Largest Cities in Canada 2026: Population Ranking

Canada's cities at a glance

Updated October 2026

Dots sized by population · Toronto in orange

Canada has 5 cities with more than a million inhabitants and 72 with more than 100,000 (city-proper figures). The largest is Toronto with 2,794,356 people, followed by Montréal (1,762,949) and Calgary (1,306,784). The three largest cities together hold about 14.5% of the country's 40.6 million people.

The capital, Ottawa, is the 4th largest city with 1,017,449 people — Toronto is 2.7× larger.

By region, the most large cities are in Ontario (32), Quebec (16), British Columbia (13).

Country-level figures — live population, births and deaths, growth, density and history — are on the Canada population page; provinces, terrain, rivers and society maps are in the Canada atlas.

Canada cities by population

72 cities · GeoNames · city proper

#	City	Region	Population	Share of Canada
1	Toronto	Ontario	2,794,356	6.9%
2	Montréal	Quebec	1,762,949	4.3%
3	Calgary	Alberta	1,306,784	3.2%
4	OttawaCapital	Ontario	1,017,449	2.5%
5	Edmonton	Alberta	1,010,899	2.5%
6	Winnipeg	Manitoba	749,607	1.8%
7	Mississauga	Ontario	717,961	1.8%
8	Vancouver	British Columbia	662,248	1.6%
9	Brampton	Ontario	656,480	1.6%
10	Hamilton	Ontario	569,353	1.4%
11	Surrey	British Columbia	568,322	1.4%
12	Québec	Quebec	531,902	1.3%
13	Halifax	Nova Scotia	471,559	1.2%
14	Laval	Quebec	438,366	1.1%
15	London	Ontario	422,324	1%
16	Etobicoke	Ontario	365,000	0.9%
17	Markham	Ontario	338,503	0.8%
18	Vaughan	Ontario	323,103	0.8%
19	Gatineau	Quebec	300,045	0.7%
20	Victoria	British Columbia	289,625	0.7%
21	Saskatoon	Saskatchewan	266,141	0.7%
22	Kitchener	Ontario	256,885	0.6%
23	Burnaby	British Columbia	249,125	0.6%
24	Windsor	Ontario	229,660	0.6%
25	Longueuil	Quebec	229,330	0.6%
26	Regina	Saskatchewan	226,404	0.6%
27	Oakville	Ontario	213,759	0.5%
28	Richmond	British Columbia	209,937	0.5%
29	Richmond Hill	Ontario	202,022	0.5%
30	Burlington	Ontario	186,948	0.5%
31	Nepean	Ontario	180,000	0.4%
32	Oshawa	Ontario	175,383	0.4%
33	Greater Sudbury	Ontario	166,004	0.4%
34	Gloucester	Ontario	150,012	0.4%
35	Saguenay	Quebec	148,886	0.4%
36	Coquitlam	British Columbia	148,625	0.4%
37	Barrie	Ontario	147,829	0.4%
38	Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie	Quebec	146,501	0.4%
39	Villeray–Saint-Michel–Parc-Extension	Quebec	144,814	0.4%
40	Kelowna	British Columbia	144,576	0.4%
41	Trois-Rivières	Quebec	144,472	0.4%
42	Guelph	Ontario	143,740	0.4%
43	Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve	Quebec	142,753	0.4%
44	Abbotsford	British Columbia	141,397	0.3%
45	Whitby	Ontario	138,501	0.3%
46	St. Catharines	Ontario	136,803	0.3%
47	Milton	Ontario	132,979	0.3%
48	Langley	British Columbia	132,603	0.3%
49	Kingston	Ontario	132,485	0.3%
50	Cambridge	Ontario	129,920	0.3%
51	Sherbrooke	Quebec	129,447	0.3%
52	Orléans	Ontario	125,937	0.3%
53	Ottawa South	Ontario	125,090	0.3%
54	Saint-Louis-de-Terrebonne	Quebec	119,944	0.3%
55	Ajax	Ontario	119,677	0.3%
56	Saanich	British Columbia	117,735	0.3%
57	Thornhill	Ontario	115,292	0.3%
58	Rivière-des-Prairies–Pointe-aux-Trembles	Quebec	113,868	0.3%
59	Terrebonne	Quebec	111,575	0.3%
60	St. John's	Newfoundland and Labrador	110,525	0.3%
61	Thunder Bay	Ontario	108,843	0.3%
62	Sydney	Nova Scotia	105,968	0.3%
63	Le Plateau-Mont-Royal	Quebec	105,813	0.3%
64	Waterloo	Ontario	104,986	0.3%
65	Ville-Marie	Quebec	104,944	0.3%
66	Brantford	Ontario	104,688	0.3%
67	Kamloops	British Columbia	104,460	0.3%
68	Lethbridge	Alberta	103,197	0.3%
69	Delta	British Columbia	101,668	0.3%
70	Chilliwack	British Columbia	101,491	0.3%
71	Dartmouth	Nova Scotia	101,343	0.2%
72	Red Deer	Alberta	100,844	0.2%

Cities with 300,000 or more people link to their own page. The list keeps every city of 100,000+ and at least the 30 largest places of the country.

Frequently asked questions

What is the largest city in Canada?

Toronto, with about 2,794,356 inhabitants (city proper). It is larger than the capital, Ottawa (1,017,449).

What is the capital of Canada?

Ottawa — population 1,017,449, the 4th largest city in the country.

How many cities in Canada have over one million people?

5: Toronto, Montréal, Calgary, Ottawa, Edmonton.

Are these metropolitan-area populations?

No. They are city-proper figures (the administrative city) from GeoNames, based on the latest census or official estimate. Metropolitan areas, which include suburbs and satellite towns, are larger — often several times larger for the biggest cities.

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