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Table 3.34
Population and dwellings, total and settled area, Kitchener–Cambridge–Waterloo census metropolitan area (CMA) and census metropolitan area-ecosystem (CMA-E), 1971, 1991, 2001 and 2011 Table 3.34
Population and dwellings, total and settled area, Kitchener–Cambridge–Waterloo census metropolitan area (CMA) and census metropolitan area-ecosystem (CMA-E), 1971, 1991, 2001 and 2011

Table 3.34
Population and dwellings, total and settled area, Kitchener–Cambridge–Waterloo census metropolitan area (CMA) and census metropolitan area-ecosystem (CMA-E), 1971, 1991, 2001 and 2011
Table summary
This table displays population and dwelling numbers for the total area and settled area of Kitchener–Cambridge–Waterloo CMA and CMA-E. The row headers provide information on the population and dwellings in the years 1971, 1991, 2001 and 2011, as well as the population and dwelling change from 1971 to 2011. The column headers provide information on number and percentage change for the total area and settled area for both the CMA and CMA-ecosystem boundaries.
	Total area	Settled area^Note 4	Total area	Settled area^Note 4
	CMA^Note 1		CMA-ecosystem^Note 2^,^Note 3
	number
1971
Population	238,628	229,348	699,307	650,181
Dwellings	69,707	67,399	207,135	194,540
1991
Population	356,421	351,815	853,073	837,455
Dwellings	128,111	126,668	315,878	310,946
2001
Population	414,284	409,449	951,374	928,897
Dwellings	158,735	157,158	376,340	368,786
2011
Population	477,160	474,062	1,047,637	1,026,623
Dwellings	191,739	190,725	435,211	427,944
	percent
Population and dwelling change, 1971 to 2011
Population	100	107	50	58
Dwellings	175	183	110	120
Note 1. 2011 census metropolitan area (CMA) boundaries are used for all years. Return to note 1 referrer Note 2. The CMA-Ecosystem (CMA-E) combines any Soil Landscapes of Canada (SLC) polygon that is contained within or that intersects with the CMA boundary, as well as SLC polygons that are fully contained within this newly formed boundary of the CMA-E. Return to note 2 referrer Note 3. CMA-E are not spatially mutually exclusive—they overlap where a Soil Landscape of Canada (SLC) polygon crosses more than one CMA boundary, as is the case in Toronto and surrounding CMAs including Hamilton, Oshawa, Kitchener–Cambridge–Waterloo, Guelph, Brantford and Barrie. Caution should be used when comparing data. See CMA-E maps in Section 3: Ecosystem accounts and statistics by census metropolitan area for a visual representation of the CMA-E boundaries. Return to note 3 referrer Note 4. Settled area is defined as the built-up area excluding roads. Settled area population and dwelling counts include 1971 and 1991 enumeration area points and 2001 and 2011 dissemination block points located within 400 m of the settled area. Population and dwelling data for 2001 and 2011 is finer in scale than data for 1971 and 1991 and can therefore be better attributed to the settled areas, which may limit comparability of the data over time. Return to note 4 referrer Sources: Statistics Canada, Environment, Energy and Transportation Statistics Division, 2016, special tabulation of data from the 1971, 1991, 2001 and 2011 Censuses of Population; Natural Resources Canada (NRCan), Canada Centre for Remote Sensing (CCRS), 1999, Canada Land Inventory: CLI Land Use (circa 1966), ftp://ftp2.cits.rncan.gc.ca/pub/geott/cli_250k/landuse/ (accessed September 15, 2015); NRCan, CCRS, 1999, Canada Land Use Monitoring Program (CLUMP): CLUMP Land Use (1971), ftp://ftp2.cits.rncan.gc.ca/pub/geott/clump/clump_1971/ (accessed September 15, 2015); Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, 2015, Land Use 1990, 2000 and 2010, http://open.canada.ca/data/en/dataset/18e3ef1a-497c-40c6-8326-aac1a34a0dec (accessed September 16, 2015).

Date modified:: 2016-03-31