Census 2011 Results:

[trebor204]

Canada's Population: 33,476,688

4 CMA has 10%+ change in population

Calgary (12.6%)
Edmonton (12.1%)
Saskatoon (11.4)
Kelowna (10.8%)

Kitchner/Waterloo only CMA in top 20 to move up 1 rankiing

[Ramako]

http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-re...=3&O=D&RPP=150

http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-re...T=101&S=50&O=A

[toaster]

Ajax now at 109,600 and Pickering still only at 88,721. Ajax still a Town, Pickering a City.

[Acajack]

Surprising that Ottawa-Gatineau is still ahead of Calgary.

[MonctonRad]

Originally Posted by trebor204

Canada's Population: 33,476,688

4 CMA has 10%+ change in population

Calgary (12.6%)
Edmonton (12.1%)
Saskatoon (11.4)
Kelowna (10.8%)

And the 5th fastest growing CMA is Moncton.

[PoscStudent]

Newfoundland and Labrador's population was 514,536 (1.8)
St. John's population was 196,966 (8.8%)

Newfoundland and Labrador's population has increased since the 1980's!

Paradise, a town within the St. John's CMA, increased 40.6% after recording an increase of 31% in 2006.

[SteelTown]

Quebec City got a big jump but I noticed "adjusted figure due to boundary change".

[toaster]

Oak Ridges-Markham electoral district now 228,997 people.
Brampton West electoral district now 204,146 people.

[eternallyme]

Originally Posted by toaster

Oak Ridges-Markham electoral district now 228,997 people.
Brampton West electoral district now 204,146 people.

Those will likely be split into two within. OR-M might even form parts of 3 ridings.

[trebor204]

Checking the Population Centre

Change of Population with Population Centre (previously Urban Centre)

Population Centres with a current population of over 10,000

Stouffville (ON) 100.5%
Milton (ON) 66.1%
Chestermere (AB) 50.2%
Airdrie (AB) 47.1%
Leduc (AB) 43.1%

[Dirt_Devil]

Originally Posted by SteelTown

Quebec City got a big jump but I noticed "adjusted figure due to boundary change".

Yeah CMA now includes Neuville, a 3.8k city west of Qc City. They also adjusted the 2006 numbers as if Neuville was included in the CMA for the 2006's census.

[Ramako]

Toronto increased its population by the size of London, ON.

[Bassic Lab]

Big ten CMAs

Toronto 5,583,064
Montreal 3,824,221
Vancouver 2,313,328
Ottawa 1,236,324
Calgary 1,214,839
Edmonton 1,159,869
Quebec 765,706
Winnipeg 730,018
Hamilton 721,053
Kitchener 477,160

Some of those are incomplete. For instance Winnipeg's CMA # excludes one or more incompletely enumerated reserves.

[Acajack]

Originally Posted by Bassic Lab

Big ten CMAs

Toronto 5,583,064
Montreal 3,824,221
Vancouver 2,313,328
Ottawa 1,236,324
Calgary 1,214,839
Edmonton 1,159,869
Quebec 765,706
Winnipeg 730,018
Hamilton 721,053
Kitchener 477,160

Some of those are incomplete. For instance Winnipeg's CMA # excludes one or more incompletely enumerated reserves.

Still, it's funny how a lot of people across Canada seem to always understimate Quebec City...

[davidivivid]

Originally Posted by Acajack

Still, it's funny how a lot of people across Canada seem to always understimate Quebec City...

Especially true in light of the census results. I tought it was odd that the consensus here seemed to be that Quebec City was going to fall behind Winnipeg and Hamilton in terms of population, though it might stem from the fact that Quebec City has usually been rather discreet. The city's population growth was strong during the last few years and is set to be even stronger in the years to come:

1- In 2010, for the first time that these numbers are tabulated, more people left Montreal to come to Quebec City then vice-versa (2247 vs 2167). The difference is minimal, 80 citizens, but it marks a shift of great importance. Same can be said with the Montérégie region. Hence, inter-regional migration will most likely favor Quebec City (+ 2554 in 2010).

2- Immigration has historically been very weak in Quebec City but it seems to be gathering steam in the last couple of years. From 2005 to 2009, only 1800 immigrants on average choose Quebec as their new home. In 2010, things seemed to improve significantly with 2629 new immmigrants. From what I gather, 2011 will be a year of record for immigration in Quebec City. These numbers are still small compared to cities of the same size in Canada but the Provincial Capital looks to be on its way to lessen that gap significantly.

3- Retention of immigrants is at a very healty 85% compared to the national average of 80%.

4- I won't go into details but let's just say that the economic fundamentals are very strong.

5- I guess this fifth point would be the exclamation point: I believe oil and gas exploration and production will advanced significantly east of Quebec City in the years to come (Macasty shale in Anticosti, Haldimand in Gaspé and Old Harry in the Gulf). Many if not most of the companies which have important exploration rights are headquartered in Quebec City. The city already has respectable growth but if it can indeed develop an oil and gas sector, it would likely attract even more new inhabitants.

[thurmas]

I think Quebec City is also much more business friendly and conservative to that of Montreal. Quebec city seems to have a can do attitude weather it is getting a new arena and the Nordiques back, lower taxes, attracting events to the city like cracked ice tournament, concerts ect... Where as Montreal is mired in Mafia corruption, petty language battles, crumbling infrastrucutre, politicians on the take, a lack of a business vision for the city.

[Robertpuant]

Originally Posted by thurmas

I think Quebec City is also much more business friendly and conservative to that of Montreal. Quebec city seems to have a can do attitude weather it is getting a new arena and the Nordiques back, lower taxes, attracting events to the city like cracked ice tournament, concerts ect... Where as Montreal is mired in Mafia corruption, petty language battles, crumbling infrastrucutre, politicians on the take, a lack of a business vision for the city.

I feel way too lazy right now to respond to that, knowing it'd take about 2 pages. But let's just pretend you didn't say anything. Keep reading the Reader's digest and the like..

[MolsonExport]

Originally Posted by thurmas

I think Quebec City is also much more business friendly and conservative to that of Montreal. Quebec city seems to have a can do attitude weather it is getting a new arena and the Nordiques back, lower taxes, attracting events to the city like cracked ice tournament, concerts ect... Where as Montreal is mired in Mafia corruption, petty language battles, crumbling infrastrucutre, politicians on the take, a lack of a business vision for the city.

How long has it been since you let your mind out of the thermos?

[The Gibbroni]

Originally Posted by thurmas

I think Quebec City is also much more business friendly and conservative to that of Montreal. Quebec city seems to have a can do attitude weather it is getting a new arena and the Nordiques back, lower taxes, attracting events to the city like cracked ice tournament, concerts ect... Where as Montreal is mired in Mafia corruption, petty language battles, crumbling infrastrucutre, politicians on the take, a lack of a business vision for the city.

We're working on all of that, the "more concerts and events" in particular lol!

I'd guess that you've spent a lot of time in both cities?

[Acajack]

Originally Posted by davidivivid

Especially true in light of the census results. I tought it was odd that the consensus here seemed to be that Quebec City was going to fall behind Winnipeg and Hamilton in terms of population, though it might stem from the fact that Quebec City has usually been rather discreet. The city's population growth was strong during the last few years and is set to be even stronger in the years to come:

1- In 2010, for the first time that these numbers are tabulated, more people left Montreal to come to Quebec City then vice-versa (2247 vs 2167). The difference is minimal, 80 citizens, but it marks a shift of great importance. Same can be said with the Montérégie region. Hence, inter-regional migration will most likely favor Quebec City (+ 2554 in 2010).

2- Immigration has historically been very weak in Quebec City but it seems to be gathering steam in the last couple of years. From 2005 to 2009, only 1800 immigrants on average choose Quebec as their new home. In 2010, things seemed to improve significantly with 2629 new immmigrants. From what I gather, 2011 will be a year of record for immigration in Quebec City. These numbers are still small compared to cities of the same size in Canada but the Provincial Capital looks to be on its way to lessen that gap significantly.

3- Retention of immigrants is at a very healty 85% compared to the national average of 80%.

4- I won't go into details but let's just say that the economic fundamentals are very strong.

5- I guess this fifth point would be the exclamation point: I believe oil and gas exploration and production will advanced significantly east of Quebec City in the years to come (Macasty shale in Anticosti, Haldimand in Gaspé and Old Harry in the Gulf). Many if not most of the companies which have important exploration rights are headquartered in Quebec City. The city already has respectable growth but if it can indeed develop an oil and gas sector, it would likely attract even more new inhabitants.

I think that people in the ROC underestimate the growth of Quebec City because they never hear about anybody moving there. Most of its population growth is from within Quebec or via (growing) international immigration. Not so much from the rest of Canada.

And yes, without getting into the ugly debate, Quebec City does appear to have more spring in its step than Montreal does at the moment. (Although note that many of Montreal's problems are closely related to decisions made by politicians in Quebec City!)