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Canada:
Metropolitan Areas & Core Cities:
1951 to 2001

POPULATION   1951       2001  
Metropolitan Area Metropolitan Area Core City Suburbs   Metropolitan Area Core City Suburbs
Toronto 1,262 675 587   4,683 676 4,007
Montreal 1,539 1021 518   3,426 1040 2,386
Vancouver 586 344 242   1,987 546 1,441
Ottawa 312 202 110   1,064 377 687
Total 3,699 2242 1,457   11,160 2639 8,521
Change         7,461 397 7,064
Share of Growth           5.3% 94.7%
               
Toronto and Ottawa core cities are pre-1997 cities.          
Metropolitan Areas over 1,000,000 in 2001          
               
CHANGE IN POPULATION            
Metropolitan Area Metropolitan Area Core City Suburbs   Metropolitan Area Core City Suburbs
Toronto 3,421 1 3,420   271.1% 0.1% 582.7%
Montreal 1,887 19 1,868   122.6% 1.9% 360.4%
Vancouver 1,401 202 1,199   239.0% 58.7% 494.9%
Ottawa 752 175 577   241.4% 86.6% 526.5%
Total 7,461 397 7,064   201.7% 17.7% 484.8%
               
Notes              
In 000s              
All metropolitan areas with more than 1,000,000 in 2001        
Toronto and Ottawa pre-1997 definitions          
Small annexations occured in Toronto and Montreal during the period.    
               
Data Source: Statistics Canada            
Statistics Canada              

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