A
census agglomeration is a
census geographic unit in
Canada
Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering over , making it the world's second-largest country by tot ...
determined by
Statistics Canada
Statistics Canada (StatCan; french: Statistique Canada), formed in 1971, is the agency of the Government of Canada commissioned with producing statistics to help better understand Canada, its population, resources, economy, society, and cultur ...
. A census agglomeration comprises one or more adjacent
census subdivisions that has a core population of 10,000 or greater. It is eligible for classification as a
census metropolitan area
The census geographic units of Canada are the census subdivisions defined and used by Canada's federal government statistics bureau Statistics Canada to conduct the country's quinquennial census. These areas exist solely for the purposes of sta ...
once it reaches a population of 100,000.
At the
2011 Census, Canada had 114 census agglomerations.
List
The following is a list of the census agglomerations within Canada.
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See also
*Census geographic units of Canada
The census geographic units of Canada are the census subdivisions defined and used by Canada's federal government statistics bureau Statistics Canada to conduct the country's quinquennial census. These areas exist solely for the purposes of sta ...
*
*List of metropolitan areas in Canada
The table below lists the census metropolitan areas and agglomerations in Canada by population, using data from the 2021 Canadian census and the 2016 Canadian census. Each entry is identified as a census metropolitan area (CMA) or a census agglo ...
References
External links
Statistics Canada – Census
{{Canada topic, List of census agglomerations in
Census agglomerations