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The Tragically Hip star on Canada's Walk of Fame in Toronto. Ontario has a particularly prominent role in Canadian music. [131] The provincial capital city of Toronto, Canada's largest municipality, [132] In classical music, the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, [133] and the National Arts Centre Orchestra [134] are renowned internationally. [135]
List of largest Canadian cities by census. A collection of four maps showing the distribution of population for 1851 (Newfoundland 1857), 1871 (Newfoundland 1869), 1901 and 1921 by historical region. This is a list of the largest cities in Canada by census starting with the 1871 census of Canada, the first national census.
The term was introduced in the Canada 2011 Census; prior to that, Statistics Canada used the term urban area. [ 1 ] Statistics Canada listed 944 population centres in its 2011 census data; 513 of them, 54 per cent of all population centres in Canada, were located in Ontario or Quebec , the two most populous provinces.
Recent growth. Between 2016 and 2021, the five CMAs with the highest percentage growth were located in British Columbia and Southern Ontario. The five CMAs with the lowest percentage growth were in Quebec, Alberta, Northern Ontario and Newfoundland and Labrador. There were no CMAs for which negative growth was recorded in the 2021 census.
An urban area [a] is a human settlement with a high population density and an infrastructure of built environment. This is the core of a metropolitan statistical area in the United States, if it contains a population of more than 50,000. [1] Urban areas originate through urbanization, and researchers categorize them as cities, towns ...
"The 6ix" — popularized by rapper Drake, a Toronto native who based the nickname on the shared digits of the 416 and 647 telephone area codes and/or referring to the six districts that make up the present city of Toronto. [178] Created by Jimmy Prime, member of Toronto hip-hop group, Prime Boys. [179] Scarborough (part of Toronto since 1998)
The following is a list of Canada's largest enclosed shopping malls, by reported total retail floor space, or gross leasable area (GLA) with 750,000 square feet (70,000 m 2) and over.
Montreal. / 45.50889°N 73.55417°W / 45.50889; -73.55417. Montreal[ a] is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest in Canada, and the tenth-largest in North America. Founded in 1642 as Ville-Marie, or "City of Mary", [ 18] it is now named after Mount Royal, [ 19] the triple-peaked hill around which the early ...