List of cities in Canada

This is a list of incorporated cities of Canada in alphabetical order categorized by province. More thorough lists of communities are available for each province.

BC

AB

SK

MB

ON

QC

NB

PE

NS

NL

YT

NT

NU

A map showing the provincial capitals and provinces of Canada

Provincial and territorial capitals

• Alberta: Edmonton
• British Columbia: Victoria
• Manitoba: Winnipeg
• New Brunswick: Fredericton
• Newfoundland and Labrador: St. John's
• Nova Scotia: Halifax
• Ontario: Toronto
• Prince Edward Island: Charlottetown
• Quebec: Quebec City
• Saskatchewan: Regina
• Northwest Territories: Yellowknife
• Nunavut: Iqaluit
• Yukon: Whitehorse

Alberta

Airdrie

Brooks

Calgary

Camrose

Cold Lake

Edmonton

Fort Saskatchewan

Grande Prairie

Leduc

Lethbridge

Lloydminster

Medicine Hat

Red Deer

Spruce Grove

St. Albert

Wetaskiwin

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Distribution of cities in Alberta

To qualify as a city in Alberta, a sufficient population size (over 10,000 people) must be present and a majority of the buildings must be on parcels of land smaller than 1850 square metres.^[1] A community is not always incorporated as a city even if it meets these requirements. For example, Fort McMurray merged with Improvement District No. 18 in 1995 to form the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo. As a result, it lost its city status and is officially known as a hamlet. Some communities attained city status without reaching the 10,000-population threshold, such as Drumheller (which reverted to town status in 1997). Sherwood Park, despite having ample qualifications to be a city, has chosen to remain, legally, a hamlet.

Sources: Population from Alberta Municipal Affairs^[2]; Area from Statistics Canada^[3]

British Columbia

In British Columbia, a community can be incorporated as a city if its population exceeds 5,000.^[4] Once so incorporated, a city does not lose this status even if its population later declines; the once-thriving city of Greenwood, for example, now has a population of just 695 people.

Manitoba

New Brunswick

Cities and towns in New Brunswick

Newfoundland and Labrador

Northwest Territories

As in the other two Canadian territories, the only incorporated city in the Northwest Territories is its capital, Yellowknife.

• Yellowknife - territorial capital 62°27′17″N 114°22′35″W / 62.45466°N 114.3764°W / 62.45466; -114.3764 (Whitehorse)

Nova Scotia

Cities and towns in Nova Scotia

Nova Scotia no longer has any incorporated cities, as they were amalgamated into Regional Municipalities in the 1990s.

• Halifax - provincial capital and Metropolitan Area, now part of the Halifax Regional Municipality 44°38′56″N 63°34′31″W / 44.64887°N 63.57531°W / 44.64887; -63.57531 (Halifax)
• Sydney - former city, now part of the Cape Breton Regional Municipality 46°08′11″N 60°11′44″W / 46.13631°N 60.19551°W / 46.13631; -60.19551 (Sydney)
• Dartmouth - formerly the second largest city in Nova Scotia, now a Metropolitan Area and part of the Halifax Regional Municipality. 44°39′50″N 63°34′05″W / 44.66389°N 63.56818°W / 44.66389; -63.56818 (Dartmouth)

Nunavut

As in the other two Canadian territories, the only incorporated city in Nunavut is its capital, Iqaluit.

• Iqaluit - territorial capital 63°42′40″N 68°19′39″W / 63.71105°N 68.32749°W / 63.71105; -68.32749 (Iqaluit)

Ontario

In Ontario, city status is conferred by the provincial government, generally upon the request of the incorporated municipality. A municipality may apply for city status anytime after its population surpasses 10,000. This status is not automatically conferred on a community that reaches this population target, but must be requested by the municipality and granted by the provincial Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing. Not all municipalities which reach this population target have pursued city designation (as, for example, Markham, Ajax and Oakville, which in 2006 had census populations of ca. 262,000, 93,000, and 166,000 respectively). Once designated a city, however, a municipality does not lose this status even if its population later falls back below 10,000 (as, for example, Dryden.)

City status may also be conferred on some rural counties which have been amalgamated such that all municipal governance takes place at the county level with no further municipal subdivisions. Thus, city status in Ontario does not always connote a primarily urbanized community.

Prince Edward Island

• Charlottetown - provincial capital/largest city 46°14′52″N 63°07′13″W / 46.24785°N 63.12019°W / 46.24785; -63.12019 (Charlottetown)
• Summerside 46°23′35″N 63°47′25″W / 46.39316°N 63.79023°W / 46.39316; -63.79023 (Summerside)

Quebec

In Quebec, provincial law does not currently distinguish between towns and cities — one designation, ville, covers both types of communities regardless of size. A ville might be informally referred to as a town or a city in English, but this is an arbitrary and subjective distinction. Quebec does, however, distinguish between villes and other types of incorporated municipalities, such as municipalités and villages autochthones. Quebec did at one time distinguish between villes and cités, but no longer does.

All municipalities in Quebec which have ville status are listed here, regardless of whether they are considered towns or cities in unofficial usage.

Saskatchewan

In Saskatchewan, towns must maintain a population above 5,000 and meet other criteria in order to be granted city status, although in the early 20th century several centres such as Saskatoon and Regina were granted city status despite having a smaller population. The city of Melville retains city status as of 2006 despite dropping below 5,000 population in the 1990s. Kindersley, with a population that fluctuates around the 5,000 mark, has applied for city status in recent years. In August of 2009, it was announced that Meadow Lake would achieve city status on November 9th.^[7]

• Estevan 49°08′22″N 102°59′36″W / 49.13949°N 102.9934°W / 49.13949; -102.9934 (Estevan)
• Flin Flon (mostly in Manitoba) 54°45′28″N 101°52′15″W / 54.75783°N 101.8708°W / 54.75783; -101.8708 (Flin Flon)
• Humboldt 52°12′04″N 105°07′24″W / 52.20115°N 105.1233°W / 52.20115; -105.1233 (Humboldt)
• Lloydminster (mostly in Alberta) 53°17′03″N 110°00′11″W / 53.28412°N 110.0030°W / 53.28412; -110.0030 (Lloydminster)
• Martensville 52°17′23″N 106°40′00″W / 52.289722°N 106.666667°W / 52.289722; -106.666667 (Martensville)
• Melfort 52°51′39″N 104°36′51″W / 52.86080°N 104.6142°W / 52.86080; -104.6142 (Melfort)
• Melville 50°55′46″N 102°48′17″W / 50.92944°N 102.8046°W / 50.92944; -102.8046 (Melville)
• Moose Jaw 50°23′32″N 105°32′06″W / 50.39231°N 105.5350°W / 50.39231; -105.5350 (Moose Jaw)
• North Battleford 52°46′34″N 108°17′52″W / 52.77622°N 108.2978°W / 52.77622; -108.2978 (North Battleford)
• Prince Albert 53°12′12″N 105°45′11″W / 53.20335°N 105.7530°W / 53.20335; -105.7530 (Prince Albert)
• Regina - provincial capital 50°26′53″N 104°36′57″W / 50.44810°N 104.6158°W / 50.44810; -104.6158 (Regina)
• Saskatoon - largest city 52°07′51″N 106°39′36″W / 52.13073°N 106.6601°W / 52.13073; -106.6601 (Saskatoon)
• Swift Current 50°17′05″N 107°47′57″W / 50.28485°N 107.7993°W / 50.28485; -107.7993 (Swift Current)
• Weyburn 49°39′47″N 103°51′11″W / 49.66297°N 103.8530°W / 49.66297; -103.8530 (Weyburn)
• Yorkton 51°12′40″N 102°27′35″W / 51.21122°N 102.4597°W / 51.21122; -102.4597 (Yorkton)

Yukon

As in the other two Canadian territories, the only incorporated city in the Yukon is its capital, Whitehorse. Dawson was also previously incorporated as a city, but when the criteria were changed in the 1980s, its status was reduced to that of a town due to population. Through special provision, however, it is officially the town of the city of Dawson.

• Whitehorse - territorial capital 60°43′15″N 135°03′09″W / 60.72092°N 135.0524°W / 60.72092; -135.0524 (Whitehorse)

See also

• History of cities in Canada
• List of the 100 largest municipalities in Canada by population
• List of the 100 largest metropolitan areas in Canada
• List of the 100 largest cities and towns in Canada by area
• List of towns in Canada
• List of cities and towns of Upper Canada
• List of cities in North America
• List of city nicknames in Canada
• Origins of names of cities in Canada

References

External links

• Canada by Map: All cities with population
• Map
• The Canadian Atlas Online

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