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The table below lists the census metropolitan areas and agglomerations in 
British Columbia
British Columbia (commonly abbreviated as BC) is the westernmost province of Canada, situated between the Pacific Ocean and the Rocky Mountains. It has a diverse geography, with rugged landscapes that include rocky coastlines, sandy beaches, ...
by population, using data from the Canada 2016 Census
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. Each entry is identified as a census metropolitan area
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(CMA) or a census agglomeration (CA) as defined by Statistics Canada. Any other census subdivision
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that comprises at least 10 percent of the CMA or CA population is listed in parentheses.
A city's metropolitan area in colloquial or administrative terms may be different from its CMA as defined by Statistics Canada, resulting in differing populations. Such is the case with the Greater Toronto Area and the National Capital Region
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, in the separate provinces of Ontario
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, where their metropolitan populations are notably higher than their respective CMA populations. Statistics Canada listed 19 CMAs and CAs at the Canada 2016 Census.
Metropolitan areas
See also
*List of Canadian census agglomerations by province or territory
The tables below list Canada's 117 census agglomerations at the 2016 Census, as determined by Statistics Canada, up from 113 in the 2011 Census.
2016 changes
Statistics Canada's review of CMAs and CAs for the 2016 Census resulted in the additi ...
*List of census agglomerations in Canada
A census agglomeration is a census geographic unit in Canada determined by Statistics Canada. A census agglomeration comprises one or more adjacent census subdivisions that has a core population of 10,000 or greater. It is eligible for classifi ...
*List of municipalities in British Columbia
British Columbia is the third-most populous province in Canada, with 5,000,879 residents as of 2021, and is the second-largest in land area, at . British Columbia's 161 municipalities cover only of the province's land mass yet are ho ...
*List of population centres in British Columbia
A population centre, in Canadian census data, is a populated place, or a cluster of interrelated populated places, which meets the demographic characteristics of an urban area, having a population of at least 1,000 people and a population density ...
*Population of Canada by year
Canada ranks 37th by population, comprising about 0.5% of the world's total, with over 39 million Canadians as of 2022. Being, however, the fourth-largest country by land area (second-largest by total area), the vast majority of the countr ...
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British Columbia (commonly abbreviated as BC) is the westernmost province of Canada, situated between the Pacific Ocean and the Rocky Mountains. It has a diverse geography, with rugged landscapes that include rocky coastlines, sandy beaches, ...