CMA / Population 2006 / Population 2001 / % change / National Rank 2006 / National Rank 2001
St. John’s (NL) / 181,113 / 172,918 / 20 / 20
Halifax (NS) / 372,858 / 359,183 / 13 / 13
Moncton (NB) / 126,424 / 118,678 / 29 / 30
Saint John (NB) / 122,389 / 122,678 / 32 / 28
Saguenay (Q) / 151,643 / 154,938 / 26 / 22
Quebec City (Q) / 715,515 / 686,569 / 7 / 7
Sherbrooke (Q) / 186,952 / 175,950 / 19 / 19
Trois-Rivieres (Q) / 141,529 / 137,507 / 27 / 27
Montreal (Q) / 3,635,571 / 3,451,027 / 2 / 2
Ottawa – Gatineau (O/Q) / 1,130,761 / 1,067,800 / 4 / 4
Kingston (O) / 152,358 / 146,838 / 25 / 26
Peterborough (O) / 116,570 / 110,876 / 33 / 33
Oshawa (O) / 330,594 / 296,298 / 14 / 16
Toronto (O) / 5,113,149 / 4,682,897 / 1 / 1
Hamilton (O) / 692,911 / 662,401 / 9 / 9
St Catharines-Niagara (O) / 390,317 / 377,009 / 12 / 12
Kitchener (O) / 451,235 / 414,284 / 11 / 11
Brantford (O) / 124,607 / 118,086 / 30 / 31
Guelph (O) / 127,009 / 117,344 / 28 / 32
London (O) / 457,720 / 435,600 / 10 / 10
Windsor (O) / 323,342 / 307,877 / 16 / 15
Barrie (O) / 177,061 / 148,480 / 21 / 23
Sudbury (O) / 158,258 / 155,601 / 24 / 21
Thunder Bay (O) / 122,907 / 121,986 / 31 / 29
Winnipeg (M) / 694,668 / 676,594 / 8 / 8
Regina (S) / 194,971 / 192,800 / 18 / 18
Saskatoon (S) / 233,293 / 225,927 / 17 / 17
Calgary (A) / 1,079,310 / 951,494 / 5 / 5
Edmonton (A) / 1,034,945 / 937,845 / 6 / 6
Kelowna (BC) / 162,276 / 147,739 / 22 / 24
Abbotsford (BC) / 159,020 / 147,370 / 23 / 25
Vancouver (BC) / 2,116,581 / 1,986,965 / 3 / 3
Victoria (BC) / 330,088 / 311,902 / 15 / 14

Census Metropolitan Areas

Population 2001 – 2006