Table 5
Population by proximity to downtown, census metropolitan areas, 2016 to 2021
| Population in 2016 – Downtown | Population in 2021 – Downtown | Population 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) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| number | number | number | number | number | number | number | number | number | number | |
| 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 |
...
not applicable
Note(s):
The table is based on data from primary downtowns.
Source(s):
Census of Population, 2016 and 2021 (3901).
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