# List of Canadian census agglomerations by province or territory

The tables below list Canada's 117 census agglomerations at the 2016 Census, as determined by Statistics Canada, up from 113 in the 2011 Census.

## 2016 changes

Statistics Canada's review of CMAs and CAs for the 2016 Census resulted in the addition of eight new CAs and the demotion of two CAs, and the promotion of two CAs to census metropolitan areas (CMAs).

### New census agglomerations

* Arnprior, Ontario
* Carleton Place, Ontario
* Gander, Newfoundland and Labrador
* Nelson, British Columbia
* Sainte-Marie, Quebec
* Wasaga Beach, Ontario
* Weyburn, Saskatchewan
* Winkler, Manitoba

### Promotion to census metropolitan areas

* Belleville, Ontario
* Lethbridge, Alberta

### Retired census agglomerations

* Amos, Quebec
* Temiskaming Shores, Ontario

## Lists
### Alberta

Statistics Canada recognized fifteen census agglomerations within Alberta in the 2016 Census.
| Name | Land area (km²) | Population | Population | Population | Population | Population |
| Name | Land area (km²) | in 2016 | in 2011 | % change | per km² | rank |
| Brooks | 5,931.03 | 24,662 | 23,430 | 5.3 | 4.2 | 68 |
| Camrose | 42.62 | 18,742 | 17,286 | 8.4 | 439.8 | 79 |
| Canmore | 69.43 | 13,992 | 12,288 | 13.9 | 201.5 | 99 |
| Cold Lake | 59.92 | 14,961 | 13,839 | 8.1 | 249.7 | 97 |
| Grande Prairie | 132.73 | 63,166 | 55,655 | 13.5 | 475.9 | 19 |
| High River | 21.39 | 13,584 | 12,930 | 5.1 | 635.1 | 104 |
| Lacombe | 20.81 | 13,057 | 11,707 | 11.5 | 627.5 | 108 |
| Name | Land area (km²) | Population | Population | Population | Population | Population |
| Name | Land area (km²) | in 2016 | in 2011 | % change | per km² | rank |
| Lloydminster (portion) | 24.04 | 19,645 | 18,032 | 8.9 | 817.3 | 43 |
| Medicine Hat | 13,301.54 | 76,522 | 72,807 | 5.1 | 5.8 | 13 |
| Okotoks | 19.63 | 28,881 | 24,511 | 17.8 | 1,471.0 | 57 |
| Red Deer | 104.73 | 100,418 | 90,564 | 10.9 | 958.8 | 6 |
| Strathmore | 27.40 | 13,756 | 12,305 | 11.8 | 502.0 | 100 |
| Sylvan Lake | 24.50 | 15,302 | 12,797 | 19.6 | 624.5 | 95 |
| Wetaskiwin | 18.31 | 12,655 | 12,525 | 1.0 | 691.1 | 112 |
| Wood Buffalo | 61,871.37 | 73,320 | 66,896 | 9.6 | 1.2 | 15 |

### British Columbia

Statistics Canada recognized 22 census agglomerations within British Columbia in the 2016 Census. Ladysmith was added in 2021.
| Name | Land area (km²) | Population | Population | Population | Population | Population |
| Name | Land area (km²) | in 2016 | in 2011 | % change | per km² | rank |
| Campbell River | 1,737.71 | 37,861 | 36,096 | 4.9 | 21.8 | 40 |
| Chilliwack | 1,445.26 | 101,512 | 93,882 | 8.1 | 70.2 | 5 |
| Courtenay | 596.00 | 54,157 | 51,787 | 4.6 | 90.9 | 26 |
| Cranbrook | 4,568.01 | 26,083 | 25,037 | 4.2 | 5.7 | 66 |
| Dawson Creek | 24.37 | 12,178 | 11,583 | 5.1 | 499.8 | 113 |
| Duncan | 373.71 | 44,451 | 43,252 | 2.8 | 118.9 | 31 |
| Fort St. John | 620.80 | 28,396 | 26,380 | 7.6 | 45.7 | 60 |
| Kamloops | 5,668.70 | 103,811 | 98,754 | 5.1 | 18.3 | 2 |
| Nanaimo | 1,280.84 | 104,936 | 98,021 | 7.1 | 81.9 | 1 |
| Nelson | 1,224.94 | 18,307 | 17,987 | 1.8 | 14.9 | 81 |
| Parksville | 81.86 | 28,922 | 27,822 | 4.0 | 353.3 | 55 |
| Penticton | 1,724.95 | 43,432 | 42,361 | 2.5 | 25.2 | 33 |
| Name | Land area (km²) | Population | Population | Population | Population | Population |
| Name | Land area (km²) | in 2016 | in 2011 | % change | per km² | rank |
| Port Alberni | 1,729.39 | 25,112 | 25,465 | -1.4 | 14.5 | 67 |
| Powell River | 800.72 | 16,783 | 16,689 | 0.6 | 21.0 | 86 |
| Prince George | 17,686.12 | 86,622 | 84,232 | 2.8 | 4.9 | 10 |
| Prince Rupert | 234.29 | 12,687 | 13,052 | -2.8 | 54.2 | 111 |
| Quesnel | 21,751.30 | 23,146 | 23,566 | -1.8 | 1.1 | 71 |
| Salmon Arm | 165.57 | 17,904 | 17,683 | 1.2 | 108.1 | 84 |
| Squamish | 105.59 | 19,893 | 17,479 | 13.8 | 188.4 | 74 |
| Terrace | 73.91 | 15,723 | 15,569 | 1.0 | 212.7 | 93 |
| Vernon | 1,042.12 | 61,334 | 58,584 | 4.7 | 58.9 | 20 |
| Williams Lake | 2,657.80 | 18,277 | 18,490 | -1.2 | 6.9 | 82 |

### Manitoba

Statistics Canada recognized five census agglomerations within Manitoba in the 2016 Census.
| Name | Land area (km²) | Population | Population | Population | Population | Population |
| Name | Land area (km²) | in 2016 | in 2011 | % change | per km² | rank |
| Brandon | 2,289.33 | 58,003 | 54,847 | 5.8 | 25.3 | 23 |
| Portage la Prairie | 24.68 | 13,304 | 12,996 | 2.4 | 539.1 | 106 |
| Steinbach | 25.59 | 15,829 | 13,524 | 17.0 | 618.6 | 91 |
| Thompson | 20.79 | 13,678 | 12,829 | 6.6 | 657.8 | 101 |
| Winkler | 870.08 | 30,297 | 26,838 | 12.9 | 34.8 | 54 |

### New Brunswick

Statistics Canada recognized five census agglomerations within New Brunswick in the 2016 Census.
| Name | Land area (km²) | Population | Population | Population | Population | Population |
| Name | Land area (km²) | in 2016 | in 2011 | % change | per km² | rank |
| Bathurst | 2,104.04 | 31,110 | 31,936 | -2.6 | 14.8 | 53 |
| Campbellton (portion) | 1,155.48 | 13,114 | 14,039 | -6.6 | 9.9 | 92 |
| Edmundston | 1,769.64 | 23,524 | 23,819 | -1.2 | 13.3 | 69 |
| Fredericton | 4,886.40 | 101,760 | 98,320 | 3.5 | 17.7 | 4 |
| Miramichi | 7,578.93 | 27,523 | 28,115 | -2.1 | 3.6 | 64 |

### Newfoundland and Labrador

Statistics Canada recognized four census agglomerations within Newfoundland and Labrador in the 2016 Census.
| Name | Land area (km²) | Population | Population | Population | Population | Population |
| Name | Land area (km²) | in 2016 | in 2011 | % change | per km² | rank |
| Bay Roberts | 103.66 | 11,083 | 10,871 | 2.0 | 106.9 | 115 |
| Corner Brook | 1,140.20 | 31,917 | 31,417 | 1.6 | 28.0 | 48 |
| Gander | 2,427.35 | 13,234 | 12,683 | 4.3 | 5.5 | 107 |
| Grand Falls-Windsor | 54.67 | 14,171 | 13,725 | 3.2 | 259.2 | 98 |

### Northwest Territories

Statistics Canada recognized one census agglomeration within the Northwest Territories in the 2016 Census.
| Name | Land area (km²) | Population | Population | Population | Population | Population |
| Name | Land area (km²) | in 2016 | in 2011 | % change | per km² | rank |
| Yellowknife | 105.47 | 19,569 | 19,234 | 1.7 | 185.5 | 76 |

### Nova Scotia

Statistics Canada recognized four census agglomerations within Nova Scotia in the 2016 Census.
| Name | Land area (km²) | Population | Population | Population | Population | Population |
| Name | Land area (km²) | in 2016 | in 2011 | % change | per km² | rank |
| Cape Breton | 2,467.74 | 98,722 | 101,619 | -2.9 | 40.0 | 7 |
| Kentville | 609.73 | 26,222 | 26,359 | -0.5 | 43.0 | 65 |
| New Glasgow | 2,067.03 | 34,487 | 35,809 | -3.7 | 16.7 | 44 |
| Truro | 2,733.13 | 45,753 | 45,888 | -0.3 | 16.7 | 30 |

### Nunavut

Statistics Canada recognized no census agglomerations within Nunavut in the 2016 Census.

### Ontario

Statistics Canada recognized 29 census agglomerations within Ontario in the 2016 Census.
| Name | Land area (km²) | Population | Population | Population | Population | Population |
| Name | Land area (km²) | in 2016 | in 2011 | % change | per km² | rank |
| Arnprior | 268.83 | 15,973 | 15,485 | 3.2 | 59.4 | 89 |
| Brockville | 893.23 | 38,553 | 39,024 | -1.2 | 43.2 | 39 |
| Carleton Place | 769.11 | 31,451 | 29,180 | 7.8 | 40.9 | 51 |
| Centre Wellington | 407.54 | 28,191 | 26,693 | 5.6 | 69.2 | 62 |
| Chatham-Kent | 2,470.52 | 102,042 | 104,075 | -2.0 | 41.3 | 3 |
| Cobourg | 22.36 | 19,440 | 18,519 | 5.0 | 869.3 | 77 |
| Collingwood | 33.78 | 21,793 | 19,241 | 13.3 | 645.1 | 72 |
| Cornwall | 509.14 | 59,699 | 58,957 | 1.3 | 117.3 | 21 |
| Elliot Lake | 714.65 | 10,741 | 11,348 | -5.3 | 15.0 | 117 |
| Hawkesbury (portion) | 9.62 | 10,263 | 10,551 | -2.7 | 1,067.3 | 114 |
| Ingersoll | 12.75 | 12,757 | 12,146 | 5.0 | 1,000.7 | 110 |
| Kawartha Lakes | 30,834.38 | 75,423 | 73,219 | 3.0 | 24.5 | 14 |
| Kenora | 211.59 | 15,096 | 15,348 | -1.6 | 71.3 | 96 |
| Leamington | 508.84 | 49,147 | 49,765 | -1.2 | 96.6 | 29 |
| Midland | 199.99 | 35,859 | 35,419 | 1.2 | 179.3 | 41 |
| Name | Land area (km²) | Population | Population | Population | Population | Population |
| Name | Land area (km²) | in 2016 | in 2011 | % change | per km² | rank |
| Norfolk | 1,607.55 | 64,044 | 63,175 | 1.4 | 39.8 | 18 |
| North Bay | 5,369.04 | 70,378 | 72,241 | -2.6 | 13.1 | 16 |
| Orillia | 28.58 | 31,186 | 30,586 | 1.9 | 1,090.3 | 52 |
| Owen Sound | 628.64 | 31,820 | 32,092 | -0.8 | 50.6 | 49 |
| Pembroke | 565.99 | 23,269 | 24,017 | -3.1 | 41.1 | 70 |
| Petawawa | 166.69 | 17,187 | 15,988 | 7.5 | 103.1 | 85 |
| Port Hope | 278.87 | 16,753 | 16,214 | 3.3 | 60.1 | 87 |
| Sarnia | 1,118.65 | 96,151 | 97,131 | -1.0 | 86.0 | 8 |
| Sault Ste. Marie | 805.60 | 78,159 | 79,800 | -2.1 | 97.0 | 12 |
| Stratford | 28.28 | 31,465 | 30,903 | 1.8 | 1,112.5 | 50 |
| Tillsonburg | 22.33 | 15,872 | 15,301 | 3.7 | 710.8 | 90 |
| Timmins | 2,978.33 | 41,788 | 43,175 | -3.2 | 14.0 | 35 |
| Wasaga Beach | 58.64 | 20,675 | 17,537 | 17.9 | 352.6 | 73 |
| Woodstock | 48.97 | 40,902 | 37,754 | 8.3 | 835.3 | 37 |

### Prince Edward Island

Statistics Canada recognized two census agglomerations within Prince Edward Island in the 2016 Census.
| Name | Land area (km²) | Population | Population | Population | Population | Population |
| Name | Land area (km²) | in 2016 | in 2011 | % change | per km² | rank |
| Charlottetown | 917.47 | 69,325 | 65,523 | 5.8 | 75.6 | 17 |
| Summerside | 92.43 | 16,587 | 16,488 | 0.6 | 179.5 | 88 |

### Quebec

Statistics Canada recognized 24 census agglomerations within Quebec in the 2016 Census.
| Name | Land area (km²) | Population | Population | Population | Population | Population |
| Name | Land area (km²) | in 2016 | in 2011 | % change | per km² | rank |
| Alma | 341.54 | 32,849 | 33,018 | -0.5 | 96.2 | 46 |
| Baie-Comeau | 691.02 | 27,692 | 28,465 | -2.7 | 40.1 | 63 |
| Campbellton (portion) | 435.22 | 2,632 | 3,322 | -20.8 | 6.0 | 92 |
| Cowansville | 46.89 | 13,656 | 12,489 | 9.3 | 291.2 | 102 |
| Dolbeau-Mistassini | 718.15 | 15,673 | 15,826 | -1.0 | 21.8 | 94 |
| Drummondville | 1,016.64 | 96,118 | 91,222 | 5.4 | 94.5 | 9 |
| Granby | 494.40 | 85,056 | 80,863 | 5.2 | 172.0 | 11 |
| Hawkesbury (portion) | 2.87 | 1,711 | 1,577 | 8.5 | 597.2 | 114 |
| Joliette | 108.80 | 49,439 | 46,932 | 5.3 | 454.4 | 27 |
| Lachute | 109.96 | 12,862 | 12,551 | 2.5 | 117.0 | 104 |
| Matane | 663.37 | 17,926 | 18,368 | -2.4 | 27.0 | 82 |
| Rimouski | 896.27 | 55,349 | 53,711 | 3.0 | 61.8 | 24 |
| Rivière-du-Loup | 544.25 | 28,902 | 28,987 | -0.3 | 53.1 | 56 |
| Name | Land area (km²) | Population | Population | Population | Population | Population |
| Name | Land area (km²) | in 2016 | in 2011 | % change | per km² | rank |
| Rouyn-Noranda | 6,009.86 | 42,334 | 41,012 | 3.2 | 7.0 | 34 |
| Saint-Georges | 199.27 | 32,513 | 31,173 | 4.3 | 163.2 | 47 |
| Saint-Hyacinthe | 328.53 | 59,614 | 56,794 | 5.0 | 181.5 | 22 |
| Sainte-Marie | 107.57 | 13,565 | 12,889 | 5.2 | 126.1 | 105 |
| Salaberry-de-Valleyfield | 107.13 | 40,745 | 40,077 | 1.7 | 380.3 | 38 |
| Sept-Îles | 1,770.60 | 28,534 | 28,487 | 0.2 | 16.1 | 58 |
| Shawinigan | 843.38 | 54,181 | 54,489 | -0.6 | 64.2 | 25 |
| Sorel-Tracy | 172.63 | 41,629 | 41,520 | 0.3 | 241.1 | 36 |
| Thetford Mines | 516.04 | 28,448 | 28,927 | -1.7 | 55.1 | 59 |
| Val-d'Or | 3,553.91 | 33,871 | 33,265 | 1.8 | 9.5 | 45 |
| Victoriaville | 153.23 | 49,151 | 46,354 | 6.0 | 320.8 | 28 |

### Saskatchewan

Statistics Canada recognized eight census agglomerations within Saskatchewan in the 2016 Census.
| Name | Land area (km²) | Population | Population | Population | Population | Population |
| Name | Land area (km²) | in 2016 | in 2011 | % change | per km² | rank |
| Estevan | 795.32 | 13,615 | 12,973 | 4.9 | 17.1 | 103 |
| Lloydminster (portion) | 1,063.67 | 14,938 | 12,766 | 17.0 | 14.0 | 43 |
| Moose Jaw | 844.42 | 35,053 | 34,421 | 1.8 | 41.5 | 42 |
| North Battleford | 855.34 | 19,623 | 18,850 | 4.1 | 22.9 | 75 |
| Prince Albert | 2,556.05 | 44,160 | 43,680 | 1.1 | 17.3 | 32 |
| Swift Current | 1,131.74 | 18,536 | 17,535 | 5.7 | 16.4 | 80 |
| Weyburn | 19.15 | 10,870 | 10,484 | 3.7 | 567.6 | 116 |
| Yorkton | 844.61 | 18,905 | 18,238 | 3.7 | 22.4 | 78 |

### Yukon

Statistics Canada recognized one census agglomeration within Yukon in the 2016 Census.
| Name | Land area (km²) | Population | Population | Population | Population | Population |
| Name | Land area (km²) | in 2016 | in 2011 | % change | per km² | rank |
| Whitehorse | 8,488.95 | 28,225 | 26,028 | 8.4 | 3.3 | 61 |