Table 2
Urban sprawl scores and climate characteristics, by Census Metropolitan Area

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Table 2
Share of nominal gross domestic product by firm size, 2001 and 2008
 Table summary
 This table displays the results of urban sprawl scores and climate characteristics. This information is grouped by census Metropolitan Area (appearing as row headers) and standardized urban sprawl score, 1972-to-2000 average (daily temperature (ºC), annual rainfall (mm) and annual snowfall (cm)) (appearing as column headers), calculated using temperature, millimetres and centimetres as units of measure.
Census Metropolitan Area Standardized urban sprawl score 1972-to-2000 average
Daily temperature (ºC) Annual rainfall (mm) Annual snowfall (cm)
Montreal, QC -2.28 6.2 764 216
Toronto, ON -2.15 7.5 685 115
Vancouver, BC -1.65 10.1 1,155 48
Kitchener-Cambridge-Waterloo, ON -1.51 6.7 765 160
Hamilton, ON -1.43 7.6 765 162
Victoria, BC -1.21 9.7 841 44
Windsor, ON -0.73 9.4 805 127
Guelph, ON -0.65 6.5 771 161
Oshawa, ON -0.45 7.7 760 118
Calgary, AB -0.35 4.1 321 127
St. Catharines-Niagara, ON -0.31 8.8 746 137
Quebec City, QC -0.21 4.0 924 316
Barrie, ON -0.09 6.7 700 238
Abbotsford-Mission, BC -0.04 10.0 1,508 64
Winnipeg, MB 0.05 2.6 416 111
London, ON 0.05 7.5 818 202
St. John's, NF 0.07 4.7 1,191 322
Trois-Rivières, QC 0.20 4.9 859 241
Regina, SK 0.37 2.8 304 106
Edmonton, AB 0.38 2.4 375 121
Sherbrooke, QC 0.41 4.1 874 294
Ottawa ON-Gatineau QC 0.51 6.0 732 236
Saskatoon, SK 0.65 2.2 265 97
Thunder Bay, ON 0.70 2.5 559 188
Brantford, ON 0.86 8.0 780 113
Kelowna, BC 0.93 7.7 298 102
Halifax, NS 0.96 6.3 1,239 231
Moncton, NB 0.98 5.1 865 350
Kingston, ON 1.05 6.7 795 181
Saguenay, QC 1.11 2.3 661 342
Saint John, NB 1.17 5.0 1,148 257
Peterborough, ON 1.24 5.9 682 162
Greater Sudbury, ON 1.35 3.7 657 274
Source: 2006 Census of Canada; Environment Canada.