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

Highlights

• At the CMA level, built-up area increased from 63 km² in 1971 to 188 km² in 2011, an increase of 201%.
• At the CMA-E level, built-up area increased from 69 km² in 1971 to 314 km² in 2011, an increase of 355%.
• In 2011, the natural and semi-natural land class was divided into forest (77%), water (12%) and other (12%).
• From 1971 to 2011, 48 km² of arable land and 122 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, 63.7% was forest, 7.7% was natural land for pasture and 28.7% was classed as other.
• Population in the CMA increased by 4% from 151,464 to 157,790 between 1971 and 2011.
• The number of dwellings in the CMA increased by 124% from 32,906 to 73,766 between 1971 and 2011.

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