General info

Entity:
Canada
Capital:
Ottawa
Population (2008-07-01):
33,212,696 (CIA)
Area:
9,984,670 sq.km.
Country code:
ca
Region:
Northern America

Canada

Administrative units

Province, Territory capital area (sq.km.) population
2001-05-15
census		 population
2006-05-16
census
source: Statistics Canada.
note: Land area for 2006-01-01 is 9,017,698.92 sq.km., total area is 9,984,670 sq.km.
Alberta Edmonton 640,044.57 2,974,807 3,290,350
British Columbia Victoria 924,815.43 3,907,738 4,113,487
Manitoba Winnipeg 552,369.96 1,119,583 1,148,401
New Brunswick Fredericton 71,355.12 729,498 729,997
Newfoundland and Labrador Saint-John's 370,494.89 512,930 505,469
Northwest Territories Yellowknife 1,140,834.90 37,360 41,464
Nova Scotia Halifax 52,917.46 908,007 913,462
Nunavut Iqaluit 1,932,254.97 26,745 29,474
Ontario Toronto 907,573.82 11,410,046 12,160,282
Prince Edward Island Charlottetown 5,683.91 135,294 135,851
Quebec Quebec 1,356,366.78 7,237,479 7,546,131
Saskatchewan Regina 588,276.09 978,933 968,157
Yukon Territory Whitehorse 474,711.02 28,674 30,372
total   9,017,698.92 30,007,094 31,612,897

Agglomerations

name population
2001-05-15
census		 population
2006-05-16
census
Toronto 4,682,897 5,113,149
Montréal 3,451,027 3,635,571
Vancouver 1,986,965 2,116,581
Ottawa - Gatineau 1,067,800 1,130,761
Calgary 951,494 1,079,310
Edmonton 937,845 1,034,945
Québec 686,569 715,515
Winnipeg 676,594 694,668
Hamilton 662,401 692,911
London 435,600 457,720
Kitchener 414,284 451,235
St. Catharines - Niagara 377,009 390,317
Halifax 359,183 372,858
Oshawa 296,298 330,594
Victoria 311,902 330,088
Windsor 307,877 323,342
Saskatoon 225,927 233,923
Regina 192,800 194,971
Sherbrooke 175,950 186,952
St. John's 172,918 181,113
Barrie 148,480 177,061
Kelowna 147,739 162,276
Abbotsford 147,370 159,020
Greater Sudbury 155,601 158,258
Kingston 146,838 152,358
Saguenay 154,938 151,643
Trois-Rivières 137,507 141,529
Guelph 117,344 127,009
Moncton 118,678 126,424
Brantford 118,086 124,607
Thunder Bay 121,986 122,907
Saint John 122,678 122,389
Peterborough 110,876 116,570
Chatham-Kent 107,709 108,589
Cape Breton 109,330 105,928
source: Statistics Canada.

Main cities

name population
2001-05-15
census		 population
2006-05-16
census
Toronto 2,481,494 2,503,281
Montréal 1,583,590 1,620,693
Calgary 879,003 988,193
Ottawa 774,072 812,129
Edmonton 666,104 730,372
Mississauga 612,925 668,549
Winnipeg 619,544 633,451
Vancouver 545,671 578,041
Hamilton 490,268 504,559
Quebec City 476,330 491,142
Brampton 325,428 433,806
Surrey 347,820 394,976
Halifax 359,111 372,679
Laval 343,005 368,709
London 336,539 352,395
Markham 208,615 261,573
Gatineau 226,696 242,124
Vaughan 182,022 238,866
Longueuil 225,761 229,330
Windsor 209,218 216,473
Kitchener 190,399 204,668
Burnaby 193,954 202,799
Saskatoon 196,861 202,340
Regina 178,225 179,246
Richmond 164,345 174,461
Oakville 144,738 165,613
Burlington 150,836 164,415
Richmond Hill 132,030 162,704
Greater Sudbury 155,219 157,857
Sherbrooke 138,785 147,427
Saguenay 147,133 143,692
Oshawa 139,051 141,590
Saint Catharines 129,170 131,989
Lévis 121,999 130,006
Barrie 103,710 128,430
Trois-Rivières 122,395 126,323
Abbotsford 115,494 123,864
Cambridge 110,372 120,371
Kingston 114,195 117,207
Guelph 106,170 114,943
Coquitlam 112,890 114,565
Whitby 87,413 111,184
Thunder Bay 109,016 109,140
Saanich 103,654 108,265
Chatham-Kent 107,341 108,177
Kelowna 96,288 106,707
Cape Breton 105,968 102,250
St.John's 99,182 100,646
source: Statistics Canada.