Canada - Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million

Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million

The value for Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million in Canada was 17,588,030 as of 2021. As the graph below shows, over the past 61 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 17,588,030 in 2021 and a minimum value of 5,390,421 in 1960.

Definition: Population in urban agglomerations of more than one million is the country's population living in metropolitan areas that in 2018 had a population of more than one million people.

Source: United Nations, World Urbanization Prospects.

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Year Value
1960 5,390,421
1961 5,623,450
1962 5,827,886
1963 6,040,753
1964 6,262,776
1965 6,493,451
1966 6,732,676
1967 6,964,220
1968 7,204,486
1969 7,452,775
1970 7,710,429
1971 7,963,535
1972 8,066,825
1973 8,171,695
1974 8,278,623
1975 8,387,503
1976 8,499,123
1977 8,619,424
1978 8,742,707
1979 8,868,894
1980 8,998,251
1981 9,132,887
1982 9,302,032
1983 9,475,176
1984 9,652,677
1985 9,833,904
1986 10,023,230
1987 10,260,020
1988 10,502,980
1989 10,751,240
1990 11,005,970
1991 11,259,740
1992 11,427,440
1993 11,597,740
1994 11,771,400
1995 11,948,260
1996 12,129,240
1997 12,317,140
1998 12,508,660
1999 12,703,600
2000 12,902,320
2001 13,105,500
2002 13,322,800
2003 13,543,850
2004 13,769,040
2005 13,997,490
2006 14,230,710
2007 14,471,530
2008 14,716,980
2009 14,966,140
2010 15,220,100
2011 15,471,250
2012 15,682,310
2013 15,896,220
2014 16,113,910
2015 16,335,180
2016 16,560,400
2017 16,789,330
2018 17,022,070
2019 17,211,240
2020 17,400,130
2021 17,588,030

Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million (% of total population)

Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million (% of total population) in Canada was 45.86 as of 2021. Its highest value over the past 61 years was 45.94 in 2017, while its lowest value was 30.10 in 1960.

Definition: Population in urban agglomerations of more than one million is the percentage of a country's population living in metropolitan areas that in 2018 had a population of more than one million people.

Source: United Nations, World Urbanization Prospects.

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Year Value
1960 30.10
1961 30.78
1962 31.31
1963 31.85
1964 32.41
1965 33.00
1966 33.58
1967 34.12
1968 34.73
1969 35.44
1970 36.16
1971 36.26
1972 36.31
1973 36.33
1974 36.30
1975 36.24
1976 36.24
1977 36.33
1978 36.48
1979 36.65
1980 36.70
1981 36.80
1982 37.03
1983 37.35
1984 37.70
1985 38.05
1986 38.40
1987 38.80
1988 39.20
1989 39.42
1990 39.75
1991 40.16
1992 40.28
1993 40.43
1994 40.59
1995 40.78
1996 40.96
1997 41.19
1998 41.48
1999 41.79
2000 42.05
2001 42.25
2002 42.48
2003 42.80
2004 43.11
2005 43.41
2006 43.69
2007 44.00
2008 44.27
2009 44.50
2010 44.76
2011 45.05
2012 45.18
2013 45.31
2014 45.47
2015 45.75
2016 45.86
2017 45.94
2018 45.92
2019 45.77
2020 45.75
2021 45.86

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Density & urbanization