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Do not fill this in! === Urban areas === {{See also|Golden Horseshoe|National Capital Region (Canada)|Detroit–Windsor}} Statistics Canada's measure of a "metro area", the [[Census Metropolitan Area]] (CMA), roughly bundles together population figures from the core municipality with those from "commuter" municipalities.<ref>{{cite web|title=Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, census metropolitan areas and census agglomerations, 2006 and 2001 censuses – 100% data|publisher=Statistics Canada|date=November 5, 2008|access-date=April 1, 2009|url=http://www12.statcan.ca/english/census06/data/popdwell/Table.cfm?T=202&PR=35&S=0&O=A&RPP=50|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090504145258/http://www12.statcan.ca/english/census06/data/popdwell/Table.cfm?T=202&PR=35&S=0&O=A&RPP=50|archive-date=May 4, 2009}}</ref> {|class="wikitable sortable" |- " !CMA (largest other included municipalities in brackets) !2001 !2006 !2011 !2016 !% Change |- style="text-align:right;" |style="text-align:left;" |[[Greater Toronto Area|Toronto]] CMA ([[Mississauga]], [[Brampton]]) |4,682,897 |5,113,149 |5,583,064 |5,928,040 |6.2 |- style="text-align:right;" |style="text-align:left;" |[[National Capital Region (Canada)|Ottawa]] CMA ([[Gatineau]], [[Clarence-Rockland]]) * |1,067,800 |1,130,761 |1,254,919 |1,323,783 |4.4 |- style="text-align:right;" |style="text-align:left;" |[[Hamilton, Ontario|Hamilton]] CMA ([[Burlington, Ontario|Burlington]], [[Grimsby, Ontario|Grimsby]]) |662,401 |692,911 |721,053 |747,545 |3.7 |- style="text-align:right;" |style="text-align:left;" |[[Kitchener, Ontario|Kitchener]] CMA ([[Cambridge, Ontario|Cambridge]], [[Waterloo, Ontario|Waterloo]]) |414,284 |451,235 |496,383 |523,894 |5.5 |- style="text-align:right;" |style="text-align:left;" |[[London, Ontario|London]] CMA ([[St. Thomas, Ontario|St. Thomas]], [[Strathroy-Caradoc]]) |435,600 |457,720 |474,786 |494,069 |4.1 |- style="text-align:right;" |style="text-align:left;" |[[St. Catharines]] CMA ([[Niagara Falls, Ontario|Niagara Falls]], [[Welland]]) |377,009 |390,317 |392,184 |406,074 |3.5 |- style="text-align:right;" |style="text-align:left;" |[[Oshawa]] CMA ([[Whitby, Ontario|Whitby]], [[Clarington]]) |296,298 |330,594 |356,177 |379,848 |6.6 |- style="text-align:right;" |style="text-align:left;" |[[Windsor, Ontario|Windsor]] CMA ([[Lakeshore, Ontario|Lakeshore]], [[LaSalle, Ontario|LaSalle]]) |307,877 |323,342 |319,246 |329,144 |3.1 |- style="text-align:right;" |style="text-align:left;" |[[Barrie]] CMA ([[Innisfil]], [[Springwater, Ontario|Springwater]]) |148,480 |177,061 |187,013 |197,059 |5.4 |- style="text-align:right;" |style="text-align:left;" |[[Greater Sudbury|Sudbury]] CMA ([[Whitefish Lake 6, Ontario|Whitefish Lake]], [[Wahnapitae First Nation|Wanapitei Reserve]]) |155,601 |158,258 |160,770 |164,689 |1.0 |- style="text-align:right;" |style="text-align:left;" |[[Kingston, Ontario|Kingston]] CMA |146,838 |152,358 |159,561 |161,175 |1.0 |} <nowiki>*</nowiki>Parts of Quebec (including [[Gatineau]]) are included in the Ottawa CMA. The population of the Ottawa CMA, in both provinces, is shown. The Ontario portion of the CMA is about 75% of the total population of the CMA.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=1710013501 | title = Population estimates, July 1, by census metropolitan area and census agglomeration, 2016 boundaries | date = April 17, 2019 | access-date = 16 November 2023}}</ref> ;Ten largest municipalities by population<ref name="ON2006MuniPops">{{cite web|url=http://www12.statcan.ca/english/census06/data/popdwell/Table.cfm?T=302&SR=1&S=3&O=D&RPP=25&PR=35|title=Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), 2006 and 2001 censuses – 100% data|work=[[Statistics Canada]], 2006 Census of Population|date=March 13, 2007|access-date=March 13, 2007|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070912162730/http://www12.statcan.ca/english/census06/data/popdwell/Table.cfm?T=302&SR=1&S=3&O=D&RPP=25&PR=35|archive-date=September 12, 2007}}</ref> {|class="wikitable sortable" |- " !Municipality !2001 !2006 !2011 !2016 !2021 |- style="text-align:right;" |style="text-align:left;" |[[Toronto]] |2,481,494 |2,503,281 |2,615,060 |2,731,571 |2,794,356 |- style="text-align:right;" |style="text-align:left;" |[[Ottawa]] |774,072 |812,129 |883,391 |934,243 |1,017,449 |- style="text-align:right;" |style="text-align:left;" |[[Mississauga]] |612,925 |668,549 |713,443 |721,599 |717,961 |- style="text-align:right;" |style="text-align:left;" |[[Brampton]] |325,428 |433,806 |523,911 |593,638 |656,480 |- style="text-align:right;" |style="text-align:left;" |[[Hamilton, Ontario|Hamilton]] |490,268 |504,559 |519,949 |536,917 |569,353 |- style="text-align:right;" |style="text-align:left;" |[[London, Ontario|London]] |336,539 |352,395 |366,151 |383,822 |422,324 |- style="text-align:right;" |style="text-align:left;" |[[Markham, Ontario|Markham]] |208,615 |261,573 |301,709 |328,996 |338,503 |- style="text-align:right;" |style="text-align:left;" |[[Vaughan]] |182,022 |238,866 |288,301 |306,233 |323,103 |- style="text-align:right;" |style="text-align:left;" |[[Kitchener, Ontario|Kitchener]] |190,399 |204,668 |219,153 |233,222 |256,885 |- style="text-align:right;" |style="text-align:left;" |[[Windsor, Ontario|Windsor]] |209,218 |216,473 |210,891 |217,188 |229,660 |} Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. 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