Population of Top 25 Census Metro Areas

[ToewsFan]

Population estimates for July 2016:


1. Toronto 6,242,300
2. Montreal 4,093,800
3. Vancouver 2,548,700
4. Calgary 1,469,300
5. Edmonton 1,392,600
6. Ottawa-Gatineau 1,351,100
7. Winnipeg 811,900
8. Quebec 807,200
9. Hamilton 778,400
10. Kitchener-Waterloo 517,300
11. London 512,400
12. Halifax 425,900
13. St.Catharines-Niagara 411,700
14. Oshawa 394,000
15. Victoria 370,900
16. Windsor 340,300
17. Saskatoon 315,200
18. Regina 247,200
19. St.John's 217,500
20. Sherbrooke 215,600
21. Barrie 205,000
22. Kelowna 198,300
23. Abbotsford-Mission 186,800
24. Kingston 171,400
25. Sudbury 165,500

Highlights:

-Edmonton surpasses Ottawa as 5th most populated area of Canada
-Winnipeg surpasses Quebec as 7th most populated area
-Prairie provinces have the highest population growth in Canada
-Toronto is fast growing metro area by actual numbers
-Calgary has slowed down in last two years, but is still the fastest growing metro area of the last decade

source: http://www.statcan.gc.ca/tables-tabl...emo05a-eng.htm

[calgaryblood]

I'm trying to figure out what the point of this thread is. You posted an article for population estimates for 2016 that is a year old...

[ToewsFan]

Calgary Skyline 2017



Calgary Skyline 1981



Calgary Skyline 1968

[DiracSpike]

Take that Ottawa! Fake ass urban area

[Northendzone]

count me as a little surprised that Sudbury makes the T25

[GGG]

What do they consider Calgary Metro?

Does that go all the way to Canmore or is it just Okotoks Airdire Langodon or does it add High River, black diamond, strathmore.

[Erick Estrada]

My observations;

-Hamilton's kind of falling behind on population growth.
-Crazy how populated Kelowna now is.
-Saskatoon has clearly overtaken Regina as the preferred city of Saskatchewan.
-Retirement destinations like the Okanagan, Victoria, even Lethbridge are going to see solid growth as the population ages.

[driveway]

Here's another good look at Calgary's growth over the years. Shamelessly grabbed from r/calgary.

spoiler for size

Spoiler!

[Resolute 14]

^ The best part of that montage is how surprisingly impressive 1939 Calgary's skyline was given the population was around 85,000.

Originally Posted by GGG

What do they consider Calgary Metro?

Does that go all the way to Canmore or is it just Okotoks Airdire Langodon or does it add High River, black diamond, strathmore.

The Calgary CMA is defined as the cities of Calgary, Airdrie and Chestermere, the towns of Cochrane, Crossfield and Irricana, the village of Beiseker, Rocky View County (including Langdon) and the TsuuT'ina nation.

For some reason that makes absolutely no sense, StatsCan does not include Foothills County, Okotoks, or Strathmore, which is about 65,000 more people.

[DownhillGoat]

Originally Posted by Resolute 14

and the TsuuT'ina nation.

That part surprises me.

Even more baffling though, Irricana and Crossfield are in. Okotoks, out?

[Resolute 14]

Part of the definition has something to do with how many people commute to the city for work or something along those lines. On that basis, I could definitely buy excluding Strathmore, as that town still largely exists to support the surrounding farm communities. But Okotoks and Foothills County definitely fit any definition that includes Airdrie and Cochrane.

[troutman]

Calgary would be 41 in the USA. 83 in China.

[nik-]

Originally Posted by troutman

Calgary would be 41 in the USA. 83 in China.

and number 1 in our hearts?

[Maritime Q-Scout]

Halifax is a bit bigger than I thought, I figured around 400,000 but 425 isn't surprising.

[Table 5]

Originally Posted by Erick Estrada

-Crazy how populated Kelowna now is.

I haven't been there in a while, but in my head it's still a little 30-40k town. 200k is pretty crazy...that's almost the same as Regina which, despite in not being big, I always picture as a city.

[troutman]

Okanagan Valley had a population of over 340,000 in 2011.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Okanagan
http://www.pentictonherald.ca/news/a...6ba8fa4ba.html

[Lubicon]

Surprised to see Kelowna under 200k, I had thought it was a little more than that. Also a little surprising to see Calgary with `75k more than Edmonton, I knew Calgary was more but not by that much. Toronto is #7 in North America which is pretty impressive when you see other cities it ranks above.

http://www.worldatlas.com/articles/l...h-america.html

[Erick Estrada]

I know it's not going to happen anytime soon but it would be cool if the city built a new Calgary Tower that is considerably taller than the skyscrapers around it.

[Charsiu]

Originally Posted by calgaryblood

I'm trying to figure out what the point of this thread is. You posted an article for population estimates for 2016 that is a year old...

Census data takes quite a while to compile and collate. The census was conducted in 2016.

[GGG]

Originally Posted by Resolute 14

^ The best part of that montage is how surprisingly impressive 1939 Calgary's skyline was given the population was around 85,000.



The Calgary CMA is defined as the cities of Calgary, Airdrie and Chestermere, the towns of Cochrane, Crossfield and Irricana, the village of Beiseker, Rocky View County (including Langdon) and the TsuuT'ina nation.

For some reason that makes absolutely no sense, StatsCan does not include Foothills County, Okotoks, or Strathmore, which is about 65,000 more people.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calgary_Region

Interesting that the Calgary Region includes those are areas to get the additional 65000 people. And if you compare it to Edmonton Region they only gain 15,000 people. So that increases the gap between Calgary and Edmonton quite significantly if comparing Regions rather than CMAs