Chart 3
All of Canada's 41 large urban centres showing positive population growth from 2016 to 2021

Canada All metropolitan areas Kelowna Chilliwack Kamloops London Nanaimo Kitchener–Cambridge–Waterloo Oshawa Halifax Guelph Moncton Ottawa–Gatineau Abbotsford–Mission Barrie Victoria Saskatoon Belleville–Quinte West Brantford Edmonton Vancouver Sherbrooke Kingston St. Catharines–Niagara Winnipeg Calgary Windsor Fredericton Peterborough Lethbridge Regina Hamilton Drummondville Montréal Toronto Québec Saint John Trois-Rivières Greater Sudbury St. John's Thunder Bay Red Deer Saguenay -5 0 5 10 15 20 population growth rate (%) 2016 to 20212016 to 2021 2011 to 20162011 to 2016
Note(s):
Census metropolitan areas are ranked in descending order of the population growth rate from 2016 to 2021.
Source(s):
Census of Population, 2011 to 2021 (3901).

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This is a bar clustered chart.

All of Canada's 41 large urban centres showing positive population growth from 2016 to 2021, population growth rate (%)
  2016 to 2021 2011 to 2016
Canada 5.2 5.0
All metropolitan areas 6.1 6.2
Kelowna 14.0 8.4
Chilliwack 12.1 8.1
Kamloops 10.0 5.1
London 10.0 4.1
Nanaimo 10.0 7.1
Kitchener–Cambridge–Waterloo 9.9 5.5
Oshawa 9.3 6.6
Halifax 9.1 3.2
Guelph 9.0 7.7
Moncton 8.9 4.0
Ottawa–Gatineau 8.5 5.5
Abbotsford–Mission 8.4 6.1
Barrie 8.0 5.4
Victoria 8.0 6.7
Saskatoon 7.6 12.5
Belleville–Quinte West 7.5 1.7
Brantford 7.4 -1.0
Edmonton 7.3 13.9
Vancouver 7.3 6.5
Sherbrooke 7.2 4.8
Kingston 7.1 1.0
St. Catharines–Niagara 6.8 3.5
Winnipeg 6.6 6.8
Calgary 6.4 14.6
Windsor 6.0 2.6
Fredericton 5.8 3.5
Peterborough 5.7 2.3
Lethbridge 5.5 10.8
Regina 5.3 11.8
Hamilton 5.0 3.7
Drummondville 4.6 5.3
Montréal 4.6 4.2
Toronto 4.6 6.2
Québec 4.1 4.4
Saint John 3.5 -2.2
Trois-Rivières 3.5 2.8
Greater Sudbury 2.8 1.0
St. John's 2.0 4.8
Thunder Bay 1.3 0.0
Red Deer 0.4 10.9
Saguenay 0.0 1.4
Note(s):
Census metropolitan areas are ranked in descending order of the population growth rate from 2016 to 2021.
Source(s):
Census of Population, 2011 to 2021 (3901).
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