List of cities in Canada

Template:Short description Template:Canada provinces map This is a list of incorporated cities in Canada, in alphabetical order categorized by province or territory. More thorough lists of communities are available for each province.

Capital cities

Geographic area	Capital
Canada	Ottawa
Alberta	Edmonton
British Columbia	Victoria
Manitoba	Winnipeg
New Brunswick	Fredericton
Newfoundland and Labrador	St. John's
Nova Scotia	Halifax
Ontario	Toronto
Prince Edward Island	Charlottetown
Quebec	Quebec City
Saskatchewan	Regina
Northwest Territories	Yellowknife
Nunavut	Iqaluit
Yukon	Whitehorse

Alberta

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Distribution of Alberta's 19 cities and 12 other communities eligible for city status

To qualify as a city in Alberta, a sufficient population size (10,000 people or more) must be present and a majority of the buildings must be on parcels of land less than Template:Convert.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> A community is not always incorporated as a city even if it meets these requirements. The urban service areas of Fort McMurray and Sherwood Park are hamlets recognized as equivalents of cities, but remain unincorporated. Ten towns are also eligible for city status but remain incorporated as towns.

Alberta has 19 cities. Beaumont is Alberta's newest city, incorporating from town status on January 1, 2019.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

List of cities in Alberta Notes: Template:Reflist

British Columbia

Template:Main In British Columbia, a community can be incorporated as a city if its population exceeds 5,000.<ref>Government of British Columbia Template:Webarchive – Local Government Act</ref> Once so incorporated, a city does not lose this status even if its population later declines; the once-larger City of Greenwood, for example, now has a population of just 665 people.

British Columbia has 53 cities. List of cities in British Columbia

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Manitoba

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Cities and towns in Manitoba

Template:Main A community in Manitoba may seek city status once reaching a population of 7,500.<ref name="Morden" /> Manitoba's newest city is Morden, which changed from town to city status on August 24, 2012.<ref name="Morden">Template:Cite web</ref>

Manitoba has 10 cities.

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Name	Population (2021)<ref name="2021StatCanMB">Template:Cite web</ref>	Population (2016)<ref name="2021StatCanMB" />	Change (%)<ref name="2021StatCanMB" />
Brandon	Template:Change	Template:Nts	Template:Nts
Dauphin Template:Refn	Template:Change	Template:Nts	Template:Nts
Flin Flon (part)<ref group=MB>Flin Flon is Manitoba's smallest city by population. The balance of Flin Flon is located within Saskatchewan.</ref>	Template:Change	Template:Nts<ref group=MB>This area does not include Template:Convert in the Saskatchewan portion of Flin Flon. The city's total area in 2016 was Template:Convert.</ref>	Template:Nts
Morden<ref group=MB>Morden is Manitoba's newest city, incorporated August 24, 2012.</ref>	Template:Change	Template:Nts	Template:Nts
Portage la Prairie	Template:Change	Template:Nts	Template:Nts
Selkirk	Template:Change	Template:Nts	Template:Nts
Steinbach	Template:Change	Template:Nts	Template:Nts
Thompson	Template:Change	Template:Nts	Template:Nts
Winkler	Template:Change	Template:Nts	Template:Nts
Winnipeg<ref group=MB>Winnipeg is Canada's seventh-largest city and Manitoba's capital and largest city by both population and area. The Winnipeg census metropolitan area (CMA) is formed around the City of Winnipeg.</ref>	Template:Change	Template:Nts	Template:Nts
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New Brunswick

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Cities and towns in New Brunswick

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New Brunswick has eight cities. List of cities in New Brunswick Notes: Template:Reflist

Newfoundland and Labrador

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Newfoundland and Labrador has three cities.

Name	Population (2021)<ref name="2021censusNL">Template:Cite web</ref>	Population (2016)<ref name="2021censusNL" />	Change (%)<ref name="2021censusNL" />
Corner Brook<ref group="NL">Corner Brook is Newfoundland and Labrador's smallest city by population.</ref>	Template:Change	Template:Nts	Template:Pop density
Mount Pearl<ref group=NL>Mount Pearl is Newfoundland and Labrador's smallest city by area.</ref>	Template:Change	Template:Nts	Template:Pop density
St. John's<ref group=NL>St. John's is Newfoundland and Labrador's capital and largest city by both population and area. The St. John's census metropolitan area includes the cities of Mount Pearl and St. John's.</ref>	Template:Change	Template:Nts	Template:Pop density
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Northwest Territories

Template:See also As in the other two Canadian territories, the only incorporated city in the Northwest Territories is its capital, Yellowknife.

Name	Population (2021)<ref name="2021censusNT">Template:Cite web</ref>	Population (2016)<ref name="2021censusNT" />	Change (%)<ref name="2021censusNT" />	Area (km²)<ref name="2021censusNT" />	Population density<ref name="2021censusNT" />
Yellowknife	Template:Change	Template:Nts	Template:Pop density

Nova Scotia

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Towns and former cities in Nova Scotia

Template:See also Nova Scotia no longer has any incorporated cities, as they were amalgamated into regional municipalities in the 1990s.

Halifax – provincial capital and metropolitan area and formerly the largest city in Nova Scotia by population, now part of the Halifax Regional Municipality
Sydney – formerly the smallest city in Nova Scotia by population, now part of the Cape Breton Regional Municipality
Dartmouth – formerly a city in Nova Scotia, now part of the Halifax Regional Municipality

Nunavut

Template:See also As in the other two Canadian territories, the only incorporated city in Nunavut is its capital, Iqaluit.

Name	Population (2021)<ref name="2021censusNU">Template:Cite web</ref>	Population (2016)<ref name="2021censusNU" />	Change (%)<ref name="2021censusNU" />	Area (km²)<ref name="2021censusNU" />	Population density<ref name="2021censusNU" />
Iqaluit	Template:Change	Template:Nts	Template:Pop density

Ontario

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Ontario has 52 cities. In Ontario, city status is conferred by the provincial government, generally upon the request of the incorporated municipality. A municipality may apply for city status anytime after its population surpasses 10,000. This status is not automatically conferred on a community that reaches this population target, but must be requested by the municipality and granted by the provincial Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing. Not all municipalities which reach this population target have pursued city designation. For example, Ajax, Oakville, and Whitby, which all had populations greater than 100,000 in 2011, are still designated as towns.<ref name="2011StatCanON">Template:Cite web</ref> Once designated a city, however, a municipality does not lose this status even if its population later falls back below 10,000 (as, for example, Dryden). Ontario's newest city is Richmond Hill, which changed from town to city status on March 25, 2019.<ref name="Wang">Template:Cite news</ref>

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List of cities in Ontario

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Prince Edward Island

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Prince Edward Island has two cities.

Name	County	Population (2021)<ref name="2021censusPE">Template:Cite web</ref>	Population (2016)<ref name="2021censusPE" />	Change (%)<ref name="2021censusPE" />
Charlottetown Template:Refn	Queens	Template:Change	Template:Nts	Template:Pop density
Summerside Template:Refn	Prince	Template:Change	Template:Nts	Template:Pop density
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Quebec

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In Quebec, provincial law does not contain any cities at the current time, although the designation exists. — A ville, though legally a "township", may be informally referred to as a town or a city in English, but this is an arbitrary and subjective distinction. Quebec municipal types are cities (cités), townships (villes), and municipalités (municipalités).

Quebec has 223 villes.

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List of towns in Quebec

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Saskatchewan

Template:Main In Saskatchewan, Section 39(1) of The Cities Act indicates a town must have a population of 5,000 or more<ref name="CitiesAct">Template:Cite web</ref> and meet other criteria in order to incorporate as a city, although in the early 20th century several centres such as Saskatoon and Regina were granted city status despite having a smaller population. The City of Melville retains its city status despite dropping below 5,000 people in the 1990s. Kindersley has expressed an interest in applying for city status upon reaching the 5,000 milestone.<ref name="Kindersley">Template:Cite web</ref> Saskatchewan's newest city is Warman, which changed from town to city status on October 24, 2012.<ref name="Warman">Template:Cite web</ref>

Saskatchewan has 16 cities.

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List of cities in Saskatchewan

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Yukon

Template:See also As in the other two Canadian territories, the only incorporated city in the Yukon is its capital, Whitehorse. Dawson was also previously incorporated as a city, but when the criteria were changed in the 1980s, its status was reduced to that of a town due to population. Through special provision, however, it was officially the town of the city of Dawson until 2001.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Name	Population (2021)<ref name="2021censusYK">Template:Cite web</ref>	Population (2016)<ref name="2021censusYK"/>	Change (%)<ref name="2021censusYK" />	Area (km²)<ref name="2021censusYK" />	Population density<ref name="2021censusYK" />
Whitehorse	Template:Change	Template:Nts	Template:Pop density

References

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