LIST OF THE 100 LARGEST URBAN AREAS IN CANADA BY POPULATION

The urban areas identified below are defined by Statistics Canada with reference to continuous population density, ignoring municipal boundaries. For example, a rural area within a city's limits may not be included, such as some areas within the city limits of Ottawa, while neighbouring cities that directly continue a city's urban core population will be included, such as Westmount and Montréal.
For actual "city limits" populations, see List of the 100 largest municipalities in Canada by population, and for metropolitan area populations, see List of the 100 largest metropolitan areas in Canada.
In some cases, this can even lead to two urban areas within the same municipality, one that is part of the core city, and one that is part of a "spill-over" from a neighbouring urban area. Ottawa, for example, includes the urban core (Ottawa - Hull), and then a rural band, and then the densely-populated area of Kanata, creating a second urban area within the same city.
Information is taken from Statistics Canada's 2006 Census.

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Rank	Urban Area	Population in 2006
1	Toronto, Ontario	4,753,120
2	Montreal, Quebec	3,316,615
3	Vancouver, British Columbia	1,953,252
4	Calgary, Alberta	988,079
5	Edmonton, Alberta	862,544
6	Ottawa - Gatineau, Ontario/Quebec	860,928
7	Quebec City, Quebec	659,545
8	Hamilton, Ontario	647,634
9	Winnipeg, Manitoba	641,483
10	Kitchener, Ontario	422,514
11	London, Ontario	353,069
12	St. Catharines - Niagara, Ontario	308,596
13	Victoria, British Columbia	304,683
14	Halifax, Nova Scotia	282,924
15	Windsor, Ontario	278,765
16	Oshawa, Ontario	269,734
17	Saskatoon, Saskatchewan	202,425
18	Regina, Saskatchewan	179,246
19	Barrie, Ontario	157,501
20	St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador	151,322
21	Abbotsford, British Columbia	138,986
22	Sherbrooke, Quebec	134,610
23	Trois-Rivières, Quebec	126,423
24	Kelowna, British Columbia	126,384
25	Guelph, Ontario	115,635
26	Kingston, Ontario	109,431
27	Sudbury, Ontario	106,612
28	Chicoutimi - Jonquière, Quebec	106,103
29	Thunder Bay, Ontario	103,247
30	Moncton, New Brunswick	97,065
31	Brantford, Ontario	90,192
32	Saint John, New Brunswick	90,016
33	Kanata, Ontario	85,112
34	Nanaimo, British Columbia	83,751
35	Red Deer, Alberta	82,772
36	Sarnia, Ontario	78,827
37	Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec	78,519
38	Peterborough, Ontario	76,925
39	Lethbridge, Alberta	74,822
40	White Rock, British Columbia	73,006
41	Kamloops, British Columbia	70,117
42	Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario	68,084
43	Châteauguay, Quebec	66,204
44	Prince George, British Columbia	65,082
45	Belleville, Ontario	64,071
46	Drummondville, Quebec	62,659
47	Medicine Hat, Alberta	62,183
48	Chilliwack, British Columbia	59,453
49	Saint-Jérôme, Quebec	57,920
50	Granby, Quebec	56,984
51	Fredericton, New Brunswick	56,245
52	North Bay, Ontario	53,100
53	Shawinigan, Quebec	49,236
54	Cornwall, Ontario	48,792
55	Fort McMurray, Alberta	47,705
56	Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec	47,306
57	Grande Prairie, Alberta	46,850
58	Chatham, Ontario	45,783
59	Beloeil, Quebec	45,299
60	Milton, Ontario	45,089
61	Vernon, British Columbia	42,812
62	Brandon, Manitoba	41,511
63	St. Thomas, Ontario	39,496
64	Bowmanville - Newcastle, Ontario	38,966
65	Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, Quebec	38,936
66	Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island	38,801
67	Joliette, Quebec	38,564
68	Victoriaville, Quebec	37,981
69	Courtenay, British Columbia	37,161
70	Georgetown, Ontario	36,690
71	Sorel, Quebec	36,594
72	Rimouski, Quebec	35,948
73	Penticton, British Columbia	35,846
74	Woodstock, Ontario	35,357
75	Prince Albert, Saskatchewan	34,542
76	Cape Breton - Sydney, Nova Scotia	33,012
77	Campbell River, British Columbia	32,884
78	Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan	32,526
79	Midland, Ontario	31,287
80	Leamington, Ontario	31,113
81	Stratford, Ontario	30,461
82	Orillia, Ontario	30,259
83	Timmins, Ontario	30,243
84	Orangeville, Ontario	29,110
85	Airdrie, Alberta	28,892
86	Walnut Grove, British Columbia	25,683
87	Alma, Quebec	25,394
88	Val-d'Or, Quebec	24,529
89	Bolton, Ontario	24,492
90	Lloydminster, Alberta/Saskatchewan	24,028
91	Saint-Georges, Quebec	23,955
92	Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec	23,792
93	Brockville, Ontario	23,620
94	Duncan, British Columbia	23,136
95	Parksville, British Columbia	23,054
96	Sept-Îles, Quebec	22,837
97	Owen Sound, Ontario	22,649
98	Truro, Nova Scotia	22,376
99	Buckingham, Quebec	21,027
100	Thetford Mines, Quebec	20,989

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