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Name Origins of Major Centres in Canada

Census Metropolitan Areas (CMAs) and Populated Places Ranked by 1996 Population - According to Statistics Canada.

Top five centres are selected for each province and territory

Geographical NameFeature TypePopulation (1996)
Newfoundland and Labrador
St. John's CMA 174 051
Corner Brook CMA 27 945
Grand Falls-Windsor CMA 20 378
Gander CMA 12 021
Labrador City CMA 10 473
P.E.I.
Charlottetown CMA 57 224
Summerside CMA 16 001
Montague Town 1 995
Kensington Town 1 383
Souris Town 1 293
Nova Scotia
Halifax CMA 332 518
Cape Breton CMA 117 849
Truro CMA 44 102
New Glasgow CMA 38 055
Kentville CMA 25 090
New Brunswick
Saint John CMA 125 705
Moncton CMA 113 950
Fredericton CMA 78 950
Bathurst CMA 25 415
Edmundston CMA 22 624
Quebec
Montréal CMA 3 326 510
Ottawa - Hull CMA 1 010 498
Québec CMA 671 889
Chicoutimi-Jonquière CMA 160 454
Sherbrooke CMA 147 384
Trois-Rivières CMA 139 956
Ontario
Toronto CMA 4 263 757
Ottawa- Hull CMA 1 010 498
Hamilton CMA 624 368
London CMA 398 616
Kitchener CMA 382 940
Manitoba
Winnipeg CMA 667 209
Brandon CMA 40 581
Portage la Prairie CMA 20 385
Thompson CMA 14 385
Selkirk Town 9 881
Saskatchewan
Saskatoon CMA 219 056
Regina CMA 193 652
Prince Albert CMA 41 706
Moose Jaw CMA 34 829
North Battleford CMA 17 987
Alberta
Edmonton CMA 862 597
Calgary CMA 821 628
Lethbridge CMA 63 053
Red Deer CMA 60 075
Medicine Hat CMA 56 570
British Columbia
Vancouver CMA 1 831 665
Victoria CMA 304 287
Kelowna CMA 136 541
Abbotsford CMA 136 480
Nanaimo CMA 85 585
Yukon
Whitehorse CMA 21 808
Dawson Town 1 287
Faro Town 1 261
Watson Lake Town 993
Haines Junction Village 574
Northwest Territories
Yellowknife CMA 17 275
Hay River Town 3 611
Inuvik Town 3 296
Fort Smith Town 2 441

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