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| Census metropolitan areas | Anglophone population | Francophone population | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 2006 | 2001 | 2006 | |||||
| number | % | number | % | number | % | number | % | |
| Sources: Statistics Canada, censuses of population, 2001 and 2006. | ||||||||
| St. John's | 168,250 | 98.3 | 174,660 | 97.4 | 555 | 0.3 | 610 | 0.3 |
| Halifax | 329,500 | 92.6 | 338,620 | 91.7 | 10,745 | 3.0 | 10,670 | 2.9 |
| Moncton | 75,300 | 64.5 | 77,925 | 62.8 | 40,065 | 34.3 | 43,500 | 35.1 |
| Saint John | 113,195 | 93.3 | 111,505 | 92.2 | 5,785 | 4.8 | 5,760 | 4.8 |
| Saguenay | 1,410 | 0.9 | 1,240 | 0.8 | 150,875 | 98.6 | 146,615 | 98.0 |
| Québec | 11,195 | 1.7 | 11,405 | 1.6 | 653,530 | 96.5 | 672,760 | 95.5 |
| Sherbrooke | 10,095 | 5.9 | 9,290 | 5.1 | 156,910 | 91.2 | 165,740 | 90.3 |
| Trois-Rivières | 1,670 | 1.2 | 1,490 | 1.1 | 131,670 | 97.8 | 134,485 | 97.1 |
| Montréal | 432,365 | 12.7 | 448,325 | 12.5 | 2,327,050 | 68.3 | 2,356,980 | 65.7 |
| Ottawa - Gatineau (Total) | 539,905 | 51.2 | 559,110 | 50.0 | 348,165 | 33.0 | 367,080 | 32.9 |
| Ottawa - Gatineau (Que. part) | 35,575 | 13.7 | 37,390 | 13.3 | 209,430 | 80.7 | 223,130 | 79.2 |
| Ottawa - Gatineau (Ont. part) | 504,330 | 63.4 | 521,720 | 62.4 | 138,730 | 17.4 | 143,950 | 17.2 |
| Kingston | 125,655 | 88.0 | 130,275 | 87.7 | 4,575 | 3.2 | 4,505 | 3.0 |
| Peterborough | 101,875 | 93.7 | 106,755 | 92.7 | 1,340 | 1.2 | 1,415 | 1.2 |
| Oshawa | 257,340 | 87.7 | 284,695 | 86.8 | 6,870 | 2.3 | 7,150 | 2.2 |
| Toronto | 2,727,370 | 58.7 | 2,797,520 | 55.2 | 64,240 | 1.4 | 65,230 | 1.3 |
| Hamilton | 506,680 | 77.3 | 519,980 | 76.1 | 10,695 | 1.6 | 10,525 | 1.5 |
| St. Catharines - Niagara | 301,995 | 81.3 | 309,125 | 80.3 | 14,705 | 4.0 | 14,090 | 3.7 |
| Kitchener | 318,305 | 77.7 | 336,840 | 75.4 | 6,075 | 1.5 | 6,480 | 1.5 |
| Brantford | 102,275 | 87.9 | 108,065 | 88.0 | 1,500 | 1.3 | 1,375 | 1.1 |
| Guelph | 94,340 | 81.5 | 100,945 | 80.1 | 1,805 | 1.6 | 1,870 | 1.5 |
| London | 354,460 | 82.4 | 365,700 | 80.8 | 6,015 | 1.4 | 6,530 | 1.4 |
| Windsor | 222,520 | 73.0 | 233,215 | 72.7 | 13,855 | 4.5 | 11,855 | 3.7 |
| Barrie | 132,900 | 90.4 | 155,160 | 88.5 | 3,225 | 2.2 | 3,945 | 2.2 |
| Greater Sudbury / Grand Sudbury | 97,350 | 63.3 | 100,535 | 64.3 | 44,410 | 28.9 | 43,815 | 28.0 |
| Thunder Bay | 99,795 | 82.9 | 101,700 | 84.0 | 3,240 | 2.7 | 3,235 | 2.7 |
| Winnipeg | 502,865 | 75.4 | 512,225 | 74.7 | 30,140 | 4.5 | 30,105 | 4.4 |
| Regina | 168,765 | 88.8 | 170,455 | 88.6 | 2,435 | 1.3 | 2,835 | 1.5 |
| Saskatoon | 190,310 | 85.5 | 198,215 | 85.9 | 4,240 | 1.9 | 3,660 | 1.6 |
| Calgary | 743,490 | 78.8 | 803,995 | 75.1 | 15,895 | 1.7 | 17,590 | 1.6 |
| Edmonton | 726,655 | 78.4 | 792,035 | 77.3 | 22,670 | 2.4 | 23,195 | 2.3 |
| Kelowna | 124,705 | 85.4 | 136,515 | 85.0 | 2,940 | 2.0 | 2,665 | 1.7 |
| Abbotsford | 108,670 | 74.9 | 111,175 | 71.0 | 1,655 | 1.1 | 1,715 | 1.1 |
| Vancouver | 1,200,295 | 61.0 | 1,208,625 | 57.6 | 27,185 | 1.4 | 26,400 | 1.3 |
| Victoria | 265,675 | 86.5 | 276,090 | 84.9 | 5,545 | 1.8 | 6,010 | 1.8 |