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Largest cities in Canada

Toronto, Canada has the highest population of the 30 cities compared: 3,025,647 people (Statistics Canada, 2022-07-01).

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Canada cities ranked by their own published resident population.

Items compared
30
Countries represented
1
Last checked
2026-09-03

Source-backed answers

Compare each answer with its unit and checked date; the complete source ledger is below.

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Original rankCity or placePublished valueSource and scope
1Toronto, Canada3,025,647 people2026-09-03
Source Scope: municipality · Period: 2022-07-01
2Montreal, Canada1,791,508 people2026-09-03
Source Scope: municipality · Period: 2022-07-01
3Calgary, Canada1,413,800 people2026-09-03
Source Scope: municipality · Period: 2022-07-01
4Ottawa, Canada1,071,868 people2026-09-03
Source Scope: municipality · Period: 2022-07-01
5Edmonton, Canada1,010,899 people2026-09-03
Source Scope: city · Period: 2021-01-01
6Winnipeg, Canada749,607 people2026-09-03
Source Scope: city · Period: 2021-01-01
7Mississauga, Canada717,961 people2026-09-03
Source Scope: city · Period: 2021-01-01
8Vancouver, Canada706,012 people2026-09-03
Source Scope: municipality · Period: 2022-07-01
9Brampton, Canada656,480 people2026-09-03
Source Scope: city · Period: 2021-01-01
10Surrey, Canada633,234 people2026-09-03
Source Scope: municipality · Period: 2022-07-01
11Hamilton, Canada597,010 people2026-09-03
Source Scope: municipality · Period: 2022-07-01
12Québec, Canada557,390 people2026-08-03
Source Scope: city · Period: 2022-12-31
13Halifax, Canada480,216 people2026-09-03
Source Scope: municipality · Period: 2022-07-01
14Laval, Canada446,476 people2026-09-03
Source Scope: municipality · Period: 2022-07-01
15London, Canada422,324 people2026-09-03
Source Scope: city · Period: 2021-01-01
16Vaughan, Canada338,891 people2026-09-03
Source Scope: municipality · Period: 2022-07-01
17Markham, Canada338,503 people2026-09-03
Source Scope: city · Period: 2021-01-01
18Gatineau, Canada292,524 people2026-09-03
Source Scope: municipality · Period: 2022-07-01
19Saskatoon, Canada266,141 people2026-09-03
Source Scope: city · Period: 2021-01-01
20Kitchener, Canada256,885 people2026-09-03
Source Scope: city · Period: 2021-01-01
21Longueuil, Canada253,413 people2026-09-03
Source Scope: municipality · Period: 2022-07-01
22Burnaby, Canada249,125 people2026-09-03
Source Scope: city · Period: 2021-01-01
23Windsor, Canada236,789 people2026-09-03
Source Scope: municipality · Period: 2022-07-01
24Regina, Canada226,404 people2026-09-03
Source Scope: city · Period: 2021-01-01
25Richmond, Canada222,954 people2026-09-03
Source Scope: municipality · Period: 2022-07-01
26Oakville, Canada213,759 people2026-09-03
Source Scope: city · Period: 2021-01-01
27Richmond Hill, Canada202,022 people2026-09-03
Source Scope: city · Period: 2021-01-01
28Burlington, Canada194,175 people2026-09-03
Source Scope: municipality · Period: 2022-07-01
29Sherbrooke, Canada175,684 people2026-09-03
Source Scope: municipality · Period: 2022-07-01
30Oshawa, Canada175,383 people2026-09-03
Source Scope: city · Period: 2021-01-01

What the numbers say

  • Toronto, Canada leads at 3,025,647 people.
  • Oshawa, Canada sits at the other end with 175,383 people.
  • The middle of this ranking is 422,324 people, across 30 places that publish the metric.
  • The spread between first and last is 2,850,264 people.

Quick answer

What does Largest cities in Canada show?

Toronto, Canada has the highest population of the 30 cities compared: 3,025,647 people (Statistics Canada, 2022-07-01).

How this list is built

Every row is a published population observation measured in people, ranked highest first. The values were observed between 2021 and 2022. A place appears only when it publishes this exact metric, so an absent place means missing data rather than a low value. Only published cities with at least 20,000 residents and city-level observations qualify.

  • Compare the displayed value, unit, source date and geographic grain together.
  • A city label does not change a regional observation into a city measurement.
Rows
30 places
Geographic grain
2 grains: municipality, city
Observation period
2021-01-01 to 2022-12-31
Last checked
2026-09-03
With an official source link
30 of 30

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ImmigrationDB. (2026, September 3). Largest cities in Canada [ImmigrationDB compilation; version c1ce39f3b13c47de8971ef3f4fe7a656]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/reports/canada-largest-cities/ Retrieved 2026-09-03. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
BibTeX citation
@misc{immigrationdb_immigrationdb_largest-cities-in-canada_6b12ad40c03a,
  author = {ImmigrationDB},
  title = {Largest cities in Canada},
  publisher = {ImmigrationDB},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-09-03},
  version = {c1ce39f3b13c47de8971ef3f4fe7a656},
  url = {https://immigrationdb.com/reports/canada-largest-cities/},
  note = {Retrieved 2026-09-03. ImmigrationDB compilation. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/},
}
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[Largest cities in Canada](https://immigrationdb.com/reports/canada-largest-cities/) — ImmigrationDB; ImmigrationDB; version c1ce39f3b13c47de8971ef3f4fe7a656; retrieved 2026-09-03; built 2026-09-03.

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Sources

  1. Statistics CanadaStatistics Canada · Checked 2026-09-03
  2. Statistics Canada — Census Profile 2021, Edmonton (Census subdivision 4811061)Statistics Canada · Checked 2026-09-03
  3. Statistics Canada — Census Profile 2021, Winnipeg (Census subdivision 4611040)Statistics Canada · Checked 2026-09-03
  4. Statistics Canada — Census Profile 2021, Mississauga (Census subdivision 3521005)Statistics Canada · Checked 2026-09-03
  5. Statistics Canada — Census Profile 2021, Brampton (Census subdivision 3521010)Statistics Canada · Checked 2026-09-03
  6. Statistics Canada — Census Profile 2021, London (Census subdivision 3539036)Statistics Canada · Checked 2026-09-03
  7. Statistics Canada — Census Profile 2021, Markham (Census subdivision 3519036)Statistics Canada · Checked 2026-09-03
  8. Statistics Canada — Census Profile 2021, Saskatoon (Census subdivision 4711066)Statistics Canada · Checked 2026-09-03
  9. Statistics Canada — Census Profile 2021, Kitchener (Census subdivision 3530013)Statistics Canada · Checked 2026-09-03
  10. Statistics Canada — Census Profile 2021, Burnaby (Census subdivision 5915025)Statistics Canada · Checked 2026-09-03
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  1. Statistics Canada — Census Profile 2021, Regina (Census subdivision 4706027)Statistics Canada · Checked 2026-09-03
  2. Statistics Canada — Census Profile 2021, Oakville (Census subdivision 3524001)Statistics Canada · Checked 2026-09-03