List of the 100 largest metropolitan areas in Canada
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The table below lists the 100 largest metropolitan areas in Canada by population, using data from the Canada 2001 Census.[link] Each metropolitan area is identified by the official name of the Census Metropolitan Area (CMA) or Census Agglomeration (CA) as defined by Statistics Canada. Typically, that is the name of the largest city in the area. Any other municipality that comprises at least 10 per cent of the CMA or CA population is listed in parentheses. All listings are CAs, unless noted otherwise.
See also: List of the 100 largest cities in Canada by population
| Rank in 2001 | Census Metropolitan Area or Census Agglomeration | Population in 2001 | Population Estimate in 2005 |
| 1 | Toronto CMA (Mississauga), Ontario | 4,682,897 | 5,304,600 |
| 2 | Montréal CMA (Laval), Québec | 3,426,350 | 3,635,842 |
| 3 | Vancouver CMA (Surrey), British Columbia | 1,986,965 | 2,208,300 |
| 4 | Ottawa–Gatineau CMA, Ontario–Québec | 1,063,664 | 1,148,800 |
| 5 | Calgary CMA, Alberta | 951,395 | 1,060,300 |
| 6 | Edmonton CMA, Alberta | 937,845 | 1,016,000 |
| 7 | Québec CMA (Lévis), Québec | 682,757 | 717,600 |
| 8 | Winnipeg CMA, Manitoba | 671,274 | 706,900 |
| 9 | Hamilton CMA (Burlington), Ontario | 662,401 | 714,900 |
| 10 | London CMA, Ontario | 432,451 | 445,000 |
| 11 | Kitchener CMA (Cambridge,Waterloo), Ontario | 414,284 | 435,000 |
| 12 | St. Catharines–Niagara CMA (Niagara Falls, Welland), Ontario | 377,009 | 385,000 |
| 13 | Halifax CMA, Nova Scotia | 359,183 | 375,000 |
| 14 | Victoria CMA (Saanich), British Columbia | 311,902 | 334,700 |
| 15 | Windsor CMA, Ontario | 307,877 | 332,300 |
| 16 | Oshawa CMA (Whitby–Clarington), Ontario | 296,298 | 317,000 |
| 17 | Saskatoon CMA, Saskatchewan | 225,927 | 235,800 |
| 18 | Regina CMA, Saskatchewan | 192,800 | 199,000 |
| 19 | St. John's CMA (Mount Pearl, Conception Bay South), Newfoundland and Labrador | 172,918 | 182,400 |
| 20 | Greater Sudbury CMA, Ontario | 155,601 | 153,000 |
| 21 | Chicoutimi–Jonquière CMA (now Saguenay), Québec | 154,938 | 148,000 |
| 22 | Sherbrooke CMA, Québec | 153,811 | 158,000 |
| 23 | Barrie (Innisfil, Springwater), Ontario | 148,480 | 165,000 |
| 24 | Kelowna (Central Okanagan H), British Columbia | 147,739 | 153,000 |
| 25 | Abbotsford CMA (Mission), British Columbia | 147,370 | 155,000 |
| 26 | Kingston CMA (South Frontenac), Ontario | 146,838 | 152,000 |
| 27 | Trois-Rivières CMA, Québec | 137,507 | 130,000 |
| 28 | Saint John CMA (Rothesay, Quispamsis), New Brunswick | 122,678 | 118,000 |
| 29 | Thunder Bay CMA, Ontario | 121,986 | 119,000 |
| 30 | Moncton (Riverview, Dieppe), New Brunswick | 117,727 | 120,000 |
| 31 | Guelph, Ontario | 117,344 | 123,000 |
| 32 | Cape Breton Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia | 109,330 | 100,000 |
| 33 | Chatham-Kent, Ontario | 107,709 | 106,000 |
| 34 | Peterborough (Smith-Ennismore-Lakefield), Ontario | 102,423 | 112,000 |
| 35 | Sarnia (St. Clair), Ontario | 88,331 | 86,000 |
| 36 | Belleville (Quinte West), Ontario | 87,395 | 89,000 |
| 37 | Kamloops, British Columbia | 86,491 | 90,000 |
| 38 | Brantford, Ontario | 86,417 | 89,000 |
| 39 | Nanaimo, British Columbia | 85,664 | 90,000 |
| 40 | Prince George, British Columbia | 85,035 | 83,000 |
| 41 | Fredericton, New Brunswick | 81,346 | 84,000 |
| 42 | Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Québec | 79,600 | 80,000 |
| 43 | Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario | 78,908 | 75,000 |
| 44 | Chilliwack, British Columbia | 69,776 | 74,000 |
| 45 | Kawartha Lakes, Ontario | 69,179 | 70,000 |
| 46 | Drummondville (Saint-Nicéphore), Québec | 68,451 | 70,000 |
| 47 | Red Deer, Alberta | 67,707 | 80,000 |
| 48 | Lethbridge, Alberta | 67,374 | 77,202 |
| 49 | North Bay, Ontario | 63,681 | 64,000 |
| 50 | Medicine Hat, Alberta | 61,735 | 70,000 |
| 51 | Norfolk, Ontario | 60,847 | 61,000 |
| 52 | Granby (Granby Township), Québec | 60,264 | 61,000 |
| 53 | Charlottetown (Stratford), Prince Edward Island | 58,358 | 59,000 |
| 54 | Cornwall (South Stormont), Ontario | 57,581 | 58,000 |
| 55 | Shawinigan, Québec | 57,304 | 56,000 |
| 56 | Vernon (Coldstream), British Columbia | 51,530 | 52,000 |
| 57 | Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec | 49,536 | 49,000 |
| 58 | Rimouski, Québec | 47,688 | 47,000 |
| 59 | Courtenay (Comox, Comox-Strathcona B, Comox-Strathcona A), British Columbia | 47,051 | 48,000 |
| 60 | Leamington (Kingsville), Ontario | 46,757 | 48,000 |
| 61 | Brockville (Elizabethtown-Kitley, Augusta), Ontario | 44,741 | 44,000 |
| 62 | Truro (Colchester, Subd. B; Colchester, Subd. C), Nova Scotia | 44,276 | 45,000 |
| 63 | Timmins, Ontario | 43,686 | 41,000 |
| 64 | Wood Buffalo, Alberta | 42,602 | 51,000 |
| 65 | Penticton (Okanagan-Similkameen D), British Columbia | 41,574 | 43,000 |
| 66 | Prince Albert, Saskatchewan | 41,460 | 41,000 |
| 67 | Victoriaville, Quebec | 41,233 | 41,000 |
| 68 | Brandon, Manitoba | 41,037 | 42,000 |
| 69 | Sorel-Tracy, Quebec | 40,956 | 40,000 |
| 70 | Orillia (Severn), Ontario | 40,256 | 43,000 |
| 71 | Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, Quebec | 39,028 | 40,000 |
| 72 | Duncan (North Cowichan), British Columbia | 38,813 | 40,000 |
| 73 | Grande Prairie, Alberta | 36,983 | 43,000 |
| 74 | New Glasgow (Pictou, Subd. C; Pictou,Subd. B; Stellarton; Westville), Nova Scotia | 36,735 | 36,000 |
| 75 | Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec | 36,308 | 34,000 |
| 76 | Joliette (Saint-Charles-Borromee, Notre-Dame-des-Prairies), Quebec | 35,821 | 35,000 |
| 77 | Campbell River (Comox-Strathcona D), British Columbia | 33,872 | 34,000 |
| 78 | Midland (Tay, Penetanguishene), Ontario | 33,692 | 35,000 |
| 79 | Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan | 33,519 | 33,000 |
| 80 | Woodstock CA, Ontario | 33,061 | 35,000 |
| 81 | Val-d'Or, Quebec | 32,423 | 31,000 |
| 82 | Owen Sound (Georgian Bluffs), Ontario | 31,538 | 32,000 |
| 83 | Alma, Quebec | 30,126 | 30,000 |
| 84 | Stratford, Ontario | 29,676 | 30,000 |
| 85 | Baie-Comeau, Quebec | 28,940 | 28,000 |
| 86 | Saint-Georges, Quebec | 28,127 | 29,000 |
| 87 | Cold Lake (Bonnyville No. 87, Bonnyville), Alberta | 27,935 | 31,000 |
| 88 | Sept-Îles, Quebec | 26,952 | 26,000 |
| 89 | Thetford Mines, Quebec | 26,323 | 25,000 |
| 90 | Corner Brook, Newfoundland and Labrador | 25,747 | 24,000 |
| 91 | Port Alberni (Alberni-Clayoquot E), British Columbia | 25,396 | 25,000 |
| 92 | Kentville (Kings, Subd. B; Kings, Subd. C), Nova Scotia | 25,172 | 26,000 |
| 93 | Williams Lake (Cariboo F–Cariboo E, Cariboo D), British Columbia | 25,122 | 26,000 |
| 94 | Quesnel (Cariboo A, Cariboo B), British Columbia | 24,426 | 25,000 |
| 95 | Parksville (Nanaimo G, Qualicum Beach), British Columbia | 24,285 | 25,000 |
| 96 | Cranbrook (East Kootenay C), British Columbia | 24,275 | 25,000 |
| 97 | Bathurst (Bathurst Parish, Beresford), New Brunswick | 23,935 | 23,000 |
| 98 | Pembroke (Laurentian Valley), Ontario–Quebec | 23,608 | 24,000 |
| 99 | Magog, Quebec | 22,535 | 23,000 |
| 100 | Rivière-du-Loup (Saint-Antonin), Quebec | 22,339 | 22,000 |
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