List of cities in Ontario
A city is a sub-type of municipalities in the Canadian Province of Ontario. A city can have the municipal status of either a single-tier or lower-tier municipality.
Ontario has 51 cities[1] that had a cumulative population of 9,293,031 and an average population of 182,216 in the 2011 Census.[2] Ontario's largest and smallest cities are Toronto and Dryden with populations of 2,615,060 and 7,617 respectively.[2]
Ontario's newest city is Markham, which changed from a town to a city on July 1, 2012.[3]
History[edit]
Under the former Municipal Act, 1990, a city was both an urban and a local municipality.[4] Under this former legislation, the Municipal Board could change the status of a village or town to a city, upon review of an application from the village or town, if it had a population of 15,000 or more.[4] The Municipal Board could also incorporate a township as a city under the same conditions with the exception that the population requirements was 25,000 or more.[4] In the event an application was received from a village, town or township located within a county, the application could have only been approved by the Municipal Board if authorized by the Minister of Municipal Affairs.[4]
In the transition to the Municipal Act, 2001, these requirements were abandoned and, as at December 31, 2002, every city that:[5]
- "existed and formed part of a county, a regional or district municipality or the County of Oxford for municipal purposes" became a lower-tier municipality yet retained its name as a city; and
- "existed and did not form part of a county, a regional or district municipality or the County of Oxford for municipal purposes" became a single-tier municipality yet retained its name as a city.
The current legislation also provides lower and single-tier municipalities with the authority to name themselves as "cities", or other former municipal status types such as "towns", "villages" or "townships", or generically as "municipalities".[6]
Cities in Ontario[edit]
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Toronto is Ontario's capital and largest city and Canada's largest city
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Ottawa is Canada's capital and Ontario's second largest city
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Downtown Brampton
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Skyline of downtown Hamilton
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Skyline of downtown London
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Markham Civic Centre in Markham, Ontario's newest city
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Vaughan as viewed from Canada's Wonderland
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Downtown of Kitchener
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Downtown of Windsor
Name[1][2] | Municipal status[1] |
Census division[1][7] | Population (2011)[2] |
Population (2006)[2] |
Change (%)[2] |
Area (km²)[2] |
Population density[2] |
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Barrie[ON 1] | Single-tier | Simcoe | [8] | 136,063128,430 | 5.9 | 77.39 | 1,758.1 |
Belleville | Single-tier | Hastings | 49,454 | 48,821 | 1.3 | 247.21 | 200 |
Brampton[ON 2] | Lower-tier | Peel | 523,911 | 433,806 | 20.8 | 266.34 | 1,967.1 |
Brant | Single-tier | Brant | 35,638 | 34,415 | 3.6 | 843.29 | 42.3 |
Brantford[ON 3] | Single-tier | Brant | 93,650 | 90,192 | 3.8 | 72.47 | 1,292.3 |
Brockville | Single-tier | Leeds and Grenville | 21,870 | 21,957 | −0.4 | 20.9 | 1,046.2 |
Burlington | Lower-tier | Halton | 175,779 | 164,415 | 6.9 | 185.66 | 946.8 |
Cambridge[ON 4] | Lower-tier | Waterloo | 126,748 | 120,371 | 5.3 | 113 | 1,121.7 |
Clarence-Rockland | Lower-tier | Prescott and Russell | 23,185 | 20,790 | 11.5 | 297.86 | 77.8 |
Cornwall | Single-tier | Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry | 46,340 | 45,965 | 0.8 | 61.52 | 753.2 |
Dryden[ON 5] | Single-tier | Kenora | 7,617 | 8,195 | −7.1 | 65.84 | 115.7 |
Elliot Lake | Single-tier | Algoma | 11,348 | 11,549 | −1.7 | 714.56 | 15.9 |
Greater Sudbury[ON 6] | Single-tier | Sudbury | 160,274 | 157,857 | 1.5 | 3,227.38 | 49.7 |
Guelph[ON 7] | Single-tier | Wellington | 121,688 | 114,943 | 5.9 | 87.2 | 1,395.4 |
Haldimand County | Single-tier | Haldimand | 44,876 | 45,212 | −0.7 | 1,251.57 | 35.9 |
Hamilton[ON 8] | Single-tier | Hamilton | 519,949 | 504,559 | 3.1 | 1,117.23 | 465.4 |
Kawartha Lakes | Single-tier | Kawartha Lakes | 73,214 | 74,561 | −1.8 | 3,083.06 | 23.7 |
Kenora | Single-tier | Kenora | 15,348 | 15,177 | 1.1 | 211.75 | 72.5 |
Kingston[ON 9] | Single-tier | Frontenac | 123,363 | 117,207 | 5.3 | 451.17 | 273.4 |
Kitchener[ON 10] | Lower-tier | Waterloo | 219,153 | 204,668 | 7.1 | 136.79 | 1,602.1 |
London[ON 11] | Single-tier | Middlesex | 366,151 | 352,395 | 3.9 | 420.57 | 870.6 |
Markham[ON 12] | Lower-tier | York | 301,709 | 261,573 | 15.3 | 212.58 | 1,419.3 |
Mississauga[ON 13] | Lower-tier | Peel | 713,443 | 668,599 | 6.7 | 292.4 | 2,439.9 |
Niagara Falls[ON 14] | Lower-tier | Niagara | 82,997 | 82,184 | 1 | 209.71 | 395.8 |
Norfolk County | Single-tier | Norfolk | 63,175 | 62,563 | 1 | 1,607.6 | 39.3 |
North Bay | Single-tier | Nipissing | 53,651 | 53,966 | −0.6 | 319.05 | 168.2 |
Orillia | Single-tier | Simcoe | 30,586 | 30,259 | 1.1 | 28.61 | 1,069.2 |
Oshawa[ON 15] | Lower-tier | Durham | 149,607 | 141,590 | 5.7 | 145.68 | 1,027 |
Ottawa[ON 16] | Single-tier | Ottawa | 883,391 | 812,129 | 8.8 | 2,790.22 | 316.6 |
Owen Sound | Lower-tier | Grey | 21,688 | 21,753 | −0.3 | 24.22 | 895.5 |
Pembroke[ON 17] | Single-tier | Renfrew | 14,360 | 13,930 | 3.1 | 14.35 | 1,000.7 |
Peterborough[ON 18] | Single-tier | Peterborough | 78,698 | 75,406 | 4.4 | 63.8 | 1,233.6 |
Pickering | Lower-tier | Durham | 88,721 | 87,838 | 1 | 231.59 | 383.1 |
Port Colborne | Lower-tier | Niagara | 18,424 | 18,599 | −0.9 | 121.97 | 151.1 |
Prince Edward County | Single-tier | Prince Edward | 25,258 | 25,496 | −0.9 | 1,050.45 | 24 |
Quinte West | Single-tier | Hastings | 43,086 | 42,697 | 0.9 | 494.15 | 87.2 |
Sarnia | Lower-tier | Lambton | 72,366 | 71,419 | 1.3 | 164.71 | 439.4 |
Sault Ste. Marie | Single-tier | Algoma | 75,141 | 74,948 | 0.3 | 223.26 | 336.6 |
St. Catharines[ON 19] | Lower-tier | Niagara | 131,400 | 131,989 | −0.4 | 96.11 | 1,367.2 |
St. Thomas | Single-tier | Elgin | 37,905 | 36,110 | 5 | 35.52 | 1,067.3 |
Stratford | Single-tier | Perth | 30,886 | 30,516 | 1.2 | 26.95 | 1,146 |
Temiskaming Shores | Single-tier | Timiskaming | 10,400 | 10,442 | −0.4 | 177.91 | 58.5 |
Thorold | Lower-tier | Niagara | 17,931 | 18,224 | −1.6 | 83 | 216 |
Thunder Bay[ON 20] | Single-tier | Thunder Bay | 108,359 | 109,160 | −0.7 | 328.24 | 330.1 |
Timmins | Single-tier | Cochrane | 43,165 | 42,997 | 0.4 | 2,979.15 | 14.5 |
Toronto[ON 21] | Single-tier | Toronto | 2,615,060 | 2,503,281 | 4.5 | 630.21 | 4,149.5 |
Vaughan | Lower-tier | York | 288,301 | 238,866 | 20.7 | 273.52 | 1,054 |
Waterloo[ON 22] | Lower-tier | Waterloo | 98,780 | 97,475 | 1.3 | 64.02 | 1,542.9 |
Welland | Lower-tier | Niagara | 50,631 | 50,331 | 0.6 | 81.09 | 624.4 |
Windsor[ON 23] | Single-tier | Essex | 210,891 | 216,473 | −2.6 | 146.32 | 1,441.3 |
Woodstock | Lower-tier | Oxford | 37,754 | 35,822 | 5.4 | 49 | 770.5 |
Total cities | — | — | 9,293,383 | 8,782,120 | 5.8 | 25,918.15 | 358.6 |
Notes:
- ^ The Barrie census metropolitan area (CMA) is formed around the City of Barrie.
- ^ Brampton is Canada's ninth-largest city.
- ^ The Brantford CMA includes the City of Brantford as well as the County of Brant, which is a single-tier city.
- ^ The City of Cambridge, as well as the cities of Kitchener and Waterloo, form parts of the Kitchener - Cambridge - Waterloo CMA.
- ^ Dryden is Ontario's smallest city by population.
- ^ Greater Sudbury is Ontario's largest city by area. The Greater Sudbury CMA is formed around the City of Greater Sudbury.
- ^ The Guelph CMA is formed around the City of Guelph.
- ^ Hamilton is Canada's tenth-largest city. The Hamilton CMA includes the cities of Burlington and Hamilton.
- ^ The Kingston CMA is formed around the City of Kingston.
- ^ The City of Kitchener, as well as the cities of Cambridge and Waterloo, form parts of the Kitchener - Cambridge - Waterloo CMA.
- ^ The London CMA includes the cities of London and St. Thomas.
- ^ Markham is Ontario's newest city, incorporated July 1, 2012
- ^ Mississauga is Canada's sixth-largest city.
- ^ The City of Niagara Falls, as well as the cities of Port Colborne, St. Catharines, Thorold and Welland, form parts of the St. Catharines - Niagara CMA.
- ^ The Oshawa CMA is formed around the City of Oshawa.
- ^ Ottawa is Canada's capital and fourth-largest city. The Ontario portion of the Ottawa - Gatineau CMA includes the cities of Clarence-Rockland and Ottawa.
- ^ Pembroke is Ontario's smallest city by area.
- ^ The Peterborough CMA is formed around the City of Peterborough.
- ^ The City of St. Catharines, as well as the cities of Niagara Falls, Port Colborne, Thorold and Welland, form parts of the St. Catharines - Niagara CMA.
- ^ The Thunder Bay CMA is formed around the City of Thunder Bay.
- ^ Toronto is Ontario's capital and Canada's and Ontario's largest city by population. The Toronto CMA includes the cities of Brampton, Mississauga, Pickering, Toronto and Vaughan.
- ^ The City of Waterloo, as well as the cities of Cambridge and Kitchener, form parts of the Kitchener - Cambridge - Waterloo CMA.
- ^ The Windsor CMA is formed around the City of Windsor.
See also[edit]
- List of communities in Ontario
- List of municipalities in Ontario
- List of towns in Ontario
- List of township municipalities in Ontario
- List of villages in Ontario
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d "List of Ontario Municipalities". Ontario Municipal Affairs and Housing. September 21, 2012. Retrieved January 3, 2013.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), 2011 and 2006 censuses (Ontario)". Statistics Canada. May 28, 2012. Retrieved January 3, 2013.
- ^ "Markham to change from town to city". CBC News. May 30, 2012. Retrieved January 3, 2013.
- ^ a b c d "Municipal Act, R.S.O. 1990, Chapter M.45". Service Ontario. Retrieved June 29, 2013.
- ^ "Municipal Act, S.O. 2001, Chapter 25". Service Ontario. Retrieved June 29, 2013.
- ^ "The Municipal Councillor's Guide". Ontario Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing. Retrieved June 29, 2013.
- ^ "Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and census divisions, 2011 and 2006 censuses (Ontario)". Statistics Canada. January 30, 2013. Retrieved June 27, 2013.
- ^ "Corrections and updates: Population and dwelling count amendments, 2011 Census". Statistics Canada. February 14, 2013. Retrieved February 15, 2013.
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