Sources & methods
Where our numbers come from
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Statistics Canada tables
- Statistics Canada, Table 17-10-0148-01 · Population estimates by metro area
- Statistics Canada, Table 17-10-0155-01 · Population estimates by municipality
- Statistics Canada, Table 17-10-0009-01 · Quarterly population estimates
- Statistics Canada, Table 98-10-0005-01 · 2021 Census population & dwellings
- Statistics Canada, Table 98-10-0003-01 · 2021 Census municipalities
- Statistics Canada, Table 98-10-0020-01 · Median age
- Statistics Canada, Table 98-10-0030-01 · Age groups
- Statistics Canada, Table 98-10-0061-01 · Household income
- Statistics Canada, Table 98-10-0223-01 · Official languages
- Statistics Canada, Table 98-10-0227-01 · Home language
- Statistics Canada, Table 98-10-0302-01 · Immigration & place of birth
- Statistics Canada, Table 98-10-0384-01 · Education
- Statistics Canada, Table 98-10-0258-01 · Owners & renters
- Statistics Canada, Table 98-10-0253-01 · Shelter costs
- Statistics Canada, Table 98-10-0256-01 · Home values
- Statistics Canada, Table 98-10-0457-01 · Commuting
- Statistics Canada, Table 14-10-0459-01 · Labour Force Survey, metro areas
- Statistics Canada, Table 14-10-0287-01 · Labour Force Survey, provinces
- Statistics Canada, Table 18-10-0004-01 · Consumer Price Index
- Statistics Canada, Table 18-10-0205-01 · New Housing Price Index
- Statistics Canada, Table 34-10-0133-01 · CMHC average rents
- Statistics Canada, Table 34-10-0127-01 · CMHC vacancy rates
- Statistics Canada, Table 35-10-0026-01 · Crime Severity Index
Weather & climate
Places
- Natural Resources Canada — Canadian Geographical Names Database
- Municipal open data portals listed on the open data page.
How to read the numbers
- Cities are Statistics Canada census metropolitan areas (CMAs, 100,000+ people) and census agglomerations (CAs, 10,000+). Where a page says "City of …", the number is for that municipality only.
- Census figures are from the 2021 Census; income figures refer to 2020.
- Rents are CMHC October survey averages for purpose-built rental apartments and rows.
- Unemployment is the Labour Force Survey three-month moving average, seasonally adjusted, and is only published for CMAs.
- Climate uses 1981–2010 normals from the best-quality station near each city.
- Data last built October 30, 2026.