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Canada had 1,137 municipalities that held city , town or ville [ a] status as of 2011.[ 1] This list presents the 100 largest of these municipalities by land area in square kilometres at the time of the 2011 census .[ 2]
The geographically massive cities in Quebec – three of them larger than the entire province of Prince Edward Island – were created in the 1990s, when the provincial government added some vast unorganized areas (territoires non organisés ) into self-governing municipalities, centred on a single dominant urban centre and surrounded by extensive tracts of forest and sparsely populated expanses.
The geographically massive cities in Ontario were created in the 1990s, when the provincial government converted some counties and regional municipalities into self-governing rural single-tier municipalities , centred on a single dominant urban centre and what were formerly its suburbs and relatively nearby satellite towns and villages, including large tracts of rural land.
List
Rank
Municipality
Province
Status
Area (km2 )
1
La Tuque
Quebec
Ville
28,099.0
2
Senneterre
Quebec
Ville
16,324.0
3
Rouyn-Noranda
Quebec
Ville
6,441.0
4
Val-d'Or
Quebec
Ville
3,955.0
5
Greater Sudbury
Ontario
City
3,201.0
6
Kawartha Lakes
Ontario
City
3,059.0
7
Timmins
Ontario
City
2,962.0
8
Ottawa
Ontario
City
2,778.0
9
Chatham-Kent
Ontario
City
2,457.90
10
Gillam
Manitoba
Town
1,996.34
11
Sept-Îles
Quebec
Ville
1,764.13
12
Norfolk County
Ontario
City
1,607.6
13
Leaf Rapids
Manitoba
Town
1,272.87
14
Haldimand County
Ontario
City
1,251.57
15
Snow Lake
Manitoba
Town
1,211.89
16
Saguenay
Quebec
Ville
1,126.48
17
Gaspé
Quebec
Ville
1,121.07
18
Hamilton
Ontario
City
1,117.23
19
Port-Cartier
Quebec
Ville
1,101.31
20
Prince Edward County
Ontario
City
1,050.45
21
Lynn Lake
Manitoba
Town
910.23
22
Brant
Ontario
City
843.29
23
Calgary
Alberta
City
825.29
24
Shawinigan
Quebec
Ville
733.48
25
Témiscaming
Quebec
Ville
718.18
26
Elliot Lake
Ontario
City
714.56
27
Huntsville
Ontario
Town
710.64
28
Chibougamau
Quebec
Ville
699.31
29
Caledon
Ontario
Town
688.15
30
Edmonton
Alberta
City
684.37
31
Saint-Raymond
Quebec
Ville
670.75
32
Laurentian Hills
Ontario
Town
640.48
33
Toronto
Ontario
City
630.21
34
Bracebridge
Ontario
Town
625.66
35
Iroquois Falls
Ontario
Town
599.92
36
Mont-Laurier
Quebec
Ville
590.76
37
Dégelis
Quebec
Ville
556.64
38
Belleterre
Quebec
Ville
551.29
39
Moosonee
Ontario
Town
550.12
40
Baie-Saint-Paul
Quebec
Ville
546.71
41
Cochrane
Ontario
Town
539.02
42
South Bruce Peninsula
Ontario
Town
538.32
43
Kearney
Ontario
Town
531.31
44
Lakeshore
Ontario
Town
530.32
45
Blind River
Ontario
Town
526.46
46
Mississippi Mills
Ontario
Town
519.53
47
Gravenhurst
Ontario
Town
518.59
48
Northeastern Manitoulin and the Islands
Ontario
Town
495.68
49
Quinte West
Ontario
City
494.15
50
Mirabel
Quebec
Ville
485.59
51
Fermont
Quebec
Ville
470.67
52
Winnipeg
Manitoba
City
464.08
53
Greater Napanee
Ontario
Town
461.31
54
La Malbaie
Quebec
Ville
459.34
55
Rivière-Rouge
Quebec
Ville
455.35
56
Quebec City
Quebec
Ville
454.1
57
Kingston
Ontario
City
451.17
58
Lévis
Quebec
Ville
449.31
59
St. John's
Newfoundland and Labrador
City
446.06
60
Bécancour
Quebec
Ville
440.74
61
Percé
Quebec
Ville
432.39
62
Amos
Quebec
Ville
430.67
63
London
Ontario
City
420.57
64
Chandler
Quebec
Ville
419.53
65
Whitehorse
Yukon
City
416.54
66
Gracefield
Quebec
Ville
386.21
67
Abbotsford
British Columbia
City
375.55
68
Baie Verte
Newfoundland and Labrador
Town
371.09
69
Montreal
Quebec
Ville
365.13
70
Saint-Félicien
Quebec
Ville
363.57
71
Milton
Ontario
Town
363.22
72
Sherbrooke
Quebec
Ville
353.49
73
Gatineau
Quebec
Ville
342.98
74
Pohénégamook
Quebec
Ville
340.33
75
Rimouski
Quebec
Ville
339.84
76
Baie-Comeau
Quebec
Ville
338.99
77
Thunder Bay
Ontario
City
328.24
78
North Bay
Ontario
City
319.05
79
Plympton-Wyoming
Ontario
Town
318.76
80
Prince George
British Columbia
City
318.26
81
Surrey
British Columbia
City
316.41
82
Saint John
New Brunswick
City
315.82
83
Happy Valley-Goose Bay
Newfoundland and Labrador
Town
305.85
84
Minto
Ontario
Town
300.57
85
Kamloops
British Columbia
City
299.23
86
Clarence-Rockland
Ontario
City
297.86
87
Erin
Ontario
Town
297.75
88
Cookshire-Eaton
Quebec
Ville
295.95
89
Dolbeau-Mistassini
Quebec
Ville
295.67
90
Mississauga
Ontario
City
292.4
91
Trois-Rivières
Quebec
Ville
288.9
92
Georgina
Ontario
Town
287.72
93
The Blue Mountains
Ontario
Town
287.23
94
Innisfil
Ontario
Town
284.21
95
Essex
Ontario
Town
277.92
96
Mono
Ontario
Town
277.78
97
Halton Hills
Ontario
Town
276.25
98
New Tecumseth
Ontario
Town
274.18
99
Vaughan
Ontario
City
273.52
100
Brampton
Ontario
City
266.34
See also
Notes
^ According to Statistics Canada, both "city" and "town" can translate to "ville" in French.[ 1] Thus, those municipalities in Quebec holding "ville" status are considered equivalents of cities or towns for the purpose of this list.
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