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

Highlights

• At the CMA level, built-up area increased from 167 km² in 1971 to 415 km² in 2011, an increase of 148%.
• At the CMA-E level, built-up area increased from 253 km² in 1971 to 798 km² in 2011, an increase of 215%.
• In 2011, the natural and semi-natural land class was divided into forest (52%), water (4%) and other (44%).
• From 1971 to 2011, 256 km² of arable land and 94 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, 34.3% was forest, 58.5% was natural land for pasture and 7.2% was classed as other.
• Population in the CMA increased by 54% from 307,743 to 474,786 between 1971 and 2011.
• The number of dwellings in the CMA increased by 127% from 93,018 to 211,260 between 1971 and 2011.

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