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Toronto, Ontario The changing landscape of Canadian metropolitan areas
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Section 1: Introduction

Section 2: The census metropolitan area landscape

Section 3: Ecosystem accounts and statistics by census metropolitan area

Acknowledgements

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At the CMA level, built-up area increased from 995 km² in 1971 to 2,184 km² in 2011, an increase of 120%.
At the CMA-E level, built-up area increased from 1,269 km² in 1971 to 3,080 km² in 2011, an increase of 143%.
In 2011, the natural and semi-natural land class was divided into forest (38%), water (15%) and other (47%).
From 1971 to 2011, 961 km² of arable land and 448 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, 49.2% was forest, 37.5% was natural land for pasture and 13.3% was classed as other.
Population in the CMA increased by 107% from 2,699,927 to 5,583,064 between 1971 and 2011.
The number of dwellings in the CMA increased by 162% from 794,253 to 2,079,459 between 1971 and 2011.

Map 3.29
Built-up area, Toronto census metropolitan area (CMA) and census metropolitan area-ecosystem (CMA-E), 1971, 1991, 2001 and 2011

Chart 3.57
Land cover and land use, Toronto census metropolitan area-ecosystem (CMA-E), 1971, 1991, 2001 and 2011

Chart 3.58
Natural and semi-natural land lost to settled area, by selected land class, Toronto census metropolitan area-ecosystem (CMA-E), 1971 to 2011

Table 3.85
Population and dwellings, total and settled area, Toronto census metropolitan area (CMA) and census metropolitan area-ecosystem (CMA-E), 1971, 1991, 2001 and 2011

Table 3.86
Land cover and land use, Toronto census metropolitan area (CMA) and census metropolitan area-ecosystem (CMA-E), 1971, 1991, 2001 and 2011

Table 3.87
Ecosystem asset account, Toronto census metropolitan area-ecosystem (CMA-E), 1971 to 2011

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Tables by metropolitan area, Toronto

Toronto CMA, percentage of private dwellings owned by a member of the household, 2011 (Map 1 of 2)

Toronto CMA, percentage of private dwellings owned by a member of the household, 2011 (Map 2 of 2)

Toronto CMA, percentage of owner households spending 30% or more in shelter costs, 2011 (Map 1 of 2)

Toronto CMA, percentage of owner households spending 30% or more in shelter costs, 2011 (Map 2 of 2)

Toronto CMA, percentage of renter households spending 30% or more in shelter costs, 2011 (Map 1 of 2)

Toronto CMA, percentage of renter households spending 30% or more in shelter costs, 2011 (Map 2 of 2)

Toronto CMA average value of owned private dwellings, 2011 (Map 1 of 2)

Toronto CMA average value of owned private dwellings, 2011 (Map 2 of 2)

Toronto CMA, population change, 2006 to 2011, by 2011 census tract (Map 1 of 2)

Toronto CMA, population change, 2006 to 2011, by 2011 census tract (Map 2 of 2)

Toronto CMA, percentage of the employed labour force using a car, truck or van to get to work in 2011, by 2011 census tract (Map 1 of 2)

Toronto CMA, percentage of the employed labour force using a car, truck or van to get to work in 2011, by 2011 census tract (Map 2 of 2)

Metropolitan gross domestic product, experimental estimates, CANSIM TABLE 381-5000

Toronto CMA, Census Profile, 2011

Toronto CMA, National Household Survey (NHS) Profile, 2011

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Date modified:: 2016-03-31