Rank in 2001 |
Census Metropolitan Area or Census Agglomeration |
Population in 2001 |
Population Estimate in 2005 |
1 |
Toronto CMA (Mississauga), Ontario |
4,682,897 |
5,203,600 |
2 |
Montreal CMA (Laval), Québec |
3,426,350 |
3,650,000 |
3 |
Vancouver CMA (Surrey), British Columbia |
1,986,965 |
2,150,000 |
4 |
Ottawa-Gatineau CMA, Ontario-Québec |
1,063,664 |
1,220,000 |
5 |
Calgary CMA, Alberta |
951,395 |
1,150,000 |
6 |
Edmonton CMA, Alberta |
937,845 |
1,050,000 |
7 |
Quebec City CMA (Lévis) Québec |
682,757 |
710,000 |
8 |
Winnipeg CMA, Manitoba |
671,274 |
702,500 |
9 |
Hamilton CMA (Burlington), Ontario |
662,401 |
710,000 |
10 |
London CMA, Ontario |
432,451 |
445,000 |
11 |
Kitchener CMA (Cambridge,Waterloo), Ontario |
414,284 |
435,000 |
12 |
St. Catharines-Niagara CMA (Niagara Falls, Welland), Ontario |
377,009 |
385,000 |
13 |
Halifax CMA, Nova Scotia |
359,183 |
375,000 |
14 |
Victoria CMA (Saanich), British Columbia |
311,902 |
325,000 |
15 |
Windsor CMA, Ontario |
307,877 |
325,000 |
16 |
Oshawa CMA (Whitby-Clarington), Ontario |
296,298 |
317,000 |
17 |
Saskatoon CMA, Saskatchewan |
225,927 |
233,000 |
18 |
Regina CMA, Saskatchewan |
192,800 |
194,000 |
19 |
St. John's CMA (Mount Pearl, Conception Bay South), Newfoundland and Labrador |
172,918 |
171,000 |
20 |
Greater Sudbury CMA, Ontario |
155,601 |
153,000 |
21 |
Chicoutimi - Jonquière CMA (now Saguenay) Québec |
154,938 |
148,000 |
22 |
Sherbrooke CMA, Québec |
153,811 |
158,000 |
23 |
Barrie (Innisfil, Springwater), Ontario |
148,480 |
165,000 |
24 |
Kelowna (Central Okanagan H) British Columbia |
147,739 |
153,000 |
25 |
Abbotsford CMA (Mission), British Columbia |
147,370 |
155,000 |
26 |
Kingston CMA (South Frontenac), Ontario |
146,838 |
152,000 |
27 |
Trois-Rivières CMA, Québec |
137,507 |
130,000 |
28 |
Saint John CMA (Rothesay, Quispamsis), New Brunswick |
122,678 |
118,000 |
29 |
Thunder Bay CMA, Ontario |
121,986 |
119,000 |
30 |
Moncton (Riverview, Dieppe), New Brunswick |
117,727 |
120,000 |
31 |
Guelph, Ontario |
117,344 |
123,000 |
32 |
Cape Breton, Nova Scotia |
109,330 |
100,000 |
33 |
Chatham-Kent, Ontario |
107,709 |
106,000 |
34 |
Peterborough (Smith-Ennismore-Lakefield), Ontario |
102,423 |
112,000 |
35 |
Sarnia (St. Clair), Ontario |
88,331 |
86,000 |
36 |
Belleville (Quinte West), Ontario |
87,395 |
89,000 |
37 |
Kamloops, British Columbia |
86,491 |
90,000 |
38 |
Brantford, Ontario |
86,417 |
89,000 |
39 |
Nanaimo, British Columbia |
85,664 |
90,000 |
40 |
Prince George, British Columbia |
85,035 |
83,000 |
41 |
Fredericton, New Brunswick |
81,346 |
84,000 |
42 |
Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Québec |
79,600 |
80,000 |
43 |
Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario |
78,908 |
75,000 |
44 |
Chilliwack, British Columbia |
69,776 |
74,000 |
45 |
Kawartha Lakes, Ontario |
69,179 |
70,000 |
46 |
Drummondville (Saint-Nicéphore), Québec |
68,451 |
70,000 |
47 |
Red Deer, Alberta |
67,707 |
80,000 |
48 |
Lethbridge, Alberta |
67,374 |
76,000 |
49 |
North Bay, Ontario |
63,681 |
64,000 |
50 |
Medicine Hat, Alberta |
61,735 |
70,000 |
51 |
Norfolk, Ontario |
60,847 |
61,000 |
52 |
Granby (Granby Township), Québec |
60,264 |
61,000 |
53 |
Charlottetown (Stratford), Prince Edward Island |
58,358 |
59,000 |
54 |
Cornwall (South Stormont), Ontario |
57,581 |
58,000 |
55 |
Shawinigan, Québec |
57,304 |
56,000 |
56 |
Vernon (Coldstream), British Columbia |
51,530 |
52,000 |
57 |
Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec |
49,536 |
49,000 |
58 |
Rimouski, Québec |
47,688 |
47,000 |
59 |
Courtenay (Comox, Comox-Strathcona B, Comox-Strathcona A), British Columbia |
47,051 |
48,000 |
60 |
Leamington (Kingsville), Ontario |
46,757 |
48,000 |
61 |
Brockville (Elizabethtown-Kitley, Augusta), Ontario |
44,741 |
44,000 |
62 |
Truro (Colchester, Subd. B, Colchester, Subd. C), Nova Scotia |
44,276 |
45,000 |
63 |
Timmins, Ontario |
43,686 |
41,000 |
64 |
Wood Buffalo, Alberta |
42,602 |
51,000 |
65 |
Penticton (Okanagan-Similkameen D), British Columbia |
41,574 |
43,000 |
66 |
Prince Albert, Saskatchewan |
41,460 |
41,000 |
67 |
Victoriaville, Quebec |
41,233 |
41,000 |
68 |
Brandon, Manitoba |
41,037 |
42,000 |
69 |
Sorel-Tracy, Quebec |
40,956 |
40,000 |
70 |
Orillia (Severn), Ontario |
40,256 |
43,000 |
71 |
Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, Quebec |
39,028 |
40,000 |
72 |
Duncan (North Cowichan), British Columbia |
38,813 |
40,000 |
73 |
Grande Prairie, Alberta |
36,983 |
43,000 |
74 |
New Glasgow (Pictou, Subd. C, Pictou,Subd. B, Stellarton, Westville), Nova Scotia |
36,735 |
36,000 |
75 |
Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec |
36,308 |
34,000 |
76 |
Joliette (Saint-Charles-Borromee, Notre-Dame-des-Prairies), Quebec |
35,821 |
35,000 |
77 |
Campbell River (Comox-Strathcona D), British Columbia |
33,872 |
34,000 |
78 |
Midland (Tay,Penetanguishene), Ontario |
33,692 |
35,000 |
79 |
Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan |
33,519 |
33,000 |
80 |
Woodstock CA, Ontario |
33,061 |
35,000 |
81 |
Val-d'Or, Quebec |
32,423 |
31,000 |
82 |
Owen Sound (Georgian Bluffs), Ontario |
31,538 |
32,000 |
83 |
Alma, Quebec |
30,126 |
30,000 |
84 |
Stratford, Ontario |
29,676 |
30,000 |
85 |
Baie-Comeau, Quebec |
28,940 |
28,000 |
86 |
Saint-Georges, Quebec |
28,127 |
29,000 |
87 |
Cold Lake (Bonnyville No. 87,Bonnyville), Alberta |
27,935 |
31,000 |
88 |
Sept-Îles, Quebec |
26,952 |
26,000 |
89 |
Thetford Mines, Quebec |
26,323 |
25,000 |
90 |
Corner Brook, Newfoundland and Labrador |
25,747 |
24,000 |
91 |
Port Alberni (Albernia-Clayoquot E), British Columbia |
25,396 |
25,000 |
92 |
Kentville (Kings, Subd. B,Kings, Subd. C), Nova Scotia |
25,172 |
26,000 |
93 |
Williams Lake (Cariboo F-Cariboo E,Cariboo D), British Columbia |
25,122 |
26,000 |
94 |
Quesnel (Cariboo A,Cariboo B), British Columbia |
24,426 |
25,000 |
95 |
Parksville (Nanaimo G, Qualicum Beach), British Columbia |
24,285 |
25,000 |
96 |
Cranbrook (East Kootenay C), British Columbia |
24,275 |
25,000 |
97 |
Bathurst (Bathurst Parish, Beresford), New Brunswick |
23,935 |
23,000 |
98 |
Pembroke (Laurentian Valley), Ontario-Quebec |
23,608 |
24,000 |
99 |
Magog, Quebec |
22,535 |
23,000 |
100 |
Riviere-du-Loup (Saint-Antonin), Quebec |
22,339 |
22,000 |