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Chart 2.5 Population density by CMA

Data table for Chart 2.5
Data table for Chart 2.5
Population density by census metropolitan area, 2001 and 2011
Table summary
This table displays the results of Population density by census metropolitan area. The information is grouped by CMA (appearing as row headers), Population density in 2001 and Population density in 2011 (appearing as column headers).
CMA Population density in 2001 Population density in 2011
Newer CMAs persons per square kilometre of settled area
Guelph 1,558 1,683
Abbotsford–Mission 1,557 1,652
Trois-Rivières 1,416 1,405
Brantford 1,124 1,188
Barrie 1,388 1,645
Peterborough 1,011 1,011
Moncton 932 1,009
Kelowna 1,195 1,293
Sherbrooke 1,543 1,416
Kingston 1,076 1,072
Mid-size and small CMAs  
St. John's 1,300 1,396
Saguenay 1,247 1,137
Thunder Bay 876 836
Regina 1,829 1,835
Victoria 1,843 1,960
Oshawa 1,836 2,074
Saint John 633 646
Windsor 1,636 1,675
Greater Sudbury 764 743
Kitchener–Cambridge–Waterloo 2,107 2,273
Saskatoon 1,538 1,638
Ottawa–Gatineau (Que.) 1,540 1,395
St. Catharines–Niagara 1,338 1,331
London 1,547 1,602
Hamilton 2,242 2,320
Halifax 1,018 1,047
Québec 2,318 2,191
Winnipeg 2,308 2,346
Large CMAs  
Ottawa–Gatineau (Ont.) 1,855 1,952
Calgary 2,395 2,685
Vancouver 2,774 3,100
Edmonton 1,440 1,665
Montréal 3,363 3,356
Toronto 2,957 3,368

Notes: This chart compares the population density for 2001 and 2011 by dividing the settled area population by the settled area of the CMA (built-up area excluding roads). Settled area population includes 2001 and 2011 dissemination block points located within 400 m of settled areas. Low-density dwellings may not be captured as built-up in the remotely sensed data. CMAs were categorized as large, mid-size or small based on the 2011 built-up area using geometric intervals. Newer CMAs—those not populated enough to qualify as CMAs in 1971—were grouped separately.
Sources: Statistics Canada, Environment, Energy and Transportation Statistics Division, 2016, special tabulation of data from the 2001 and 2011 Censuses of Population; Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, 2015, Land Use 1990, 2000 and 2010, http://open.canada.ca/data/en/dataset/18e3ef1a-497c-40c6-8326-aac1a34a0dec (accessed September 16, 2015).


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