St. John's metropolitan area

Not to be confused with St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador.

St. John's Metropolitan Area
Metropolitan Area
Downtown St. John's from Signal Hill
Country	Canada
Province	Newfoundland and Labrador
Census division	1
Government
• MPs	List of MPs Jack Harris Ryan Cleary Scott Andrews
• MHAs	List of MHAs George Murphy Paul Davis Paul Lane John Dinn Cathy Bennett Terry French Keith Hutchings Steve Kent Lorraine Michael Dan Crummell Tom Osborne Kevin Parsons Dale Kirby Gerry Rogers
Area
• Metro	804.65 km2 (310.68 sq mi)
Population  (2011)
• Metro	196,966
• Metro density	244.8/km2 (634/sq mi)
	20th Largest metropolitan area in Canada
Time zone	UTC-3:30 (NST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-2:30 (NDT)
Area code	709

The St. John's Metropolitan Area is the most populous census metropolitan area (CMA) in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. With a population of 196,966 in the 2011 Canadian Census, the CMA is the second largest in Atlantic Canada and the 20th largest CMA in Canada.

The St. John’s CMA had a population of 214,285 as of 2015. The CMA comprises the City of St. John's and twelve other communities, the largest of which are the town of Conception Bay South and the city of Mount Pearl.

Demographics

The following information is from: Statistics Canada

Population change

St. John's Metropolitan Area

Year	Population	% change
1986	164,593	N/A
1991	175,391	6.6
1996	174,051	-0.07
2001	172,918	-0.7
2006	181,113	4.7
2011	196,966	8.8

Municipalities

Municipality	2001	2006	2011
St. John's	99,182	100,646	106,172
Conception Bay South	19,772	21,966	24,848
Mount Pearl	24,964	24,671	24,284
Paradise	9,598	12,584	17,695
Torbay	5,474	6,281	7,397
Portugal Cove – St. Philip's	5,866	6,575	7,366
Logy Bay – Middle Cove – Outer Cove	1,872	1,978	2,098
Pouch Cove	1,669	1,756	1,866
Flatrock	1,138	1,214	1,457
Bay Bulls	1,014	1,078	1,283
Witless Bay	1,056	1,070	1,179
Petty Harbour – Maddox Cove	949	915	924
Bauline	364	379	397

Population density

Rank	Municipality	Population	Land Area		Population Density
			km2	mi2	/km2	/mi2
-	St. John's Metropolitan Area	196,966	804.65	310.68	244.8	634
1	St. John's	106,172	446.04	172.22	238.0	616
2	Conception Bay South	24,848	59.27	22.88	419.2	1,086
3	Mount Pearl	24,284	15.75	6.08	1,542.1	3,994
4	Paradise	17,695	29.24	11.29	605.2	1,567
5	Torbay	7,397	34.88	13.47	212.1	549
6	Portugal Cove – St. Philip's	7,366	57.35	22.14	128.4	333
7	Logy Bay – Middle Cove – Outer Cove	2,098	16.98	6.56	123.6	320
8	Pouch Cove	1,866	58.34	22.53	32.0	83
9	Flatrock	1,457	18.12	7.00	80.4	208
10	Bay Bulls	1,283	30.74	11.87	41.7	108
11	Witless Bay	1,179	18.49	7.14	67.4	175
12	Petty Harbour – Maddox Cove	924	4.51	1.74	205.1	531
13	Bauline	397	15.95	6.16	24.9	64