Moncton, New Brunswick The changing landscape of Canadian metropolitan areas
Moncton, New Brunswick

Highlights

• At the CMA level, built-up area increased from 30 km² in 1971 to 182 km² in 2011, an increase of 504%.
• At the CMA-E level, built-up area increased from 42 km² in 1971 to 262 km² in 2011, an increase of 522%.
• In 2011, the natural and semi-natural land class was divided into forest (79%), water (2%) and other (19%).
• From 1971 to 2011, 52 km² of arable land and 85 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, 73.2% was forest, 21.2% was natural land for pasture and 5.7% was classed as other.
• Population in the CMA increased by 59% from 87,046 to 138,644 between 1971 and 2011.
• The number of dwellings in the CMA increased by 172% from 22,906 to 62,403 between 1971 and 2011.

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