Chart 2.6 Dwelling density by CMA

Data table for Chart 2.6
Data table for Chart 2.6
Dwelling density by census metropolitan area, 2001 and 2011
Table summary
This table displays the data for Chart 2.6 Dwelling density by census metropolitan area, 2001 and 2011. The information is grouped by CMA (appearing as row headers), Dwelling density in 2001 and Dwelling density in 2011, calculated using dwellings per square kilometre of settled area units of measure (appearing as column headers).
CMA Dwelling density in 2001 Dwelling density in 2011
dwellings per square kilometre of settled area
Newer CMAs  
Guelph 613 711
Abbotsford–Mission 556 620
Trois-Rivières 670 699
Brantford 443 488
Barrie 521 642
Peterborough 440 462
Moncton 390 458
Kelowna 506 605
Sherbrooke 741 708
Kingston 478 502
Mid-size and small CMAs  
St. John's 522 602
Saguenay 532 531
Thunder Bay 389 390
Regina 768 788
Victoria 832 951
Oshawa 660 781
Saint John 268 288
Windsor 660 723
Greater Sudbury 337 336
Kitchener–Cambridge–Waterloo 809 915
Saskatoon 649 696
Ottawa–Gatineau (Que.) 650 626
St. Catharines–Niagara 564 593
London 660 718
Hamilton 884 949
Halifax 434 476
Québec 1,055 1,038
Winnipeg 966 983
Large CMAs  
Ottawa–Gatineau (Ont.) 743 818
Calgary 929 1,081
Vancouver 1,097 1,273
Edmonton 573 694
Montréal 1,445 1,490
Toronto 1,054 1,255
Notes: This chart compares the dwelling density for 2001 and 2011 by dividing the number of dwellings in the settled area by the settled area of the CMA (built-up area excluding roads). Dwellings in the settled area include 2001 and 2011 dissemination block points located within 400 m of settled areas. Low-density dwellings may not be captured as built-up in the remotely sensed data. CMAs were categorized as large, mid-size or small based on the 2011 built-up area using geometric intervals. Newer CMAs—those not populated enough to qualify as CMAs in 1971—were then grouped separately.
Sources: Statistics Canada, Environment, Energy and Transportation Statistics Division, 2016, special tabulation of data from the 2001 and 2011 Censuses of Population; Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, 2015, Land Use 1990, 2000 and 2010, http://open.canada.ca/data/en/dataset/18e3ef1a-497c-40c6-8326-aac1a34a0dec (accessed September 16, 2015).


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