Population of Canadian Metro Areas (July 2014)

[Jets4Life]

A list of CMA's by population count. Calgary, Edmonton, Saskatoon, Regina, and Winnipeg were the five fastest growing metro areas in Canada in the past year.

1. Toronto 6,005,700
2. Montreal 4,027,100
3. Vancouver 2,470,300
4. Calgary 1,406,700
5. Edmonton 1,328,300
6. Ottawa-Gatineau 1,318,100
7. Quebec 799,600
8. Winnipeg 782,600
9. Hamilton 765,200
10. Kitchener-Waterloo 506,900
11. London 502,400
12. Halifax-Dartmouth 414,400
13. St.Catherines-Niagara 405,900
14. Oshawa 384,100
15. Victoria 358,700
16. Windsor 333,900
17. Saskatoon 300,600
18. Regina 237,800
19. Sherbrooke 212,100
20. St.John's 211.700

Notes:

-Saskatoon surpassed 300,000 people
-Edmonton surpasses Ottawa-Gatineau as the 5th largest metro area in Canada
-Toronto hits 6,000,000 people
-Montreal hits 4,000,000 people
-Calgary has been the fastest growing metro area (over 1,000,000 people) in North America in the last decade

[SportsJunky]

Is there a link? I'd like to check it out.

[Jets4Life]

Originally Posted by SportsJunky

Is there a link? I'd like to check it out.

http://www.statcan.gc.ca/daily-quoti...m?WT.mc_id=twt

[troutman]

Calgary has been the fastest growing metro area (over 1,000,000 people) in North America in the last decade

Am I misunderstanding this statement? I don't think Calgary grew by 1 M people in 10 years.

[Finger Cookin]

Calgary is a metro area of over 1M people. Of all metro areas in North Americas that are currently over 1M people, Calgary has grown the fastest in the last decade.

[Hemi-Cuda]

When they mean metro population, what exactly does that mean in terms of Calgary? Are they including the populations of Airdrie, Okotoks, Cochrane, etc in there? Seems kind of weird if they are, since there's actual separation between the different municipalities, unlike in Vancouver where all of the cities are separate in name only

[Dan02]

The Calgary CMA, as defined by Statistics Canada, includes the following nine municipalities:[3]
three cities (Airdrie, Calgary and Chestermere);
one municipal district (Rocky View County, which includes Langdon – the CMA's largest hamlet);
three towns (Cochrane, Crossfield, and Irricana);
one village (Beiseker); and
one First Nations reserve (Tsuu T'ina Nation, which includes the Townsite of Redwood Meadows).

from wiki

[Erick Estrada]

Originally Posted by troutman

Calgary has been the fastest growing metro area (over 1,000,000 people) in North America in the last decade

Am I misunderstanding this statement? I don't think Calgary grew by 1 M people in 10 years.

Calgary's population has essentially doubled since the 90's. That's pretty unprecedented for a city of that size.

[Erick Estrada]

Props to Edmonton for keeping up and passing Ottawa. Edmonton isn't a dump like some make it out to be but it's probably the most unremarkable of all the major Canadian cities.

[Language]

Originally Posted by Erick Estrada

Props to Edmonton for keeping up and passing Ottawa. Edmonton isn't a dump like some make it out to be but it's probably the most unremarkable of all the major Canadian cities.

People go where there is a strong economy. While I agree it is probably the most unremarkable of all the major Canadian cities (I spent my first 20 years there), it is changing rapidly and the downtown is going through a resurgence (albeit without the head offices of Calgary).

[FlamesAddiction]

Feeling old, but I remember when Winnipeg was the 4th largest city in Canada.

I also recall Edmonton and Calgary being neck and neck for a long time, but Edmonton would be larger because their metro area included more municipalities.

[troutman]

How far does our Metro Area extend? Aidrie, Cochrane, Strathmore, Okotoks?

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

The Calgary CMA, as defined by Statistics Canada, includes the following nine municipalities:[3]

• three cities (Airdrie, Calgary and Chestermere);
• one municipal district (Rocky View County, which includes Langdon – the CMA's largest hamlet);
• three towns (Cochrane, Crossfield, and Irricana);
• one village (Beiseker); and
• one First Nations reserve (Tsuu T'ina Nation, which includes the Townsite of Redwood Meadows).

The CRP's current membership includes three cities (Airdrie, Calgary and Chestermere), nine towns (Banff, Black Diamond, Canmore, Cochrane, Irricana, Nanton, Okotoks, Strathmore, and Turner Valley), and one townsite (Redwood Meadows).[8][9] Of these thirteen municipalities, four of the ten towns (Banff, Canmore, Nanton, and Strathmore) are outside, but in proximity to, the Calgary Region's boundaries as defined in this article. Of the remaining six towns, three of them (Black Diamond, Okotoks, and Turner Valley) are outside of the Calgary CMA boundaries as defined by Statistics Canada.

[FlamesAddiction]

How do they decide what should be in a metro area and what shouldn't? Is it based on commutersheds?

I just looked it up and I am technically in the Oshawa metropolitan area, but I think people where I live are just as likely to commute to Peterborough.

[Erick Estrada]

Look at the US where for instance Pittsburgh the city has a population of 300k but the metro population is 2.3 million. Counting satellite communities in isn't anything new.

[polak]

It's based on how many people from the parasite towns work in the main city.

Okotoks is part of the Foothills md or whatever it's called and as a whole, the md doesn't cross the threshold for people who commute to Calgary for work so their population doesn't count.

[troutman]

Originally Posted by polak

It's based on how many people from the parasite towns work in the main city.

Okotoks is part of the Foothills md or whatever it's called and as a whole, the md doesn't cross the threshold for people who commute to Calgary for work so their population doesn't count.

Completing the SW Ring Road might change that? faster travel times to BD, TV and Okotoks.

[Jets4Life]

Originally Posted by polak

It's based on how many people from the parasite towns work in the main city.

Okotoks is part of the Foothills md or whatever it's called and as a whole, the md doesn't cross the threshold for people who commute to Calgary for work so their population doesn't count.

They will add the Foothills eventually. At that point Calgary may ahve over 1.5 million people in it's metro area.

[stampsx2]

Makes me wonder if we'll lose some of that population for a bit.

[Bunk]

Originally Posted by stampsx2

Makes me wonder if we'll lose some of that population for a bit.

Interprovincial migration may go flat or perhaps negative for a bit, however natural growth (births over deaths) and international immigration will surely keep the number positive.

[T@T]

Originally Posted by Erick Estrada

Calgary's population has essentially doubled since the 90's. That's pretty unprecedented for a city of that size.

When I moved to Calgary in 1981 there was around 580k and shrinking!

Crazy growth since.

Here's some stats.

http://www.demographia.com/db-cancma.htm