List of cities in Ontario
A city is a subtype of municipalities in the Canadian province of Ontario. A city can have the municipal status of either a single-tier or lower-tier municipality. Prior to 2003, Ontario had minimum population thresholds of 15,000 and 25,000 for city status. Minimum population thresholds are no longer necessary for a municipality to brand itself as a city.
List
Toronto is Ontario's capital and Canada's largest city
Ottawa is Canada's capital and Ontario's second largest city
Downtown Brampton
Skyline of downtown Hamilton
Skyline of downtown London
Richmond Hill Centre for the Performing Arts in Richmond Hill, Ontario's newest city
Vaughan as viewed from Canada's Wonderland
Downtown Kitchener
Downtown Windsor
Downtown Mississauga
Name[1][2] | Municipal status[1] |
Census division[1][3] | Population (2016)[4] |
Population (2011)[2] |
Change (%)[2] |
Area (km²)[2] |
Population density[2] |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Barrie[note 1] | Single-tier | Simcoe | 141,434 | 136,063 | 3.9 | 99.04 | 1,428.0 |
Belleville | Single-tier | Hastings | 50,716 | 49,454 | 2.6 | 247.25 | 205.1 |
Brampton | Lower-tier | Peel | 593,638 | 523,911 | 13.3 | 266.36 | 2,228.7 |
Brant | Single-tier | Brant | 36,707 | 35,638 | 3.0 | 843.25 | 43.5 |
Brantford[note 2] | Single-tier | Brant | 97,496 | 93,650 | 4.1 | 72.44 | 1,345.9 |
Brockville | Single-tier | Leeds and Grenville | 21,346 | 21,870 | −2.4 | 20.85 | 1,023.6 |
Burlington | Lower-tier | Halton | 183,314 | 175,779 | 4.3 | 185.66 | 987.3 |
Cambridge[note 3] | Lower-tier | Waterloo | 129,920 | 126,748 | 2.5 | 113.01 | 1,149.6 |
Clarence-Rockland | Lower-tier | Prescott and Russell | 24,512 | 23,185 | 5.7 | 297.71 | 82.3 |
Cornwall | Single-tier | Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry | 46,589 | 46,340 | 0.5 | 61.56 | 756.8 |
Chatham | Single-tier | Chatham | 43,550 | 44,676 | 2.3 | 2,451.9 | 756.8 |
Dryden[note 4] | Single-tier | Kenora | 7,749 | 7,617 | 1.7 | 66.19 | 117.1 |
Elliot Lake | Single-tier | Algoma | 10,741 | 11,348 | −5.3 | 714.65 | 15.0 |
Greater Sudbury[note 5] | Single-tier | Sudbury | 161,531 | 160,274 | 0.8 | 3,228.35 | 50.0 |
Guelph | Single-tier | Wellington | 131,794 | 121,688 | 8.3 | 87.22 | 1,511.1 |
Haldimand County | Single-tier | Haldimand | 45,608 | 44,876 | 1.6 | 1,251.54 | 36.4 |
Hamilton[note 6] | Single-tier | Hamilton | 536,917 | 519,949 | 3.3 | 1,117.29 | 480.6 |
Kawartha Lakes | Single-tier | Kawartha Lakes | 75,423 | 73,214 | 3.0 | 3,084.38 | 24.5 |
Kenora | Single-tier | Kenora | 15,096 | 15,348 | −1.6 | 211.59 | 71.3 |
Kingston | Single-tier | Frontenac | 123,798 | 123,363 | 0.4 | 451.19 | 274.4 |
Kitchener[note 7] | Lower-tier | Waterloo | 233,222 | 219,153 | 6.4 | 136.77 | 1,705.2 |
London[note 8] | Single-tier | Middlesex | 383,822 | 366,151 | 4.8 | 420.35 | 913.1 |
Leamington | Single-tier | Essex | 27,595 | 28,403 | 0.58 | 261.24 | 105.3 |
Markham | Lower-tier | York | 328,966 | 301,709 | 9.0 | 212.35 | 1,549.2 |
Mississauga[note 9] | Lower-tier | Peel | 721,599 | 713,443 | 1.1 | 292.43 | 2,467.6 |
Niagara Falls[note 10] | Lower-tier | Niagara | 88,071 | 82,997 | 6.1 | 209.73 | 419.9 |
Norfolk County | Single-tier | Norfolk | 64,044 | 63,175 | 1.4 | 1,607.55 | 39.8 |
North Bay | Single-tier | Nipissing | 51,553 | 53,651 | −3.9 | 319.11 | 161.6 |
Orillia | Single-tier | Simcoe | 31,166 | 30,586 | 1.9 | 28.58 | 1,090.3 |
Oshawa[note 11] | Lower-tier | Durham | 159,458 | 149,607 | 6.6 | 145.64 | 1,094.9 |
Ottawa[note 12] | Single-tier | Ottawa | 934,243 | 883,391 | 5.8 | 2,790.30 | 334.8 |
Owen Sound | Lower-tier | Grey | 21,341 | 21,688 | −1.6 | 24.27 | 879.2 |
Pembroke[note 13] | Single-tier | Renfrew | 13,882 | 14,360 | −3.3 | 14.56 | 953.3 |
Peterborough[note 14] | Single-tier | Peterborough | 81,032 | 78,698 | 2.9 | 64.25 | 1,261.2 |
Pickering | Lower-tier | Durham | 91,771 | 88,721 | 3.4 | 231.55 | 396.3 |
Port Colborne | Lower-tier | Niagara | 18,306 | 18,424 | −0.6 | 121.96 | 150.1 |
Prince Edward County | Single-tier | Prince Edward | 24,735 | 25,258 | −2.1 | 1,050.49 | 23.5 |
Quinte West | Single-tier | Hastings | 43,577 | 43,086 | 1.1 | 494.02 | 88.2 |
Richmond Hill[note 15] | Lower-tier | York | 195,022 | 185,541 | 5.1 | 101.11 | 1,928.8 |
Sarnia | Lower-tier | Lambton | 71,594 | 72,366 | −1.1 | 164.85 | 434.3 |
Sault Ste. Marie | Single-tier | Algoma | 73,368 | 75,141 | −2.4 | 223.24 | 328.6 |
St. Catharines[note 16] | Lower-tier | Niagara | 133,113 | 131,400 | 1.3 | 96.13 | 1,384.8 |
St. Thomas | Single-tier | Elgin | 38,909 | 37,905 | 2.6 | 35.63 | 1,092.1 |
Stratford | Single-tier | Perth | 31,465 | 30,886 | 1.8 | 28.28 | 1,112.5 |
Temiskaming Shores | Single-tier | Timiskaming | 9,920 | 10,400 | −4.6 | 178.11 | 55.7 |
Thorold | Lower-tier | Niagara | 18,801 | 17,931 | 4.9 | 82.99 | 226.5 |
Thunder Bay[note 17] | Single-tier | Thunder Bay | 107,909 | 108,359 | −0.4 | 328.36 | 328.6 |
Timmins | Single-tier | Cochrane | 41,788 | 43,165 | −3.2 | 2,978.83 | 14.0 |
Toronto[note 18] | Single-tier | Toronto | 2,731,571 | 2,615,060 | 4.5 | 630.20 | 4,334.4 |
Vaughan | Lower-tier | York | 306,233 | 288,301 | 6.2 | 273.56 | 1,119.4 |
Waterloo[note 19] | Lower-tier | Waterloo | 104,986 | 98,780 | 6.3 | 64.02 | 1,639.8 |
Welland | Lower-tier | Niagara | 52,293 | 50,631 | 3.3 | 81.04 | 645.3 |
Windsor[note 20] | Single-tier | Essex | 217,188 | 210,891 | 3.0 | 146.38 | 1,483.8 |
Woodstock | Lower-tier | Oxford | 40,902 | 37,754 | 8.3 | 48.97 | 835.3 |
Total cities | — | — | 9,900,179 | 9,478,924 | 2.39 | 26,045.14 | 813.91 |
See also
Notes and references
Notes
- ↑ The Barrie census metropolitan area (CMA) is formed around the City of Barrie.
- ↑ The Brantford CMA includes the City of Brantford as well as the County of Brant, which is a single-tier city.
- ↑ The City of Cambridge, as well as the cities of Kitchener and Waterloo, form parts of the Kitchener–Cambridge–Waterloo CMA.
- ↑ Dryden is Ontario's smallest city by population.
- ↑ Greater Sudbury is Ontario's largest city by area. The Greater Sudbury CMA is formed around the City of Greater Sudbury.
- ↑ Hamilton is Canada's tenth-largest city. The Hamilton CMA includes the cities of Burlington and Hamilton.
- ↑ The City of Kitchener, as well as the cities of Cambridge and Waterloo, form parts of the Kitchener–Cambridge–Waterloo CMA.
- ↑ The London CMA includes the cities of London and St. Thomas.
- ↑ Mississauga is Ontario's largest lower-tier city.
- ↑ The City of Niagara Falls, as well as the cities of Port Colborne, St. Catharines, Thorold and Welland, form parts of the St. Catharines–Niagara CMA.
- ↑ The Oshawa CMA is formed around the City of Oshawa.
- ↑ Ottawa is Canada's capital and fourth-largest city. The Ontario portion of the Ottawa–Gatineau CMA includes the cities of Clarence-Rockland and Ottawa.
- ↑ Pembroke is Ontario's smallest city by area.
- ↑ The Peterborough CMA is formed around the City of Peterborough.
- ↑ Richmond Hill is Ontario's newest city, adopting the name on March 26, 2019.
- ↑ The City of St. Catharines, as well as the cities of Niagara Falls, Port Colborne, Thorold and Welland, form parts of the St. Catharines–Niagara CMA.
- ↑ The Thunder Bay CMA is formed around the City of Thunder Bay.
- ↑ Toronto is Ontario's capital and Canada's and Ontario's largest city by population. The Toronto CMA includes the cities of Brampton, Markham, Mississauga, Pickering, Richmond Hill, Toronto and Vaughan.
- ↑ The City of Waterloo, as well as the cities of Cambridge and Kitchener, form parts of the Kitchener–Cambridge–Waterloo CMA.
- ↑ The Windsor CMA is formed around the City of Windsor.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "List of Ontario Municipalities". Ontario Municipal Affairs and Housing. September 21, 2012. Archived from the original on February 28, 2013. Retrieved January 3, 2013.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 "Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), 2011 and 2006 censuses (Ontario)". Statistics Canada. May 28, 2012. Retrieved January 3, 2013.
- ↑ "Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and census divisions, 2011 and 2006 censuses (Ontario)". Statistics Canada. January 30, 2013. Retrieved June 27, 2013.
- ↑ "subdivisions (municipalities) and designated places, 2016 and 2011 censuses – 100% data". Statistics Canada. 8 February 2017.