The below table is a list of the 100 largest cities (or municipalities) in Canada. Populations are from the 2001 Census, and include recent amalgamations.
This list includes only the population figures living within a city's municipal boundaries. However, some cities form Census Metropolitan Areas with smaller communities in the same area. For more information, see List of the 100 largest metropolitan areas in Canada.
|
Rank |
Municipality |
Population in 2001 |
| 1 |
Toronto, Ontario |
2,481,494 |
|
2 |
Montreal, Quebec |
1,812,723 |
|
3 |
Calgary, Alberta |
878,866 |
|
4 |
Ottawa, Ontario |
774,610 |
|
5 |
Edmonton, Alberta |
666,104 |
|
6 |
Winnipeg, Manitoba |
619,544 |
|
7 |
Mississauga, Ontario |
612,925 |
|
8 |
Vancouver, British Columbia |
545,671 |
|
9 |
Quebec City, Quebec |
507,986 |
|
10 |
Hamilton, Ontario |
490,268 |
|
11 |
Halifax, Nova Scotia |
359,111
|
|
12 |
Longueuil, Quebec |
348,091 |
|
13 |
Surrey, British Columbia |
347,825 |
|
14 |
Laval, Quebec |
343,005 |
|
15 |
London, Ontario |
336,539 |
|
16 |
Brampton, Ontario |
325,428
|
|
17 |
Gatineau, Quebec |
226,696 |
|
18 |
Markham, Ontario |
208,615 |
|
19 |
Windsor, Ontario |
208,402 |
|
20 |
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan |
196,811 |
|
21 |
Burnaby, British Columbia |
193,954 |
|
22 |
Kitchener, Ontario |
190,399 |
|
23 |
Vaughan, Ontario |
182,022 |
|
24 |
Regina, Saskatchewan |
178,225 |
|
25 |
Richmond, British Columbia |
164,345 |
|
26 |
Greater Sudbury, Ontario |
155,219 |
|
27 |
Burlington, Ontario |
150,836 |
|
28 |
Saguenay, Quebec |
148,050 |
|
29 |
Sherbrooke, Quebec |
146,689 |
|
30 |
Oakville, Ontario |
144,738
|
|
31 |
Oshawa, Ontario |
139,051 |
|
32 |
Richmond Hill, Ontario |
132,030
|
|
33 |
St. Catharines, Ontario |
129,170
|
|
34 |
Trois-Rivieres, Quebec |
122,395
|
|
35 |
Levis, Quebec |
121,999 |
|
36 |
Abbotsford, British Columbia |
115,469 |
|
37 |
Kingston, Ontario |
114,195 |
|
38 |
Coquitlam, British Columbia |
112,890 |
|
39 |
Cambridge, Ontario |
110,372 |
|
40 |
Thunder Bay, Ontario |
109,016 |
|
41 |
Chatham-Kent, Ontario |
107,341 |
|
42 |
Guelph, Ontario |
106,170 |
|
43 |
Cape Breton, Nova Scotia |
105,968 |
|
44 |
Barrie, Ontario |
103,710 |
|
45 |
Saanich, British Columbia |
103,654 |
|
46 |
St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador |
99,192 |
|
47 |
Delta, British Columbia |
96,950 |
|
48 |
Kelowna, British Columbia |
96,288 |
|
49 |
Whitby, Ontario |
87,413 |
|
50 |
Pickering, Ontario |
87,139 |
|
51 |
Langley, British Columbia (District Municipality) |
86,896 |
|
52 |
Waterloo, Ontario |
86,543 |
|
53 |
Brantford, Ontario |
86,417 |
|
54 |
North Vancouver, British Columbia (District) |
82,310 |
|
55 |
Terrebonne, Quebec |
80,531 |
|
56 |
Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec |
79,600 |
|
57 |
Niagara Falls, Ontario |
78,815 |
|
58 |
Kamloops, British Columbia |
77,281 |
|
59 |
Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario |
74,566 |
|
60 |
Victoria, British Columbia |
74,125 |
|
61 |
Ajax, Ontario |
73,753 |
|
62 |
Nanaimo, British Columbia |
73,000 |
|
63 |
Prince George, British Columbia |
72,406 |
|
64 |
Strathcona County, Alberta |
71,986 |
|
65 |
Peterborough, Ontario |
71,446 |
|
66 |
Sarnia, Ontario |
70,876 |
|
67 |
Clarington, Ontario |
69,834 |
|
68 |
Saint John, New Brunswick |
69,661 |
|
69 |
Kawartha Lakes, Ontario |
69,179 |
|
70 |
Red Deer, Alberta |
67,707 |
|
71 |
Lethbridge, Alberta |
67,374 |
|
72 |
Newmarket, Ontario |
65,788 |
|
73 |
Maple Ridge, British Columbia |
63,169 |
|
74 |
Chilliwack, British Columbia |
62,927 |
|
75 |
Saint-Jérôme, Quebec |
62,418 |
|
76 |
Moncton, New Brunswick |
61,046 |
|
77 |
Norfolk, Ontario |
60,847 |
|
78 |
New Westminster, British Columbia |
54,656 |
|
79 |
Repentigny, Quebec |
54,550 |
|
80 |
St. Albert, Alberta |
53,081 |
|
81 |
North Bay, Ontario |
52,771
|
|
82 |
Shawinigan, Quebec |
52,040 |
|
83 |
Port Coquitlam, British Columbia |
51,257 |
|
84 |
Medicine Hat, Alberta |
51,249 |
|
85 |
Caledon, Ontario |
50,595 |
|
86 |
Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec |
50,394 |
|
87 |
Welland, Ontario |
48,402 |
|
88 |
Halton Hills, Ontario |
48,184 |
|
89 |
Fredericton, New Brunswick |
47,560 |
|
90 |
Kings County, Nova Scotia |
47,159 |
|
91 |
Drummondville, Quebec |
46,599 |
|
92 |
Belleville, Ontario |
45,986 |
|
93 |
Cornwall, Ontario |
45,640 |
|
94 |
North Vancouver, British Columbia (City) |
44,303 |
|
95 |
Granby, Quebec |
44,121 |
|
96 |
Haldimand, Ontario |
43,728 |
|
97 |
Timmins, Ontario |
43,686 |
|
98 |
Rimouski, Quebec |
41,549 |
|
99 |
Wood Buffalo, Alberta |
41,466 |
|
100 |
West Vancouver, British Columbia |
41,421 |
- Note these are only city proper populations; suburbs outside city limits are not included.
Source: Statistics Canada (http://www12.statcan.ca/english/census01/products/standard/popdwell/Table-CSD-N.cfm?T=1&SR=1&S=3&O=D)
