Map 2
British Columbia home to four of the five fastest-growing large urban centres from 2016 to 2021

Map description

The title of the map is "British Columbia home to four of the five fastest-growing large urban centres from 2016 to 2021"

On this map, Canada's 41 large urban centres (census metropolitan areas) are shown as a dot. The top-5 fastest growing large urban centres are labeled in red, the top-5 slowest growing large urban centres are labeled in blue and other large urban centres discussed in the text are labeled in black. The population growth rates from 2016 to 2021 are presented on the map.

From west to east:

The population growth rate from 2016 to 2021 was +10.0% for Nanaimo (labeled in red).

The population growth rate from 2016 to 2021 was +7.3% for Vancouver (labeled in black).

The population growth rate from 2016 to 2021 was +12.1% for Chilliwack (labeled in red).

The population growth rate from 2016 to 2021 was +10.0% for Kamloops (labeled in red).

The population growth rate from 2016 to 2021 was +14.0% for Kelowna (labeled in red).

The population growth rate from 2016 to 2021 was +6.4% for Calgary (labeled in black).

The population growth rate from 2016 to 2021 was +0.4% for Red Deer (labeled in blue).

The population growth rate from 2016 to 2021 was +7.3% for Edmonton (labeled in black).

The population growth rate from 2016 to 2021 was +1.3% for Thunder Bay (labeled in blue).

The population growth rate from 2016 to 2021 was +2.8% for Greater Sudbury (labeled in blue).

The population growth rate from 2016 to 2021 was +10.0% for London (labeled in red).

The population growth rate from 2016 to 2021 was +4.6% for Toronto (labeled in black).

The population growth rate from 2016 to 2021 was +8.5% for Ottawa–Gatineau (labeled in black).

The population growth rate from 2016 to 2021 was +4.6% for Montréal (labeled in black).

The population growth rate from 2016 to 2021 was +4.6% for Drummondville (labeled in black).

The population growth rate from 2016 to 2021 was +0.0% for Saguenay (labeled in blue).

The population growth rate from 2016 to 2021 was +5.8% for Fredericton (labeled in black).

The population growth rate from 2016 to 2021 was +9.1% for Halifax (labeled in black).

The population growth rate from 2016 to 2021 was +2.0% for St. John's (labeled in blue).

Source: Census of Population, 2016 and 2021 (3901).