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

Highlights

• At the CMA level, built-up area increased from 38 km² in 1971 to 166 km² in 2011, an increase of 336%.
• At the CMA-E level, built-up area increased from 46 km² in 1971 to 302 km² in 2011, an increase of 550%.
• In 2011, the natural and semi-natural land class was divided into forest (57%), water (14%) and other (30%).
• From 1971 to 2011, 70 km² of arable land and 91 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, 54.2% was forest, 33.1% was natural land for pasture and 12.7% was classed as other.
• Population in the CMA increased by 42% from 83,774 to 118,975 between 1971 and 2011.
• The number of dwellings in the CMA increased by 121% from 24,276 to 53,730 between 1971 and 2011.

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