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

Highlights

• At the CMA level, built-up area increased from 44 km² in 1971 to 203 km² in 2011, an increase of 364%.
• At the CMA-E level, built-up area increased from 73 km² in 1971 to 424 km² in 2011, an increase of 483%.
• In 2011, the natural and semi-natural land class was divided into forest (77%), water (5%) and other (18%).
• From 1971 to 2011, 85 km² of arable land and 130 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, 63.2% was forest, 24.6% was natural land for pasture and 12.2% was classed as other.
• Population in the CMA increased by 56% from 129,382 to 201,890 between 1971 and 2011.
• The number of dwellings in the CMA increased by 186% from 34,980 to 99,913 between 1971 and 2011.

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