Top Cities in Canada by Population 2024

Top Cities in Canada by population

Canada is mostly urban and most of the population lives in the Cities. It is estimated Nearly three in four Canadians (73.7%) lived in one of Canada’s large urban centers in 2021, up from 73.2% five years earlier.

More than 56 urban areas in Canada have populations above 100,000. Toronto, with 2.8 million inhabitants, is the most populated city followed by Montreal (1.76 million) and Calgary (1.3 million).

In terms of the density of population, Vancouver with a density of 5751 per sq. mi. is the most densely populated city in Canada.

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List of Top 100 Cities

More than 50 Cities in Canada have populations above 100,000. Only 5 cities have a million plus population. Toronto with 2.8 million inhabitants, is the most populated city followed by Montreal and Calgary.

Ontario has 5 cities (Toronto, Ottawa, Mississauga, Brampton, and Hamilton) in the top 10 with a million plus population and Alberta has 2 Cities (Calgary and Edmonton) in the top 10.

Ontario has 41 cities in the Top 100, Next is British Columbia with 20 Cities and Quebec with 19 cities. Three territories and one province—Yukon, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, and Prince Edward Island—do not have Cities among the 100 most populous in Canada.

Let’s have a look at the List of the Top 100 cities in Canada

#	City	Province	Population 2021
1	Toronto	Ontario	2,794,356
2	Montreal	Quebec	1,762,949
3	Calgary	Alberta	1,306,784
4	Ottawa	Ontario	1,017,449
5	Edmonton	Alberta	1,010,899
6	Winnipeg	Manitoba	749,607
7	Mississauga	Ontario	717,961
8	Vancouver	British Columbia	662,248
9	Brampton	Ontario	656,480
10	Hamilton	Ontario	569,353
11	Surrey	British Columbia	568,322
12	Quebec City	Quebec	549,459
13	Halifax	Nova Scotia	439,819
14	Laval	Quebec	438,366
15	London	Ontario	422,324
16	Markham	Ontario	338,503
17	Vaughan	Ontario	323,103
18	Gatineau	Quebec	291,041
19	Saskatoon	Saskatchewan	266,141
20	Kitchener	Ontario	256,885
21	Longueuil	Quebec	254,483
22	Burnaby	British Columbia	249,125
23	Windsor	Ontario	229,660
24	Regina	Saskatchewan	226,404
25	Oakville	Ontario	213,759
26	Richmond	British Columbia	209,937
27	Richmond Hill	Ontario	202,022
28	Burlington	Ontario	186,948
29	Oshawa	Ontario	175,383
30	Sherbrooke	Quebec	172,950
31	Greater Sudbury	Ontario	166,004
32	Abbotsford	British Columbia	153,524
33	Lévis	Quebec	149,683
34	Coquitlam	British Columbia	148,625
35	Barrie	Ontario	147,829
36	Saguenay	Quebec	144,723
37	Kelowna	British Columbia	144,576
38	Guelph	Ontario	143,740
39	Trois-Rivières	Quebec	139,163
40	Whitby	Ontario	138,501
41	Cambridge	Ontario	138,479
42	St. Catharines	Ontario	136,803
43	Milton	Ontario	132,979
44	Langley	British Columbia	132,603
45	Kingston	Ontario	132,485
46	Ajax	Ontario	126,666
47	Waterloo	Ontario	121,436
48	Terrebonne	Quebec	119,944
49	Saanich	British Columbia	117,735
50	St. John’s	Newfoundland and Labrador	110,525
51	Thunder Bay	Ontario	108,843
52	Delta	British Columbia	108,455
53	Brantford	Ontario	104,688
54	Chatham-Kent	Ontario	103,988
55	Clarington	Ontario	101,427
56	Red Deer	Alberta	100,844
57	Nanaimo	British Columbia	99,863
58	Strathcona County	Alberta	99,225
59	Pickering	Ontario	99,186
60	Lethbridge	Alberta	98,406
61	Kamloops	British Columbia	97,902
62	Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu	Quebec	97,873
63	Niagara Falls	Ontario	94,415
64	Cape Breton	Nova Scotia	93,694
65	Chilliwack	British Columbia	93,203
66	Victoria	British Columbia	91,867
67	Brossard	Quebec	91,525
68	Maple Ridge	British Columbia	90,990
69	North Vancouver	British Columbia	88,168
70	Newmarket	Ontario	87,942
71	Repentigny	Quebec	86,100
72	Peterborough	Ontario	83,651
73	Saint-Jérôme	Quebec	80,213
74	Moncton	New Brunswick	79,470
75	Drummondville	Quebec	79,258
76	Kawartha Lakes	Ontario	79,247
77	New Westminster	British Columbia	78,916
78	Prince George	British Columbia	76,708
79	Caledon	Ontario	76,581
80	Airdrie	Alberta	74,100
81	Wood Buffalo	Alberta	72,326
82	Sault Ste. Marie	Ontario	72,051
83	Sarnia	Ontario	72,047
84	Saint John	New Brunswick	69,895
85	Granby	Quebec	69,025
86	St. Albert	Alberta	68,232
87	Norfolk County	Ontario	67,490
88	Grande Prairie	Alberta	64,141
89	Medicine Hat	Alberta	63,271
90	Fredericton	New Brunswick	63,116
91	Halton Hills	Ontario	62,951
92	Aurora	Ontario	62,057
93	Port Coquitlam	British Columbia	61,498
94	Mirabel	Quebec	61,108
95	Blainville	Quebec	59,819
96	North Vancouver	British Columbia	58,120
97	Saint-Hyacinthe	Quebec	57,239
98	Welland	Ontario	55,750
99	Belleville	Ontario	55,071
100	North Bay	Ontario	52,662

Source: Canada Census 2020

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Top Metropolitan Areas in Canada

In the 2021 Census, there are a total of 43 designated Census Metropolitan Areas. Toronto holds the highest population with 6.1 million inhabitants, followed by Montreal (4.2 million) and Vancouver (2.6 million). Ontario leads the provinces with 17 Census Metropolitan Areas, Quebec has 8, British Columbia has 7, Alberta has 4, New Brunswick has 3, Sakstwachan has 2, and Manitoba, Nova Scotia, and Newfoundland each have 1.

Let’s have a look at the List of Metropolitan Areas

#	Census metropolitan areas	Province	Pop. 2021
1	Toronto	Ontario	6,142,885
2	Montreal	Quebec	4,206,455
3	Vancouver	B.C.	2,607,015
4	Calgary	Alberta	1,465,180
5	Ottawa – Gatineau , Ont./Que	Ont. / Que.	1,464,495
6	Edmonton	Alberta	1,397,750
7	Winnipeg	Manitoba	819,715
8	Quebec	Quebec	817,105
9	Hamilton	Ontario	773,440
10	Kitchener – Cambridge – Waterloo	Ontario	568,065
11	London	Ontario	535,780
12	Halifax	Nova Scotia	461,140
13	St. Catharines – Niagara	Ontario	425,480
14	Windsor	Ontario	415,505
15	Oshawa	Ontario	411,405
16	Victoria	B.C.	388,470
17	Saskatoon	Sask.	311,515
18	Regina	Sask.	244,950
19	Sherbrooke	Quebec	220,105
20	Kelowna	B.C.	218,525
21	Barrie	Ontario	210,150
22	St. John’s	N.L.	208,815
23	Abbotsford – Mission	B.C.	192,115
24	Kingston	Ontario	168,075
25	Greater Sudbury	Ontario	167,615
26	Guelph	Ontario	163,485
27	Saguenay	Quebec	157,895
28	Trois-RiviÃ¨res	Quebec	155,535
29	Moncton	N.B.	154,245
30	Brantford	Ontario	141,905
31	Saint John	N.B.	128,385
32	Peterborough	Ontario	125,995
33	Thunder Bay	Ontario	120,960
34	Lethbridge	Alberta	120,500
35	Nanaimo	B.C.	112,410
36	Chilliwack	B.C.	111,560
37	Kamloops	B.C.	110,545
38	Belleville – Quinte West	Ontario	109,245
39	Fredericton	N.B.	107,160
40	Drummondville	Quebec	98,570
41	Red Deer	Alberta	98,045

Source: Canada Census 2021

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