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

Highlights

• At the CMA level, built-up area increased from 77 km² in 1971 to 236 km² in 2011, an increase of 207%.
• At the CMA-E level, built-up area increased from 202 km² in 1971 to 816 km² in 2011, an increase of 303%.
• In 2011, the natural and semi-natural land class was divided into forest (42%), water (8%) and other (51%).
• From 1971 to 2011, 290 km² of arable land and 155 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, 42.7% was forest, 45.7% was natural land for pasture and 11.6% was classed as other.
• Population in the CMA increased by 141% from 147,516 to 356,177 between 1971 and 2011.
• The number of dwellings in the CMA increased by 224% from 41,350 to 134,034 between 1971 and 2011.

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