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Annual Demographic Estimates: Census Metropolitan
Areas, Economic Regions and Census Divisions, Age and Sex
2002 to 2007
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Highlights
- At July 1, 2007, 21,599,703 people lived in a census metropolitan area (CMA).
- The Calgary (34.3 per thousand), Edmonton (27.9 per thousand) and Saskatoon (19.6 per thousand) CMAs experienced the largest increases. In comparison, the Thunder Bay (-10.0 per thousand), Kingston (-4.4 per thousand) and St. Catharines - Niagara (-2.0 per thousand) CMAs experienced the largest decreases.
- Once again, the Calgary and Edmonton CMAs grew more than all the others across the country. The population increase in these two CMAs was mainly driven by interprovincial migration. Calgary rose to first place, with a total of 44,721 newcomers from other provinces, and Edmonton came second, with 34,886 interprovincial in-migrants.
- The Saskatoon CMA experienced a 19.6 per thousand increase in its population this year, compared to 8.3 per thousand last year. Its population rose from 236,759 at July 1, 2006 to 241,439 at July 1, 2007.
- As of July 1, 2007, the median age of the population living in the country’s 27 CMAs was 38.1 years, slightly younger than the median age of the population living in non-CMA areas (41.1 years).
- Saskatoon is the CMA with the youngest population in the country, with a median age of 35.2 years. The two CMAs in Alberta, Calgary (35.5 years) and Edmonton (35.9 years), are ranked second and third respectively.
- Of all CMAs in Canada, the Trois-Rivières CMA is the one with the oldest population, with a median age of 43.8 years.
