List of the 100 largest municipalities in Canada by population
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A city is displayed in bold if it is a provincial or federal capital, and in italics if it is the most populous city in the province.

List of the 100 largest municipalities in Canada by population

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Table Section Text: A city is displayed in bold if it is a provincial or federal capital, and in italics if it is the most populous city in the province.

Rank (2016)	Municipality	Province	Municipal status	Land area (km2, 2011)	Growth Rate 2011–2016	Population (2016)	Population (2011)	Population (2006)	Population (2001)	Population (1996)

1	Toronto	Ontario	City	630.2	4.46%	2,731,571	2,615,060	2,503,281	2,481,494	2,385,421

2	Montreal	Quebec	Ville	365.1	3.34%	1,704,694	1,649,519	1,620,693	1,583,590	1,547,030

3	Calgary	Alberta	City	825.3	12.99%	1,239,220	1,096,833	988,193	879,003	768,082

4	Ottawa	Ontario	City	2,790.2	5.76%	934,243	883,391	812,129	774,072	721,136

5	Edmonton	Alberta	City	684.4	14.82%	932,546	812,201	730,372	666,104	616,306

6	Mississauga	Ontario	City	292.4	1.14%	721,599	713,443	668,549	612,925	544,382

7	Winnipeg	Manitoba	City	464.1	6.27%	705,224	663,617	633,451	619,544	618,477

8	Vancouver	British Columbia	City	115.0	4.64%	631,486	603,502	578,041	545,671	514,008

9	Brampton	Ontario	City	266.3	13.31%	593,638	523,911	433,806	325,428	268,251

10	Hamilton	Ontario	City	1,117.2	3.26%	536,917	519,949	504,559	490,268	467,799

11	Quebec City	Quebec	Ville	454.1	2.96%	531,902	516,622	491,142	476,330	473,569

12	Surrey	British Columbia	City	316.4	10.60%	517,887	468,251	394,976	347,820	304,477

13	Laval	Quebec	Ville	247.1	5.34%	422,993	401,553	368,709	343,005	330,393

14	Halifax	Nova Scotia	Regional municipality	5,490.3	3.34%	403,131	390,096	372,679	359,111	342,851

15	London	Ontario	City	420.6	4.83%	383,822	366,151	352,395	336,539	325,669

16	Markham	Ontario	City	212.6	9.03%	328,966	301,709	261,573	208,615	173,383

17	Vaughan	Ontario	City	273.5	6.22%	306,233	288,301	238,866	182,022	132,549

18	Gatineau	Quebec	Ville	343.0	4.11%	276,245	265,349	242,124	226,696	217,591

19	Saskatoon	Saskatchewan	City	209.6	10.89%	246,376	222,189	202,340	196,861	193,653

20	Longueuil	Quebec	Ville	115.6	3.58%	239,700	231,409	229,330	225,761	227,408

21	Kitchener	Ontario	City	136.8	6.42%	233,222	219,153	204,668	190,399	178,420

22	Burnaby	British Columbia	City	90.6	4.27%	232,755	223,218	202,799	193,954	179,209

23	Windsor	Ontario	City	146.3	2.99%	217,188	210,891	216,473	209,218	197,694

24	Regina	Saskatchewan	City	179.97	11.40%	215,106	193,100	179,246	178,225	180,404

25	Richmond	British Columbia	City	129.3	4.11%	198,309	190,473	174,461	164,345	148,867

26	Richmond Hill	Ontario	Town	101.0	5.11%	195,022	185,541	162,704	132,030	101,725

27	Oakville	Ontario	Town	138.9	6.20%	193,832	182,520	165,613	144,738	128,405

28	Burlington	Ontario	City	185.7	4.29%	183,314	175,779	164,415	150,836	136,976

29	Greater Sudbury	Ontario	City	3,227.4	0.78%	161,531	160,274	157,857	155,219	165,336

30	Sherbrooke	Quebec	Ville	353.5	4.35%	161,323	154,601	147,427	138,785	136,883

31	Oshawa	Ontario	City	145.7	6.58%	159,458	149,607	141,590	139,051	134,464

32	Saguenay	Quebec	Ville	1,126.5	0.83%	145,949	144,746	143,692	147,133	152,811

33	Lévis	Quebec	Ville	449.3	3.35%	143,414	138,769	130,006	121,999	103,750

34	Barrie	Ontario	City	77.4	4.22%	141,434	135,711	128,430	103,710	79,191

35	Abbotsford	British Columbia	City	375.6	5.92%	141,397	133,497	123,864	115,494	105,403

36	Coquitlam	British Columbia	City	122.3	10.14%	139,284	126,456	114,565	112,890	101,820

37	Trois-Rivières	Quebec	Ville	288.9	2.30%	134,413	131,338	126,323	122,395	124,417

38	St. Catharines	Ontario	City	96.1	1.30%	133,113	131,400	131,989	129,170	130,926

39	Guelph	Ontario	City	87.2	8.30%	131,794	121,688	114,943	106,170	95,821

40	Cambridge	Ontario	City	113.0	2.50%	129,920	126,748	120,371	110,372	101,429

41	Whitby	Ontario	Town	146.5	5.21%	128,377	122,022	111,184	87,413	73,794

42	Kelowna	British Columbia	City	211.6	8.58%	127,380	117,312	106,707	96,288	89,442

43	Kingston	Ontario	City	451.2	0.35%	123,798	123,363	117,207	114,195	112,605

44	Ajax	Ontario	Town	67.1	9.19%	119,677	109,600	90,167	73,753	64,430

45	Langley	British Columbia	District municipality	308.0	12.58%	117,285	104,177	93,726	86,896	80,179

46	Saanich	British Columbia	District municipality	103.8	4.01%	114,148	109,752	108,265	103,654	101,388

47	Terrebonne	Quebec	Ville	154.7	4.94%	111,575	106,322	94,703	80,536	75,116

48	Milton	Ontario	Town	363.2	30.54%	110,128	84,362	53,939	31,471	32,104

49	St. John's	Newfoundland and Labrador	City	446.0	2.53%	108,860	106,172	100,646	99,182	101,936

50	Thunder Bay	Ontario	City	328.2	0.41%	107,909	108,359	109,140	109,016	113,662

51	Waterloo	Ontario	City	64.0	6.28%	104,986	98,780	97,475	86,543	77,949

52	Delta	British Columbia	City	180.1	2.38%	102,238	99,863	96,723	96,950	95,411

53	Chatham-Kent	Ontario	Municipality	2,458.1	1.95%	101,647	103,671	108,177	107,341	109,950

54	Red Deer	Alberta	City	104.3	10.88%	100,418	90,564	82,772	67,829	60,080

55	Strathcona County	Alberta	Specialized municipality	1,180.6	6.00%	98,044	92,490	82,511	71,986	64,176

56	Brantford	Ontario	City	72.5	4.11%	97,496	93,650	90,192	86,417	86,417

57	Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu	Quebec	Ville	225.8	2.94%	95,114	92,394	87,492	79,600	76,461

58	Cape Breton	Nova Scotia	Regional municipality	2,433.4	3.20%	94,285	97,398	102,250	105,968	114,733

59	Lethbridge	Alberta	City	122.4	11.51%	92,729	83,517	74,637	67,374	63,053

60	Clarington	Ontario	Municipality	611.3	8.83%	92,013	84,548	77,820	69,834	60,615

61	Pickering	Ontario	City	231.6	3.44%	91,771	88,721	87,838	87,139	78,989

62	Nanaimo	British Columbia	City	91.3	7.99%	90,504	83,810	78,692	73,000	70,130

63	Kamloops	British Columbia	City	299.2	5.37%	90,280	85,678	80,376	77,281	76,394

64	Niagara Falls	Ontario	City	209.7	6.11%	88,071	82,997	82,184	78,815	76,917

65	North Vancouver	British Columbia	District municipality	160.8	1.80%	85,935	84,412	82,562	82,310	80,418

66	Victoria	British Columbia	City	19.5	7.22%	85,792	80,017	78,057	74,125	73,405

67	Brossard	Quebec	Ville	45.2	8.13%	85,721	79,273	71,154	65,026	65,927

68	Repentigny	Quebec	Ville	61.8	2.79%	84,285	82,000	76,237	72,218	70,677

69	Newmarket	Ontario	Town	38.3	5.31%	84,224	79,978	74,295	65,788	57,125

70	Chilliwack	British Columbia	City	261.65	7.51%	83,788	77,936	69,217	62,567	60,186

71	Maple Ridge	British Columbia	City	266.8	8.16%	82,256	76,052	68,949	63,169	56,173

72	Peterborough	Ontario	City	63.8	2.97%	81,032	78,698	74,898	71,446	69,742

73	Kawartha Lakes	Ontario	City	3,083.1	3.01%	75,423	73,219	74,561	69,179	67,926

74	Drummondville	Quebec	Ville	246.9	4.97%	75,423	71,852	67,392	63,029	58,588

75	Saint-Jérôme	Quebec	Ville	90.5	8.60%	74,346	68,456	63,729	59,614	59,533

76	Prince George	British Columbia	City	318.3	2.82%	74,003	71,974	70,981	72,406	75,510

77	Sault Ste. Marie	Ontario	City	223.3	2.36%	73,368	75,141	74,948	74,566	80,054

78	Moncton	New Brunswick	City	141.2	4.08%	71,889	69,074	64,128	61,046	59,313

79	Sarnia	Ontario	City	164.7	1.07%	71,594	72,366	71,419	70,876	72,738

80	Wood Buffalo	Alberta	Specialized municipality	63,637.5	9.19%	71,589	65,565	51,496	41,445	35,213

81	New Westminster	British Columbia	City	15.6	7.61%	70,996	65,976	58,549	54,656	49,350

82	Saint John	New Brunswick	City	315.8	3.55%	67,575	70,063	68,043	69,661	72,494

83	Caledon	Ontario	Town	688.2	11.84%	66,502	59,460	57,050	50,605	39,893

84	Granby	Quebec	Ville	152.7	4.40%	66,222	63,433	47,637	44,121	43,316

85	St. Albert	Alberta	City	48.3	6.71%	65,589	61,466	57,719	53,081	46,888

86	Norfolk County	Ontario	City	1,607.6	1.38%	64,044	63,175	62,563	60,847	60,534

87	Medicine Hat	Alberta	City	112.0	5.42%	63,260	60,005	56,997	51,249	46,783

88	Grande Prairie	Alberta	City	72.8	13.50%	63,166	55,655	47,076	36,983	31,353

89	Airdrie	Alberta	City	84.57	42.31%	61,581	43,271	28,927	20,407	15,946

90	Halton Hills	Ontario	Town	276.3	3.64%	61,161	59,013	55,289	48,184	42,390

91	Port Coquitlam	British Columbia	City	29.2	4.74%	58,612	55,958	52,687	51,257	46,682

92	Fredericton	New Brunswick	City	131.7	3.55%	58,220	56,224	50,535	47,580	46,507

93	Blainville	Quebec	Ville	55.1	6.27%	56,863	53,510	46,493	36,029	29,603

94	Saint-Hyacinthe	Quebec	Ville	188.7	4.53%	55,648	53,236	51,616	50,394	50,027

95	Aurora	Ontario	Town	49.8	4.21%	55,445	53,203	47,629	40,167	34,857

96	North Vancouver	British Columbia	City	11.8	9.76%	52,898	48,196	45,165	44,303	41,475

97	Welland	Ontario	City	81.1	3.28%	52,293	50,631	50,331	48,402	48,411

98	North Bay	Ontario	City	319.1	3.91%	51,553	53,651	53,966	52,771	54,332

99	Belleville	Ontario	City	247.2	2.55%	50,716	49,454	48,821	46,029	46,195

100	Mirabel	Quebec	Ville	485.07	20.39%	50,513	41,957	34,626	27,315	22,626

Sentence(s)

In the 2011 Census, the population of Welland was 50,631, making Welland the 97th largest city in Canada.

final_sentence: In the 2011 Census, the population of Welland was 50,631, making Welland the 97th largest city in Canada.