St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador The changing landscape of Canadian metropolitan areas
St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador

Highlights

• At the CMA level, built-up area increased from 60 km² in 1971 to 181 km² in 2011, an increase of 201%.
• At the CMA-E level, built-up area increased from 65 km² in 1971 to 204 km² in 2011, an increase of 215%.
• In 2011, the natural and semi-natural land class was divided into forest (56%), water (11%) and other (33%).
• From 1971 to 2011, 19 km² of arable land and 91 km² of natural and semi-natural land were lost to settled area.
• Of the natural and semi-natural land converted to settled area from 1971 to 2011, 91.8% was forest, 2.6% was natural land for pasture and 5.6% was classed as other.
• Population in the CMA increased by 48% from 132,937 to 196,966 between 1971 and 2011.
• The number of dwellings in the CMA increased by 182% from 29,951 to 84,542 between 1971 and 2011.

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