Trois-Rivières, Quebec The changing landscape of Canadian metropolitan areas
Trois-Rivières, Quebec

Highlights

• At the CMA level, built-up area increased from 36 km² in 1971 to 147 km² in 2011, an increase of 310%.
• At the CMA-E level, built-up area increased from 68 km² in 1971 to 446 km² in 2011, an increase of 558%.
• In 2011, the natural and semi-natural land class was divided into forest (62%), water (3%) and other (35%).
• From 1971 to 2011, 131 km² of arable land and 110 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, 73.4% was forest, 13.6% was natural land for pasture and 13.0% was classed as other.
• Population in the CMA increased by 28% from 118,248 to 151,773 between 1971 and 2011.
• The number of dwellings in the CMA increased by 142% from 30,942 to 74,837 between 1971 and 2011.

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