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Canada: Population in the largest city

18.80percent · 2025-7.0% since 2015

Population in largest city is the percentage of a country's urban population living in that country's largest metropolitan area. Annual figures for Canada from 1960 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202518.805
202418.847
202319.279
202219.682
202119.903
202019.884
201919.967
201820.119
201720.202
201620.226
201520.226
201420.146
201320.113
201220.093
201120.081
201019.962
200919.869
200819.795
200719.714
200619.613
200519.527
200419.439
200319.352
200219.257
200119.191
200019.095
199918.959
199818.801
199718.648
199618.532
199518.45
199418.383
199318.328
199218.261
199118.18
199017.958
198917.772
198817.638
198717.417
198617.206
198517
198416.804
198316.62
198216.443
198116.287
198016.213
197916.154
197816.045
197715.934
197615.848
197515.958
197416.096
197316.217
197216.316
197116.422
197016.574
196916.503
196816.465
196716.488
196616.54
196516.533
196416.538
196316.57
196216.597
196116.606
196016.426

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by United Nations. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-07.

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World Bank (2026). Population in the largest city. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-population-in-the-largest-city (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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