User:Hwy43/List of the 100 largest municipalities in Canada by population in 1991
In Statistics Canada's 1991 Census of Population, Canada had a population of 27,296,859, a change of 7.9% from its 1986 population of 25,309,331. With a land area of 9,203,210.48 km2 (3,553,379.43 sq mi), it had a population density of 3.0/km2 (7.7/sq mi) in 1991.[1]
Of the numerous municipalities that existed at the time of the 1991 census, Montreal had the largest population of all municipalities in Canada at 1,017,666, a change of 0.2% from its 1986 population of 1,015,420. Newmarket, ranked as the 100th-largest, had a population of 45,474, a change of 30.2% from its 1986 population of 34,923.
Of the 100 largest municipalities in Canada in 1991, 44 were located within Ontario while 23 were located in Quebec and 17 were located within British Columbia. The remaining 16 were located within Alberta (5), Nova Scotia (4), New Brunswick (3), Saskatchewan (2), Manitoba (1) and Newfoundland and Labrador (1). In terms of municipal status, 55 were cities, 23 were villes, 10 were district municipalities, 8 were towns and 2 were county municipalities. The remaining 2 included a borough and a county.
List
editCanada's 100 largest municipalities, 1991 census | ||||||||
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Rank (1991) |
Name[2] | Province[2] | Municipality type[2] |
Population (1991)[2] |
Population (1986)[2] |
Change (%)[2] |
Land area (km²)[2] |
Population density (per km²) |
1 | Montreal | Quebec | Ville | 1,017,666 | 1,015,420 | +0.2% | 177.24 | 5,741.7/km2 |
2 | Calgary | Alberta | City | 710,677 | 636,843 | +11.6% | 696.87 | 1,019.8/km2 |
3 | Toronto | Ontario | City | 635,395 | 612,289 | +3.8% | 97.15 | 6,540.3/km2 |
4 | Winnipeg | Manitoba | City | 616,790 | 594,551 | +3.7% | 571.6 | 1,079.1/km2 |
5 | Edmonton | Alberta | City | 616,741 | 573,982 | +7.4% | 670.08 | 920.4/km2 |
6 | North York | Ontario | City | 562,564 | 556,297 | +1.1% | 176.87 | 3,180.7/km2 |
7 | Scarborough | Ontario | City | 524,598 | 484,676 | +8.2% | 187.7 | 2,794.9/km2 |
8 | Vancouver | British Columbia | City | 471,844 | 431,147 | +9.4% | 113.09 | 4,172.3/km2 |
9 | Mississauga | Ontario | City | 463,388 | 374,005 | +23.9% | 273.86 | 1,692.1/km2 |
10 | Hamilton | Ontario | City | 318,499 | 306,734 | +3.8% | 122.99 | 2,589.6/km2 |
11 | Laval | Quebec | Ville | 314,398 | 284,164 | +10.6% | 245.4 | 1,281.2/km2 |
12 | Ottawa | Ontario | City | 313,987 | 300,763 | +4.4% | 110.15 | 2,850.5/km2 |
13 | Etobicoke | Ontario | City | 309,993 | 302,973 | +2.3% | 123.93 | 2,501.4/km2 |
14 | London | Ontario | City | 303,165 | 269,202 | +12.6% | 166.34 | 1,822.6/km2 |
15 | Surrey | British Columbia | District municipality | 245,173 | 181,447 | +35.1% | 301.76 | 812.5/km2 |
16 | Brampton | Ontario | City | 234,445 | 188,498 | +24.4% | 265.04 | 884.6/km2 |
17 | Windsor | Ontario | City | 191,435 | 193,122 | −0.9% | 120.29 | 1,591.4/km2 |
18 | Saskatoon | Saskatchewan | City | 186,058 | 177,659 | +4.7% | 135.36 | 1,374.5/km2 |
19 | Regina | Saskatchewan | City | 179,178 | 175,064 | +2.3% | 111.39 | 1,608.6/km2 |
20 | Kitchener | Ontario | City | 168,282 | 150,604 | +11.7% | 135.15 | 1,245.1/km2 |
21 | Quebec City | Quebec | Ville | 167,517 | 164,580 | +1.8% | 88.86 | 1,885.2/km2 |
22 | Burnaby | British Columbia | District municipality | 158,858 | 145,161 | +9.4% | 88.45 | 1,796.0/km2 |
23 | Markham | Ontario | Town | 153,811 | 114,597 | +34.2% | 211.53 | 727.1/km2 |
24 | York | Ontario | City | 140,525 | 135,401 | +3.8% | 23.18 | 6,062.3/km2 |
25 | Municipality of the County of Halifax | Nova Scotia | County municipality | 136,882[a] | 119,562[b] | +14.5% | 5,303.7[c] | 25.8/km2 |
26 | Longueuil | Quebec | Ville | 129,874 | 125,441 | +3.5% | 42.68 | 3,043.0/km2 |
27 | Burlington | Ontario | City | 129,575 | 116,675 | +11.1% | 177.4 | 730.4/km2 |
28 | Oshawa | Ontario | City | 129,344 | 123,651 | +4.6% | 143.41 | 901.9/km2 |
29 | St. Catharines | Ontario | City | 129,300 | 123,455 | +4.7% | 94.43 | 1,369.3/km2 |
30 | Richmond | British Columbia | City | 126,624 | 108,492 | +16.7% | 124.2 | 1,019.5/km2 |
31 | Oakville | Ontario | Town | 114,670 | 87,107 | +31.6% | 138.18 | 829.9/km2 |
32 | Halifax | Nova Scotia | City | 114,455 | 113,577 | +0.8% | 79.22 | 1,444.8/km2 |
33 | Thunder Bay | Ontario | City | 113,946 | 112,272 | +1.5% | 322.87 | 352.9/km2 |
34 | Vaughan | Ontario | City | 111,359 | 65,058 | +71.2% | 275.34 | 404.4/km2 |
35 | Nepean | Ontario | City | 107,627 | 95,490 | +12.7% | 217.02 | 495.9/km2 |
36 | East York | Ontario | Borough | 102,696 | 101,085 | +1.6% | 21.26 | 4,830.5/km2 |
37 | Gloucester | Ontario | City | 101,677 | 89,810 | +13.2% | 293.86 | 346.0/km2 |
38 | St. John's | Newfoundland and Labrador | City | 95,770 | 96,216 | −0.5% | 101.62 | 942.4/km2 |
39 | Saanich | British Columbia | District municipality | 95,577 | 82,940 | +15.2% | 98.63 | 969.0/km2 |
40 | Sudbury | Ontario | City | 92,884 | 88,717 | +4.7% | 262.73 | 353.5/km2 |
41 | Cambridge | Ontario | City | 92,772 | 79,920 | +16.1% | 115.64 | 802.2/km2 |
42 | Gatineau | Quebec | Ville | 92,284 | 77,708 | +18.8% | 140.62 | 656.3/km2 |
43 | Delta | British Columbia | District municipality | 88,978 | 79,610 | +11.8% | 168.5 | 528.1/km2 |
44 | Guelph | Ontario | City | 87,976 | 78,235 | +12.5% | 68.72 | 1,280.2/km2 |
45 | Montreal-Nord | Quebec | Ville | 85,516 | 90,303 | −5.3% | 11.03 | 7,753.0/km2 |
46 | Coquitlam | British Columbia | District municipality | 84,021 | 69,291 | +21.3% | 123.36 | 681.1/km2 |
47 | Brantford | Ontario | City | 81,997 | 76,146 | +7.7% | 71.23 | 1,151.2/km2 |
48 | Sault Ste. Marie | Ontario | City | 81,476 | 80,905 | +0.7% | 221.52 | 367.8/km2 |
49 | Richmond Hill | Ontario | Town | 80,142 | 46,766 | +71.4% | 99.42 | 806.1/km2 |
50 | Sherbrooke | Quebec | Ville | 76,429 | 74,478 | +2.6% | 56.96 | 1,341.8/km2 |
51 | Kelowna | British Columbia | City | 75,950 | 61,213 | +24.1% | 212.56 | 357.3/km2 |
52 | Niagara Falls | Ontario | City | 75,399 | 72,107 | +4.6% | 212.02 | 355.6/km2 |
53 | North Vancouver | British Columbia | District municipality | 75,157 | 68,241 | +10.1% | 161.61 | 465.1/km2 |
54 | Saint John | New Brunswick | City | 74,969 | 76,381 | −1.8% | 322.88 | 232.2/km2 |
55 | Sarnia-Clearwater | Ontario | City | 74,376 | 72,656 | +2.4% | 163.49 | 454.9/km2 |
56 | Saint-Hubert | Quebec | Ville | 74,027 | 66,218 | +11.8% | 63.22 | 1,170.9/km2 |
57 | LaSalle | Quebec | Ville | 73,804 | 75,621 | −2.4% | 16.42 | 4,494.8/km2 |
58 | Saint-Leonard | Quebec | Ville | 73,120 | 75,947 | −3.7% | 12.93 | 5,655.1/km2 |
59 | Saint-Laurent | Quebec | Ville | 72,402 | 67,002 | +8.1% | 46.29 | 1,564.1/km2 |
60 | Victoria | British Columbia | City | 71,228 | 66,303 | +7.4% | 18.78 | 3,792.8/km2 |
61 | Waterloo | Ontario | City | 71,181 | 58,718 | +21.2% | 64.43 | 1,104.8/km2 |
62 | Sainte-Foy | Quebec | Ville | 71,133 | 69,615 | +2.2% | 83.86 | 848.2/km2 |
63 | Charlesbourg | Quebec | Ville | 70,788 | 68,996 | +2.6% | 67.36 | 1,050.9/km2 |
64 | Prince George | British Columbia | City | 69,653 | 67,621 | +3.0% | 315.72 | 220.6/km2 |
65 | Beauport | Quebec | Ville | 69,158 | 62,869 | +10.0% | 71.33 | 969.5/km2 |
66 | Pickering | Ontario | Town | 68,631 | 48,959 | +40.2% | 226.52 | 303.0/km2 |
67 | Peterborough | Ontario | City | 68,371 | 61,049 | +12.0% | 53.41 | 1,280.1/km2 |
68 | Matsqui | British Columbia | District municipality | 68,064 | 51,449 | +32.3% | 212.53 | 320.3/km2 |
69 | Dartmouth | Nova Scotia | City | 67,798 | 65,243 | +3.9% | 58.57 | 1,157.6/km2 |
70 | Kamloops | British Columbia | City | 67,057 | 61,773 | +8.6% | 296.06 | 226.5/km2 |
71 | Langley | British Columbia | District municipality | 66,040 | 53,434 | +23.6% | 303.05 | 217.9/km2 |
72 | Brossard | Quebec | Ville | 64,793 | 57,441 | +12.8% | 44.98 | 1,440.5/km2 |
73 | Barrie | Ontario | City | 62,728 | 48,357 | +29.7% | 76.79 | 816.9/km2 |
74 | Chicoutimi | Quebec | Ville | 62,670 | 61,083 | +2.6% | 156.66 | 400.0/km2 |
75 | Verdun | Quebec | Ville | 61,307 | 60,246 | +1.8% | 8.16 | 7,513.1/km2 |
76 | Whitby | Ontario | Town | 61,281 | 45,819 | +33.7% | 142.99 | 428.6/km2 |
77 | Lethbridge | Alberta | City | 60,974 | 58,841 | +3.6% | 119.9 | 508.5/km2 |
78 | Hull | Quebec | Ville | 60,707 | 58,722 | +3.4% | 37.07 | 1,637.6/km2 |
79 | Nanaimo | British Columbia | City | 60,129 | 49,029 | +22.6% | 88.19 | 681.8/km2 |
80 | Red Deer | Alberta | City | 58,134 | 54,425 | +6.8% | 51.74 | 1,123.6/km2 |
81 | Jonquière | Quebec | Ville | 57,933 | 58,467 | −0.9% | 209.63 | 276.4/km2 |
82 | Ajax | Ontario | Town | 57,350 | 36,550 | +56.9% | 67.7 | 847.1/km2 |
83 | Moncton | New Brunswick | City | 57,010 | 55,536 | +2.7% | 142.37 | 400.4/km2 |
84 | Kingston | Ontario | City | 56,597 | 55,050 | +2.8% | 29.64 | 1,909.5/km2 |
85 | Strathcona County | Alberta | County | 56,573 | 49,802 | +13.6% | 1,183.67 | 47.8/km2 |
86 | North Bay | Ontario | City | 55,405 | 50,623 | +9.4% | 312.88 | 177.1/km2 |
87 | Stoney Creek | Ontario | City | 49,968 | 43,548 | +14.7% | 98.6 | 506.8/km2 |
88 | Repentigny | Quebec | Ville | 49,630 | 40,778 | +21.7% | 24.42 | 2,032.4/km2 |
89 | Chilliwack | British Columbia | District municipality | 49,531 | 41,337 | +19.8% | 261.43 | 189.5/km2 |
90 | Newcastle | Ontario | Town | 49,479 | 34,073 | +45.2% | 607.79 | 81.4/km2 |
91 | Trois-Rivières | Quebec | Ville | 49,426 | 50,122 | −1.4% | 77.81 | 635.2/km2 |
92 | Pierrefonds | Quebec | Ville | 48,735 | 39,605 | +23.1% | 24.39 | 1,998.2/km2 |
93 | Maple Ridge | British Columbia | District municipality | 48,422 | 36,023 | +34.4% | 259.78 | 186.4/km2 |
94 | Welland | Ontario | City | 47,914 | 45,054 | +6.3% | 81.23 | 589.9/km2 |
95 | Timmins | Ontario | City | 47,461 | 46,657 | +1.7% | 3,004.39 | 15.8/km2 |
96 | Cornwall | Ontario | City | 47,137 | 46,425 | +1.5% | 63.49 | 742.4/km2 |
97 | Dollard-des-Ormeaux | Quebec | Ville | 46,922 | 43,089 | +8.9% | 15.05 | 3,117.7/km2 |
98 | Fredericton | New Brunswick | City | 46,466 | 44,352 | +4.8% | 129.58 | 358.6/km2 |
99 | Municipality of the County of Cape Breton | Nova Scotia | County municipality | 45,555[d] | 45,258[e] | +0.7% | 2,384.16[f] | 19.1/km2 |
100 | Newmarket | Ontario | Town | 45,474 | 34,923 | +30.2% | 35.91 | 1,266.3/km2 |
See also
edit- List of census metropolitan areas and agglomerations in Canada
- List of the 100 largest municipalities in Canada by population
- List of the 100 largest municipalities in Canada by population in 1996
- List of the 100 largest municipalities in Canada by population in 2001
- List of the 100 largest municipalities in Canada by population in 2006
- List of the 100 largest municipalities in Canada by population in 2011
Notes
edit- ^ The total population of the Municipality of the County of Halifax in 1991 was derived by summing the populations of its seven subdivisions – 10,814 (subdivision A), 14,611 (subdivision B), 45,667 (subdivision C), 37,289 (subdivision D), 18,211 (subdivision E), 6,130 (subdivision F) and 4,160 (subdivision G).[2]
- ^ The total population of the Municipality of the County of Halifax in 1986 was derived by summing the populations of its seven subdivisions – 9,028 (subdivision A), 13,220 (subdivision B), 38,503 (subdivision C), 32,254 (subdivision D), 16,080 (subdivision E), 6,101 (subdivision F) and 4,376 (subdivision G).[2]
- ^ The total land area of the Municipality of the County of Halifax in 1991 was derived by summing the land areas of its seven subdivisions – 406.66 (subdivision A), 406.72 (subdivision B), 367.4 (subdivision C), 164.55 (subdivision D), 975.92 (subdivision E), 1,253.06 (subdivision F) and 1,729.39 (subdivision G).[2]
- ^ The total population of the Municipality of the County of Cape Breton in 1991 was derived by summing the populations of its three subdivisions – 17,433 (subdivision A), 25,385 (subdivision B) and 2,737 (subdivision C).[2]
- ^ The total population of the Municipality of the County of Cape Breton in 1986 was derived by summing the populations of its three subdivisions – 17,832 (subdivision A), 24,626 (subdivision B) and 2,800 (subdivision C)[2]
- ^ The total land area of the Municipality of the County of Cape Breton in 1991 was derived by summing the land areas of its three subdivisions – 683.94 (subdivision A), 1,116.98 (subdivision B) and 583.24 (subdivision C).[2]
References
edit- ^ "1991 Census Area Profiles: Profile of Census Divisions and Subdivisions - Part A (Canada)". Statistics Canada. August 16, 2016. Retrieved February 24, 2017.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m "1991 Census Area Profiles: Profile of Census Divisions and Subdivisions – Part A — Geographic Index". Statistics Canada. August 16, 2016. Retrieved March 4, 2017.