List of Canadian census agglomerations by province or territory

The tables below list Canada's 117 census agglomerations at the 2016 Census, as determined by Statistics Canada, up from 113 in the 2011 Census.

2016 changes

Statistics Canada's review of CMAs and CAs for the 2016 Census resulted in the addition of eight new CAs and the demotion of two CAs, and the promotion of two CAs to census metropolitan areas (CMAs).

New census agglomerations

Arnprior, Ontario
Carleton Place, Ontario
Gander, Newfoundland and Labrador
Nelson, British Columbia
Sainte-Marie, Quebec
Wasaga Beach, Ontario
Weyburn, Saskatchewan
Winkler, Manitoba

Promotion to census metropolitan areas

Belleville, Ontario
Lethbridge, Alberta

Retired census agglomerations

Amos, Quebec
Temiskaming Shores, Ontario

Lists

Alberta

Statistics Canada recognized fifteen census agglomerations within Alberta in the 2016 Census.

Name	Land area (km²)	Population
Name	Land area (km²)	in 2016	in 2011	% change	per km²	rank
Brooks	5,931.03	24,662	23,430	5.3	4.2	68
Camrose	42.62	18,742	17,286	8.4	439.8	79
Canmore	69.43	13,992	12,288	13.9	201.5	99
Cold Lake	59.92	14,961	13,839	8.1	249.7	97
Grande Prairie	132.73	63,166	55,655	13.5	475.9	19
High River	21.39	13,584	12,930	5.1	635.1	104
Lacombe	20.81	13,057	11,707	11.5	627.5	108

Name	Land area (km²)	Population
Name	Land area (km²)	in 2016	in 2011	% change	per km²	rank
Lloydminster (portion)	24.04	19,645	18,032	8.9	817.3	43
Medicine Hat	13,301.54	76,522	72,807	5.1	5.8	13
Okotoks	19.63	28,881	24,511	17.8	1,471.0	57
Red Deer	104.73	100,418	90,564	10.9	958.8	6
Strathmore	27.40	13,756	12,305	11.8	502.0	100
Sylvan Lake	24.50	15,302	12,797	19.6	624.5	95
Wetaskiwin	18.31	12,655	12,525	1.0	691.1	112
Wood Buffalo	61,871.37	73,320	66,896	9.6	1.2	15

British Columbia

Statistics Canada recognized 22 census agglomerations within British Columbia in the 2016 Census. Ladysmith was added in 2021.

Name	Land area (km²)	Population
Name	Land area (km²)	in 2016	in 2011	% change	per km²	rank
Campbell River	1,737.71	37,861	36,096	4.9	21.8	40
Chilliwack	1,445.26	101,512	93,882	8.1	70.2	5
Courtenay	596.00	54,157	51,787	4.6	90.9	26
Cranbrook	4,568.01	26,083	25,037	4.2	5.7	66
Dawson Creek	24.37	12,178	11,583	5.1	499.8	113
Duncan	373.71	44,451	43,252	2.8	118.9	31
Fort St. John	620.80	28,396	26,380	7.6	45.7	60
Kamloops	5,668.70	103,811	98,754	5.1	18.3	2
Nanaimo	1,280.84	104,936	98,021	7.1	81.9	1
Nelson	1,224.94	18,307	17,987	1.8	14.9	81
Parksville	81.86	28,922	27,822	4.0	353.3	55
Penticton	1,724.95	43,432	42,361	2.5	25.2	33

Name	Land area (km²)	Population
Name	Land area (km²)	in 2016	in 2011	% change	per km²	rank
Port Alberni	1,729.39	25,112	25,465	-1.4	14.5	67
Powell River	800.72	16,783	16,689	0.6	21.0	86
Prince George	17,686.12	86,622	84,232	2.8	4.9	10
Prince Rupert	234.29	12,687	13,052	-2.8	54.2	111
Quesnel	21,751.30	23,146	23,566	-1.8	1.1	71
Salmon Arm	165.57	17,904	17,683	1.2	108.1	84
Squamish	105.59	19,893	17,479	13.8	188.4	74
Terrace	73.91	15,723	15,569	1.0	212.7	93
Vernon	1,042.12	61,334	58,584	4.7	58.9	20
Williams Lake	2,657.80	18,277	18,490	-1.2	6.9	82

Manitoba

Statistics Canada recognized five census agglomerations within Manitoba in the 2016 Census.

Name	Land area (km²)	Population
Name	Land area (km²)	in 2016	in 2011	% change	per km²	rank
Brandon	2,289.33	58,003	54,847	5.8	25.3	23
Portage la Prairie	24.68	13,304	12,996	2.4	539.1	106
Steinbach	25.59	15,829	13,524	17.0	618.6	91
Thompson	20.79	13,678	12,829	6.6	657.8	101
Winkler	870.08	30,297	26,838	12.9	34.8	54

New Brunswick

Statistics Canada recognized five census agglomerations within New Brunswick in the 2016 Census.

Name	Land area (km²)	Population
Name	Land area (km²)	in 2016	in 2011	% change	per km²	rank
Bathurst	2,104.04	31,110	31,936	-2.6	14.8	53
Campbellton (portion)	1,155.48	13,114	14,039	-6.6	9.9	92
Edmundston	1,769.64	23,524	23,819	-1.2	13.3	69
Fredericton	4,886.40	101,760	98,320	3.5	17.7	4
Miramichi	7,578.93	27,523	28,115	-2.1	3.6	64

Newfoundland and Labrador

Statistics Canada recognized four census agglomerations within Newfoundland and Labrador in the 2016 Census.

Name	Land area (km²)	Population
Name	Land area (km²)	in 2016	in 2011	% change	per km²	rank
Bay Roberts	103.66	11,083	10,871	2.0	106.9	115
Corner Brook	1,140.20	31,917	31,417	1.6	28.0	48
Gander	2,427.35	13,234	12,683	4.3	5.5	107
Grand Falls-Windsor	54.67	14,171	13,725	3.2	259.2	98

Northwest Territories

Statistics Canada recognized one census agglomeration within the Northwest Territories in the 2016 Census.

Name	Land area (km²)	Population
Name	Land area (km²)	in 2016	in 2011	% change	per km²	rank
Yellowknife	105.47	19,569	19,234	1.7	185.5	76

Nova Scotia

Statistics Canada recognized four census agglomerations within Nova Scotia in the 2016 Census.

Name	Land area (km²)	Population
Name	Land area (km²)	in 2016	in 2011	% change	per km²	rank
Cape Breton	2,467.74	98,722	101,619	-2.9	40.0	7
Kentville	609.73	26,222	26,359	-0.5	43.0	65
New Glasgow	2,067.03	34,487	35,809	-3.7	16.7	44
Truro	2,733.13	45,753	45,888	-0.3	16.7	30

Nunavut

Statistics Canada recognized no census agglomerations within Nunavut in the 2016 Census.

Ontario

Statistics Canada recognized 29 census agglomerations within Ontario in the 2016 Census.

Name	Land area (km²)	Population
Name	Land area (km²)	in 2016	in 2011	% change	per km²	rank
Arnprior	268.83	15,973	15,485	3.2	59.4	89
Brockville	893.23	38,553	39,024	-1.2	43.2	39
Carleton Place	769.11	31,451	29,180	7.8	40.9	51
Centre Wellington	407.54	28,191	26,693	5.6	69.2	62
Chatham-Kent	2,470.52	102,042	104,075	-2.0	41.3	3
Cobourg	22.36	19,440	18,519	5.0	869.3	77
Collingwood	33.78	21,793	19,241	13.3	645.1	72
Cornwall	509.14	59,699	58,957	1.3	117.3	21
Elliot Lake	714.65	10,741	11,348	-5.3	15.0	117
Hawkesbury (portion)	9.62	10,263	10,551	-2.7	1,067.3	114
Ingersoll	12.75	12,757	12,146	5.0	1,000.7	110
Kawartha Lakes	30,834.38	75,423	73,219	3.0	24.5	14
Kenora	211.59	15,096	15,348	-1.6	71.3	96
Leamington	508.84	49,147	49,765	-1.2	96.6	29
Midland	199.99	35,859	35,419	1.2	179.3	41

Name	Land area (km²)	Population
Name	Land area (km²)	in 2016	in 2011	% change	per km²	rank
Norfolk	1,607.55	64,044	63,175	1.4	39.8	18
North Bay	5,369.04	70,378	72,241	-2.6	13.1	16
Orillia	28.58	31,186	30,586	1.9	1,090.3	52
Owen Sound	628.64	31,820	32,092	-0.8	50.6	49
Pembroke	565.99	23,269	24,017	-3.1	41.1	70
Petawawa	166.69	17,187	15,988	7.5	103.1	85
Port Hope	278.87	16,753	16,214	3.3	60.1	87
Sarnia	1,118.65	96,151	97,131	-1.0	86.0	8
Sault Ste. Marie	805.60	78,159	79,800	-2.1	97.0	12
Stratford	28.28	31,465	30,903	1.8	1,112.5	50
Tillsonburg	22.33	15,872	15,301	3.7	710.8	90
Timmins	2,978.33	41,788	43,175	-3.2	14.0	35
Wasaga Beach	58.64	20,675	17,537	17.9	352.6	73
Woodstock	48.97	40,902	37,754	8.3	835.3	37

Prince Edward Island

Statistics Canada recognized two census agglomerations within Prince Edward Island in the 2016 Census.

Name	Land area (km²)	Population
Name	Land area (km²)	in 2016	in 2011	% change	per km²	rank
Charlottetown	917.47	69,325	65,523	5.8	75.6	17
Summerside	92.43	16,587	16,488	0.6	179.5	88

Quebec

Statistics Canada recognized 24 census agglomerations within Quebec in the 2016 Census.

Name	Land area (km²)	Population
Name	Land area (km²)	in 2016	in 2011	% change	per km²	rank
Alma	341.54	32,849	33,018	-0.5	96.2	46
Baie-Comeau	691.02	27,692	28,465	-2.7	40.1	63
Campbellton (portion)	435.22	2,632	3,322	-20.8	6.0	92
Cowansville	46.89	13,656	12,489	9.3	291.2	102
Dolbeau-Mistassini	718.15	15,673	15,826	-1.0	21.8	94
Drummondville	1,016.64	96,118	91,222	5.4	94.5	9
Granby	494.40	85,056	80,863	5.2	172.0	11
Hawkesbury (portion)	2.87	1,711	1,577	8.5	597.2	114
Joliette	108.80	49,439	46,932	5.3	454.4	27
Lachute	109.96	12,862	12,551	2.5	117.0	104
Matane	663.37	17,926	18,368	-2.4	27.0	82
Rimouski	896.27	55,349	53,711	3.0	61.8	24
Rivière-du-Loup	544.25	28,902	28,987	-0.3	53.1	56

Name	Land area (km²)	Population
Name	Land area (km²)	in 2016	in 2011	% change	per km²	rank
Rouyn-Noranda	6,009.86	42,334	41,012	3.2	7.0	34
Saint-Georges	199.27	32,513	31,173	4.3	163.2	47
Saint-Hyacinthe	328.53	59,614	56,794	5.0	181.5	22
Sainte-Marie	107.57	13,565	12,889	5.2	126.1	105
Salaberry-de-Valleyfield	107.13	40,745	40,077	1.7	380.3	38
Sept-Îles	1,770.60	28,534	28,487	0.2	16.1	58
Shawinigan	843.38	54,181	54,489	-0.6	64.2	25
Sorel-Tracy	172.63	41,629	41,520	0.3	241.1	36
Thetford Mines	516.04	28,448	28,927	-1.7	55.1	59
Val-d'Or	3,553.91	33,871	33,265	1.8	9.5	45
Victoriaville	153.23	49,151	46,354	6.0	320.8	28

Saskatchewan

Statistics Canada recognized eight census agglomerations within Saskatchewan in the 2016 Census.

Name	Land area (km²)	Population
Name	Land area (km²)	in 2016	in 2011	% change	per km²	rank
Estevan	795.32	13,615	12,973	4.9	17.1	103
Lloydminster (portion)	1,063.67	14,938	12,766	17.0	14.0	43
Moose Jaw	844.42	35,053	34,421	1.8	41.5	42
North Battleford	855.34	19,623	18,850	4.1	22.9	75
Prince Albert	2,556.05	44,160	43,680	1.1	17.3	32
Swift Current	1,131.74	18,536	17,535	5.7	16.4	80
Weyburn	19.15	10,870	10,484	3.7	567.6	116
Yorkton	844.61	18,905	18,238	3.7	22.4	78

Yukon

Statistics Canada recognized one census agglomeration within Yukon in the 2016 Census.

Name	Land area (km²)	Population
Name	Land area (km²)	in 2016	in 2011	% change	per km²	rank
Whitehorse	8,488.95	28,225	26,028	8.4	3.3	61