Kingston, Ontario The changing landscape of Canadian metropolitan areas
Kingston, Ontario

Highlights

• At the CMA level, built-up area increased from 43 km² in 1971 to 208 km² in 2011, an increase of 382%.
• At the CMA-E level, built-up area increased from 58 km² in 1971 to 361 km² in 2011, an increase of 526%.
• In 2011, the natural and semi-natural land class was divided into forest (51%), water (12%) and other (37%).
• From 1971 to 2011, 83 km² of arable land and 98 km² of natural and semi-natural land were lost to settled area.
• Of the natural and semi-natural land converted to settled area from 1971 to 2011, 52.3% was forest, 40.9% was natural land for pasture and 6.8% was classed as other.
• Population in the CMA increased by 51% from 105,669 to 159,561 between 1971 and 2011.
• The number of dwellings in the CMA increased by 146% from 30,056 to 73,889 between 1971 and 2011.

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