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Total population count1 for census metropolitan areas (CMAs) and census agglomerations (CAs), 1996, 2001 and 2006 censuses

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Total population count for census metropolitan areas (CMAs) and census agglomerations (CAs), 1996, 2001 and 2006 censuses
Geography Type Census year
1996 2001 2006
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Canada ... 28,846,761 30,007,094 31,612,897
Saguenay (Que.Link to data quality note(s) for Saguenay CMA 160,454 154,937 151,643
Saint-Georges (Que.Link to data quality note(s) for Saint-Georges CA 28,200 29,759 31,363
Saint-Hyacinthe (Que.Link to data quality note(s) for Saint-Hyacinthe CA 54,814 54,275 55,823
Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu (Que.Link to data quality note(s) for Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu CA 76,461 79,600 87,492
Saint John (N.B.) CMA 125,705 122,678 122,389
Salaberry-de-Valleyfield (Que.Link to data quality note(s) for Salaberry-de-Valleyfield CA 39,563 39,028 39,672
Salmon Arm (B.C.Link to data quality note(s) for Salmon Arm CA 14,859 15,390 16,205
Sarnia (Ont.) CA 90,697 88,331 88,793
Saskatoon (Sask.) CMA 219,056 225,928 233,926
Sault Ste. Marie (Ont.Link to data quality note(s) for Sault Ste. Marie CA 83,619 78,908 80,099
Sept-Îles (Que.Link to data quality note(s) for Sept-Îles CA 28,621 27,623 27,827
Shawinigan (Que.Link to data quality note(s) for Shawinigan CA 59,071 56,412 56,434
Sherbrooke (Que.Link to data quality note(s) for Sherbrooke CMA 170,454 175,824 186,951
Sorel-Tracy (Que.Link to data quality note(s) for Sorel-Tracy CA 49,959 47,802 48,295
Squamish (B.C.Link to data quality note(s) for Squamish CA 14,236 14,439 15,259
St. Catharines - Niagara (Ont.Link to data quality note(s) for St. Catharines - Niagara CMA 372,406 377,009 390,317
St. John's (N.L.) CMA 174,051 172,917 181,113
Stratford (Ont.Link to data quality note(s) for Stratford CA 28,987 29,676 30,461
Summerside (P.E.I.) CA 16,001 16,200 16,153
Swift Current (Sask.Link to data quality note(s) for Swift Current CA 16,437 16,527 16,533
Temiskaming Shores (Ont.Link to data quality note(s) for Temiskaming Shores CA 13,710 12,927 12,904
Terrace (B.C.Link to data quality note(s) for Terrace CA 20,941 19,980 18,583
Thetford Mines (Que.Link to data quality note(s) for Thetford Mines CA 28,135 26,721 26,107
Thompson (Man.Link to data quality note(s) for Thompson CA 14,390 13,335 13,595
Thunder Bay (Ont.Link to data quality note(s) for Thunder Bay CMA 126,643 121,985 122,907
Tillsonburg (Ont.) CA 13,211 14,052 14,822
Timmins (Ont.Link to data quality note(s) for Timmins CA 47,499 43,686 42,997
Toronto (Ont.) CMA 4,263,757 4,682,898 5,113,149
Trois-Rivières (Que.Link to data quality note(s) for Trois-Rivières CMA 139,956 137,507 141,529
Truro (N.S.Link to data quality note(s) for Truro CA 44,102 44,276 45,077
Val-d'Or (Que.Link to data quality note(s) for Val-d'Or CA 33,790 32,423 32,288
Vancouver (B.C.Link to data quality note(s) for Vancouver CMA 1,831,665 1,986,965 2,116,581
Vernon (B.C.Link to data quality note(s) for Vernon CA 49,701 51,528 55,420
Victoria (B.C.Link to data quality note(s) for Victoria CMA 304,287 311,904 330,088
Victoriaville (Que.Link to data quality note(s) for Victoriaville CA 46,098 46,908 48,893
Wetaskiwin (Alta.Link to data quality note(s) for Wetaskiwin CA 10,959 11,154 11,673
Whitehorse (Y.T.Link to data quality note(s) for Whitehorse CA 21,808 21,407 22,902
Williams Lake (B.C.Link to data quality note(s) for Williams Lake CA 19,854 19,765 18,761
Windsor (Ont.) CMA 286,811 307,877 323,342
Winnipeg (Man.Link to data quality note(s) for Winnipeg CMA 672,109 676,594 694,668
Wood Buffalo (Alta.Link to data quality note(s) for Wood Buffalo CA 36,105 42,581 52,644
Woodstock (Ont.Link to data quality note(s) for Woodstock CA 32,904 33,270 35,480
Yellowknife (N.W.T.Link to data quality note(s) for Yellowknife CA 17,275 16,541 18,700
Yorkton (Sask.Link to data quality note(s) for Yorkton CA 17,713 17,557 17,438