Greater Sudbury, Ontario The changing landscape of Canadian metropolitan areas
Greater Sudbury, Ontario

Highlights

• At the CMA level, built-up area increased from 85 km² in 1971 to 269 km² in 2011, an increase of 215%.
• At the CMA-E level, built-up area increased from 152 km² in 1971 to 624 km² in 2011, an increase of 311%.
• In 2011, the natural and semi-natural land class was divided into forest (69%), water (13%) and other (17%).
• From 1971 to 2011, 40 km² of arable land and 259 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, 70.4% was forest, 6.2% was natural land for pasture and 23.4% was classed as other.
• Population in the CMA decreased by 6% from 170,271 to 160,770 between 1971 and 2011.
• The number of dwellings in the CMA increased by 70% from 42,864 to 72,736 between 1971 and 2011.

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