Table 5 
Population by proximity to downtown, census metropolitan areas, 2016 to 2021 

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Population by proximity to downtown, census metropolitan areas, 2016 to 2021
Population in 2016 – DowntownPopulation in 2021 – DowntownPopulation in 2016 – Urban fringe (less than 10 minutes from downtown)Population in 2021 – Urban fringe (less than 10 minutes from downtown)Population in 2016 – Near suburb (10 to 20 minutes from downtown)Population in 2021 – Near suburb (10 to 20 minutes from downtown)Population in 2016 – Intermediate suburb (20 to 30 minutes from downtown)Population in 2021 – Intermediate suburb (20 to 30 minutes from downtown)Population in 2016 – Distant suburb (30 minutes or more from downtown)Population in 2021 – Distant suburb (30 minutes or more from downtown)
  numbernumbernumbernumbernumbernumbernumbernumbernumbernumber
All metropolitan areas 1,155,685 1,281,474 6,253,079 6,484,325 8,516,209 9,024,144 4,794,919 5,055,023 4,996,963 5,436,153
St. John's 9,431 9,760 85,287 85,325 69,185 70,396 38,933 41,421 5,582 5,677
Halifax 20,267 25,555 120,091 131,026 137,330 151,868 64,591 66,620 84,653 90,634
Moncton 7,837 8,708 79,620 87,059 34,917 38,206 20,015 21,170 2,421 2,574
Saint John 7,552 8,221 41,804 43,318 40,207 40,972 14,399 14,691 22,240 23,411
Fredericton 11,007 11,813 31,423 33,560 36,202 38,067 5,330 5,602 18,728 19,568
Saguenay 6,349 6,252 52,524 51,318 63,242 64,494 25,329 24,720 14,076 14,783
Québec 29,788 29,547 211,280 218,355 355,840 370,688 146,345 151,399 63,153 69,322
Sherbrooke 12,427 13,171 100,965 108,422 56,604 60,558 29,340 31,073 12,769 14,174
Trois-Rivières 7,858 8,533 92,000 94,067 47,657 50,413 8,527 8,476 ... ...
Drummondville 9,486 9,563 26,626 28,370 38,513 40,507 21,726 22,352 798 818
Montréal 88,169 109,509 703,986 718,832 1,350,700 1,396,056 1,045,884 1,087,474 915,335 979,861
Ottawa–Gatineau (Quebec part) 9,877 11,685 127,324 128,781 120,786 132,616 39,674 41,260 34,765 38,951
Ottawa–Gatineau (Ontario part) 62,725 67,169 241,203 255,503 460,962 496,370 123,609 150,047 150,651 165,925
Kingston 8,288 9,630 59,226 61,420 60,069 65,545 16,566 17,446 17,026 18,505
Belleville–Quinte West 12,340 13,119 33,064 36,415 25,666 26,667 24,161 26,661 8,170 8,322
Peterborough 15,948 17,032 63,799 64,878 23,031 24,851 14,671 16,699 4,272 5,164
Oshawa 16,055 17,379 198,151 207,446 144,914 165,936 20,728 24,550 ... ...
Toronto 237,698 275,931 434,219 440,411 1,327,885 1,349,839 1,801,166 1,808,328 2,127,072 2,327,716
Hamilton 48,510 53,236 240,561 247,925 396,566 419,218 57,904 60,775 4,004 4,030
St. Catharines–Niagara 14,442 15,363 128,320 132,518 170,586 185,204 47,747 51,444 44,979 49,075
Kitchener–Cambridge–Waterloo 27,092 30,018 230,169 251,509 202,222 226,933 64,411 67,387 ... ...
Brantford 11,134 12,093 90,217 95,657 23,479 26,824 9,373 9,588 ... ...
Guelph 13,497 14,705 106,110 115,270 32,377 35,613 ... ... ... ...
London 23,220 26,034 223,091 233,856 145,125 170,169 62,508 66,607 40,125 46,885
Windsor 11,633 12,263 135,754 142,596 129,864 137,547 46,663 51,342 74,804 78,882
Barrie 13,343 13,943 119,765 124,459 42,849 49,022 21,102 25,432 ... ...
Greater Sudbury 12,590 13,809 44,524 46,691 56,232 56,937 28,474 28,598 24,138 24,570
Thunder Bay 10,818 10,847 67,431 67,999 30,641 30,961 4,090 4,092 8,641 9,359
Winnipeg 42,394 44,061 341,752 345,718 323,036 363,558 28,081 29,172 47,836 52,169
Regina 18,520 18,220 175,968 186,617 22,241 23,392 6,440 6,925 13,526 14,063
Saskatoon 12,101 12,425 192,615 201,413 45,960 57,148 15,445 16,196 28,974 30,298
Lethbridge 4,862 4,837 87,955 92,547 15,115 16,932 9,121 9,218 341 313
Calgary 38,663 46,763 257,913 262,083 758,705 763,548 286,623 353,420 50,705 55,992
Red Deer 8,247 8,079 92,171 92,765 ... ... ... ... ... ...
Edmonton 55,997 55,387 260,098 255,617 720,612 780,955 156,387 192,933 128,347 133,226
Kelowna 13,415 16,605 71,648 78,939 75,547 87,206 25,593 28,941 8,689 10,471
Kamloops 5,922 6,600 39,936 41,615 41,360 46,834 6,083 6,768 10,510 12,325
Chilliwack 11,996 12,684 48,397 53,049 24,677 28,282 11,516 13,628 4,926 6,124
Abbotsford–Mission 24,238 27,109 88,652 94,089 62,691 69,312 2,303 2,386 2,634 2,830
Vancouver 113,516 121,932 318,394 330,368 639,140 684,338 395,287 414,432 997,094 1,091,755
Victoria 41,229 46,309 141,091 143,418 116,474 128,640 45,169 51,933 23,807 26,937
Nanaimo 5,204 5,575 47,955 53,101 47,000 51,522 3,605 3,817 1,172 1,444
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Note(s):
The table is based on data from primary downtowns.
Source(s):
Census of Population, 2016 and 2021 (3901).
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