List of cities in Canada

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This is a list of incorporated cities in Canada, in alphabetical order categorized by province or territory. More thorough lists of communities are available for each province.

Capitals[]

Geographic area Capital
Canada Ottawa
Alberta Edmonton
British Columbia Victoria
Manitoba Winnipeg
New Brunswick Fredericton
Newfoundland and Labrador St. John's
Nova Scotia Halifax
Ontario Toronto
Prince Edward Island Charlottetown
Quebec Quebec City
Saskatchewan Regina
Northwest Territories Yellowknife
Nunavut Iqaluit
Yukon Whitehorse

Alberta[]

Distribution of Alberta's 19 cities and 12 other communities eligible for city status

To qualify as a city in Alberta, a sufficient population size (10,000 people or more) must be present and a majority of the buildings must be on parcels of land less than 1,850 square metres (19,900 sq ft).[1] A community is not always incorporated as a city even if it meets these requirements. The urban service areas of Fort McMurray and Sherwood Park are hamlets recognized as equivalents of cities, but remain unincorporated. Ten towns are also eligible for city status but remain incorporated as towns.

Alberta has 19 cities. Beaumont is Alberta's newest city, incorporating from town status on January 1, 2019.[2]

Cities in Alberta
Name Incorporation
date (city)[3]
Population
(2016)[4]
Population
(2011)[4]
Change
(%)[4]
Land
area
(km²)[4]
Population
density
(per km²)[4]
Airdrie January 1, 1985 61,581 43,271 +42.3% 84.57 728.2/km2
Beaumont[AB 1] January 1, 2019 17,396 13,284 +31.0% 10.47 1,661.5/km2
Brooks September 1, 2005 14,451 13,676 +5.7% 18.59 777.4/km2
Calgary[AB 2] January 1, 1894 1,239,220 1,096,833 +13.0% 825.56 1,501.1/km2
Camrose January 1, 1955 18,742 17,286 +8.4% 42.62 439.7/km2
Chestermere[AB 3] January 1, 2015[5] 19,887 14,824 +34.2% 32.94 603.7/km2
Cold Lake October 1, 2000 14,961 13,839 +8.1% 59.92 249.7/km2
Edmonton[AB 4] October 8, 1904 932,546 812,201 +14.8% 685.25 1,360.9/km2
Fort Saskatchewan July 1, 1985 24,149 19,051 +26.8% 48.18 501.2/km2
Grande Prairie January 1, 1958 63,166 55,655 +13.5% 132.73 475.9/km2
Lacombe September 5, 2010 13,057 11,707 +11.5% 20.81 627.4/km2
Leduc September 1, 1983 29,993 24,304 +23.4% 42.44 706.7/km2
Lethbridge May 9, 1906 92,729 83,517 +11.0% 122.09 759.5/km2
Lloydminster (part)[AB 5] January 1, 1958 19,645[AB 6] 18,032[AB 7] +8.9% 24.04 817.2/km2[AB 8]
Medicine Hat May 9, 1906 63,260 60,005 +5.4% 112.04 564.6/km2
Red Deer March 25, 1913 100,418 90,564 +10.9% 104.73 958.8/km2
Spruce Grove March 1, 1986 34,066 26,171 +30.2% 32.2 1,058.0/km2
St. Albert January 1, 1977 65,589 61,466 +6.7% 48.45 1,353.7/km2
Wetaskiwin[AB 9] May 9, 1906 12,655 12,525 +1.0% 18.31 691.2/km2
Total cities 2,837,511 2,488,211 +14.0% 2,465.94 1,150.7/km2

Notes:

  1. ^ Beaumont is Alberta's newest city, incorporated on January 1, 2019. Based on 2016 data, Beaumont is Alberta's smallest city by land area, but in 2017 its area increased to nearly 2,400 hectares, making it larger than Wetaskiwin and Lacombe.[3]
  2. ^ Calgary is Canada's third-largest city, Alberta's largest city by both population and area, and was Alberta's first city, incorporated on January 1, 1894. The Calgary census metropolitan area (CMA) includes the cities of Airdrie, Calgary and Chestermere.
  3. ^ Chestermere was known as Chestermere Lake prior to March 1, 1993.[3]
  4. ^ Edmonton is Canada's fifth-largest city and Alberta's capital. The Edmonton CMA includes the cities of Beaumont, Edmonton, Fort Saskatchewan, Leduc, Spruce Grove and St. Albert.
  5. ^ The balance of Lloydminster is located within Saskatchewan.
  6. ^ This 2016 population does not include 11,765 in the Saskatchewan portion of Lloydminster. The city's total population in 2016 was 31,410.
  7. ^ This 2011 population does not include 9,772 in the Saskatchewan portion of Lloydminster. The city's total population in 2011 was 27,804.
  8. ^ This area does not include 18.28 km2 (7.06 sq mi) in the Saskatchewan portion of Lloydminster. The city's total land area in 2011 was 42.32 km2 (16.34 sq mi).
  9. ^ Wetaskiwin is Alberta's smallest city by population and land area.

British Columbia[]

In British Columbia, a community can be incorporated as a city if its population exceeds 5,000.[6] Once so incorporated, a city does not lose this status even if its population later declines; the once-larger City of Greenwood, for example, now has a population of just 665 people.

British Columbia has 52 cities.

Cities in British Columbia
Name Location Incorporation Date (City) Population (2016) Population (2011) Change (%) Land Area (km2) Population Density (/km2)
Abbotsford Abbotsford, City of City Fraser Valley December 12, 1995 141,397 133,497 5.9 375.55 376.5
Armstrong Armstrong, City of City North Okanagan March 31, 1913 5,114 4,830 5.9 5.22 979.8
Burnaby Burnaby, City of City Metro Vancouver September 22, 1892 232,755 223,218 4.3 90.61 2,568.7
Campbell River Campbell River, City of City Strathcona June 24, 1947 32,588 31,186 4.5 144.36 225.7
Castlegar Castlegar, City of City Central Kootenay January 1, 1974 8,039 7,816 2.9 19.67 408.6
Chilliwack Chilliwack, City of City Fraser Valley April 26, 1873 83,788 77,936 7.5 261.65 320.2
Colwood Colwood, City of City Capital June 24, 1985 16,859 16,093 4.8 17.67 954.2
Coquitlam Coquitlam, City of City Metro Vancouver July 25, 1891 139,284 126,804 9.8 122.30 1,138.9
Courtenay Courtenay, The Corporation of the City of City Comox Valley January 1, 1915 25,599 24,216 5.7 29.38 789.9
Cranbrook Cranbrook, The Corporation of the City of City East Kootenay November 1, 1905 20,047 19,319 3.8 32.00 626.6
Dawson Creek Dawson Creek, The Corporation of the City of City Peace River May 26, 1936 12,178 11,583 5.1 24.37 499.8
Delta Delta, City of City Metro Vancouver September 22, 2017[7] 102,238 99,863 2.4 180.20 567.4
Duncan Duncan, The Corporation of the City of City Cowichan Valley March 4, 1912 4,944 4,932 0.2 2.07 2,387.1
Enderby Enderby, The Corporation of the City of City North Okanagan March 1, 1905 2,964 2,932 1.1 4.26 695.3
Fernie Fernie, The Corporation of the City of City East Kootenay July 28, 1904 5,249 4,448 18.0 13.50 388.7
Fort St. John Fort St. John, City of City Peace River December 31, 1947 20,155 18,609 8.3 26.27 767.3
Grand Forks Grand Forks, The Corporation of the City of City Kootenay Boundary April 15, 1897 4,049 3,985 1.6 10.43 388.1
Greenwood Greenwood, The Corporation of the City of City Kootenay Boundary July 12, 1897 665 708 −6.1 2.42 274.9
Kamloops Kamloops, City of City Thompson-Nicola October 17, 1967 90,280 85,678 5.4 299.25 301.7
Kelowna Kelowna, City of City Central Okanagan May 4, 1905 127,380 117,312 8.6 211.85 601.3
Kimberley Kimberley, City of City East Kootenay March 29, 1944 7,425 6,652 11.6 60.62 122.5
Langford Langford, City of City Capital December 8, 1992 35,342 29,228 20.9 39.94 885.0
Langley Langley, City of City Metro Vancouver March 15, 1955 25,888 25,081 3.2 10.22 2,533.6
Maple Ridge Maple Ridge, City of City Metro Vancouver September 12, 2014[8] 82,256 76,052 8.2 266.78 308.3
Merritt Merritt, City of City Thompson-Nicola April 1, 1911 7,139 7,113 0.4 26.07 273.9
Mission Mission, City of City Fraser Valley March 29, 2021 38,833 36,426 6.6 227.65 170.6
Nanaimo Nanaimo, City of City Nanaimo December 24, 1874 90,504 83,810 8.0 90.76 997.2
Nelson Nelson, The Corporation of the City of City Central Kootenay March 18, 1897 10,572 10,230 3.3 11.95 884.3
New Westminster New Westminster, The Corporation of the City of City Metro Vancouver July 16, 1860 70,996 65,976 7.6 15.63 4,543.4
North Vancouver North Vancouver, The Corporation of the City of City Metro Vancouver August 10, 1891 52,898 48,196 1.8 11.85 4,465.1
Parksville Parksville, City of City Nanaimo June 19, 1945 12,514 11,977 4.5 14.56 859.6
Penticton Penticton, The Corporation of the City of City Okanagan-Similkameen January 1, 1909 33,761 32,877 2.7 42.10 801.8
Pitt Meadows Pitt Meadows, City of City Metro Vancouver April 25, 1914 18,573 17,736 4.7 86.51 214.7
Port Alberni Port Alberni, City of City Alberni-Clayoquot October 28, 1967 17,678 17,743 −0.4 19.76 894.7
Port Coquitlam Port Coquitlam, The Corporation of the City of City Metro Vancouver March 7, 1913 58,612 55,958 4.7 29.17 2,009.4
Port Moody Port Moody, City of City Metro Vancouver March 11, 1913 33,551 33,011 1.6 25.89 1,295.9
Powell River Powell River, The Corporation of the City of City Powell River October 15, 1955 13,157 13,165 −0.1 28.91 455.1
Prince George Prince George, City of City Fraser-Fort George March 6, 1915 74,003 71,974 2.8 318.26 232.5
Prince Rupert Prince Rupert, City of City North Coast March 10, 1910 12,220 12,508 −2.3 66.28 184.4
Quesnel Quesnel, City of City Cariboo March 21, 1928 9,879 10,007 −1.3 35.39 279.2
Revelstoke Revelstoke, City of City Columbia Shuswap March 1, 1899 7,547 7,139 5.7 41.13 183.5
Richmond Richmond, City of City Metro Vancouver November 10, 1879 198,309 190,473 4.1 129.27 1,534.1
Rossland Rossland, The Corporation of the City of City Kootenay Boundary March 18, 1897 3,729 3,556 4.9 59.79 62.4
Salmon Arm Salmon Arm, City of City Columbia Shuswap May 15, 1905 17,706 17,464 1.4 155.28 114.0
Surrey Surrey, City of City Metro Vancouver November 10, 1879 517,887 468,251 10.6 316.41 1,636.8
Terrace Terrace, City of City Kitimat–Stikine December 31, 1927 11,643 11,486 1.4 57.36 203.0
Trail Trail, City of City Kootenay Boundary June 14, 1901 7,709 7,681 0.4 34.93 220.7
Vancouver[a] Vancouver, City of City Metro Vancouver April 6, 1886 631,486 603,502 4.6 114.97 5,492.6
Vernon Vernon, The Corporation of the City of City North Okanagan December 30, 1892 40,116 38,180 5.1 96.05 417.7
Victoria[b] Victoria, The Corporation of the City of City Capital August 2, 1862 85,792 80,017 7.2 19.47 4,305.8
West Kelowna West Kelowna, City of City Central Okanagan June 26, 2015[9] 32,655 30,902 5.7 123.53 264.4
White Rock White Rock, The Corporation of the City of City Metro Vancouver April 15, 1957 19,952 19,339 3.2 5.12 3,893.1
Williams Lake Williams Lake, City of City Cariboo March 15, 1929 10,753 10,832 −0.7 33.13 324.6
Total cities 2,950,111 2,881,552 8.03125 4,243 1031.435

Notes:

  1. ^ Vancouver is Canada's eighth-largest city and British Columbia's largest city by population. The Vancouver CMA includes the cities of Burnaby, Coquitlam, Delta, Langley, Maple Ridge, New Westminster, North Vancouver, Pitt Meadows, Port Coquitlam, Port Moody, Richmond, Surrey, Vancouver and White Rock.
  2. ^ Victoria is British Columbia's capital. The Victoria CMA includes the cities of Colwood, Langford and Victoria.

Manitoba[]

Cities and towns in Manitoba

A community in Manitoba may seek city status once reaching a population of 7,500.[10] Manitoba's newest city is Morden, which changed from town to city status on August 24, 2012.[10]

Manitoba has 10 cities.

Cities in Manitoba
Name Population
(2016)[11][12]
Population
(2011)[11]
Change
(%)[11]
Area
(km²)[11]
Population
density (2016)[11]
Brandon 48,859 46,061 +6.1% 77.41 631.2
Dauphin[MB 1] 8,369[MB 2] 8,251 +1.4% 12.61 670.7
Flin Flon (part)[MB 3] 4,991[MB 4] 5,405 −7.7% 13.87[MB 5] 359.2
Morden[MB 6] 8,668 7,812 +11.0% 16.37 529.4
Portage la Prairie 13,304 12,996 +2.4% 24.68 539.1
Selkirk 10,278 9,834 +4.5% 24.86 413.4
Steinbach 15,829 13,524 +17.0% 25.59 618.6
Thompson 13,678 13,123 +4.2% 20.79 657.8
Winkler 12,660[MB 7] 10,670 +18.7% 17.00 740.5
Winnipeg[MB 8] 705,244 663,617 +6.3% 464.33 1,518.8
Total cities 841,880 791,293 +6.4% 697.51 1,207.0

Notes:

  1. ^ Dauphin is Manitoba's smallest city by area.
  2. ^ Statistics Canada originally published Dauphin's 2016 population as 8,457, but subsequently amended it to 8,369.[12]
  3. ^ Flin Flon is Manitoba's smallest city by population. The balance of Flin Flon is located within Saskatchewan.
  4. ^ Statistics Canada originally published the Manitoba portion of Flin Flon's 2016 population as 4,982, but subsequently amended it to 4,991.[12]
  5. ^ This area does not include 2.37 km2 (0.92 sq mi) in the Saskatchewan portion of Flin Flon. The city's total area in 2016 was 16.24 km2 (6.27 sq mi).
  6. ^ Morden is Manitoba's newest city, incorporated August 24, 2012.
  7. ^ Statistics Canada originally published Winkler's 2016 population as 12,591, but subsequently amended it to 12,660.[12]
  8. ^ Winnipeg is Canada's seventh-largest city and Manitoba's capital and largest city by both population and area. The Winnipeg census metropolitan area (CMA) is formed around the City of Winnipeg.

New Brunswick[]

Cities and towns in New Brunswick

New Brunswick has eight cities.

Cities in New Brunswick
Name Council type[13] Council size[13] Population
(2016)[14]
Population
(2011)[15]
Change
(%)[15]
Land
area
(km²)[15]
Population
density
(per km²)[15]
Bathurst at-large 7 11,897 12,275 −3.1 92.04 129.3
Campbellton[NB 1] at-large 6 6,883 7,385 −6.8 18.58 370.5
Dieppe ward 8 25,384 23,310 8.9 54.05 469.6
Edmundston ward 8 16,580 16,032 3.4 106.85 155.2
Fredericton[NB 2] ward 12 58,220 56,224 3.6 132.57 439.2
Miramichi at-large 8 17,537 17,811 −1.5 179.93 99.0
Moncton[NB 3] ward 10 71,889 69,074 4.1 141.92 506.5
Saint John[NB 4] ward 10 67,575 70,063 −3.6 315.96 213.9
Total cities 275,965 256,141 1,040.22 261.7

Notes:

  1. ^ Campbellton is New Brunswick's smallest city by population and area.
  2. ^ Fredericton is New Brunswick's capital.
  3. ^ The Moncton census metropolitan area (CMA) includes the City of Dieppe.
  4. ^ Saint John is New Brunswick's second largest city by population and area. The Saint John CMA is formed around the City of Saint John.

Newfoundland and Labrador[]

Newfoundland and Labrador has three cities.

Name Population
(2016)[16]
Population
(2011)[17]
Change
(%)[17]
Area
(km²)[17]
Population
density[17]
Corner Brook[NL 1] 19,806 19,886 −0.4 148.26 133.6
Mount Pearl[NL 2] 22,957 24,284 −5.5 15.76 1,456.8
St. John's[NL 3] 108,860 106,172 2.5 445.88 244.1
Total cities 151,623 150,342 −1.1 609.90 611.5

Notes:

  1. ^ Corner Brook is Newfoundland and Labrador's smallest city by population.
  2. ^ Mount Pearl is Newfoundland and Labrador's smallest city by area.
  3. ^ St. John's is Newfoundland and Labrador's capital and largest city by both population and area. The St. John's census metropolitan area includes the cities of Mount Pearl and St. John's.

Northwest Territories[]

As in the other two Canadian territories, the only incorporated city in the Northwest Territories is its capital, Yellowknife.

Name Population
(2016)[18]
Population
(2011)[19]
Change
(%)[19]
Area
(km²)[19]
Population
density[19]
Yellowknife 19,569 19,234 1.7 105.47 185.5

Nova Scotia[]

Towns and former cities in Nova Scotia

Nova Scotia no longer has any incorporated cities, as they were amalgamated into regional municipalities in the 1990s.

  • Halifax – provincial capital and metropolitan area and formerly the largest city in Nova Scotia by population, now part of the Halifax Regional Municipality
  • Sydney – formerly the smallest city in Nova Scotia by population, now part of the Cape Breton Regional Municipality
  • Dartmouth – formerly a city in Nova Scotia, now part of the Halifax Regional Municipality

Nunavut[]

As in the other two Canadian territories, the only incorporated city in Nunavut is its capital, Iqaluit.

Name Population
(2016)[20]
Population
(2011)[21]
Change
(%)[21]
Area
(km²)[21]
Population
density[21]
Iqaluit 7,740 6,699 15.5 52.50 147.4

Ontario[]

Ontario has 52 cities. In Ontario, city status is conferred by the provincial government, generally upon the request of the incorporated municipality. A municipality may apply for city status anytime after its population surpasses 10,000. This status is not automatically conferred on a community that reaches this population target, but must be requested by the municipality and granted by the provincial Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing. Not all municipalities which reach this population target have pursued city designation. For example, Ajax, Oakville, and Whitby, which all had populations greater than 100,000 in 2011, are still designated as towns.[22] Once designated a city, however, a municipality does not lose this status even if its population later falls back below 10,000 (as, for example, Dryden). Ontario's newest city is Richmond Hill, which changed from town to city status on March 25, 2019.[23]

Cities in Ontario
Name[24][22] Municipal
status[24]
Census division[24][25] Population
(2016)[26]
Population
(2011)[22]
Change
(%)[22]
Area
(km²)[22]
Population
density[22]
Barrie[note 1] Single-tier Simcoe 141,434 136,063 3.9 99.04 1,428.0
Belleville Single-tier Hastings 50,716 49,454 2.6 247.25 205.1
Brampton[note 2] Lower-tier Peel 593,638 523,911 13.3 266.36 2,228.7
Brant Single-tier Brant 36,707 35,638 3.0 843.25 43.5
Brantford[note 3] Single-tier Brant 97,496 93,650 4.1 72.44 1,345.9
Brockville Single-tier Leeds and Grenville 21,346 21,870 −2.4 20.85 1,023.6
Burlington Lower-tier Halton 183,314 175,779 4.3 185.66 987.3
Cambridge[note 4] Lower-tier Waterloo 129,920 126,748 2.5 113.01 1,149.6
Clarence-Rockland Lower-tier Prescott and Russell 24,512 23,185 5.7 297.71 82.3
Cornwall Single-tier Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry 46,589 46,340 0.5 61.56 756.8
Dryden[note 5] Single-tier Kenora 7,749 7,617 1.7 66.19 117.1
Elliot Lake Single-tier Algoma 10,741 11,348 −5.3 714.65 15.0
Greater Sudbury[note 6] Single-tier Sudbury 161,531 160,274 0.8 3,228.35 50.0
Guelph[note 7] Single-tier Wellington 131,794 121,688 8.3 87.22 1,511.1
Haldimand County Single-tier Haldimand 45,608 44,876 1.6 1,251.54 36.4
Hamilton[note 8] Single-tier Hamilton 536,917 519,949 3.3 1,117.29 480.6
Kawartha Lakes Single-tier Kawartha Lakes 75,423 73,214 3.0 3,084.38 24.5
Kenora Single-tier Kenora 15,096 15,348 −1.6 211.59 71.3
Kingston[note 9] Single-tier Frontenac 123,798 123,363 0.4 451.19 274.4
Kitchener[note 10] Lower-tier Waterloo 233,222 219,153 6.4 136.77 1,705.2
London[note 11] Single-tier Middlesex 383,822 366,151 4.8 420.35 913.1
Markham[note 12] Lower-tier York 328,966 301,709 9.0 212.35 1,549.2
Mississauga[note 13] Lower-tier Peel 721,599 713,443 1.1 292.43 2,467.6
Niagara Falls[note 14] Lower-tier Niagara 88,071 82,997 6.1 209.73 419.9
Norfolk County Single-tier Norfolk 64,044 63,175 1.4 1,607.55 39.8
North Bay Single-tier Nipissing 51,553 53,651 −3.9 319.11 161.6
Orillia Single-tier Simcoe 31,166 30,586 1.9 28.58 1,090.3
Oshawa[note 15] Lower-tier Durham 159,458 149,607 6.6 145.64 1,094.9
Ottawa[note 16] Single-tier Ottawa 934,243 883,391 5.8 2,790.30 334.8
Owen Sound Lower-tier Grey 21,341 21,688 −1.6 24.27 879.2
Pembroke[note 17] Single-tier Renfrew 13,882 14,360 −3.3 14.56 953.3
Peterborough[note 18] Single-tier Peterborough 81,032 78,698 2.9 64.25 1,261.2
Pickering Lower-tier Durham 91,771 88,721 3.4 231.55 396.3
Port Colborne Lower-tier Niagara 18,306 18,424 −0.6 121.96 150.1
Prince Edward County Single-tier Prince Edward 24,735 25,258 −2.1 1,050.49 23.5
Quinte West Single-tier Hastings 43,577 43,086 1.1 494.02 88.2
Richmond Hill[note 19] Lower-tier York 195,022 185,541 5.1 101.11 1,928.8
Sarnia Lower-tier Lambton 71,594 72,366 −1.1 164.85 434.3
Sault Ste. Marie Single-tier Algoma 73,368 75,141 −2.4 223.24 328.6
St. Catharines[note 20] Lower-tier Niagara 133,113 131,400 1.3 96.13 1,384.8
St. Thomas Single-tier Elgin 38,909 37,905 2.6 35.63 1,092.1
Stratford Single-tier Perth 31,465 30,886 1.8 28.28 1,112.5
Temiskaming Shores Single-tier Timiskaming 9,920 10,400 −4.6 178.11 55.7
Thorold Lower-tier Niagara 18,801 17,931 4.9 82.99 226.5
Thunder Bay[note 21] Single-tier Thunder Bay 107,909 108,359 −0.4 328.36 328.6
Timmins Single-tier Cochrane 41,788 43,165 −3.2 2,978.83 14.0
Toronto[note 22] Single-tier Toronto 2,731,571 2,615,060 4.5 630.20 4,334.4
Vaughan Lower-tier York 306,233 288,301 6.2 273.56 1,119.4
Waterloo[note 23] Lower-tier Waterloo 104,986 98,780 6.3 64.02 1,639.8
Welland Lower-tier Niagara 52,293 50,631 3.3 81.04 645.3
Windsor[note 24] Single-tier Essex 217,188 210,891 3.0 146.38 1,483.8
Woodstock Lower-tier Oxford 40,902 37,754 8.3 48.97 835.3
Total cities 9,900,179 9,478,924 2.39 26,045.14 813.91

Notes:


Prince Edward Island[]

Prince Edward Island has two cities.

Name County Population
(2016)[27]
Population
(2011)[28]
Change
(%)[28]
Area
(km²)[28]
Population
density[28]
Charlottetown[PE 1] Queens 36,094 34,562 4.4 44.34 814.1
Summerside[PE 2] Prince 14,829 14,751 0.5 28.49 520.5
Total cities 50,923 49,313 2.45 72.83 667.3

Notes:

  1. ^ Charlottetown is Prince Edward Island's capital and largest city by population and area.
  2. ^ Summerside is Prince Edward Island's smallest city by population and area.

Quebec[]

In Quebec, provincial law does not contain any cities at the current time, although the designation exists. — A ville, thought legally a "township", may be informally referred to as a town or a city in English, but this is an arbitrary and subjective distinction. Quebec municipal types are cities (cités), townships (villes), and municipalités (municipalités).

Quebec has 223 villes.

Villes in Quebec
Name Regional county municipality Region CMA/CA Population
(2016)[29]
Population
(2012)[29]
Change
(%)[29]
Area
(km²)[29]
Population
density[29]
Acton Vale Acton Montérégie 7,656 7,664 −0.1 91.10 84.0
Alma Lac-Saint-Jean-Est Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean Alma 30,776 30,904 −0.4 196.54 156.6
Amos Abitibi Abitibi-Témiscamingue Amos 12,823 12,671 1.2 430.29 29.8
Amqui La Matapédia Bas-Saint-Laurent 6,178 6,322 −2.3 121.17 51.0
Baie-Comeau Manicouagan Côte-Nord Baie-Comeau 21,536 22,113 −2.6 336.59 64.0
Baie-D'Urfé Montréal Montréal 3,823 3,850 −0.7 6.03 633.9
Baie-Saint-Paul Charlevoix Capitale-Nationale 7,146 7,332 −2.5 546.48 13.1
Barkmere Les Laurentides Laurentides 58 58 0.0 17.99 3.2
Beaconsfield Montréal Montréal 19,324 19,505 −0.9 11.03 1,752.6
Beauceville Robert-Cliche Chaudière-Appalaches 6,281 6,354 −1.1 164.55 38.2
Beauharnois Beauharnois-Salaberry Montérégie Montréal 12,884 12,011 7.3 69.31 185.9
Beaupré La Côte-de-Beaupré Capitale-Nationale 3,752 3,439 9.1 22.96 163.4
Bécancour Bécancour Centre-du-Québec Trois-Rivières 13,031 12,438 4.8 440.68 29.6
Bedford Brome-Missisquoi Montérégie 2,560 2,684 −4.6 4.25 602.8
Belleterre Témiscamingue Abitibi-Témiscamingue 313 298 5.0 551.02 0.6
Beloeil La Vallée-du-Richelieu Montérégie Montréal 22,458 20,783 8.1 24.40 920.2
Berthierville D'Autray Lanaudière 4,189 4,091 2.4 6.89 607.9
Blainville Thérèse-De Blainville Laurentides Montréal 56,863 53,510 6.3 55.16 1,030.9
Boisbriand Thérèse-De Blainville Laurentides Montréal 26,884 26,816 0.3 27.82 966.5
Bois-des-Filion Thérèse-De Blainville Laurentides Montréal 9,636 9,485 1.6 4.39 2,193.3
Bonaventure Bonaventure Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine 2,706 2,775 −2.5 104.35 25.9
Boucherville Montérégie Montréal 41,671 40,753 2.3 70.50 591.1
Lac-Brome Brome-Missisquoi Montérégie 5,495 5,609 −2.0 207.29 26.5
Bromont Brome-Missisquoi Montérégie Granby 9,041 7,649 18.2 114.13 79.2
Brossard Montérégie Montréal 85,721 79,273 8.1 45.23 1,895.4
Brownsburg-Chatham Argenteuil Laurentides 7,122 7,209 −1.2 247.40 28.8
Candiac Roussillon Montérégie Montréal 21,047 19,876 5.9 17.31 1,215.8
Cap-Chat La Haute-Gaspésie Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine 2,476 2,623 −5.6 182.05 13.6
Cap-Santé Portneuf Capitale-Nationale 3,400 2,996 13.5 54.53 62.3
Carignan La Vallée-du-Richelieu Montérégie Montréal 9,462 7,966 18.8 62.27 151.9
Carleton-sur-Mer Avignon Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine 4,073 3,991 2.1 221.42 18.4
Causapscal La Matapédia Bas-Saint-Laurent 2,304 2,458 −6.3 161.60 14.3
Chambly La Vallée-du-Richelieu Montérégie Montréal 29,120 25,571 13.9 25.13 1,158.7
Chandler Le Rocher-Percé Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine 7,546 7,703 −2.0 419.34 18.0
Chapais Nord-du-Québec 1,499 1,610 −6.9 63.71 23.5
Charlemagne L'Assomption Lanaudière Montréal 5,913 5,853 1.0 2.19 2,706.2
Châteauguay Roussillon Montérégie Montréal 47,906 45,904 4.4 35.95 1,332.7
Château-Richer La Côte-de-Beaupré Capitale-Nationale Québec 4,126 3,834 7.6 229.55 18.0
Chibougamau Nord-du-Québec 7,504 7,541 −0.5 698.13 10.7
Clermont Charlevoix-Est Capitale-Nationale 3,085 3,118 −1.1 51.59 59.8
Coaticook Coaticook Estrie 8,698 9,255 −6.0 219.51 39.6
Contrecoeur Marguerite-D'Youville Montérégie Sorel-Tracy 7,887 6,252 26.2 61.51 128.2
Cookshire-Eaton Le Haut-Saint-François Estrie 5,393 5,171 4.3 296.38 18.2
Côte Saint-Luc Montréal Montréal 32,448 32,321 0.4 6.96 4,662.5
Coteau-du-Lac Vaudreuil-Soulanges Montérégie Montréal 7,044 6,842 3.0 46.89 150.2
Cowansville Brome-Missisquoi Montérégie Cowansville 13,656 12,489 9.3 46.89 291.2
Danville Les Sources Estrie 3,826 4,070 −6.0 151.98 25.2
Daveluyville Arthabaska Centre-du-Québec 965 966 −0.1 2.23 432.1
Dégelis Témiscouata Bas-Saint-Laurent 2,863 3,051 −6.2 557.05 5.1
Delson Roussillon Montérégie Montréal 7,457 7,462 −0.1 7.63 977.7
Desbiens Lac-Saint-Jean-Est Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean 1,028 1,053 −2.4 10.40 98.9
Deux-Montagnes Deux-Montagnes Laurentides Montréal 17,496 17,552 −0.3 6.09 2,873.8
Disraeli Les Appalaches Chaudière-Appalaches 2,336 2,502 −6.6 6.79 343.8
Dolbeau-Mistassini Maria-Chapdelaine Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean Dolbeau-Mistassini 14,250 14,384 −0.9 295.49 48.2
Dollard-des-Ormeaux Montréal Montréal 48,899 49,637 −1.5 14.97 3,266.1
Donnacona Portneuf Capitale-Nationale 7,200 6,283 14.6 20.13 357.6
Dorval Montréal Montréal 18,980 18,208 4.2 20.91 907.7
Drummondville Drummond Centre-du-Québec Drummondville 75,423 71,852 5.0 247.15 305.2
Dunham Brome-Missisquoi Montérégie 3,432 3,471 −1.1 194.06 17.7
Duparquet Abitibi-Ouest Abitibi-Témiscamingue 666 657 1.4 123.57 5.4
East Angus Le Haut-Saint-François Estrie 3,659 3,741 −2.2 7.89 463.5
Estérel Les Pays-d'en-Haut Laurentides 196 199 −1.5 12.57 15.6
Farnham Brome-Missisquoi Montérégie 8,909 8,330 7.0 92.26 96.6
Fermont Caniapiscau Côte-Nord 2,474 2,874 −13.9 476.89 5.2
Forestville La Haute-Côte-Nord Côte-Nord 3,081 3,270 −5.8 195.05 15.8
Fossambault-sur-le-Lac La Jacques-Cartier Capitale-Nationale Québec 1,960 1,613 21.5 11.53 170.0
Gaspé La Côte-de-Gaspé Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine 14,568 15,163 −3.9 1,121.43 13.0
Gatineau Outaouais Ottawa - Gatineau 276,245 265,349 4.1 342.80 805.8
Gracefield La Vallée-de-la-Gatineau Outaouais 2,462 2,355 4.5 386.84 6.4
Granby La Haute-Yamaska Montérégie Granby 66,222 63,433 4.4 152.79 433.4
Grande-Rivière Le Rocher-Percé Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine 3,408 3,456 −1.4 87.86 38.8
Hampstead Montréal Montréal 6,973 7,153 −2.5 1.80 3,884.2
Hudson Vaudreuil-Soulanges Montérégie Montréal 5,185 5,135 1.0 21.87 237.1
Huntingdon Le Haut-Saint-Laurent Montérégie 2,444 2,457 −0.5 2.78 879.2
Joliette Joliette Lanaudière Joliette 20,484 19,621 4.4 22.97 891.8
Kingsey Falls Arthabaska Centre-du-Québec 1,947 2,000 −2.7 69.64 28.0
Kirkland Montréal Montréal 20,151 21,253 −5.2 9.63 2,092.8
La Malbaie Charlevoix-Est Capitale-Nationale 8,271 8,862 −6.7 459.24 18.0
La Pocatière Kamouraska Bas-Saint-Laurent 4,120 4,266 −3.4 21.63 190.4
La Prairie Roussillon Montérégie Montréal 24,110 23,357 3.2 43.68 552.0
La Sarre Abitibi-Ouest Abitibi-Témiscamingue 7,282 7,719 −5.7 148.50 49.0
La Tuque[QC 1] Mauricie 11,001 11,227 −2.0 25,112.41 0.4
Lac-Delage La Jacques-Cartier Capitale-Nationale Québec 638 598 6.7 1.59 402.2
Lachute Argenteuil Laurentides Lachute 12,862 12,551 2.5 109.96 117.0
Lac-Mégantic Le Granit Estrie 5,654 5,932 −4.7 21.95 257.5
Lac-Saint-Joseph La Jacques-Cartier Capitale-Nationale Québec 260 251 3.6 33.69 7.7
Lac-Sergent Portneuf Capitale-Nationale 497 466 6.7 3.76 132.3
L'Ancienne-Lorette Capitale-Nationale Québec 16,543 16,745 −1.2 7.72 2,142.0
L'Assomption L'Assomption Lanaudière Montréal 22,429 20,065 11.8 98.99 226.6
Laval Laval Montréal 422,993 401,553 5.3 247.23 1,710.9
Lavaltrie D'Autray Lanaudière Montréal 13,657 13,267 2.9 68.39 199.7
Lebel-sur-Quévillon Nord-du-Québec 2,187 2,159 1.3 40.89 53.5
L'Épiphanie L'Assomption Lanaudière Montréal 5,493 5,353 2.6 2.30 2,387.4
Léry Roussillon Montérégie Montréal 2,318 2,307 0.5 10.53 220.1
Lévis Chaudière-Appalaches Québec 143,414 138,769 3.3 449.05 319.4
L'Île-Cadieux Vaudreuil-Soulanges Montérégie Montréal 126 105 20.0 0.59 212.3
L'Île-Dorval[QC 2] Montréal Montréal 5 5 0.0 0.19 26.1
L'Île-Perrot Vaudreuil-Soulanges Montérégie Montréal 10,756 10,503 2.4 5.55 1,938.4
Longueuil Montérégie Montréal 239,700 231,409 3.6 115.75 2,070.9
Lorraine Thérèse-De Blainville Laurentides Montréal 9,352 9,479 −1.3 5.92 1,578.4
Louiseville Maskinongé Mauricie 7,152 7,517 −4.9 63.85 112.0
Macamic Abitibi-Ouest Abitibi-Témiscamingue 2,751 2,734 0.6 202.70 13.6
Magog Memphrémagog Estrie Sherbrooke 26,669 25,692 3.8 144.47 184.6
Malartic La Vallée-de-l'Or Abitibi-Témiscamingue 3,377 3,449 −2.1 148.85 22.7
Maniwaki La Vallée-de-la-Gatineau Outaouais 3,853 3,930 −2.0 5.98 644.3
Marieville Rouville Montérégie 10,725 10,094 6.3 63.23 169.6
Mascouche Les Moulins Lanaudière Montréal 46,692 42,491 9.9 107.00 436.4
Matagami Nord-du-Québec 1,453 1,526 −4.8 75.03 19.4
Matane La Matanie Bas-Saint-Laurent Matane 14,311 14,462 −1.0 196.08 73.0
Mercier Roussillon Montérégie Montréal 13,115 11,584 13.2 46.08 284.6
Métabetchouan–Lac-à-la-Croix Lac-Saint-Jean-Est Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean 3,985 4,097 −2.7 187.23 21.3
Métis-sur-Mer La Mitis Bas-Saint-Laurent 587 607 −3.3 48.60 12.1
Mirabel Laurentides Montréal 50,513 41,957 20.4 485.07 104.1
Mont-Joli La Mitis Bas-Saint-Laurent 6,281 6,665 −5.8 24.20 259.5
Mont-Laurier Antoine-Labelle Laurentides 14,116 13,779 2.4 591.27 23.9
Montmagny Montmagny Chaudière-Appalaches 11,255 11,491 −2.1 124.51 90.4
Montreal[QC 3] Montréal Montréal 1,704,694 1,649,519 3.3 365.65 4,662.1
Montreal West Montréal Montréal 5,050 5,085 −0.7 1.37 3,689.6
Montréal-Est Montréal Montréal 3,850 3,728 3.3 12.24 314.5
Mont-Saint-Hilaire La Vallée-du-Richelieu Montérégie Montréal 18,585 18,200 2.1 44.19 420.5
Mont-Tremblant Les Laurentides Laurentides 9,646 9,494 1.6 235.06 41.0
Mount Royal Montréal Montréal 20,276 19,503 4.0 7.53 2,691.0
Murdochville La Côte-de-Gaspé Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine 651 764 −14.8 61.37 10.6
Neuville Portneuf Capitale-Nationale Québec 4,392 3,888 13.0 71.99 61.0
New Richmond Bonaventure Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine 3,706 3,810 −2.7 171.34 21.6
Nicolet Nicolet-Yamaska Centre-du-Québec 8,169 7,828 4.4 95.93 85.2
Normandin Maria-Chapdelaine Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean 3,033 3,137 −3.3 212.46 14.3
Notre-Dame-de-l'Île-Perrot Vaudreuil-Soulanges Montérégie Montréal 10,654 10,620 0.3 28.21 377.6
Notre-Dame-des-Prairies Joliette Lanaudière Joliette 9,273 8,868 4.6 18.20 509.4
Otterburn Park La Vallée-du-Richelieu Montérégie Montréal 8,421 8,450 −0.3 5.37 1,567.1
Paspébiac Bonaventure Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine 3,164 3,198 −1.1 94.47 33.5
Percé Le Rocher-Percé Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine 3,103 3,312 −6.3 431.37 7.2
Pincourt Vaudreuil-Soulanges Montérégie Montréal 14,558 14,305 1.8 7.11 2,048.1
Plessisville L'Érable Centre-du-Québec 6,551 6,688 −2.0 4.40 1,490.3
Pohénégamook Témiscouata Bas-Saint-Laurent 2,582 2,770 −6.8 340.44 7.6
Pointe-Claire Montréal Montréal 31,380 30,790 1.9 18.90 1,660.0
Pont-Rouge Portneuf Capitale-Nationale 9,240 8,723 5.9 121.20 76.2
Port-Cartier Sept-Rivières Côte-Nord 6,799 6,651 2.2 1,102.09 6.2
Portneuf Portneuf Capitale-Nationale 3,187 3,107 2.6 109.39 29.1
Prévost La Rivière-du-Nord Laurentides 13,002 12,171 6.8 34.58 376.0
Princeville L'Érable Centre-du-Québec 6,001 5,693 5.4 195.26 30.7
Québec[QC 4] Capitale-Nationale Québec 531,902 516,576 3.0 453.38 1,173.2
Repentigny L'Assomption Lanaudière Montréal 84,285 82,000 2.8 61.23 1,376.5
Richelieu Rouville Montérégie Montréal 5,236 5,467 −4.2 30.98 169.0
Richmond Le Val-Saint-François Estrie 3,232 3,275 −1.3 6.92 467.2
Rigaud Vaudreuil-Soulanges Montérégie Montréal 7,777 7,346 5.9 99.23 78.4
Rimouski Rimouski-Neigette Bas-Saint-Laurent Rimouski 48,664 46,860 3.8 339.64 143.3
Rivière-du-Loup Rivière-du-Loup Bas-Saint-Laurent Rivière-du-Loup 19,507 19,447 0.3 84.11 231.9
Rivière-Rouge Antoine-Labelle Laurentides 4,322 4,645 −7.0 455.65 9.5
Roberval Le Domaine-du-Roy Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean 10,046 10,227 −1.8 151.85 66.2
Rosemère Thérèse-De Blainville Laurentides Montréal 13,958 14,294 −2.4 10.84 1,287.6
Rouyn-Noranda Abitibi-Témiscamingue Rouyn-Noranda 42,334 41,012 3.2 6,009.89 7.0
Saguenay Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean Saguenay 145,949 144,746 0.8 1,128.56 129.3
Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures Capitale-Nationale Québec 18,820 18,141 3.7 85.87 219.2
Saint-Basile Portneuf Capitale-Nationale 2,631 2,463 6.8 98.84 26.6
Saint-Basile-le-Grand La Vallée-du-Richelieu Montérégie Montréal 17,059 16,736 1.9 35.89 475.3
Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville Montérégie Montréal 26,394 26,107 1.1 43.14 611.8
Saint-Césaire Rouville Montérégie 5,877 5,686 3.4 83.20 70.6
Saint-Charles-Borromée Joliette Lanaudière Joliette 13,791 13,321 3.5 18.52 744.8
Saint-Colomban La Rivière-du-Nord Laurentides Montréal 16,019 13,080 22.5 93.87 170.6
Saint-Constant Roussillon Montérégie Montréal 27,359 24,980 9.5 57.13 478.9
Sainte-Adèle Les Pays-d'en-Haut Laurentides 12,919 12,137 6.4 120.95 106.8
Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts Les Laurentides Laurentides 10,223 10,115 1.1 130.09 78.6
Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré La Côte-de-Beaupré Capitale-Nationale 2,880 2,854 0.9 62.35 46.2
Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue Montréal Montréal 4,958 5,073 −2.3 10.48 473.0
Sainte-Anne-des-Monts La Haute-Gaspésie Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine 6,437 6,933 −7.2 264.09 24.4
Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines Thérèse-De Blainville Laurentides Montréal 14,421 14,535 −0.8 93.59 154.1
Sainte-Catherine Roussillon Montérégie Montréal 17,047 16,762 1.7 9.42 1,809.4
Sainte-Catherine-de-la-Jacques-Cartier La Jacques-Cartier Capitale-Nationale Québec 7,706 6,319 21.9 121.06 63.7
Sainte-Julie Marguerite-D'Youville Montérégie Montréal 29,881 30,044 −0.5 48.53 615.7
Sainte-Marguerite-du-Lac-Masson Les Pays-d'en-Haut Laurentides 2,763 2,740 0.8 91.96 30.0
Sainte-Marie La Nouvelle-Beauce Chaudière-Appalaches 13,565 12,889 5.2 107.57 126.1
Sainte-Marthe-sur-le-Lac Deux-Montagnes Laurentides Montréal 18,074 15,689 15.2 8.75 2,066.7
Sainte-Thérèse Thérèse-De Blainville Laurentides Montréal 25,989 26,025 −0.1 9.48 2,741.5
Saint-Eustache Deux-Montagnes Laurentides Montréal 44,008 44,154 −0.3 70.51 624.1
Saint-Félicien Le Domaine-du-Roy Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean 10,238 10,278 −0.4 363.19 28.2
Saint-Gabriel D'Autray Lanaudière 2,640 2,844 −7.2 2.83 933.9
Saint-Georges Beauce-Sartigan Chaudière-Appalaches Saint-Georges 32,513 31,173 4.3 199.27 163.2
Saint-Hyacinthe Les Maskoutains Montérégie Saint-Hyacinthe 55,648 53,236 4.5 188.97 294.5
Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu Le Haut-Richelieu Montérégie Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu 95,114 92,394 2.9 226.63 419.7
Saint-Jérôme La Rivière-du-Nord Laurentides Montréal 74,346 68,456 8.6 90.44 822.1
Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce Robert-Cliche Chaudière-Appalaches 4,858 4,722 2.9 114.87 42.3
Saint-Joseph-de-Sorel Pierre-De Saurel Montérégie Sorel-Tracy 1,642 1,677 −2.1 1.38 1,192.7
Saint-Lambert Montérégie Montréal 21,861 21,555 1.4 7.59 2,880.6
Saint-Lazare Vaudreuil-Soulanges Montérégie Montréal 19,889 19,295 3.1 66.80 297.8
Saint-Lin-Laurentides Montcalm Lanaudière 20,786 17,463 19.0 118.36 175.6
Saint-Marc-des-Carrières Portneuf Capitale-Nationale 2,911 2,862 1.7 17.27 168.6
Saint-Ours Pierre-De Saurel Montérégie 1,669 1,721 −3.0 59.31 28.1
Saint-Pamphile L'Islet Chaudière-Appalaches 2,400 2,685 −10.6 137.77 17.4
Saint-Pascal Kamouraska Bas-Saint-Laurent 3,468 3,490 −0.6 59.69 58.1
Saint-Pie Les Maskoutains Montérégie 5,607 5,438 3.1 107.49 52.2
Saint-Raymond Portneuf Capitale-Nationale 10,221 9,615 6.3 670.33 15.2
Saint-Rémi Les Jardins-de-Napierville Montérégie 8,061 7,265 11.0 78.35 102.9
Saint-Sauveur Les Pays-d'en-Haut Laurentides 10,231 9,881 3.5 47.91 213.5
Saint-Tite Mékinac Mauricie 3,673 3,880 −5.3 91.33 40.2
Salaberry-de-Valleyfield Beauharnois-Salaberry Montérégie Salaberry-de-Valleyfield 40,745 40,077 1.7 107.13 380.3
Schefferville Caniapiscau Côte-Nord 155 213 −27.2 27.33 5.7
Scotstown Le Haut-Saint-François Estrie 472 547 −13.7 11.46 41.2
Senneterre La Vallée-de-l'Or Abitibi-Témiscamingue 2,868 2,953 −2.9 14,889.93 0.2
Sept-Îles Sept-Rivières Côte-Nord Sept-Îles 25,400 25,686 −1.1 1,762.92 14.4
Shawinigan Mauricie Shawinigan 49,349 50,060 −1.4 734.84 67.2
Sherbrooke Estrie Sherbrooke 161,323 154,601 4.3 353.76 456.0
Sorel-Tracy Pierre-De Saurel Montérégie Sorel-Tracy 34,755 34,600 0.4 57.46 604.9
Stanstead Memphrémagog Estrie 2,788 2,857 −2.4 22.00 126.7
Sutton Brome-Missisquoi Montérégie 4,012 3,906 2.7 245.95 16.3
Témiscaming Témiscamingue Abitibi-Témiscamingue 2,431 2,385 1.9 718.49 3.4
Témiscouata-sur-le-Lac Témiscouata Bas-Saint-Laurent 4,910 5,096 −3.6 218.80 22.4
Terrebonne Les Moulins Lanaudière Montréal 111,575 106,322 4.9 154.12 723.9
Thetford Mines Les Appalaches Chaudière-Appalaches Thetford Mines 25,403 25,709 −1.2 226.32 112.2
Thurso Papineau Outaouais 2,818 2,455 14.8 6.28 449.0
Trois-Pistoles Les Basques Bas-Saint-Laurent 3,246 3,456 −6.1 7.64 425.1
Trois-Rivières Mauricie Trois-Rivières 134,413 131,338 2.3 289.32 464.6
Valcourt Le Val-Saint-François Estrie 2,165 2,349 −7.8 5.42 399.1
Val-d'Or La Vallée-de-l'Or Abitibi-Témiscamingue Val-d'Or 32,491 31,862 2.0 3,550.70 9.2
Val-des-Sources Les Sources Estrie 6,786 7,096 −4.4 30.41 223.1
Varennes Marguerite-D'Youville Montérégie Montréal 21,257 20,994 1.3 94.41 225.2
Vaudreuil-Dorion Vaudreuil-Soulanges Montérégie Montréal 38,117 33,305 14.4 72.73 524.1
Victoriaville Arthabaska Centre-du-Québec Victoriaville 46,130 43,462 6.1 84.23 547.7
Ville-Marie Témiscamingue Abitibi-Témiscamingue 2,584 2,595 −0.4 5.84 442.8
Warwick Arthabaska Centre-du-Québec 4,635 4,766 −2.7 109.84 42.2
Waterloo La Haute-Yamaska Montérégie 4,410 4,330 1.8 12.24 360.2
Waterville Coaticook Estrie Sherbrooke 2,121 2,028 4.6 44.10 48.1
Westmount Montréal Montréal 20,312 19,931 1.9 4.04 5,024.9
Windsor Le Val-Saint-François Estrie 5,419 5,330 1.7 14.56 372.2
Total villes (cities/towns) 6,568,941 6,266,482 4.8 81,674.44 80.4

Notes:

  1. ^ La Tuque is Quebec's largest ville by area.
  2. ^ L'Île-Dorval is Quebec's smallest ville by both population and area.
  3. ^ Montreal is Canada's second-largest ville and Quebec's largest ville by population.
  4. ^ Quebec City is Quebec's capital.

Saskatchewan[]

In Saskatchewan, Section 39(1) of The Cities Act indicates a town must have a population of 5,000 or more[30] and meet other criteria in order to incorporate as a city, although in the early 20th century several centres such as Saskatoon and Regina were granted city status despite having a smaller population. The City of Melville retains its city status despite dropping below 5,000 people in the 1990s. Kindersley has expressed an interest in applying for city status upon reaching the 5,000 milestone.[31] Saskatchewan's newest city is Warman, which changed from town to city status on October 24, 2012.[32]

Saskatchewan has 16 cities.

Cities in Saskatchewan
Name Rural municipality[33] Incorporation
date (city) [34]
Population
(2016)[35]
Population
(2011)[36]
Population
(2006)[36]
Change
(%)[36]
Land
area
(km²)[36]
Population
density
(per km²)[36]
Estevan Estevan No. 5 March 1, 1957 11,483 11,054 10,084 9.6 18.85 586.6
Flin Flon (part)[SK 1] 203 229[SK 2] 242 −5.4 2.37[SK 3] 96.4
Humboldt Humboldt No. 370 November 7, 2000 5,869 5,678 4,998 13.6 13.46 421.9
Lloydminster (part)[SK 4] Britannia No. 502
Wilton No. 472
January 1, 1958 11,765 9,772[SK 5] 8,118 20.4 17.34[SK 6] 563.6
Martensville[SK 7] Corman Park No. 344 November 3, 2009 9,645 7,716 4,978 55.0 6.23 1,239.3
Meadow Lake Meadow Lake No. 588 November 9, 2009 5,344 5,045 4,771 5.7 7.95 634.2
Melfort Star City No. 428 September 2, 1980 5,992 5,576 5,192 7.4 14.78 377.3
Melville[SK 8] Cana No. 214 August 1, 1960 4,562 4,546[37] 4,149 9.6 14.82 306.7
Moose Jaw Moose Jaw No. 161 November 20, 1903 33,890 33,274 32,132 3.6 50.68 656.5
North Battleford North Battleford No. 437 May 1, 1913 14,315 13,888 13,190 5.3 33.55 414
Prince Albert Prince Albert No. 461 October 8, 1904 35,926 35,129 34,127 2.9 65.74 534.4
Regina[SK 9] Sherwood No. 159 June 19, 1903 215,106 193,100 179,282 7.7 145.45 1,327.6
Saskatoon[SK 10] Corman Park No. 344 May 26, 1906 246,376 222,189 202,408 9.8 209.56 1,060.3
Swift Current Swift Current No. 137 January 15, 1914 16,604 15,503 14,946 3.7 24.04 644.9
Warman[SK 11] Corman Park No. 344 October 27, 2012 11,020 7,084 4,769 48.5 8.54 829.7
Weyburn Weyburn No. 67 September 1, 1913 10,870 10,484 9,433 11.1 18.49 566.9
Yorkton Orkney No. 244 February 1, 1928 16,343 15,669 15,038 4.2 25.77 608.1
Total cities 629,233 595,707 547,615 8.8 675.25 882.2

Notes:

  1. ^ The balance of Flin Flon is located within Manitoba.
  2. ^ This population does not include 5,363 in the Manitoba portion of Flin Flon. The city's total population in 2011 was 5,592.
  3. ^ This area does not include 13.88 km2 (5.36 sq mi) in the Manitoba portion of Flin Flon. The city's total area in 2011 was 16.25 km2 (6.27 sq mi).
  4. ^ The balance of Lloydminster is located within Alberta.
  5. ^ This population does not include 18,032 in the Alberta portion of Lloydminster. The city's total population in 2011 was 27,804.
  6. ^ This area does not include 24.19 km2 (9.34 sq mi) in the Alberta portion of Lloydminster. The city's total area in 2011 was 41.53 km2 (16.03 sq mi).
  7. ^ Martensville is Saskatchewan's smallest city by area.
  8. ^ Melville is Saskatchewan's smallest city by population.
  9. ^ Regina is Saskatchewan's capital and was its first city, incorporated June 19, 1903. The Regina census metropolitan area (CMA) is formed around the City of Regina.
  10. ^ Saskatoon is Saskatchewan's largest city by both population and area. The Saskatoon CMA includes the cities of Martensville and Saskatoon.
  11. ^ Warman is Saskatchewan's newest city, incorporated October 27, 2012.

Yukon[]

As in the other two Canadian territories, the only incorporated city in the Yukon is its capital, Whitehorse. Dawson was also previously incorporated as a city, but when the criteria were changed in the 1980s, its status was reduced to that of a town due to population. Through special provision, however, it is officially the town of the city of Dawson.[citation needed]

Name Population
(2016)[38]
Population
(2011)[39]
Change
(%)[39]
Area
(km²)[39]
Population
density[39]
Whitehorse 25,085 23,276 7.8 416.54 60.2

See also[]

Notes[]

  1. ^ The Barrie census metropolitan area (CMA) is formed around the City of Barrie.
  2. ^ Brampton is Canada's ninth-largest city.
  3. ^ The Brantford CMA includes the City of Brantford as well as the County of Brant, which is a single-tier city.
  4. ^ The City of Cambridge, as well as the cities of Kitchener and Waterloo, form parts of the Kitchener–Cambridge–Waterloo CMA.
  5. ^ Dryden is Ontario's smallest city by population.
  6. ^ Greater Sudbury is Ontario's largest city by area. The Greater Sudbury CMA is formed around the City of Greater Sudbury.
  7. ^ The Guelph CMA is formed around the City of Guelph.
  8. ^ Hamilton is Canada's tenth-largest city. The Hamilton CMA includes the cities of Burlington and Hamilton.
  9. ^ The Kingston CMA is formed around the City of Kingston.
  10. ^ The City of Kitchener, as well as the cities of Cambridge and Waterloo, form parts of the Kitchener–Cambridge–Waterloo CMA.
  11. ^ The London CMA includes the cities of London and St. Thomas.
  12. ^ Markham is Ontario's second-newest city, adopting the name on July 1, 2012.
  13. ^ Mississauga is Canada's sixth-largest city.
  14. ^ The City of Niagara Falls, as well as the cities of Port Colborne, St. Catharines, Thorold and Welland, form parts of the St. Catharines–Niagara CMA.
  15. ^ The Oshawa CMA is formed around the City of Oshawa.
  16. ^ Ottawa is Canada's capital and fourth-largest city. The Ontario portion of the Ottawa–Gatineau CMA includes the cities of Clarence-Rockland and Ottawa.
  17. ^ Pembroke is Ontario's smallest city by area.
  18. ^ The Peterborough CMA is formed around the City of Peterborough.
  19. ^ Richmond Hill is Ontario's newest city, adopting the name on March 26, 2019.
  20. ^ The City of St. Catharines, as well as the cities of Niagara Falls, Port Colborne, Thorold and Welland, form parts of the St. Catharines–Niagara CMA.
  21. ^ The Thunder Bay CMA is formed around the City of Thunder Bay.
  22. ^ Toronto is Ontario's capital and Canada's and Ontario's largest city by population. The Toronto CMA includes the cities of Brampton, Markham, Mississauga, Pickering, Richmond Hill, Toronto and Vaughan.
  23. ^ The City of Waterloo, as well as the cities of Cambridge and Kitchener, form parts of the Kitchener–Cambridge–Waterloo CMA.
  24. ^ The Windsor CMA is formed around the City of Windsor.

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