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Canadian Metro Areas over 100,000 People

Can you name the metro areas in Canada that have a population of at least 100,000?
Metro areas as defined by Statistics Canada
Population as of the 2021 Census
Quiz by Xabi
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First submittedDecember 4, 2014
Times taken27,622
Average score50.0%
Rating4.40
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Population
Metro Area
5,928,040
Toronto
4,098,927
Montreal
2,463,431
Vancouver
1,392,609
Calgary
1,323,783
Ottawa / Gatineau
1,321,426
Edmonton
800,296
Quebec City
778,489
Winnipeg
747,545
Hamilton
523,894
Kitchener / Cambridge /
Waterloo
494,069
London
406,074
St. Catherines /
Niagara
403,390
Halifax
379,848
Oshawa
Population
Metro Area
367,770
Victoria
329,144
Windsor
295,095
Saskatoon
236,481
Regina
212,105
Sherbrooke
205,955
St. John's
197,059
Barrie
194,882
Kelowna
180,518
Abbotsford / Mission
164,689
Greater Sudbury
161,175
Kingston
160,980
Saguenay
156,042
Trois-Rivières
151,984
Guelph
Population
Metro Area
144,810
Moncton
134,203
Brantford
126,202
Saint John
121,721
Peterborough
121,621
Thunder Bay
117,394
Lethbridge
104,936
Nanaimo
103,811
Kamloops
103,472
Belleville /
Quinte West
102,042
Chatham-Kent
101,760
Fredericton
101,610
Drummondville
101,512
Chilliwack
100,418
Red Deer
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50 Comments
Epicx
+2
Level 22
Dec 31, 2016
Metro areas are ridculously huge, and some of them shouldn't take Vancouver, the biggest city in BC, it takes the whole surrey and burnaby in the metro area, Vancouver was orignally around 650,000. Victioria, orignally 100,000.
greggyboy
+34
Level 63
Oct 28, 2017
what?
speaker
+19
Level 59
Feb 4, 2018
Not sure what your point is, that's what a metro area is. A city population and a metro population are two different things.
PantsLobbyist
+4
Level 96
Jul 16, 2018
The point is that the urban sprawl that is considered in these statistics make no sense. For example, Surrey to Vancouver is about 35 kilometers and considered to be in the same catchment while many of the closer municipalities in Ontario (i.e. Kitchener and Guelph, which are about 25 km apart) are not lumped together.
brantastic
+14
Level 52
Nov 25, 2020
I'd say metro areas are more useful for looking at population than cities proper are. Vancouver, Burnaby, Surrey, etc. are all one continuous urban area. City boundaries are fairly uninformative besides telling you about local bylaws, local city councils, etc.

For example, the city of Vancouver has a smaller population than Edmonton or Mississauga, but is far more important internationally. It just happens to be a "city" made up of many cities, unlike Edmonton which happens to have most of its population within one city boundary. If Vancouver, Burnaby, and Surrey were to amalgamate, it would make very little difference.

Similarly, Nanaimo has a larger population than the City of Victoria, despite Victoria being a population centre of about 4x the size. It just so happens to be the hub of the built up area of 13 municipalities. Few people would think of Victoria as being smaller than Nanaimo. In fact, Saanich, a suburb of Victoria, is actually more populated than Victoria itself.

Dimby
+5
Level 79
Feb 25, 2021
As someone from British Columbia, I can say that we pretty much refer to Surrey, Coquitlam, North Vancouver, and so forth, as Vancouver. People from areas of Vancouver sometimes get quite defensive when they're lumped all together as Vancouver, but if you visit Surrey and no other part of Vancouver, trust me, you can say you visited Vancouver.
Hollywood
+2
Level 61
Jun 12, 2020
Agreed. I might just be mad because I guessed Surrey though
TMK613
+1
Level 57
Mar 11, 2021
Yeah... Surrey and Burnaby are part of Greater Vancouver--I am not sure why you are surprised by this? Imo Vancouver should really include the whole fraser valley including Abbotsford and Chilliwack as far east as Hope as they are all generally part of the same economic/commuting community.
Janbiya
+2
Level 61
Jan 15, 2022
Yeah, it took me ages to get those two as I originally inferred that they were included in the Vancouver area.
Antofagasta
+2
Level 71
Dec 31, 2016
How did I miss Quebec! That's just careless. Interesting quiz though.
Roger77024
+2
Level 57
Jan 1, 2017
Ditto. But I got the 2 least known. Go figure in 2017.
MattSch16
+2
Level 41
Jan 1, 2017
64%. I'm Canadian.
TokyoCrazyPXD
+1
Level 31
Jul 25, 2017
Hahaha I got 64% too!!!
CaptainHumanLogic
+2
Level 40
Jan 1, 2017
Only knew 5 city ;(
TheQuizzler
+2
Level 64
Jan 3, 2017
It's really amazing how many Canadians live within 100 miles or so of the US border.
skyraider112
+10
Level 51
May 12, 2017
I'm not suprising seeing as its warmer the farther south you are. Its not because us Canadians want to be close to the US, trust me. Look at every country in the world, the people live in the best climates and best topographic areas. I don't see any super-sized Chinese cities in the Himalayas.
bakainu
+5
Level 68
Dec 14, 2017
Not just weather, it has a lot to do with soil quality - get out of the fertile areas and into the Shield, and it's a lot harder to develop.
Quizmaster
+4
Level ∞
Aug 13, 2017
It's more extreme than that.

50% of Canada'a population lives below the red line

kalbahamut
+4
Level 81
Dec 14, 2017
and they get mad when I refer to their country as a massive frozen wasteland...
bezz
+3
Level 70
Mar 26, 2017
81% and am Canadian from Vancouver
buck1017
+3
Level 78
Aug 14, 2017
Got all of the NHL cities + Windsor. That's it.
noodles
+1
Level 69
Aug 23, 2017
https://www.jetpunk.com/user-quizzes/1743/biggest-cities-in-canada
jaredxbrandon
+2
Level 27
Sep 16, 2017
Isn't Oshawa a part of Toronto's metropolitan area (Greater Toronto Area)?
smartguy2
+1
Level 68
Dec 14, 2017
Too far from Toronto.
Janbiya
+1
Level 61
Jan 15, 2022
I was also surprised that the quiz considers it separate.
TheOrca
+2
Level 50
Jun 6, 2022
It is often considered part of Toronto area
SaintLazarus
+1
Level 73
Dec 8, 2017
Being a CHL fan really helps with this quiz.
jordanthelaw57
+1
Level 28
Dec 13, 2017
what about oshawa, brampton, mississauga, and other large 407 east towns
Walacama
+2
Level 82
Dec 13, 2017
I think Mississauga gets eaten up by the metro area of Toronto. I always try it on Canada quizzes because its one of the few Canadian cities I know out side of the capitals and the usual suspects. It never works, so I don't bother anymore.
bakainu
+1
Level 68
Dec 14, 2017
Mr. and Mississauga has more people than about 90% of these on here.
tbolt
+4
Level 77
Dec 13, 2017
I got most of the names from the NHL and minor league hockey.
saammmy
+1
Level 44
Dec 16, 2017
49%. Not bad for a non-Canadian
WanderingWolf
+1
Level 44
Dec 17, 2017
Great quiz, but I noticed one (seeming) error. You didn't have Ajax even though the population as of 2016 was 119,000. It appears this is incorrect unless you count it as part of the GTA. Just thought I would point that out, but otherwise great quiz! :)
Jiaozira
+1
Level 71
Aug 17, 2023
Ajax is indeed part of the GTA metro area :)
Doobcan
+3
Level 24
Nov 9, 2018
Thunder Bay should be on here
ACA001
+4
Level 22
Apr 11, 2020
Great, great, great, great, great, great, great I can't stop saying great quiz. The most fun I've had in quarantine as a Canadian in a while
PapaFurchetta
+4
Level 91
Apr 8, 2021
Fun Fact: I grew up in the 1970s/80s in a standard subdivision in central Maryland (USA). For some reason however, all of the streets in the subdivision were named after second-tier Canadian cities. I'm sure there's a story there, but I never heard why.
blizzrd33
+1
Level 80
Jun 7, 2022
Why not Mississauga?
octopus72
+1
Level 62
Jul 9, 2022
This quiz is by metropolitan areas as defined by StatCan, so Mississauga is included in the Toronto CMA (https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/hlt-fst/pd-pl/Table.cfm?Lang=Eng&T=201&S=3&O=D#)
madmonte
+2
Level 72
Jul 7, 2022
these are using 2016 stats numbers, not 2021. Please update
NolanS
+1
Level 81
Aug 31, 2022
Yeah I thought that
plattitude
+1
Level 96
Sep 27, 2022
Had about 35 of the cities before I remembered that #2 exists... :facepalm:
Geopro
+1
Level 60
Nov 6, 2022
Is it possible to accept Frederickton?
Quizmaster
+1
Level ∞
Nov 6, 2022
That will work now
TheRatmeister
+1
Level 88
Nov 11, 2022
Could the spelling for Saguenay be *slightly* more lenient?
madmonte
+1
Level 72
Jan 5, 2023
These are not the 2021 numbers. These are 2016.
Andrew169
+1
Level 75
Mar 1, 2023
Wow, my lack of knowledge concerning Canada has been exposed! I scored only 16/42. I got nine cities which I know from sports and only seven others. Looks like I need to study. Thanks for the quiz!
orasoupas
+2
Level 68
Oct 27, 2023
St. Catharines is misspelt as St. Catherines
fromTtoC
+1
Level 58
Nov 10, 2023
Hey you are still using 2016 population except Drummondville.
DoktorApplejuce
+1
Level 67
Oct 5, 2024
Damnit, Saguenay! I was struggling to remember its name, then Rimouski popped into my head, I figured that was what I was forgetting, tried it, it didn't take, and moved on. Would have only missed Chatham-Kent and Belleville if not for that.
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