List of Canadian census agglomerations by province or territory

The tables below list Canada's 111 census agglomerations, as delineated by Statistics Canada, as of the 2006 census.

Contents

2006 changes

Statistics Canada announced that, for the 2006 Census, the following changes would be made to the list [1]. Populations figures from the 2006 census have been added below to reflect these changes. Please note that numerous Census Areas underwent boundary changes from 2001 to 2006. The population and area figures for the 2001 Census have been adjusted to reflect these changes [2].

New census agglomerations

Retired census agglomerations

2011 preliminary changes

Statistics Canada's preliminary delineation of CMAs and CAs for the 2011 census has resulted in the addition of five new CAs and the retirement of two existing CAs.[1] It did not result in the promotion of any CAs to a CMA.[1] Statistics Canada has scheduled the release of its final delineation of CMAs and CAs for the 2011 census in the fall of 2011.[2]

New census agglomerations

Retired census agglomerations

Alberta

Name Land area
(km²)		 Population
in 2006 in 2001  % change per km² rank
Brooks 5,929.40 22,452 21,685 3.5 3.8 69
Camrose 31.14 15,620 14,870 5.0 501.6 89
Canmore 68.90 12,039 10,792 11.6 174.7 102
Cold Lake 59.30 11,991 11,520 4.1 202.2 103
Grande Prairie 5,976.19 71,868 58,787 22.3 12.0 16
Lethbridge 2,975.59 95,196 87,388 8.9 32.0 3
Lloydminster 1,088.37 27,023 23,964 12.8 24.8 56
Medicine Hat 13,288.65 68,822 61,735 11.5 5.2 17
Okotoks 18.55 17,145 11,689 46.7 924.4 82
Red Deer 69.23 82,772 67,829 22.0 1,195.6 11
Wetaskiwin 16.74 11,673 11,154 4.7 697.5 106
Wood Buffalo 63,781.18 52,643 42,581 23.6 0.8 26

British Columbia

Name Land area
(km²)		 Population
in 2006 in 2001  % change per km² rank
Campbell River 3,787.48 36,461 35,036 4.1 9.6 43
Chilliwack 1,211.50 80,892 74,003 9.3 66.8 12
Courtenay 542.86 49,214 45,205 8.9 90.7 28
Cranbrook 4,547.65 24,138 24,275 -0.6 5.3 66
Dawson Creek 22.32 10,994 10,754 2.2 492.5 109
Duncan 371.75 41,387 38,813 6.6 111.3 37
Fort St. John 621.84 25,136 23,007 9.3 40.4 63
Kamloops 5,686.19 92,882 88,951 4.4 16.3 4
Kitimat 242.63 8,987 10,285 -12.6 37.0 111
Nanaimo 1,279.02 92,361 85,664 7.8 72.2 5
Parksville 81.48 26,518 24,285 9.2 325.5 58
Name Land area
(km²)		 Population
in 2006 in 2001  % change per km² rank
Penticton 2,212.76 43,313 41,564 4.2 19.6 35
Port Alberni 3,271.43 25,297 25,299 0.0 7.7 62
Powell River 802.87 16,537 16,604 -0.4 20.6 83
Prince George 17,729.70 83,225 85,035 -2.1 4.7 10
Prince Rupert 223.02 13,392 15,302 -12.5 60.0 98
Quesnel 21,765.74 22,449 24,426 -8.1 1.0 70
Salmon Arm 165.59 16,205 15,388 5.3 97.9 87
Squamish 106.85 15,256 14,435 5.7 142.8 91
Terrace 9,748.95 18,581 19,980 -7.0 1.9 75
Vernon 1,041.97 55,418 51,530 7.5 53.2 25
Williams Lake 2,656.00 18,760 19,768 -5.1 7.1 73

Manitoba

Name Land area
(km²)		 Population
in 2006 in 2001  % change per km² rank
Brandon 1,712.37 48,256 46,273 4.3 28.2 31
Portage la Prairie 2,029.94 20,494 20,617 -0.6 10.1 72
Thompson 3,841.24 13,593 13,261 2.5 3.9 96

New Brunswick

Name Land area
(km²)		 Population
in 2006 in 2001  % change per km² rank
Bathurst 2,087.97 31,424 32,523 -3.4 15.0 51
Campbellton 1,630.35 17,888 18,820 -5.0 11.0 78
Edmundston 902.18 21,442 22,173 -3.3 23.8 71
Fredericton 4,521.72 85,688 81,346 5.3 19.0 9
Miramichi 6634.81 24,737 25,274 -2.1 3.7 64

Newfoundland and Labrador

Name Land area
(km²)		 Population
in 2006 in 2001  % change per km² rank
Bay Roberts 103.71 10,507 10,531 -0.2 101.3 110
Corner Brook 255.10 26,623 26,153 1.8 104.4 57
Grand Falls-Windsor 54.48 13,558 13,340 1.6 248.9 97

Northwest Territories

Name Land area
(km²)		 Population
in 2006 in 2001  % change per km² rank
Yellowknife 105.22 18,700 16,541 13.1 177.7 74

Nova Scotia

Name Land area
(km²)		 Population
in 2006 in 2001  % change per km² rank
Cape Breton 2,470.57 105,928 109,330 -3.1 42.9 2
Kentville 607.65 25,969 25,172 3.2 42.7 61
New Glasgow 2,066.44 36,288 36,735 -1.2 17.6 44
Truro 2,732.44 45,077 44,276 1.8 16.5 33

Ontario

Name Land area
(km²)		 Population
in 2006 in 2001  % change per km² rank
Belleville 740.61 91,518 87,395 4.7 123.6 6
Brockville 889.03 39,668 39,049 1.6 44.6 42
Centre Wellington 407.33 26,049 24,260 7.4 64.0 60
Chatham–Kent 2,470.66 108,589 107,709 0.8 44.0 1
Cobourg 22.37 18,210 17,172 6.0 814.0 76
Collingwood 33.46 17,290 16,039 7.8 516.8 81
Cornwall 508.98 58,485 57,581 1.6 114.9 22
Elliot Lake 698.12 11,549 11,956 -3.4 16.5 107
Hawkesbury 12.27 12,267 11,634 5.4 999.6 101
Ingersoll 12.90 11,760 10,977 7.1 911.9 105
Kawartha Lakes 3,059.47 74,651 69,179 7.8 24.4 15
Kenora 210.91 15,177 15,838 -4.2 72.0 92
Leamington 508.76 49,741 46,757 6.4 97.8 27
Midland 193.39 35,402 33,692 5.1 183.1 46
Name Land area
(km²)		 Population
in 2006 in 2001  % change per km² rank
Norfolk 1,606.91 62,563 60,847 2.8 38.9 20
North Bay 771.37 63,424 62,303 1.8 82.2 19
Orillia 456.55 40,532 38,333 5.7 88.8 39
Owen Sound 627.80 32,259 31,583 2.1 51.4 50
Pembroke 566.79 23,195 22,223 4.4 40.9 67
Petawawa 164.68 14,651 14,398 1.8 89.0 94
Port Hope 278.97 16,390 15,605 5.0 58.8 86
Sarnia 799.77 88,793 88,331 0.5 111.0 7
Sault Ste. Marie 748.15 80,098 78,908 1.5 107.1 13
Stratford 25.28 30,461 29,780 2.3 1,205.1 53
Temiskaming Shores 406.88 12,904 12,927 -0.2 31.7 99
Tillsonburg 22.34 14,822 14,052 5.5 663.6 93
Timmins 2,961.58 42,997 43,686 -1.6 14.5 36
Woodstock 43.79 35,480 33,269 6.6 810.3 45

Prince Edward Island

Name Land area
(km²)		 Population
in 2006 in 2001  % change per km² rank
Charlottetown 728.03 58,625 57,234 2.4 80.5 21
Summerside 91.85 16,153 16,200 -0.3 175.9 88

Quebec

Name Land area
(km²)		 Population
in 2006 in 2001  % change per km² rank
Alma 401.76 32,603 32,930 -1.0 81.1 48
Amos 1,894.16 17,918 18,302 -2.1 9.5 77
Baie-Comeau 34,856.80 29,808 30,401 -2.0 0.9 54
Cowansville 51.01 12,666 12,558 0.9 248.3 100
Dolbeau-Mistassini 295.67 14,546 14,879 -2.2 49.2 95
Drummondville 613.93 78,108 72,778 7.3 127.2 14
Granby 317.07 68,352 63,069 8.4 215.6 18
Joliette 117.61 43,595 39,720 9.8 370.7 34
La Tuque 25,431.76 15,293 15,725 -2.7 0.6 90
Lachute 108.67 11,832 11,628 1.8 108.9 104
Matane 316.22 16,438 16,597 -1.0 52.0 85
Rimouski 694.12 46,807 46,012 1.7 67.4 32
Name Land area
(km²)		 Population
in 2006 in 2001  % change per km² rank
Rivière-du-Loup 409.56 24,570 23,229 5.8 60.0 65
Rouyn-Noranda 5,991.06 39,924 39,621 0.8 6.7 40
Saint-Georges 284.07 31,364 29,759 5.4 110.4 52
Saint-Hyacinthe 409.56 55,823 54,275 2.9 136.3 24
Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu 225.78 87,492 79,600 9.9 387.5 8
Salaberry-de-Valleyfield 107.10 39,672 39,028 1.7 370.4 41
Sept-Îles 1,770.52 27,827 27,623 0.7 15.7 55
Shawinigan 962.69 56,434 56,412 0.0 58.6 23
Sorel-Tracy 293.17 48,295 47,802 1.0 164.7 30
Thetford Mines 280.11 26,107 26,721 -2.3 93.2 59
Val-d'Or 3,548.49 32,288 32,423 -0.4 9.1 49
Victoriaville 378.67 48,893 46,908 4.2 129.1 29

Saskatchewan

Name Land area
(km²)		 Population
in 2006 in 2001  % change per km² rank
Estevan 792.23 11,135 11,297 -1.4 14.1 108
Lloydminster 1,088.37 27,023 23,964 12.8 24.8 56
Moose Jaw 844.41 33,360 33,519 -0.5 39.5 47
North Battleford 855.34 17,765 18,590 -4.4 20.8 79
Prince Albert 1,891.33 40,766 41,460 -1.7 21.6 38
Swift Current 1,131.74 16,533 16,527 0.0 14.6 84
Yorkton 842.17 17,438 17,554 -0.7 20.7 80

Yukon

Name Land area
(km²)		 Population
in 2006 in 2001  % change per km² rank
Whitehorse 8,488.45 22,898 21,405 7.0 2.7 68

References

  1. ^ a b "Summary of the results of the preliminary delineation of 2011 census metropolitan areas and census agglomerations". Statistics Canada. 2009-08-26. http://www.statcan.gc.ca/pub/92f0138m/2009002/hl-fs-eng.htm. Retrieved 2011-11-22. 
  2. ^ "Final 2011 census metropolitan areas and census agglomerations". Statistics Canada. 2009-08-26. http://www.statcan.gc.ca/pub/92f0138m/2009002/fin-eng.htm. Retrieved 2011-11-22. 

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