NHL Cities by population

This is a listing, by rank, of the population of the Metropolitan Areas of all the cities that have teams in the National Hockey League. All populations are  2016 Census (Canada) and 2018 estimates (United States).
Two metropolitan areas have more than one team. New York City (which includes Newark) has three - New York Rangers, New York Islanders, and the New Jersey Devils. Los Angeles has two - Los Angeles Kings and Anaheim Ducks.
As both countries use different methodology to compile Metropolitan area populations, they are listed separately.  However, the Canadian CSA is similar to the American MSA for comparison purposes.
==United States==
The United States uses two systems to measure population in a region. The Metropolitan Statistical Area is the area encompassing a large city and the urban areas around it (for example Boston and the surrounding suburbs). The Combined Statistical Area is a combination of the adjacent Metropolitan Statistical Areas in a region (for example Boston and the adjacent areas of Providence, Rhode Island, Worcester, Massachusetts, Manchester, New Hampshire).
City 	CSA Population(2018 Estimate)	CSA Rank	MSA Population(2018 Estimate)	MSA Rank
New York/Newark 	22,679,948 	1 	19,979,477 	1
Los Angeles/Anaheim	18,764,814 	2 	13,291,486 	2
Chicago 	9,866,910 	3 	9,498,716 	3
Dallas 	7,957,493 	7 	7,539,711 	4
Washington 	9,778,360 	4 	6,249,950 	6
Miami 	6,913,262 	10 	6,198,782 	7
Philadelphia 	7,204,035 	8 	6,096,372 	8
Boston 	8,285,407 	6 	4,875,390 	10
Detroit 	5,353,002 	12 	4,326,442 	14
Seattle 	4,853,364 	14 	3,939,363 	15
St. Paul 	4,014,593 	16 	3,629,190 	16
Tampa 	3,142,663 	* 	3,142,663 	18
Denver 	3,572,798 	18 	2,932,415 	19
St. Louis 	2,909,777 	20 	2,805,465 	20
Pittsburgh 	2,612,492 	23 	2,324,743 	27
Las Vegas 	2,276,993 	29 	2,231,647 	28
Columbus 	2,509,850 	26 	2,106,541 	32
San Jose 	9,666,055 	5 	1,999,107 	35
Nashville 	2,057,416 	32 	1,930,961 	36
Raleigh 	2,238,315 	31 	1,362,540 	42
Salt Lake City* 	2,746,164 	22 	1,257,936 	4th
Buffalo 	1,206,992 	47 	1,130,152 	50
Notes:
#Tampa is not part of a larger Combined Statistical Area, thus the Metropolitan Statistical Data is used and Tampa is not figured in the rating for CSA ranking.
#The Windsor, Ontario area would be included in the population for the Detroit area if it were in the United States, which would add 329,144 according to the 2016 Census.
#Buffalo could also include the area along the Golden Horseshoe, which is an area the Buffalo Sabres have traditionally drawn from as well as the Greater Toronto Area due to the scarcity of tickets for Toronto Maple Leafs home games.
#Seattle could include some areas of the southern Tip of Vancouver Island, which is adjacent Puget Sound which is the considered the edge of Seattle's CSA which are not counted above.
#Salt Lake City figures are from 2020
==Canada==
Canada uses one system to measure but has two classifications Census Metropolitan Area for larger metropolitan areas and Census Agglomeration for what tend to be smaller more isolated areas. All of the NHL cities are considered CMA's
City 	CMA Population(2016 Census)	CMA Rank	Rank if in US(*)	Notes
Toronto 	5,928,040 	1 	10th 	larger area includes Greater Toronto Area and the Golden Horseshoe area
Montreal 	4,098,927 	2 	15th 	made up mostly of what is called the Montreal Metropolitan Community (MMC)
Vancouver	2,463,431 	3 	26th 	does not include Victoria on Vancouver Island
Calgary 	1,392,609 	4 	42nd 	
Ottawa 	1,323,783 	5 	44th 	area includes Gatineau
Edmonton 	1,321,426 	6 	44th 	
Winnipeg 	778,489 	8 	75th 	
(*)-Excluding other Canadian cities
===Balance of Top 10 Census Metropolitan Areas===
*Quebec City, QC 800,296 (Canada # 7) (would be 74th in United States)
*Hamilton, ON 747,545 (Canada # 9) (would be 78th in United States)
*Kitchener-Waterloo, ON 523,894 (Canada # 10) (would be 107th in United States)
===Remaining Census Metropolitan Area/Census Agglomeration areas by Province/Territory===
*Halifax, NS 403,390 (CMA) (Canada # 13)
*Saskatoon, SK 295,095 (CMA) (Canada # 17)
*St. John's, NL 205,955 (CMA) (Canada # 20)
*Moncton, NB 144,810 (CMA) (Canada # 29)
*Charlottetown, PE 69,325 (CA) (Canada # 52)
*Whitehorse, YT 28,225 (CA) (Canada # 96)
*Yellowknife, NT 19,569 (CA) (Canada # 111)
*Iqaluit, NU 7,740 (N/A-city only, (isolated area))
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