Ottawa–Gatineau, Ontario The changing landscape of Canadian metropolitan areas
Ottawa–Gatineau, Ontario

Highlights

• At the CMA level, built-up area increased from 219 km² in 1971 to 635 km² in 2011, an increase of 191%.
• At the CMA-E level, built-up area increased from 280 km² in 1971 to 1,017 km² in 2011, an increase of 264%.
• In 2011, the natural and semi-natural land class was divided into forest (54%), water (9%) and other (37%).
• From 1971 to 2011, 295 km² of arable land and 217 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, 55.3% was forest, 36.5% was natural land for pasture and 8.1% was classed as other.
• Population in the CMA increased by 90% from 484,326 to 921,823 between 1971 and 2011.
• The number of dwellings in the CMA increased by 174% from 140,225 to 384,358 between 1971 and 2011.

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