Québec, Quebec The changing landscape of Canadian metropolitan areas
Québec, Quebec

Highlights

• At the CMA level, built-up area increased from 183 km² in 1971 to 475 km² in 2011, an increase of 160%.
• At the CMA-E level, built-up area increased from 210 km² in 1971 to 658 km² in 2011, an increase of 213%.
• In 2011, the natural and semi-natural land class was divided into forest (82%), water (3%) and other (15%).
• From 1971 to 2011, 135 km² of arable land and 184 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, 66.8% was forest, 16.8% was natural land for pasture and 16.3% was classed as other.
• Population in the CMA increased by 49% from 512,233 to 765,706 between 1971 and 2011.
• The number of dwellings in the CMA increased by 168% from 134,673 to 361,447 between 1971 and 2011.

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