![]() According to recent projections, experts are anticipating that this urban growth will continue, vastly outpacing the rest of the country. But what about on a city level?Īs of 2018, approximately 26.5 million people lived in census metropolitan areas. While population growth is expected to occur, the ranking of each province is probably not going to change over the next twenty years. In fact, between the years 20, Edmonton’s total population grew by more than twelve percent, a number significantly higher than the national growth rate for that time, which was 5.9%. It decreased dramatically after World War I, but has since recovered and continues to grow. Similar to Calgary, its population began to grow in earnest after the Canadian Pacific Railway reached the area. The city originally evolved out of the last of five local trading posts for the Hudson’s Bay Company. ![]() Rounding out the top five is Edmonton, the capital of Alberta, at just over 1.46 million people. Toronto, Ontario - 6.2 million Toronto, Ontario. Canada’s three northern territories come in last, neither one surpassing 50,000 residents. The four eastern provinces come next, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Prince Edward Island, all of which have populations under a million. The prairie provinces-Alberta, Manitoba, and Saskatchewan-come in fourth, fifth, and sixth, although the former is significantly more populated at 4.4 million, with the latter two at 1.3 and 1.1 million, respectively. British Columbia, Canada’s westernmost province, is third with 5.1 million. Ontario is the most heavily populated province with 14.6 million people, while the French province of Québec comes in at second with 8.5 million. The overall population is not evenly distributed across the country, but rather is higher in particular regions. The northern country is roughly 294 million people fewer than their neighbour to the south, the United States. Statistics Canada.Canada's population in 2020 is 37.8 million, and considering it is the second-largest country in the world at 3.8 million square miles (9.9 million square km), that is not a lot.
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