Toronto, Ontario The changing landscape of Canadian metropolitan areas
Toronto, Ontario

Highlights

• At the CMA level, built-up area increased from 995 km² in 1971 to 2,184 km² in 2011, an increase of 120%.
• At the CMA-E level, built-up area increased from 1,269 km² in 1971 to 3,080 km² in 2011, an increase of 143%.
• In 2011, the natural and semi-natural land class was divided into forest (38%), water (15%) and other (47%).
• From 1971 to 2011, 961 km² of arable land and 448 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, 49.2% was forest, 37.5% was natural land for pasture and 13.3% was classed as other.
• Population in the CMA increased by 107% from 2,699,927 to 5,583,064 between 1971 and 2011.
• The number of dwellings in the CMA increased by 162% from 794,253 to 2,079,459 between 1971 and 2011.

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