There are 3 cities in Canada with a population of more than 1 million people, 54 cities with a population of more than 100,000, and 100 cities with a population of more than 50,000 people.
What is the largest City in Canada?
Toronto is the largest city in Canada by population and the largest city in the province of Ontario.
As of 2016, the latest census data available, the population of Toronto is 2,731,579. Since the last census, in 2011, the number of people living in Toronto has grown by 6.2%, comfortably above the national population increase of 5.0% over the same time period.
Top 10 largest cities in Canada
The table below lists the ten largest cities in Canada.
After Toronto (see section above for details) the next largest Canadian cities are Montreal (1,704,694), Calgary (1,239,220), Ottawa (934,243) and Edmonton (932,546).
| City | Province | Population |
|---|---|---|
| Toronto | Ontario | 2,731,571 |
| Montreal | Quebec | 1,704,694 |
| Calgary | Alberta | 1,239,220 |
| Ottawa | Ontario | 934,243 |
| Edmonton | Alberta | 932,546 |
| Mississauga | Ontario | 721,599 |
| Winnipeg | Manitoba | 705,224 |
| Vancouver | British Columbia | 631,486 |
| Brampton | Ontario | 593,638 |
| Hamilton | Ontario | 536,917 |
What is the smallest city in Canada?
The smallest city in Canada is Greenwood, in British Columbia.
The population of Greenwood is 702 (data from 2021 census).
At its height of its mining boom in 1901, Greenwood was home to 1,359 people, but this fell to just 171 in 1931, once the good times were over.
The number of people living in Greenwood today varies quite a bit from census to census, and has been bouncing between around around 600 and 900 since the 1950s.
100 largest cities in Canada
The table below lists the 100 largest cities in Canada, sorted by population.
| City | Province | Population |
|---|---|---|
| Toronto | Ontario | 2,731,571 |
| Montreal | Quebec | 1,704,694 |
| Calgary | Alberta | 1,239,220 |
| Ottawa | Ontario | 934,243 |
| Edmonton | Alberta | 932,546 |
| Mississauga | Ontario | 721,599 |
| Winnipeg | Manitoba | 705,224 |
| Vancouver | British Columbia | 631,486 |
| Brampton | Ontario | 593,638 |
| Hamilton | Ontario | 536,917 |
| Quebec City | Quebec | 531,902 |
| Surrey | British Columbia | 517,887 |
| Laval | Quebec | 422,993 |
| Halifax | Nova Scotia | 403,131 |
| London | Ontario | 383,822 |
| Markham | Ontario | 328,966 |
| Vaughan | Ontario | 306,233 |
| Gatineau | Quebec | 276,245 |
| Saskatoon | Saskatchewan | 246,376 |
| Longueuil | Quebec | 239,700 |
| Kitchener | Ontario | 233,222 |
| Burnaby | British Columbia | 232,755 |
| Windsor | Ontario | 217,188 |
| Regina | Saskatchewan | 215,106 |
| Richmond | British Columbia | 198,309 |
| Richmond Hill | Ontario | 195,022 |
| Oakville | Ontario | 193,832 |
| Burlington | Ontario | 183,314 |
| Greater Sudbury | Ontario | 161,531 |
| Sherbrooke | Quebec | 161,323 |
| Oshawa | Ontario | 159,458 |
| Saguenay | Quebec | 145,949 |
| Lévis | Quebec | 143,414 |
| Barrie | Ontario | 141,434 |
| Abbotsford | British Columbia | 141,397 |
| Coquitlam | British Columbia | 139,284 |
| Trois-Rivières | Quebec | 134,413 |
| St. Catharines | Ontario | 133,113 |
| Guelph | Ontario | 131,794 |
| Cambridge | Ontario | 129,920 |
| Whitby | Ontario | 128,377 |
| Kelowna | British Columbia | 127,380 |
| Kingston | Ontario | 123,798 |
| Ajax | Ontario | 119,677 |
| Langley | British Columbia | 117,285 |
| Saanich | British Columbia | 114,148 |
| Terrebonne | Quebec | 111,575 |
| Milton | Ontario | 110,128 |
| St. John's | Newfoundland and Labrador | 108,860 |
| Thunder Bay | Ontario | 107,909 |
| Waterloo | Ontario | 104,986 |
| Delta | British Columbia | 102,238 |
| Chatham-Kent | Ontario | 101,647 |
| Red Deer | Alberta | 100,418 |
| Strathcona County | Alberta | 98,044 |
| Brantford | Ontario | 97,496 |
| Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu | Quebec | 95,114 |
| Cape Breton | Nova Scotia | 94,285 |
| Lethbridge | Alberta | 92,729 |
| Clarington | Ontario | 92,013 |
| Pickering | Ontario | 91,771 |
| Nanaimo | British Columbia | 90,504 |
| Kamloops | British Columbia | 90,280 |
| Niagara Falls | Ontario | 88,071 |
| North Vancouver | British Columbia | 85,935 |
| Victoria | British Columbia | 85,792 |
| Brossard | Quebec | 85,721 |
| Repentigny | Quebec | 84,285 |
| Newmarket | Ontario | 84,224 |
| Chilliwack | British Columbia | 83,788 |
| Maple Ridge | British Columbia | 82,256 |
| Peterborough | Ontario | 81,032 |
| Kawartha Lakes | Ontario | 75,423 |
| Drummondville | Quebec | 75,423 |
| Saint-Jérôme | Quebec | 74,346 |
| Prince George | British Columbia | 74,003 |
| Sault Ste. Marie | Ontario | 73,368 |
| Moncton | New Brunswick | 71,889 |
| Sarnia | Ontario | 71,594 |
| Wood Buffalo | Alberta | 71,589 |
| New Westminster | British Columbia | 70,996 |
| Saint John | New Brunswick | 67,575 |
| Caledon | Ontario | 66,502 |
| Granby | Quebec | 66,222 |
| St. Albert | Alberta | 65,589 |
| Norfolk County | Ontario | 64,044 |
| Medicine Hat | Alberta | 63,260 |
| Grande Prairie | Alberta | 63,166 |
| Airdrie | Alberta | 61,581 |
| Halton Hills | Ontario | 61,161 |
| Port Coquitlam | British Columbia | 58,612 |
| Fredericton | New Brunswick | 58,220 |
| Blainville | Quebec | 56,863 |
| Saint-Hyacinthe | Quebec | 55,648 |
| Aurora | Ontario | 55,445 |
| North Vancouver | British Columbia | 52,898 |
| Welland | Ontario | 52,293 |
| North Bay | Ontario | 51,553 |
| Belleville | Ontario | 50,716 |
| Mirabel | Quebec | 50,513 |
All data in this article is from the 2016 census, and will be updated in 2022 to reflect data from the 2021 census. Source: Statistics Canada.