Metropolitan areas of Canada Metropolitan areas of Canada The Calgary Regional Partnership (CRP) is the metropolitan area based around Calgary, Alberta. The region's boundaries are very similar to that of the Statistics Canada census division (CD), Division No. 6, Alberta. The CRP is a cooperative of economically associated municipalities in the area. Unlike many cities, Calgary has incorporated most of its suburbs into the city proper. In the past, when the city limits have reached other municipalities, they have simply been annexed into the population of Calgary. Therefore, the vast majority of the area's population lives within the City of Calgary. ...more on Wikipedia about "Calgary Regional Partnership"
The Calgary-Edmonton Corridor is a geographical region of the Canadian province of Alberta. It is the most urbanized region in the province and one of the densest in Canada. It extends from the northern portion of Statistics Canada census division No. 11 to the south of Division No. 6. Measured from north to south, the region covers a distance of roughly 400 kilometres. It includes the entire census metropolitan areas of Calgary and Edmonton as well as the cities of Red Deer, Wetaskiwin, and Leduc. The region is one of four Statistics Canada urban regions that, in total, comprise 50% of the Canadian population. In 2001, the population of the Calgary-Edmonton Corridor was nearly 2.2 million (72% of Alberta's population). It is also one of the fastest growing regions in the country. ...more on Wikipedia about "Calgary-Edmonton Corridor"
Capitale-Nationale is a region of Quebec. The capital Quebec City is located in this region. ...more on Wikipedia about "Capitale-Nationale"
A census metropolitan area, or CMA is a Canadian census subdivision comprising a large urban area (known as the urban core) and adjacent areas (known as urban and rural fringes) that have a high degree of social and economic integration with the urban core. ...more on Wikipedia about "Census Metropolitan Area"
The Edmonton Capital Region (ECR), also known as Greater Edmonton or the Alberta Capital Region, comprises Alberta's provincial capital of Edmonton and surrounding communities in Sturgeon County(north), Parkland County (west), Specialized Municipality of Strathcona County (east) and Leduc County (south). A small portion of Lamont County also lies within the ECR just to the northeast. Up to 35 independent municipalities make up Edmonton's CMA outside the City of Edmonton itself. The largest of these are St. Albert, Sherwood Park (part of the Municipality of Strathcona County), Spruce Grove, Leduc, and Fort Saskatchewan. Towns include Stony Plain, Beaumont, Morinville, Devon, Redwater, Legal, Gibbons, Calmar, Bruderheim, Lamont and Bon Accord. Major industrial areas include Nisku in Leduc County and the recently established Alberta Industrial Heartland, northeast of Fort Saskatchewan. ...more on Wikipedia about "Edmonton Capital Region"
The Golden Horseshoe is a densely populated and industrialized region at the west end of Lake Ontario in southern Ontario, Canada. The built-up region extends from Niagara Falls at the eastern end of the Niagara Peninsula, wraps around Lake Ontario west to Hamilton, and then east again across the northwest shore of Lake Ontario, past Toronto to the east of Oshawa. ...more on Wikipedia about "Golden Horseshoe (Ontario)"
The Greater Montreal Area is a term used to describe either the Montreal, Quebec, Canada Census Metropolitan Area or the Montreal Metropolitan Community ( French: Communauté métropolitaine de Montréal) The CMA is defined by Statistics Canada while the Montreal Metropolitan Community is a level of government in Quebec, and is led by a president, who currently is Gérald Tremblay, mayor of Montreal. The Metropolitan Community covers an area of 3,838.489 sq. km. and has a population of 3,493,485 (estimate). The Montreal CMA has a population of 3,707,842 people ( Statistics Canada 2004) and has an area of 4,047.35 sq. km. ...more on Wikipedia about "Greater Montreal Area" Things Go Better with www.shortopedia.com.
The Greater Toronto Area (called the GTA by local residents) is the largest metropolitan area in Canada and is centred around Toronto, which is the fifth largest city in North America (by population within city limits), after Mexico City, New York City, Los Angeles, and Chicago. The GTA has a population of over 5.6 million people ( 2005). In addition to the City of Toronto, it includes four surrounding Regional Municipalities, York, Halton, Peel and Durham. The GTA contains 15.9% of Canada's population and 41.8% of Ontario's population. The term GTA came into usage in the mid-1990's after it was used in a widely discussed report on municipal governance restructuring in the region. ...more on Wikipedia about "Greater Toronto Area"
Greater Victoria (also known as the Greater Victoria Region) is located in British Columbia, Canada, on the southern tip of Vancouver Island. It is not a political entity but rather a group of thirteen different municipalities, which together form the core of the Capital Regional District. ...more on Wikipedia about "Greater Victoria, British Columbia"
Kitchener-Waterloo is a metropolitan area in Ontario, Canada consisting of the twin cities of Kitchener and Waterloo. Kitchener was formerly named 'Berlin', but the name was changed during WWI. Cambridge, Ontario is also nearby. The region is located approximately 100 kilometres west of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. ...more on Wikipedia about "Kitchener-Waterloo"
The below table is a list of the 100 largest Metropolitan Areas in Canada. Populations are from the 2001 Census. ...more on Wikipedia about "List of the 100 largest metropolitan areas in Canada"
The Lower Mainland is the name that residents of British Columbia apply to the region surrounding the City of Vancouver. As of 2005, over 2.5 million people live in the region. ...more on Wikipedia about "Lower Mainland"
The National Capital Region is an official federal designation for the Canadian capital of Ottawa, Ontario, the neighbouring city of Gatineau, Quebec and the surrounding area. Also known as Ottawa-Gatineau (or previously Ottawa-Hull), the National Capital Region has a total population of 1,146,790 ( 2004), and consists of an area of 5,318.36 square kilometres that straddles the boundary between the provinces of Ontario and Quebec. ...more on Wikipedia about "National Capital Region (Canada)"
The 1,150-kilometre Quebec City-Windsor Corridor in central Canada is the most densely-populated, wealthy, and heavily-industrialized area of the country, containing over half of Canada's population, at 16 million, and three of its four largest cities. In its relative importance to the country's economic, political, and transportation infrastructure, it has many similarities to the area along the Northeast Corridor in the United States. ...more on Wikipedia about "Quebec City-Windsor Corridor"
The Winnipeg Capital Region is located in the Red River Valley in the south central portion of the province of Manitoba, Canada, containing the provincial capital of Winnipeg and its surrounding areas, both urban and rural. It was created to co-ordinate land use policy and economic development between the city of Winnipeg and the surrounding municipalities. It is the most densely populated and economically important area of Manitoba. Estimated 2006 population is approximately 710,000 . ...more on Wikipedia about "Winnipeg Capital Region, Manitoba"
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