish between villes and cités, but no longer does.

All municipalities in Quebec which have ville status are listed here, regardless of whether they are considered towns or cities in unofficial usage.

See also: List of communities in Quebec

Saskatchewan

In Saskatchewan, towns must maintain a population above 5,000 and meet other criteria in order to be granted city status, although in the early 20th century several centres such as Saskatoon and Regina were granted city status despite having a smaller population. The city of Melville retains city status as of 2006 despite dropping below 5,000 population in the 1990s. Kindersley, with a population that fluctuates around the 5,000 mark, has applied for city status in recent years.

See also: List of communities in Saskatchewan

• Estevan
• Flin Flon (mostly in Manitoba)
• Humboldt
• Lloydminster (mostly in Alberta)
• Melfort
• Melville
• Moose Jaw
• North Battleford
• Prince Albert
• Regina - provincial capital
• Saskatoon - largest city
• Swift Current
• Weyburn
• Yorkton

Yukon

As in the other two Canadian territories, the only incorporated city in the Yukon is its capital, Whitehorse. Dawson was also previously incorporated as a city, but when the criteria were changed in the 1980s, its status was reduced to that of a town due to population. Through special provision, however, it is officially the town of the city of Dawson.

See also: List of communities in Yukon

• Whitehorse - territorial capital

See also

• List of the 100 largest municipalities in Canada by population
• List of the 100 largest metropolitan areas in Canada
• List of the 100 largest cities and towns in Canada by area
• List of towns in Canada

References

External links

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• Canada by Map: All cities with population
• Map
• The Canadian Atlas Online