The table below lists the 100 largest metropolitan areas in Canada by population, using data from the Canada 2001 Census[1] and the Canada 2006 Census.[2] Each metropolitan area is identified by its Census Metropolitan Area (CMA) or Census Agglomeration (CA) as defined by Statistics Canada. Any other municipality that comprises at least 10 per cent of the CMA or CA population is listed in parentheses. A city's metropolitan area may be larger than its CMA as defined by Stats Canada, such as the case with the Greater Toronto Area, and the National Capital Region. See also: List of the 100 largest cities in Canada by population. | Rank in 2006 | Rank in 2001 | Place | Province | Type | 2006 Population | 2001 Population | % change | | 1 | 1 | Toronto (Mississauga) | Ontario | CMA | 5,113,149 | 4,682,897 | 9.19 | | 2 | 2 | Montreal (Laval, Longueuil) | Quebec | CMA | 3,635,571 | 3,451,027 | 5.35 | | 3 | 3 | Vancouver (Surrey, Burnaby) | British Columbia | CMA | 2,116,581 | 1,986,965 | 6.52 | | 4 | 4 | Ottawa (Gatineau) | Ontario/Quebec | CMA | 1,130,761 | 1,063,664 | 6.31 | | 5 | 5 | Calgary | Alberta | CMA | 1,079,310 | 951,494 | 13.43 | | 6 | 6 | Edmonton | Alberta | CMA | 1,034,945 | 937,845 | 10.35 | | 7 | 7 | Quebec City (Lévis) | Quebec | CMA | 715,515 | 686,569 | 4.22 | | 8 | 8 | Winnipeg | Manitoba | CMA | 694,668 | 676,594 | 2.67 | | 9 | 9 | Hamilton (Burlington) | Ontario | CMA | 692,911 | 662,401 | 4.61 | | 10 | 10 | London | Ontario | CMA | 457,720 | 435,600 | 5.08 | | 11 | 11 | Kitchener (Cambridge, Waterloo) | Ontario | CMA | 451,235 | 414,284 | 8.92 | | 12 | 12 | St. Catharines-Niagara (Niagara Falls, Welland) | Ontario | CMA | 390,317 | 377,009 | 3.53 | | 13 | 13 | Halifax | Nova Scotia | CMA | 372,858 | 359,183 | 3.81 | | 14 | 16 | Oshawa (Whitby, Clarington) | Ontario | CMA | 330,594 | 296,298 | 11.57 | | 15 | 14 | Victoria (Saanich) | British Columbia | CMA | 330,088 | 311,902 | 5.83 | | 16 | 15 | Windsor (Tecumseh, LaSalle, Lakeshore) | Ontario | CMA | 323,342 | 307,877 | 5.02 | | 17 | 17 | Saskatoon | Saskatchewan | CMA | 233,923 | 225,927 | 3.54 | | 18 | 18 | Regina | Saskatchewan | CMA | 194,971 | 192,800 | 1.13 | | 19 | 19 | Sherbrooke (Magog) | Quebec | CMA | 186,952 | 175,950 | 6.25 | | 20 | 20 | St. John's (Mount Pearl, Conception Bay South) | Newfoundland and Labrador | CMA | 181,113 | 172,918 | 4.74 | | 21 | 23 | Barrie (Innisfil) | Ontario | CMA | 177,061 | 148,480 | 19.25 | | 22 | 24 | Kelowna (West Kelowna) | British Columbia | CMA | 162,276 | 147,739 | 9.84 | | 23 | 25 | Abbotsford (Mission) | British Columbia | CMA | 159,020 | 147,370 | 7.91 | | 24 | 21 | Greater Sudbury | Ontario | CMA | 158,258 | 155,601 | 1.71 | | 25 | 26 | Kingston (South Frontenac) | Ontario | CMA | 152,358 | 146,838 | 3.76 | | 26 | 22 | Saguenay | Quebec | CMA | 151,643 | 154,938 | -2.13 | | 27 | 27 | Trois-Rivières | Quebec | CMA | 141,529 | 137,507 | 2.92 | | 28 | 32 | Guelph | Ontario | CMA | 127,009 | 117,344 | 8.24 | | 29 | 30 | Moncton (Dieppe, Riverview) | New Brunswick | CMA | 126,424 | 118,678 | 6.53 | | 30 | 31 | Brantford (Brant) | Ontario | CMA | 124,607 | 118,086 | 5.52 | | 31 | 29 | Thunder Bay | Ontario | CMA | 122,907 | 121,986 | 0.76 | | 32 | 28 | Saint John (Quispamsis) | New Brunswick | CMA | 122,389 | 122,678 | -0.24 | | 33 | 33 | Peterborough (Smith-Ennismore-Lakefield) | Ontario | CMA | 116,570 | 110,876 | 5.14 | | 34 | 35 | Chatham-Kent | Ontario | CA | 108,589 | 107,709 | 0.82 | | 35 | 34 | Cape Breton | Nova Scotia | CA | 105,928 | 109,330 | -3.11 | | 36 | 39 | Lethbridge (County of Lethbridge) | Alberta | CA | 95,196 | 87,388 | 8.93 | | 37 | 36 | Kamloops | British Columbia | CA | 92,882 | 88,951 | 4.42 | | 38 | 40 | Nanaimo | British Columbia | CA | 92,361 | 85,664 | 7.82 | | 39 | 38 | Belleville (Quinte West) | Ontario | CA | 91,518 | 87,395 | 4.72 | | 40 | 37 | Sarnia (St. Clair) | Ontario | CA | 88,793 | 88,331 | 0.52 | | 41 | 43 | Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu | Quebec | CA | 87,492 | 79,600 | 9.91 | | 42 | 42 | Fredericton | New Brunswick | CA | 85,688 | 81,346 | 5.34 | | 43 | 41 | Prince George | British Columbia | CA | 83,225 | 85,035 | -2.13 | | 44 | 48 | Red Deer | Alberta | CA | 82,772 | 67,829 | 22.03 | | 45 | 45 | Chilliwack | British Columbia | CA | 80,892 | 74,003 | 9.31 | | 46 | 44 | Sault Ste. Marie | Ontario | CA | 80,098 | 78,908 | 1.51 | | 47 | 46 | Drummondville | Quebec | CA | 78,108 | 72,778 | 7.32 | | 48 | 47 | Kawartha Lakes | Ontario | CA | 74,561 | 69,179 | 7.78 | | 49 | 53 | Grande Prairie (Grande Prairie County No. 1) | Alberta | CA | 71,868 | 58,787 | 22.25 | | 50 | 51 | Medicine Hat | Alberta | CA | 68,822 | 61,735 | 11.48 | | 51 | 49 | Granby | Quebec | CA | 68,352 | 63,069 | 8.38 | | 52 | 50 | North Bay | Ontario | CA | 63,424 | 62,303 | 1.80 | | 53 | 52 | Norfolk | Ontario | CA | 62,563 | 60,847 | 2.82 | | 54 | 55 | Charlottetown (Stratford) | Prince Edward Island | CA | 58,625 | 57,234 | 2.43 | | 55 | 54 | Cornwall (South Stormont) | Ontario | CA | 58,485 | 57,581 | 1.57 | | 56 | 56 | Shawinigan | Quebec | CA | 56,434 | 56,412 | 0.04 | | 57 | 57 | Saint-Hyacinthe | Quebec | CA | 55,823 | 54,275 | 2.85 | | 58 | 58 | Vernon (Coldstream) | British Columbia | CA | 55,418 | 51,530 | 7.55 | | 59 | 67 | Wood Buffalo | Alberta | CA | 52,643 | 42,581 | 23.63 | | 60 | 61 | Leamington (Kingsville) | Ontario | CA | 49,741 | 46,757 | 6.38 | | 61 | 64 | Courtenay (Comox, Comox-Strathcona B) | British Columbia | CA | 49,214 | 45,205 | 8.87 | | 62 | 60 | Victoriaville | Quebec | CA | 48,893 | 46,908 | 4.23 | | 63 | 59 | Sorel-Tracy (Contrecoeur) | Quebec | CA | 48,295 | 47,802 | 1.03 | | 64 | 62 | Brandon | Manitoba | CA | 48,256 | 46,273 | 4.29 | | 65 | 63 | Rimouski | Quebec | CA | 46,807 | 46,012 | 1.73 | | 66 | 65 | Truro (Colchester, Subd. B & C) | Nova Scotia | CA | 45,077 | 44,276 | 1.81 | | 67 | 70 | Joliette (Notre-Dame-des-Prairies, Saint-Charles-Borromée) | Quebec | CA | 43,595 | 39,720 | 9.76 | | 68 | 68 | Penticton (Okanagan-Similkameen D) | British Columbia | CA | 43,313 | 41,564 | 4.21 | | 69 | 66 | Timmins | Ontario | CA | 42,997 | 43,686 | -1.58 | | 70 | 74 | Duncan (North Cowichan) | British Columbia | CA | 41,387 | 38,813 | 6.63 | | 71 | 69 | Prince Albert | Saskatchewan | CA | 40,766 | 41,460 | -1.67 | | 72 | 75 | Orillia (Ramara) | Ontario | CA | 40,532 | 38,333 | 5.74 | | 73 | 71 | Rouyn-Noranda | Quebec | CA | 39,924 | 39,621 | 0.76 | | 74 | 73 | Salaberry-de-Valleyfield | Quebec | CA | 39,672 | 39,028 | 1.65 | | 75 | 72 | Brockville (Elizabethtown-Kitley, Augusta) | Ontario | CA | 39,668 | 39,049 | 1.59 | | 76 | 77 | Campbell River (Comox-Strathcona D) | British Columbia | CA | 36,461 | 35,036 | 4.07 | | 77 | 76 | New Glasgow (Pictou, Subd. C & B, Stellarton, Westville) | Nova Scotia | CA | 36,288 | 36,735 | -1.22 | | 78 | 80 | Woodstock | Ontario | CA | 35,480 | 33,269 | 6.65 | | 79 | 78 | Midland (Tay, Penetanguishene) | Ontario | CA | 35,402 | 33,692 | 5.08 | | 80 | 79 | Moose Jaw | Saskatchewan | CA | 33,360 | 33,519 | -0.47 | | 81 | 81 | Alma | Quebec | CA | 32,603 | 32,930 | -0.99 | | 82 | 83 | Val-d'Or | Quebec | CA | 32,288 | 32,423 | -0.42 | | 83 | 84 | Owen Sound (Georgian Bluffs) | Ontario | CA | 32,259 | 31,583 | 2.14 | | 84 | 82 | Bathurst (Bathurst Parish, Beresford Parish, Beresford) | New Brunswick | CA | 31,424 | 32,523 | -3.38 | | 85 | 87 | Saint-Georges | Quebec | CA | 31,364 | 29,759 | 5.39 | | 86 | 86 | Stratford | Ontario | CA | 30,461 | 29,780 | 2.29 | | 87 | 85 | Baie-Comeau | Quebec | CA | 29,808 | 30,401 | -1.95 | | 88 | 88 | Sept-Îles | Quebec | CA | 27,827 | 27,623 | 0.74 | | 89 | 98 | Lloydminster | Alberta/Saskatchewan | CA | 27,023 | 23,964 | 12.76 | | 90 | 90 | Corner Brook | Newfoundland and Labrador | CA | 26,623 | 26,153 | 1.80 | | 91 | 95 | Parksville (Qualicum Beach, Nanaimo G) | British Columbia | CA | 26,518 | 24,285 | 9.19 | | 92 | 89 | Thetford Mines | Quebec | CA | 26,107 | 26,721 | -2.30 | | 93 | 97 | Centre Wellington | Ontario | CA | 26,049 | 24,260 | 7.37 | | 94 | 93 | Kentville (Kings, Subd. B & C) | Nova Scotia | CA | 25,969 | 25,172 | 3.17 | | 95 | 91 | Port Alberni (Alberni-Clayoquot E) | British Columbia | CA | 25,297 | 25,299 | -0.01 | | 96 | 100 | Fort St. John (Peace River C) | British Columbia | CA | 25,136 | 23,007 | 9.25 | | 97 | 92 | Miramichi (North Esk) | New Brunswick | CA | 24,737 | 25,274 | -2.12 | | 98 | 99 | Rivière-du-Loup (Saint-Antonin) | Quebec | CA | 24,570 | 23,229 | 5.77 | | 99 | 96 | Cranbrook (East Kootenay C) | British Columbia | CA | 24,138 | 24,275 | -0.56 | | 100 | 101 | Pembroke (Big Laurentian Valley) | Ontario | CA | 23,195 | 22,223 | 4.37 | References
| Largest metropolitan areas in Canada by population (2006 Census) | | |  Toronto  Vancouver  Calgary  Quebec City
| Rank | Name | Province | Pop. | Rank | Name | Province | Pop. |  Montreal  Ottawa  Edmonton  Winnipeg
| | 1 | Toronto | Ontario | 5,113,149 | 11 | Kitchener–Waterloo | Ontario | 451,235 | | 2 | Montreal | Quebec | 3,635,571 | 12 | St. Catharines–Niagara | Ontario | 390,317 | | 3 | Vancouver | British Columbia | 2,116,581 | 13 | Halifax | Nova Scotia | 372,858 | | 4 | Ottawa–Gatineau | Ontario–Quebec | 1,130,761 | 14 | Oshawa | Ontario | 330,594 | | 5 | Calgary | Alberta | 1,079,310 | 15 | Victoria | British Columbia | 330,088 | | 6 | Edmonton | Alberta | 1,034,945 | 16 | Windsor | Ontario | 323,342 | | 7 | Quebec City | Quebec | 715,515 | 17 | Saskatoon | Saskatchewan | 233,923 | | 8 | Winnipeg | Manitoba | 694,668 | 18 | Regina | Saskatchewan | 194,971 | | 9 | Hamilton | Ontario | 692,911 | 19 | Sherbrooke | Quebec | 186,952 | | 10 | London | Ontario | 457,720 | 20 | St. John's | Newfoundland and Labrador | 181,113 | |