2021 Census Official Statistics Canada data
Canada, by the numbers.
Population, age, income, housing, language and more for 3,291 provinces, cities, towns and villages — in clear, comparable profiles.
Canada · 2021 Census
36,991,981
+5.2% since 2016
people, across 13 provinces and territories
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Provinces & territories
Ranked by 2021 population, with growth since the 2016 Census.
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#1 · ON
Ontario
14,223,942
+5.8%38.5% -
#2 · QC
Quebec
8,501,833
+4.1%23.0% -
#3 · BC
British Columbia
5,000,879
+7.6%13.5% -
#4 · AB
Alberta
4,262,635
+4.8%11.5% -
#5 · MB
Manitoba
1,342,153
+5.0%3.6% -
#6 · SK
Saskatchewan
1,132,505
+3.1%3.1% -
#7 · NS
Nova Scotia
969,383
+5.0%2.6% -
#8 · NB
New Brunswick
775,610
+3.8%2.1% -
#9 · NL
Newfoundland and Labrador
510,550
−1.8%1.4% -
#10 · PE
Prince Edward Island
154,331
+8.0%0.4% -
#11 · NT
Northwest Territories
41,070
−1.7%0.1% -
#12 · YT
Yukon
40,232
+12.1%0.1% -
#13 · NU
Nunavut
36,858
+2.5%0.1%
Percentages are each share of Canada’s population; bars are relative to the most populous province.
Cities
Cities by province
- Toronto 2,794,356
- Ottawa 1,017,449
- Mississauga 717,961
- Brampton 656,480
- Hamilton 569,353
- London 422,324
- Markham 338,503
- Vaughan 323,103
- Kitchener 256,885
- Windsor 229,660
- Burlington 186,948
- Oshawa 175,383
- Greater Sudbury / Grand Sudbury 166,004
- Barrie 147,829
- Guelph 143,740
- Cambridge 138,479
- St. Catharines 136,803
- Kingston 132,485
- Waterloo 121,436
- Thunder Bay 108,843
- Brantford 104,688
- Pickering 99,186
- Niagara Falls 94,415
- Peterborough 83,651
- Vancouver 662,248
- Surrey 568,322
- Burnaby 249,125
- Richmond 209,937
- Abbotsford 153,524
- Coquitlam 148,625
- Kelowna 144,576
- Delta 108,455
- Nanaimo 99,863
- Kamloops 97,902
- Chilliwack 93,203
- Victoria 91,867
- Maple Ridge 90,990
- New Westminster 78,916
- Prince George 76,708
- Port Coquitlam 61,498
- Langford 46,584
- Vernon 44,519
- Penticton 36,885
- West Kelowna 36,078
- Campbell River 35,519
- Port Moody 33,535
- Courtenay 28,420
- White Rock 21,939
- Calgary 1,306,784
- Edmonton 1,010,899
- Red Deer 100,844
- Lethbridge 98,406
- Airdrie 74,100
- St. Albert 68,232
- Grande Prairie 64,141
- Medicine Hat 63,271
- Spruce Grove 37,645
- Leduc 34,094
- Fort Saskatchewan 27,088
- Chestermere 22,163
- Beaumont 20,888
- Lloydminster [Part] 19,739
- Camrose 18,772
- Cold Lake 15,661
- Brooks 14,924
- Lacombe 13,396
- Wetaskiwin 12,594
- Saskatoon 266,141
- Regina 226,404
- Prince Albert 37,756
- Moose Jaw 33,665
- Swift Current 16,750
- Yorkton 16,280
- North Battleford 13,836
- Warman 12,419
- Lloydminster [Part] 11,843
- Weyburn 11,019
- Estevan 10,851
- Martensville 10,549
- Humboldt 6,033
- Melfort 5,955
- Meadow Lake 5,322
- Melville 4,493
- Star City No. 428 811
- Flin Flon [Part] 159
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