Major Canadian Cities

Canada’s 25 Largest Cities by Metro Population

Every major metro ranked by population. Use the guide link to read the full city write-up on its province page — or jump up to the search box at the top of this page to dig into specific topics like cost of living, housing, neighbourhoods, transit and the job market.

#	City	Province	Metro Population	Guide
1	Toronto Canada’s largest city — 200+ nationalities, one skyline	Ontario	~6.7 million	Guide →
2	Montréal The French heart of North America, jazz, poutine and joie de vivre	Québec	~4.4 million	Guide →
3	Vancouver Pacific Rim metropolis where mountains meet the ocean	British Columbia	~2.8 million	Guide →
4	Calgary Cowboys, oil wealth and the Rocky Mountain gateway	Alberta	~1.67 million	Guide →
5	Edmonton Festival city on Canada’s deepest urban river valley	Alberta	~1.5 million	Guide →
6	Ottawa–Gatineau The National Capital — parliament, museums and the Rideau Canal	Ontario / Québec	~1.5 million	Guide →
8	Québec City North America’s only walled city north of Mexico	Québec	~830,000	Guide →
9	Hamilton The Hammer — steel city turned arts town and waterfall capital	Ontario	~785,000	Guide →
10	Kitchener–Waterloo Canada’s tech corridor anchored by two research universities	Ontario	~575,000	Guide →
11	London Forest City on the other Thames — university town and health hub	Ontario	~550,000	Guide →
12	Halifax Atlantic Canada’s capital — harbour city with 400 years of history	Nova Scotia	~490,000	Guide →
13	St. Catharines–Niagara Wine country, the Falls and the Niagara Escarpment	Ontario	~440,000	Guide →
14	Windsor Across the river from Detroit — Canada’s southernmost city	Ontario	~425,000	Guide →
15	Oshawa Built on the auto industry, now diversifying fast	Ontario	~420,000	Guide →
16	Victoria BC’s garden capital on Vancouver Island — mildest winters in Canada	British Columbia	~397,000	Guide →
17	Saskatoon The City of Bridges on the South Saskatchewan River	Saskatchewan	~340,000	Guide →
18	Regina Saskatchewan’s capital on the wide open plains	Saskatchewan	~255,000	Guide →
19	St. John’s The colourful capital at the edge of the continent	Newfoundland & Labrador	~213,000	Guide →
20	Kelowna Okanagan wine country and lake living in the BC interior	British Columbia	~225,000	Guide →
21	Barrie Gateway to cottage country on Lake Simcoe	Ontario	~215,000	Guide →
22	Kingston The Limestone City — birthplace of Confederation and home of Queen’s	Ontario	~170,000	Guide →
23	Sherbrooke Eastern Townships — Québec’s bilingual university city	Québec	~170,000	Guide →
24	Moncton New Brunswick’s bilingual commercial and transport hub	New Brunswick	~160,000	Guide →
25	Saint John Canada’s oldest incorporated city — Bay of Fundy port	New Brunswick	~130,000	Guide →