List of census agglomerations by province or territory

The tables below list Canada's 111 census agglomerations as of 2006.

Contents 1 2006 changes 1.1 Added 1.2 Removed 1.3 Promoted to Census Metropolitan Area 2 Alberta 3 British Columbia 4 Manitoba 5 New Brunswick 6 Newfoundland and Labrador 7 Northwest Territories 8 Nova Scotia 9 Ontario 10 Prince Edward Island 11 Quebec 12 Saskatchewan 13 Yukon 14 References 15 Sources 16 See also

2006 changes

Statistics Canada announced that, for the 2006 Census, the following changes would be made to the list [1]. Populations figures from the 2006 census have been added below to reflect these changes. Please note that numerous Census Areas underwent boundary changes from 2001 to 2006. The population and area figures for the 2001 Census have been adjusted to reflect these changes [2].

Added

• Bay Roberts, Newfoundland and Labrador
• Miramichi, New Brunswick
• Centre Wellington, Ontario
• Ingersoll, Ontario
• Okotoks, Alberta
• Canmore, Alberta
• Salmon Arm, British Columbia

Removed

• Gander, Newfoundland and Labrador
• Labrador City, Newfoundland and Labrador
• Magog, Quebec (merged with Sherbrooke CMA)

Promoted to Census Metropolitan Area

• Moncton, New Brunswick
• Barrie, Ontario
• Brantford, Ontario
• Guelph, Ontario
• Peterborough, Ontario
• Kelowna, British Columbia

Alberta

Name	Land area (km²)	Population
		in 2006	in 2001	% change	per km²	rank
Brooks	5,929.40	22,452	21,685	3.5	3.8	69
Camrose	31.14	15,620	14,870	5.0	501.6	89
Canmore	68.90	12,039	10,792	11.6	174.7	102
Cold Lake	59.30	11,991	11,520	4.1	202.2	103
Grande Prairie	5,976.19	71,868	58,787	22.3	12.0	16
Lethbridge	2,975.59	95,196	87,388	8.9	32.0	3
Lloydminster	1,088.37	27,023	23,964	12.8	24.8	56
Medicine Hat	13,288.65	68,822	61,735	11.5	5.2	17
Okotoks	18.55	17,145	11,689	46.7	924.4	82
Red Deer	69.23	82,772	67,829	22.0	1,195.6	11
Wetaskiwin	16.74	11,673	11,154	4.7	697.5	106
Wood Buffalo	63,781.18	52,643	42,581	23.6	0.8	26

British Columbia

Name Land area (km²) Population in 2006 in 2001  % change per km² rank Campbell River 3,787.48 36,461 35,036 4.1 9.6 43 Chilliwack 1,211.50 80,892 74,003 9.3 66.8 12 Courtenay 542.86 49,214 45,205 8.9 90.7 28 Cranbrook 4,547.65 24,138 24,275 -0.6 5.3 66 Dawson Creek 22.32 10,994 10,754 2.2 492.5 109 Duncan 371.75 41,387 38,813 6.6 111.3 37 Fort St. John 621.84 25,136 23,007 9.3 40.4 63 Kamloops 5,686.19 92,882 88,951 4.4 16.3 4 Kitimat 242.63 8,987 10,285 -12.6 37.0 111 Nanaimo 1,279.02 92,361 85,664 7.8 72.2 5 Parksville 81.48 26,518 24,285 9.2 325.5 58

Name Land area (km²) Population in 2006 in 2001  % change per km² rank Penticton 2,212.76 43,313 41,564 4.2 19.6 35 Port Alberni 3,271.43 25,297 25,299 0.0 7.7 62 Powell River 802.87 16,537 16,604 -0.4 20.6 83 Prince George 17,729.70 83,225 85,035 -2.1 4.7 10 Prince Rupert 223.02 13,392 15,302 -12.5 60.0 98 Quesnel 21,765.74 22,449 24,426 -8.1 1.0 70 Salmon Arm 165.59 16,205 15,388 5.3 97.9 87 Squamish 106.85 15,256 14,435 5.7 142.8 91 Terrace 9,748.95 18,581 19,980 -7.0 1.9 75 Vernon 1,041.97 55,418 51,530 7.5 53.2 25 Williams Lake 2,656.00 18,760 19,768 -5.1 7.1 73

Manitoba

Name	Land area (km²)	Population
		in 2006	in 2001	% change	per km²	rank
Brandon	1,712.37	48,256	46,273	4.3	28.2	31
Portage la Prairie	2,029.94	20,494	20,617	-0.6	10.1	72
Thompson	3,841.24	13,593	13,261	2.5	3.9	96

New Brunswick

Name	Land area (km²)	Population
		in 2006	in 2001	% change	per km²	rank
Bathurst	2,087.97	31,424	32,523	-3.4	15.0	51
Campbellton	1,630.35	17,888	18,820	-5.0	11.0	78
Edmundston	902.18	21,442	22,173	-3.3	23.8	71
Fredericton	4,521.72	85,688	81,346	5.3	19.0	9
Miramichi	6634.81	24,737	25,274	-2.1	3.7	64

Newfoundland and Labrador

Name	Land area (km²)	Population
		in 2006	in 2001	% change	per km²	rank
Bay Roberts	103.71	10,507	10,531	-0.2	101.3	110
Corner Brook	255.10	26,623	26,153	1.8	104.4	57
Grand Falls-Windsor	54.48	13,558	13,340	1.6	248.9	97

Northwest Territories

Name	Land area (km²)	Population
		in 2006	in 2001	% change	per km²	rank
Yellowknife	105.22	18,700	16,541	13.1	177.7	74

Nova Scotia

Name	Land area (km²)	Population
		in 2006	in 2001	% change	per km²	rank
Cape Breton	2,470.57	105,928	109,330	-3.1	42.9	2
Kentville	607.65	25,969	25,172	3.2	42.7	61
New Glasgow	2,066.44	36,288	36,735	-1.2	17.6	44
Truro	2,732.44	45,077	44,276	1.8	16.5	33

Ontario

Name Land area (km²) Population in 2006 in 2001  % change per km² rank Belleville 740.61 91,518 87,395 4.7 123.6 6 Brockville 889.03 39,668 39,049 1.6 44.6 42 Centre Wellington 407.33 26,049 24,260 7.4 64.0 60 Chatham-Kent 2,470.66 108,589 107,709 0.8 44.0 1 Cobourg 22.37 18,210 17,172 6.0 814.0 76 Collingwood 33.46 17,290 16,039 7.8 516.8 81 Cornwall 508.98 58,485 57,581 1.6 114.9 22 Elliot Lake 698.12 11,549 11,956 -3.4 16.5 107 Hawkesbury 12.27 12,267 11,634 5.4 999.6 101 Ingersoll 12.90 11,760 10,977 7.1 911.9 105 Kawartha Lakes 3,059.47 74,651 69,179 7.8 24.4 15 Kenora 210.91 15,177 15,838 -4.2 72.0 92 Leamington 508.76 49,741 46,757 6.4 97.8 27 Midland 193.39 35,402 33,692 5.1 183.1 46

Name Land area (km²) Population in 2006 in 2001  % change per km² rank Norfolk 1,606.91 62,563 60,847 2.8 38.9 20 North Bay 771.37 63,424 62,303 1.8 82.2 19 Orillia 456.55 40,532 38,333 5.7 88.8 39 Owen Sound 627.80 32,259 31,583 2.1 51.4 50 Pembroke 566.79 23,195 22,223 4.4 40.9 67 Petawawa 164.68 14,651 14,398 1.8 89.0 94 Port Hope 278.97 16,390 15,605 5.0 58.8 86 Sarnia 799.77 88,793 88,331 0.5 111.0 7 Sault Ste. Marie 748.15 80,098 78,908 1.5 107.1 13 Stratford 25.28 30,461 29,780 2.3 1,205.1 53 Temiskaming Shores 406.88 12,904 12,927 -0.2 31.7 99 Tillsonburg 22.34 14,822 14,052 5.5 663.6 93 Timmins 2,961.58 42,997 43,686 -1.6 14.5 36 Woodstock 43.79 35,480 33,269 6.6 810.3 45

Prince Edward Island

Name	Land area (km²)	Population
		in 2006	in 2001	% change	per km²	rank
Charlottetown	728.03	58,625	57,234	2.4	80.5	21
Summerside	91.85	16,153	16,200	-0.3	175.9	88

Quebec

Name Land area (km²) Population in 2006 in 2001  % change per km² rank Alma 401.76 32,603 32,930 -1.0 81.1 48 Amos 1,894.16 17,918 18,302 -2.1 9.5 77 Baie-Comeau 34,856.80 29,808 30,401 -2.0 0.9 54 Cowansville 51.01 12,666 12,558 0.9 248.3 100 Dolbeau-Mistassini 295.67 14,546 14,879 -2.2 49.2 95 Drummondville 613.93 78,108 72,778 7.3 127.2 14 Granby 317.07 68,352 63,069 8.4 215.6 18 Joliette 117.61 43,595 39,720 9.8 370.7 34 La Tuque 25,431.76 15,293 15,725 -2.7 0.6 90 Lachute 108.67 11,832 11,628 1.8 108.9 104 Matane 316.22 16,438 16,597 -1.0 52.0 85 Rimouski 694.12 46,807 46,012 1.7 67.4 32

Name Land area (km²) Population in 2006 in 2001  % change per km² rank Rivière-du-Loup 409.56 24,570 23,229 5.8 60.0 65 Rouyn-Noranda 5,991.06 39,924 39,621 0.8 6.7 40 Saint-Georges 284.07 31,364 29,759 5.4 110.4 52 Saint-Hyacinthe 409.56 55,823 54,275 2.9 136.3 24 Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu 225.78 87,492 79,600 9.9 387.5 8 Salaberry-de-Valleyfield 107.10 39,672 39,028 1.7 370.4 41 Sept-Îles 1,770.52 27,827 27,623 0.7 15.7 55 Shawinigan 962.69 56,434 56,412 0.0 58.6 23 Sorel-Tracy 293.17 48,295 47,802 1.0 164.7 30 Thetford Mines 280.11 26,107 26,721 -2.3 93.2 59 Val-d'Or 3,548.49 32,288 32,423 -0.4 9.1 49 Victoriaville 378.67 48,893 46,908 4.2 129.1 29

Saskatchewan

Name	Land area (km²)	Population
		in 2006	in 2001	% change	per km²	rank
Estevan	792.23	11,135	11,297	-1.4	14.1	108
Lloydminster	1,088.37	27,023	23,964	12.8	24.8	56
Moose Jaw	844.41	33,360	33,519	-0.5	39.5	47
North Battleford	855.34	17,765	18,590	-4.4	20.8	79
Prince Albert	1,891.33	40,766	41,460	-1.7	21.6	38
Swift Current	1,131.74	16,533	16,527	0.0	14.6	84
Yorkton	842.17	17,438	17,554	-0.7	20.7	80

Yukon

Name	Land area (km²)	Population
		in 2006	in 2001	% change	per km²	rank
Whitehorse	8,488.45	22,898	21,405	7.0	2.7	68

References

• Census Metropolitan Area (CMA) and Census Agglomeration (CA) on the Statistics Canada website.

Sources

• Population and dwelling counts, for census agglomerations, 2006 and 2001 census on the Statistics Canada website.

See also