User:Hwy43/List of the 100 largest municipalities in Canada by population in 1991

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In Statistics Canada's 1991 Census of Population, Canada had a population of 27,296,859, a change of 7.9% from its 1986 population of 25,309,331. With a land area of 9,203,210.48 km2 (3,553,379.43 sq mi), it had a population density of 3.0/km2 (7.7/sq mi) in 1991.[1]

Of the numerous municipalities that existed at the time of the 1991 census, Montreal had the largest population of all municipalities in Canada at 1,017,666, a change of 0.2% from its 1986 population of 1,015,420. Newmarket, ranked as the 100th-largest, had a population of 45,474, a change of 30.2% from its 1986 population of 34,923.

Of the 100 largest municipalities in Canada in 1991, 44 were located within Ontario while 23 were located in Quebec and 17 were located within British Columbia. The remaining 16 were located within Alberta (5), Nova Scotia (4), New Brunswick (3), Saskatchewan (2), Manitoba (1) and Newfoundland and Labrador (1). In terms of municipal status, 55 were cities, 23 were villes, 10 were district municipalities, 8 were towns and 2 were county municipalities. The remaining 2 included a borough and a county.

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Canada's 100 largest municipalities, 1991 census
Rank
(1991) 		Name[2] Province[2] Municipality
type[2] 		Population
(1991)[2] 		Population
(1986)[2] 		Change
(%)[2] 		Land
area
(km²)[2] 		Population
density
(per km²)
1 Montreal Quebec Ville 1,017,666 1,015,420 +0.2% 177.24 5,741.7/km2
2 Calgary Alberta City 710,677 636,843 +11.6% 696.87 1,019.8/km2
3 Toronto Ontario City 635,395 612,289 +3.8% 97.15 6,540.3/km2
4 Winnipeg Manitoba City 616,790 594,551 +3.7% 571.6 1,079.1/km2
5 Edmonton Alberta City 616,741 573,982 +7.4% 670.08 920.4/km2
6 North York Ontario City 562,564 556,297 +1.1% 176.87 3,180.7/km2
7 Scarborough Ontario City 524,598 484,676 +8.2% 187.7 2,794.9/km2
8 Vancouver British Columbia City 471,844 431,147 +9.4% 113.09 4,172.3/km2
9 Mississauga Ontario City 463,388 374,005 +23.9% 273.86 1,692.1/km2
10 Hamilton Ontario City 318,499 306,734 +3.8% 122.99 2,589.6/km2
11 Laval Quebec Ville 314,398 284,164 +10.6% 245.4 1,281.2/km2
12 Ottawa Ontario City 313,987 300,763 +4.4% 110.15 2,850.5/km2
13 Etobicoke Ontario City 309,993 302,973 +2.3% 123.93 2,501.4/km2
14 London Ontario City 303,165 269,202 +12.6% 166.34 1,822.6/km2
15 Surrey British Columbia District municipality 245,173 181,447 +35.1% 301.76 812.5/km2
16 Brampton Ontario City 234,445 188,498 +24.4% 265.04 884.6/km2
17 Windsor Ontario City 191,435 193,122 −0.9% 120.29 1,591.4/km2
18 Saskatoon Saskatchewan City 186,058 177,659 +4.7% 135.36 1,374.5/km2
19 Regina Saskatchewan City 179,178 175,064 +2.3% 111.39 1,608.6/km2
20 Kitchener Ontario City 168,282 150,604 +11.7% 135.15 1,245.1/km2
21 Quebec City Quebec Ville 167,517 164,580 +1.8% 88.86 1,885.2/km2
22 Burnaby British Columbia District municipality 158,858 145,161 +9.4% 88.45 1,796.0/km2
23 Markham Ontario Town 153,811 114,597 +34.2% 211.53 727.1/km2
24 York Ontario City 140,525 135,401 +3.8% 23.18 6,062.3/km2
25 Halifax County Municipality of the County of Halifax Nova Scotia County municipality 136,882[a] 119,562[b] +14.5% 5,303.7[c] 25.8/km2
26 Longueuil Quebec Ville 129,874 125,441 +3.5% 42.68 3,043.0/km2
27 Burlington Ontario City 129,575 116,675 +11.1% 177.4 730.4/km2
28 Oshawa Ontario City 129,344 123,651 +4.6% 143.41 901.9/km2
29 St. Catharines Ontario City 129,300 123,455 +4.7% 94.43 1,369.3/km2
30 Richmond British Columbia City 126,624 108,492 +16.7% 124.2 1,019.5/km2
31 Oakville Ontario Town 114,670 87,107 +31.6% 138.18 829.9/km2
32 Halifax Nova Scotia City 114,455 113,577 +0.8% 79.22 1,444.8/km2
33 Thunder Bay Ontario City 113,946 112,272 +1.5% 322.87 352.9/km2
34 Vaughan Ontario City 111,359 65,058 +71.2% 275.34 404.4/km2
35 Nepean Ontario City 107,627 95,490 +12.7% 217.02 495.9/km2
36 East York Ontario Borough 102,696 101,085 +1.6% 21.26 4,830.5/km2
37 Gloucester Ontario City 101,677 89,810 +13.2% 293.86 346.0/km2
38 St. John's Newfoundland and Labrador City 95,770 96,216 −0.5% 101.62 942.4/km2
39 Saanich British Columbia District municipality 95,577 82,940 +15.2% 98.63 969.0/km2
40 Sudbury Ontario City 92,884 88,717 +4.7% 262.73 353.5/km2
41 Cambridge Ontario City 92,772 79,920 +16.1% 115.64 802.2/km2
42 Gatineau Quebec Ville 92,284 77,708 +18.8% 140.62 656.3/km2
43 Delta British Columbia District municipality 88,978 79,610 +11.8% 168.5 528.1/km2
44 Guelph Ontario City 87,976 78,235 +12.5% 68.72 1,280.2/km2
45 Montreal-Nord Quebec Ville 85,516 90,303 −5.3% 11.03 7,753.0/km2
46 Coquitlam British Columbia District municipality 84,021 69,291 +21.3% 123.36 681.1/km2
47 Brantford Ontario City 81,997 76,146 +7.7% 71.23 1,151.2/km2
48 Sault Ste. Marie Ontario City 81,476 80,905 +0.7% 221.52 367.8/km2
49 Richmond Hill Ontario Town 80,142 46,766 +71.4% 99.42 806.1/km2
50 Sherbrooke Quebec Ville 76,429 74,478 +2.6% 56.96 1,341.8/km2
51 Kelowna British Columbia City 75,950 61,213 +24.1% 212.56 357.3/km2
52 Niagara Falls Ontario City 75,399 72,107 +4.6% 212.02 355.6/km2
53 North Vancouver British Columbia District municipality 75,157 68,241 +10.1% 161.61 465.1/km2
54 Saint John New Brunswick City 74,969 76,381 −1.8% 322.88 232.2/km2
55 Sarnia-Clearwater Ontario City 74,376 72,656 +2.4% 163.49 454.9/km2
56 Saint-Hubert Quebec Ville 74,027 66,218 +11.8% 63.22 1,170.9/km2
57 LaSalle Quebec Ville 73,804 75,621 −2.4% 16.42 4,494.8/km2
58 Saint-Leonard Quebec Ville 73,120 75,947 −3.7% 12.93 5,655.1/km2
59 Saint-Laurent Quebec Ville 72,402 67,002 +8.1% 46.29 1,564.1/km2
60 Victoria British Columbia City 71,228 66,303 +7.4% 18.78 3,792.8/km2
61 Waterloo Ontario City 71,181 58,718 +21.2% 64.43 1,104.8/km2
62 Sainte-Foy Quebec Ville 71,133 69,615 +2.2% 83.86 848.2/km2
63 Charlesbourg Quebec Ville 70,788 68,996 +2.6% 67.36 1,050.9/km2
64 Prince George British Columbia City 69,653 67,621 +3.0% 315.72 220.6/km2
65 Beauport Quebec Ville 69,158 62,869 +10.0% 71.33 969.5/km2
66 Pickering Ontario Town 68,631 48,959 +40.2% 226.52 303.0/km2
67 Peterborough Ontario City 68,371 61,049 +12.0% 53.41 1,280.1/km2
68 Matsqui British Columbia District municipality 68,064 51,449 +32.3% 212.53 320.3/km2
69 Dartmouth Nova Scotia City 67,798 65,243 +3.9% 58.57 1,157.6/km2
70 Kamloops British Columbia City 67,057 61,773 +8.6% 296.06 226.5/km2
71 Langley British Columbia District municipality 66,040 53,434 +23.6% 303.05 217.9/km2
72 Brossard Quebec Ville 64,793 57,441 +12.8% 44.98 1,440.5/km2
73 Barrie Ontario City 62,728 48,357 +29.7% 76.79 816.9/km2
74 Chicoutimi Quebec Ville 62,670 61,083 +2.6% 156.66 400.0/km2
75 Verdun Quebec Ville 61,307 60,246 +1.8% 8.16 7,513.1/km2
76 Whitby Ontario Town 61,281 45,819 +33.7% 142.99 428.6/km2
77 Lethbridge Alberta City 60,974 58,841 +3.6% 119.9 508.5/km2
78 Hull Quebec Ville 60,707 58,722 +3.4% 37.07 1,637.6/km2
79 Nanaimo British Columbia City 60,129 49,029 +22.6% 88.19 681.8/km2
80 Red Deer Alberta City 58,134 54,425 +6.8% 51.74 1,123.6/km2
81 Jonquière Quebec Ville 57,933 58,467 −0.9% 209.63 276.4/km2
82 Ajax Ontario Town 57,350 36,550 +56.9% 67.7 847.1/km2
83 Moncton New Brunswick City 57,010 55,536 +2.7% 142.37 400.4/km2
84 Kingston Ontario City 56,597 55,050 +2.8% 29.64 1,909.5/km2
85 Strathcona County Alberta County 56,573 49,802 +13.6% 1,183.67 47.8/km2
86 North Bay Ontario City 55,405 50,623 +9.4% 312.88 177.1/km2
87 Stoney Creek Ontario City 49,968 43,548 +14.7% 98.6 506.8/km2
88 Repentigny Quebec Ville 49,630 40,778 +21.7% 24.42 2,032.4/km2
89 Chilliwack British Columbia District municipality 49,531 41,337 +19.8% 261.43 189.5/km2
90 Newcastle Ontario Town 49,479 34,073 +45.2% 607.79 81.4/km2
91 Trois-Rivières Quebec Ville 49,426 50,122 −1.4% 77.81 635.2/km2
92 Pierrefonds Quebec Ville 48,735 39,605 +23.1% 24.39 1,998.2/km2
93 Maple Ridge British Columbia District municipality 48,422 36,023 +34.4% 259.78 186.4/km2
94 Welland Ontario City 47,914 45,054 +6.3% 81.23 589.9/km2
95 Timmins Ontario City 47,461 46,657 +1.7% 3,004.39 15.8/km2
96 Cornwall Ontario City 47,137 46,425 +1.5% 63.49 742.4/km2
97 Dollard-des-Ormeaux Quebec Ville 46,922 43,089 +8.9% 15.05 3,117.7/km2
98 Fredericton New Brunswick City 46,466 44,352 +4.8% 129.58 358.6/km2
99 cape Breton County Municipality of the County of Cape Breton Nova Scotia County municipality 45,555[d] 45,258[e] +0.7% 2,384.16[f] 19.1/km2
100 Newmarket Ontario Town 45,474 34,923 +30.2% 35.91 1,266.3/km2

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Notes[edit]

  1. ^ The total population of the Municipality of the County of Halifax in 1991 was derived by summing the populations of its seven subdivisions – 10,814 (subdivision A), 14,611 (subdivision B), 45,667 (subdivision C), 37,289 (subdivision D), 18,211 (subdivision E), 6,130 (subdivision F) and 4,160 (subdivision G).[2]
  2. ^ The total population of the Municipality of the County of Halifax in 1986 was derived by summing the populations of its seven subdivisions – 9,028 (subdivision A), 13,220 (subdivision B), 38,503 (subdivision C), 32,254 (subdivision D), 16,080 (subdivision E), 6,101 (subdivision F) and 4,376 (subdivision G).[2]
  3. ^ The total land area of the Municipality of the County of Halifax in 1991 was derived by summing the land areas of its seven subdivisions – 406.66 (subdivision A), 406.72 (subdivision B), 367.4 (subdivision C), 164.55 (subdivision D), 975.92 (subdivision E), 1,253.06 (subdivision F) and 1,729.39 (subdivision G).[2]
  4. ^ The total population of the Municipality of the County of Cape Breton in 1991 was derived by summing the populations of its three subdivisions – 17,433 (subdivision A), 25,385 (subdivision B) and 2,737 (subdivision C).[2]
  5. ^ The total population of the Municipality of the County of Cape Breton in 1986 was derived by summing the populations of its three subdivisions – 17,832 (subdivision A), 24,626 (subdivision B) and 2,800 (subdivision C)[2]
  6. ^ The total land area of the Municipality of the County of Cape Breton in 1991 was derived by summing the land areas of its three subdivisions – 683.94 (subdivision A), 1,116.98 (subdivision B) and 583.24 (subdivision C).[2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "1991 Census Area Profiles: Profile of Census Divisions and Subdivisions - Part A (Canada)". Statistics Canada. August 16, 2016. Retrieved February 24, 2017.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m "1991 Census Area Profiles: Profile of Census Divisions and Subdivisions – Part A — Geographic Index". Statistics Canada. August 16, 2016. Retrieved March 4, 2017.
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