List of census divisions of Canada by population explained

The following table lists Canada's census divisions by population in the 2016 Canadian census, from highest to lowest. Clicking on the province's two letter abbreviation will take you to a list of census divisions for that province with links.

List

Rank (2016)	Rank (2011)	Rank (2006)	Name	Division type	Province	Population (2016)	Population (2011^[1])	Population (2006)	Unadjusted (2006^[2])	Illustrative census subdivision
1	1	1		Independent city	ON	2,731,571	2,615,060	2,503,281
2	2	2		Regional district	BC	2,463,431	2,313,328	2,116,581		Burnaby
3	3	3				1,942,044	1,886,481	1,854,442		Montreal
4	4	4		Division		1,498,778	1,311,022	1,160,936		Calgary
5	5	5			ON	1,381,739	1,296,814	1,159,455	nowrap	(was 1,159,405)	Brampton
6	6	6		Division		1,366,050	1,203,115	1,076,103		Edmonton
7	7	7		Regional municipality	ON	1,109,909	1,032,524	892,712		Newmarket
8	8	8		Independent city	ON	934,243	883,391	812,129
9	9	9		Division		708,823	666,832	636,177		Winnipeg
10	10	10		Regional municipality	ON	645,862	608,124	561,258		Whitby
11	11	11	Quebec	Equivalent to RCM		569,717	551,902	525,376
12	14	14		Regional municipality	ON	548,435	501,669	439,206	(was 439,256)	Milton
13	12	12		Independent city	ON	536,917	519,949	504,559
14	13	13		Regional municipality	ON	535,154	507,096	478,121		Kitchener
	15	15	17		County	ON	479,650	446,063	422,204		Barrie
16	16	16		County	ON	455,526	439,151	422,333		London
17	17	15		Regional municipality	ON	447,888	431,346	427,421		Thorold
18	18	21		Equivalent to RCM		422,993	401,553	368,709
19	19	19		Equivalent to RCM		415,347	399,097	385,533
20	20	20		Regional municipality		403,390	390,328	372,858		Halifax
21	21	18		County	ON	398,953	388,782	393,402		Windsor
22	22	22		Regional district	BC	383,360	359,991	345,164		Victoria
23	24	25		Division		303,423	271,170	244,273		Saskatoon
24	23	23		Regional district	BC	295,934	277,593	257,031		Abbotsford
25	25	26		Equivalent to RCM		276,245	265,349	242,124
26	26	24		Division		270,348	262,410	248,418		St. John's
27	27	27		Division		262,837	237,746	220,688		Regina
28	28	28		County	ON	222,726	208,360	200,425		Guelph
29	29	29		Division		209,395	189,243	175,337		Red Deer
30	30	31		Regional district	BC	194,882	179,839	162,276		Kelowna
31	32	33		RCM		171,443	162,187	149,996		Delson
32	34	39		Division		169,729	156,536	142,249		Lethbridge
33	31	30		City + RCM		167,549	165,211	163,717		Saguenay
34	33	32		Independent city	ON	161,647	160,376	157,909
35	35	35		Equivalent to RCM		161,323	154,601	147,427
36	39	45		RCM		158,267	148,813	128,467		Terrebonne
37	36	37		RCM		157,103	154,144	143,355	(was 143,370)	Boisbrand
38	40	40		Regional district	BC	155,698	146,574	138,631		Nanaimo
39	38	38		City + RCM		153,030	149,203	143,267		Trois-Rivières, Saint-Luc-de-Vincennes
40	37	36		County	ON	150,475	149,738	143,865		Kingston
41	42	42		County		149,623	144,158	132,849		Dorchester
42	43	49		RCM		149,349	139,353	120,395		Vaudreuil-Dorion
43	41	34		District	ON	146,048	146,057	149,063		Thunder Bay
44	44	44		Equivalent to RCM		143,414	138,769	130,006
45	47	41		County	ON	138,236	134,933	133,080		Peterborough
46	46	43		County	ON	136,445	134,934	130,474		Belleville
47	45	47		Two single-tier municipalities	ON	134,808	136,035	125,099		Brantford
48	48	48		Regional district	BC	132,663	128,473	122,286		Kamloops
49	53	60		RCM		128,170	115,165	101,571		Saint-Jérôme
50	49	46		County	ON	126,638	126,199	128,204		Plympton-Wyoming
51	50	52		RCM		124,759	119,840	109,621	(was 109,636)	L'Assomption
52	51	56		RCM		124,420	116,773	106,762		Beloeil
53	56	62		Division		120,380	109,712	98,712		Grande Prairie
54	54	53		RCM		117,443	114,344	108,892		Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu
55	52	50		District	ON	114,094	115,870	117,461		Sault Ste. Marie
56	55	51		County	ON	113,429	111,164	110,399		Cornwall
57	58	58		County	ON	110,862	105,719	102,756		Woodstock
58	57	55		Two single-tier municipalities	ON	109,787	109,118	107,812
59	63	64		RCM		103,397	98,681	92,982		Drummondville
60	61	63		County	ON	102,394	101,326	97,545		Pembroke
61	59	54		Single-tier municipality	ON	102,042	104,075	108,589
62	62	61		County	ON	100,546	99,306	99,206		Brockville
63	60	57		Regional municipality		98,722	101,619	105,928		Sydney
64	64	67		County		99,411	97,238	90,026	(was 90,872)	Fredericton
65	65	68		RCM		98,203	95,670	87,264	(was 87,249)	Deux-Montagnes
66	66	69		Division		97,449	93,039	86,796		Camrose
67	68	66		Regional district	BC	94,506	91,879	92,264		Prince George
68	67	65		County	ON	93,830	92,568	92,411		Owen Sound
69	70	76		County	ON	89,333	85,381	80,184		L'Orignal
70	69	71		County	ON	88,978	87,461	85,351		St. Thomas
71	71	70		RCM		88,306	85,042	79,356	(was 85,405)	Granby
72	73	75		RCM		87,099	84,248	80,694		Saint-Hyacinthe
73	74	78		Division		85,908	83,725	79,018		Prince Albert
74	75	74		County	ON	85,598	82,126	80,963		Cobourg
75	76	80		Regional district	BC	84,354	81,237	77,301		Coldstream
76	79	81		Regional district	BC	83,739	80,332	76,929		Duncan
77	72	72		District	ON	83,150	84,736	84,688		North Bay
78	78	77		Regional district	BC	83,022	80,742	79,475		Penticton
79	80	84		Division		82,627	78,694	74,550		Medicine Hat
80	81	86		County		82,017	77,866	72,744		Charlottetown
81	77	73		District	ON	79,682	81,122	82,503		Timmins
82	82	79		County		78,444	77,792	78,948		Bathurst
83	85	87	Marguerite-D'Youville (formerly Lajemmerais)	RCM		77,550	74,416	69,881		Verchères
84	84	85		County	ON	76,796	75,112	74,344		Stratford
85	93	104		Division		75,571	65,374	55,886		Steinbach
86	86	83		Single-tier	ON	75,423	73,214	74,561		Lindsay
87	83	82		County		74,020	76,550	74,621		Saint John
88	90	109		Division		73,988	67,516	53,080		Fort McMurray
89	88	89		RCM		72,014	69,237	66,247		Victoriaville
90	89	88		Division		71,016	68,919	66,972		Athabasca
91	87	90		County		68,941	69,665	65,824		Hampton
92	94	100		Division		68,746	64,317	59,168		Brandon
93	92	93		County	ON	68,698	65,667	63,785		Perth
94	91	91		County	ON	68,147	66,102	65,349		Walkerton
95	97	97		Division		67,120	63,427	59,990		St. Paul
96	95	101		RCM		66,550	63,551	58,369	(was 58,354)	Joliette
97	96	–		Regional district	BC	66,527	63,538	59,482	(was: none)	Courtenay
98	106	92		District	ON	65,533	57,607	64,419		Kenora
99	99	95		RCM		64,320	61,950	60,802		Beauharnois
100	102	102		Regional district	BC	62,942	60,082	58,264		Dawson Creek
101	98	94		Regional district	BC	61,988	62,392	62,190		Williams Lake
102	107	107		County	ON	61,735	56,881	54,436		Orangeville
103	100	99		Division		61,590	61,504	59,282		Slave Lake
104	101	96		County		60,600	60,589	60,035		Kentville
105	105	103		Regional municipality	ON	60,599	58,047	57,563		Bracebridge
106	108	106		Regional district	BC	60,439	56,685	55,485		Cranbrook
107	104	105		Regional district	BC	59,517	58,441	55,883		Nelson
108	103	98		County	ON	59,297	59,100	59,325		Goderich
109	109	120		RCM		58,314	55,621	52,769	(was 46,720)	Cowansville
110	110	108		RCM		56,650	55,095	53,193		Rimouski
111	111	112		Division		55,708	53,263	51,104		Drumheller
112	113	125		Division		54,796	51,350	44,873		Winkler
113	120	122		RCM		53,008	49,370	46,507		Cap-Santé
114	112	111		RCM		52,741	52,520	51,170		Alma
115	122	130		RCM		52,596	48,378	42,558		Sainte-Julienne
116	115	117		RCM		52,406	50,962	49,611		Saint-Georges
117	117	113		Regional district	BC	51,366	50,512	50,141		Salmon Arm
118	116	115	Pierre-De Saurel formerly Le Bas-Richelieu	RCM		51,025	50,900	49,932		Sorel-Tracy
119	114	114		County		50,585	50,968	50,023		Truro
120	138	157		Equivalent to RCM		50,513	41,957	34,626		Mirabel
121	119	116		RCM		50,435	49,516	49,717		Rawdon
122	121	124		RCM		50,415	48,551	45,310		Magog
123	118	110		Equivalent to RCM		49,349	50,060	51,904
124	127	131		RCM		49,094	46,393	42,005		Chelsea
125	125	126		Division		49,086	46,888	44,829		Selkirk
126	131	137		Division		47,900	44,180	40,406		Lloydminster
127	126	123		Division		47,195	46,648	45,532		Moose Jaw
128	124	119		County		47,126	47,313	47,150		Lunenburg
129	129	129		RCM		45,902	45,157	42,896		Mont-Blanc
130	123	118		County		44,952	48,355	49,714	(was 48,868)	Miramichi
131	132	–		Regional district	BC	44,671	43,252	42,113	(was: none)	Campbell River
132	135	141	Nord-du-Québec (Jamésie-Nunavik)	Administrative region		44,561	42,579	39,817		Chibougamau
133	128	121		County		43,748	45,643	46,513		Pictou
134	130	127		County		43,730	44,348	44,499		Summerside
135	155	177		RCM		43,485	36,883	29,738		Shannon
136	134	132		RCM		43,226	42,896	41,896		Val-d'Or
137	139	136		County	ON	42,888	41,824	40,542		Napanee
138	137	134		District	ON	42,824	42,162	40,918		Parry Sound
139	149	154		Regional district	BC	42,665	38,171	35,225		Pemberton
140	136	133		County		42,558	42,304	41,182		Windsor
141	133	128		RCM		42,346	43,120	43,390		Thetford Mines
142	141	139		Equivalent to RCM		42,334	41,012	39,924
143	140	138		RCM		42,189	41,650	40,321		Berthierville
144	143	144		Division		42,165	40,923	38,421		Thompson
145	142	135		Division		42,014	41,004	40,805		Corner Brook
146	144	149		RCM		41,877	40,331	36,573		Sainte-Adèle
147	145	140		Division		41,574	40,232	39,909		Stettler
148	146	143		Two regional county municipalities		39,322	39,500	38,661		Sept-Îles, Fermont
149	148	147		Division		38,956	38,566	37,846		Fort Macleod
150	158	158		Division		38,594	35,983	34,150		Banff
151	152	151		Division		38,345	37,304	36,208		Grand Falls-Windsor
152	150	148		Division		37,999	37,845	37,118		North Battleford
153	147	145		Regional district	BC	37,896	39,208	38,243		Burns Lake
154	151	146		Regional district	BC	37,367	37,361	38,476	(was 37,999)>	Terrace
155	160	162		RCM		37,233	35,318	33,330		Saint-Lazare-de-Bellechasse
156	156	160		Division		37,064	36,557	33,919		La Ronge
157	163	170		RCM		36,785	35,107	31,415		Sainte-Marie
158	159	171		RCM		36,536	35,690	31,365		Marieville
159	157	152		RCM		36,316	36,286	35,637		Louiseville
160	153	150		Division		36,096	37,195	36,515		Melfort
161	166	175		Territory		35,874	33,897	30,372		Whitehorse
162	154	142		Division		35,794	37,121	38,937		Lewisporte
163	161	156		Division		35,634	35,314	34,736		Yorkton
164	162	155		RCM		35,243	35,159	34,999		Mont-Laurier
165	164	153		Division		34,092	34,686	35,501		Bonavista
166	165	163		RCM		33,958	34,375	33,305		Rivière-du-Loup
167	167	159		County		32,741	33,422	34,071		Edmundston
168	170	176		RCM		32,389	32,117	29,992		Lachute
169	168	164		District	ON	32,251	32,634	33,283		Temiskaming Shores
170	175	179		Division		31,766	31,333	29,168		Estevan
171	172	174		Division		31,750	32,007	30,529		Melville
172	181	184		RCM		31,741	29,617	27,425		Sainte-Croix
173	176	172		Regional district	BC	31,447	31,138	30,742		Trail
174	173	168		RCM		31,285	31,870	31,956		Roberval
175	171	165		RCM		31,027	32,012	33,052		Baie-Comeau
176	177	173		Regional district	BC	30,981	31,061	30,664		Port Alberni
177	169	161		County		30,955	32,594	33,834		Dalhousie
178	179	178		Division		30,718	29,962	29,199		Swift Current
179	180	180		RCM		30,686	29,654	29,023		Richmond
180	178	169	Kent	County	NB	30,475	30,833	31,449		Richibucto
181	174	167		County		30,005	31,353	32,046		Amherst
182	183	182		Regional district	BC	29,970	28,619	27,759		Sechelt
183	184	181		Division		29,291	28,584	27,881		Edson
184	182	183		County		29,158	28,846	27,562		Riverview
185	189	198		RCM		28,199	26,172	23,015		Château-Richer
186	188	192		RCM		27,870	26,234	24,111		Napierville
187	185	189		County		27,644	27,143	25,542		Burton
188	186	186		County		26,220	27,019	26,632		Woodstock
189	187	185		County		25,428	26,549	26,898		St. Andrews
190	190	188		RCM		24,793	25,279	25,767		Dolbeau-Mistassini
191	192	190		Single-tier	ON	24,735	25,258	25,496		Picton
192	193	191		RCM		24,639	24,354	24,275		Amos
192	194	193		Division		24,639	24,111	23,950		Happy Valley – Goose Bay
194	191	187		County		24,419	25,275	26,277		Yarmouth
195	195	197		Division		24,391	23,489	23,086		Portage la Prairie
196	196	194		Division		24,036	23,469	23,861		Gimli
197	198	200		Division		23,986	23,228	22,452		Battleford
198	207	222		Division		23,683	21,830	19,753		Beausejour
199	197	196		RCM		23,425	23,366	23,158		Plessisville
200	199	202		Division		23,224	23,089	22,342		Kindersley
201	201	199		RCM		23,159	22,798	23,007		Nicolet
202	202	208		RCM		22,832	22,541	21,863		Papineauville
203	203	219		Division		22,825	22,266	20,363		Weyburn
204	200	195		RCM		22,698	22,877	23,201		Montmagny
205	214	207		RCM		22,454	21,197	21,943		Huntingdon
206	206	210		RCM		22,335	22,065	21,744		Cookshire-Eaton
207	205	201		Division		22,205	22,208	22,358		Dauphin
208	211	211		Division		21,983	21,393	21,606		Flin Flon
209	215	215		District	ON	21,546	21,196	21,851	(was 21,392)	Espanola
210	204	203		RCM		21,462	22,259	22,342		Lac-Mégantic
211	209	214		Division		21,379	21,604	21,417		Neepawa
212	208	205		RCM		21,301	21,786	22,247		Matane
213	210	206		RCM		21,073	21,492	22,084		Saint-Pascal
214	213	220		Division		20,869	21,290	20,351		Rocky Mountain House
215	218	213		County		20,591	20,756	21,438		Annapolis Royal
216	216	217		RCM		20,538	21,003	20,792		La Sarre
217	222	231		RCM		20,404	20,081	18,806		Bécancour
218	217	216		Division		20,387	20,840	21,168		Stephenville
219	212	204	Division No. 2	Division	NL	20,372	21,351	22,298		Marystown
220	220	218		RCM		20,182	20,530	20,518		Gracefield
221	221	212		District	ON	20,110	20,370	21,564		Fort Frances
222	226	–		Region		20,090	19,444	19,210	(was: none)	Yellowknife
223	224	224		Regional district	BC	20,070	19,906	19,599		Powell River
224	219	209		RCM		19,574	20,572	21,785		Notre-Dame-du-Lac
225	225	230		County		19,301	19,589	18,836		Antigonish
226	227	232		RCM		19,125	19,288	18,790		Beauceville
227	245	248		Region		18,988	16,939	15,765		Iqaluit
228	233	236		Division		18,621	18,497	18,118		Stonewall
229	223	221		County		18,617	19,921	20,319		Perth-Andover
230	241	243		Division		18,534	17,331	17,476		Lac du Bonnet
231	229	234		RCM		18,497	18,847	18,467		Coaticook
232	228	225		RCM		18,210	18,942	19,365		Mont-Joli
233	230	223		Regional district	BC	18,133	18,784	19,664		Prince Rupert
234	244	247		County	ON	18,062	17,026	16,147		Minden
235	231	226		RCM		17,925	18,573	19,199		Amqui
236	232	229		RCM		17,798	18,517	18,902		Saint-Jean-Port-Joli
237	235	238		RCM		17,660	18,000	17,948		New Carlisle
238	234	228		County		17,323	18,036	18,992		Digby
239	238	235		RCM		17,282	17,979	18,437		Chandler
240	239	227		County		17,235	17,947	19,036		Port Hood
241	236	233		County		17,160	17,990	18,608		Georgetown
242	237	239		RCM		17,117	17,985	17,888		Rivière-au-Renard
243	240	241		Division		16,563	17,546	17,680		Wynyard
244	242	242		RCM		16,536	17,254	17,599		Lac-Etchemin
245	243	246		Division		16,518	17,240	16,321		Bissett
246	247	244		RCM		15,980	16,425	16,985		Ville-Marie
247	246	237		Division		15,607	16,786	18,084		St. Anthony
248	250	251		RCM		15,594	15,381	15,289		Acton Vale
249	248	240		Division		15,560	16,306	17,686		Channel-Port aux Basques
250	249	245		RCM		15,509	16,240	16,372		Clermont
251	252	250		Equivalent to RCM		15,059	15,130	15,448
252	254	255		Division		14,488	14,534	14,322		Grande Cache
253	251	252		RCM		14,461	15,246	14,643		Nouvelle
254	253	254		RCM		14,286	14,756	14,466		Val-des-Sources
255	256	253		RCM		14,251	14,358	14,586		Campbell's Bay
256	257	256		Division		13,968	14,127	14,052		Gladstone
257	255	249		County		13,966	14,496	15,544		Shelburne
258	259	261		District	ON	13,255	13,048	12,631	(was 13,090)	Gore Bay
259	261	257		Division		13,176	12,922	13,301		Killarney
260	258	258		RCM		12,997	13,338	13,190		Baie-Saint-Paul
261	263	259		Division		12,610	12,691	13,133		Assiniboia
262	262	260		Equivalent to RCM		12,475	12,781	13,091		Cap-aux-Meules
263	260	262		RCM		12,358	12,924	12,672		Saint-Tite
264	271	273		Division		11,941	10,673	9,902		Sanford
265	265	265		Two regional county municipalities		11,323	11,708	11,895		Havre-Saint-Pierre
266	264	263		RCM		11,316	12,088	12,329		Sainte-Anne-des-Monts
267	267	267		Regional district	BC	11,035	11,506	11,651		Port McNeill
268	270	269		Division		10,854	10,879	11,086		Maple Creek
269	266	264		RCM		10,846	11,546	12,303		Les Escoumins
270	268	266		County		10,472	11,086	11,708		Gagetown
271	279	280		Region		10,413	8,955	8,348		Arviat
272	269	268		County		10,351	10,960	11,212		Liverpool
274	276	277		Division		9,986	9,306	9,380		Pilot Mound
273	273	274		Division		10,317	10,025	9,814		Virden
275	275	272		Division		9,848	9,928	9,945		Roblin
276	274	271		Division		9,621	9,952	10,405		Swan River
277	272	270		Division		9,573	10,078	10,600		Hanna
278	280	281		Division		8,971	8,590	8,252		Churchill
279	277	275		County		8,964	9,293	9,740		Arichat
280	278	276		RCM		8,694	9,142	9,475		Trois-Pistoles
281	281	279		County		7,625	8,143	9,058		Guysborough
282	282	282		County		7,089	7,115	7,594		Baddeck
283	285	283		RCM		7,082	6,711	6,862		Sainte-Famille
284	283	–		Region		6,980	6,907	6,958	(was: none)	Hay River
285	286	285		Region		6,543	6,012	5,361		Cambridge Bay
286	284	–		Region		6,372	6,712	6,718	(was: none)	Inuvik
287	287	284		Regional municipality	BC	5,393	5,578	6,147		Fort Nelson
288	289	286		Regional district	BC	3,319	3,206	3,189		Bella Coola
289	288	–		Region		3,160	3,246	3,330	(was: none)	Fort Simpson
290	290	–		Region		2,751	2,812	2,774	(was: none)	Behchoko
291	291	287		Division		2,558	2,617	2,414		Nain
292	292	–		Region		2,433	2,341	2,474	(was: none)	Norman Wells
293	293	288		Region	BC	740	629	632	(was 1,109)	Lower Post
–	–	59		Regional district	BC		Abolished	101,595		Courtenay
–	–	166		Region			Abolished	32,272		Yellowknife
–	–	278		Region			Abolished	9,192		Inuvik

See also

• List of the largest cities and towns in Canada by area
• List of the largest municipalities in Canada by population
• List of the largest population centres in Canada
• List of metropolitan areas in Canada
• Population of Canada by province and territory
• List of largest Canadian cities by census
• Population of Canada by year

Notes

1. Web site: Population and dwelling counts, for Canada and census divisions, 2011 and 2006 censuses . . 2012-01-31 . 2012-03-10.
2. Web site: Population and dwelling counts, for Canada and census divisions, 2006 and 2001 censuses - 100% data . Statistics Canada . 2010-01-06 . 2012-03-10.

External links

• 2016 census (Statistics Canada)
• 2011 census (Statistics Canada)
• 2006 census (Statistics Canada)