Actual population of Canada's largest cities

Discover the agglomerations of Canada their populations. Learn what municipalities are part of Canada's urban agglomerations, which are independent municipalities and their respective populations.

[CrystalClearWithBE]

Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver have linking suburbs and satellite cities around their respective metro areas. That's a nice topic for learning metro areas with core cities, suburbs and satellite cities.

[jeffrey]

You said, Toronto GMA 4th largest in population in NORTH AMERICA behind Chicago. Don't forget, Mexico City is in North America, so Toronto would be 5th largest. #1 Mexico City, #2 NYC, #3 LA and #4 Chicago, THEN #5 Toronto.

[barube]

Excellent work and presentation! Thank you!

[philpaine]

I'd like to see a video about the "cities" in the three territories, Whitehorse, Yellowknife and Iqaluit, which are experienced psychologically as "cities" by the people of each territory, because in each case they are overwhelming the largest (and only) urban centre, and because they serve the political functions of capital cities, and are each the economic centres of huge areas. All three are fascinating places, very different from places of the same size in the rest of Canada.

[ericakins]

Great video! However I'd like to point out that the 2016 population of Edmonton was 932, 546 and the CMA was 1, 321, 426. While not as dramatic as the big three this seems like it should also definitely count as an agglomeration. This actually places it curiously close to the Calgary CMA population of 1, 392, 609.

[zachexactly]

Very interesting! However at 7:28, it is inaccurate to say that all the skyscrapers are in the city limits of Vancouver. According to the Wikipedia article for tallest buildings in BC, Vancouver actually has fewer skyscrapers than Burnaby. It's a very unknown but true fact.

[DoktorAJ]

2:05 - What are you counting ahead of Toronto to make it the 4th largest? Mexico City, New York, and Los Angeles are the top 3, so if you're saying Toronto is behind Chicago as well, wouldn't that make it 5th?

[evan]

For theast section you should have mentioned halifax, the "city limits" take up almost half of the province

[Paul-qgiw]

Thank you - as a geography geek I so enjoy your channel and explanations.

[edwardsaulnier]

As for Ottawa, you are forgetting Gatineau and Aylmer on the Quebec side of the Ottawa river. The urban sprawl of Metropolitain Ottawa goes beyond provincial boundries - they do not impede it.

[stewarthyson]

Have you ever heard of cities in Atlantic Canada?

[RaptorsLife.]

Thanks for the video. I just learn something new.

[j]

This is the same for many cities around the world.

[AkankshaJain]

Can you do a video about the economy of atlantic provinces?

[vigneshedithal]

As a geography geek i really like your content!

[clunkCA]

I live in Airdrie and drive into Calgary almost every day for work. The traffic isnt bad at all, North city limits to south city limits takes under 30 min. Even during rush hour it only takes about an hour. Traffic really isnt an issue in Calgary compared to Vancouver.

[keithng]

In Ottawa you missed out the Gatineau side (Quebec side) Its known as the National Capital Region (NCR) which has a population similar to Calgary about 1.4 million

[thevannmann]

Interesting. Here in Australia we have a different measure of "cities". I live in Perth on the Western coast and, for example, I live in the suburb of Perth which has the postcode of 6000. A "suburb" in Australian English refers to any subdivision of land within a greater urban area so even the downtown area (which we call the CBD or Central Business District) is part of a suburb of the same name. Then there are a few other areas + the CBD which form the "City of Perth" which is known as a Local Government Area (LGA). There are 30 of these which collectively govern over 300 "suburbs" in the Perth Metro(politan) area. When someone says they're "from Perth", they're from somewhere within these 300+ suburbs. Then just outside of this area are some satellite cities/towns which combine to form the Greater Perth statistical area. Apart from these, we also have 2 different divisions for State and Federal elections. The Electoral District of Perth is used for State elections while the Division of Perth is for Federal ones. These each have their own boundaries drawn. So there's the CBD of Perth (downtown area), the suburb of Perth, the City of Perth (local government area), the Electoral District of Perth (state electorate), the Division of Perth (federal electorate), the Perth Metropolitan area, and the Greater Perth area.

[SpiderSpook]

You're wrong about prairie cities being more sprawling. The main 5 are all denser then Quebec City, Victoria, and Halifax. And Edmonton is the only one that isn't more dense then Ottawa.

[SantaFe]

So, most of Canada's cities, minus the top three metropolitan areas, appear out of nowhere when one drives toward them?