Table 6
Population growth rate by proximity to downtown, census metropolitan areas, 2016 to 2021
| 2016 to 2021 Population growth rate – Downtown | 2016 to 2021 Population growth rate – Urban fringe (less than 10 minutes from downtown) | 2016 to 2021 Population growth rate – Near suburb (10 to 20 minutes from downtown) | 2016 to 2021 Population growth rate – Intermediate suburb (20 to 30 minutes from downtown) | 2016 to 2021 Population growth rate – Distant suburb (30 minutes or more from downtown) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | % | % | % | % | |
| All metropolitan areas | 10.9 | 3.7 | 6.0 | 5.4 | 8.8 |
| St. John's | 3.5 | 0.0 | 1.8 | 6.4 | 1.7 |
| Halifax | 26.1 | 9.1 | 10.6 | 3.1 | 7.1 |
| Moncton | 11.1 | 9.3 | 9.4 | 5.8 | 6.3 |
| Saint John | 8.9 | 3.6 | 1.9 | 2.0 | 5.3 |
| Fredericton | 7.3 | 6.8 | 5.2 | 5.1 | 4.5 |
| Saguenay | -1.5 | -2.3 | 2.0 | -2.4 | 5.0 |
| Québec | -0.8 | 3.3 | 4.2 | 3.5 | 9.8 |
| Sherbrooke | 6.0 | 7.4 | 7.0 | 5.9 | 11.0 |
| Trois-Rivières | 8.6 | 2.2 | 5.8 | -0.6 | ... |
| Drummondville | 0.8 | 6.5 | 5.2 | 2.9 | 2.5 |
| Montréal | 24.2 | 2.1 | 3.4 | 4.0 | 7.0 |
| Ottawa–Gatineau (Quebec part) | 18.3 | 1.1 | 9.8 | 4.0 | 12.0 |
| Ottawa–Gatineau (Ontario part) | 7.1 | 5.9 | 7.7 | 21.4 | 10.1 |
| Kingston | 16.2 | 3.7 | 9.1 | 5.3 | 8.7 |
| Belleville–Quinte West | 6.3 | 10.1 | 3.9 | 10.3 | 1.9 |
| Peterborough | 6.8 | 1.7 | 7.9 | 13.8 | 20.9 |
| Oshawa | 8.2 | 4.7 | 14.5 | 18.4 | ... |
| Toronto | 16.1 | 1.4 | 1.7 | 0.4 | 9.4 |
| Hamilton | 9.7 | 3.1 | 5.7 | 5.0 | 0.6 |
| St. Catharines–Niagara | 6.4 | 3.3 | 8.6 | 7.7 | 9.1 |
| Kitchener–Cambridge–Waterloo | 10.8 | 9.3 | 12.2 | 4.6 | ... |
| Brantford | 8.6 | 6.0 | 14.2 | 2.3 | ... |
| Guelph | 9.0 | 8.6 | 10.0 | ... | ... |
| London | 12.1 | 4.8 | 17.3 | 6.6 | 16.8 |
| Windsor | 5.4 | 5.0 | 5.9 | 10.0 | 5.5 |
| Barrie | 4.5 | 3.9 | 14.4 | 20.5 | ... |
| Greater Sudbury | 9.7 | 4.9 | 1.3 | 0.4 | 1.8 |
| Thunder Bay | 0.3 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 8.3 |
| Winnipeg | 3.9 | 1.2 | 12.5 | 3.9 | 9.1 |
| Regina | -1.6 | 6.1 | 5.2 | 7.5 | 4.0 |
| Saskatoon | 2.7 | 4.6 | 24.3 | 4.9 | 4.6 |
| Lethbridge | -0.5 | 5.2 | 12.0 | 1.1 | -8.2 |
| Calgary | 21.0 | 1.6 | 0.6 | 23.3 | 10.4 |
| Red Deer | -2.0 | 0.6 | ... | ... | ... |
| Edmonton | -1.1 | -1.7 | 8.4 | 23.4 | 3.8 |
| Kelowna | 23.8 | 10.2 | 15.4 | 13.1 | 20.5 |
| Kamloops | 11.4 | 4.2 | 13.2 | 11.3 | 17.3 |
| Chilliwack | 5.7 | 9.6 | 14.6 | 18.3 | 24.3 |
| Abbotsford–Mission | 11.8 | 6.1 | 10.6 | 3.6 | 7.4 |
| Vancouver | 7.4 | 3.8 | 7.1 | 4.8 | 9.5 |
| Victoria | 12.3 | 1.6 | 10.4 | 15.0 | 13.1 |
| Nanaimo | 7.1 | 10.7 | 9.6 | 5.9 | 23.2 |
...
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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