List of cities in Ontario

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A city is a subtype of municipalities in the Canadian province of Ontario. A city can have the municipal status of either a single-tier or lower-tier municipality. Prior to 2003, Ontario had minimum population thresholds of 15,000 and 25,000 for city status. Minimum population thresholds are no longer necessary for a municipality to brand itself as a city.

Name[1][2] Municipal status[1] Census division[1][3] Population (2021)[4] Population (2016)[4] Change (%)[4] Area (km2)[4] Population density[4]
Barrie[ON 1] Single-tier Simcoe 147,829 141,434 +4.5% 99.01 1,493.1
Belleville Single-tier Hastings 55,071 50,716 +8.6% 247.15 222.8
Brampton Lower-tier Peel 656,480 593,638 +10.6% 265.89 2,469.0
Brant Single-tier Brant 39,474 35,640 +10.8% 817.66 48.3
Brantford[ON 2] Single-tier Brant 104,688 98,563 +6.2% 98.65 1,061.2
Brockville Single-tier Leeds and Grenville 22,116 21,569 +2.5% 20.91 1,057.7
Burlington Lower-tier Halton 186,948 183,314 +2.0% 186.12 1,004.4
Cambridge[ON 3] Lower-tier Waterloo 138,479 129,920 +6.6% 112.99 1,225.6
Clarence-Rockland Lower-tier Prescott and Russell 26,505 24,512 +8.1% 297.47 89.1
Cornwall Single-tier Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry 47,845 46,589 +2.7% 61.50 778.0
Dryden[ON 4] Single-tier Kenora 7,388 7,749 −4.7% 65.58 112.7
Elliot Lake Single-tier Algoma 11,372 10,741 +5.9% 696.06 16.3
Greater Sudbury[ON 5] Single-tier Sudbury 166,004 161,531 +2.8% 3,186.26 52.1
Guelph Single-tier Wellington 143,740 131,794 +9.1% 87.43 1,644.1
Haldimand County Single-tier Haldimand 49,216 45,608 +7.9% 1,250.45 39.4
Hamilton[ON 6] Single-tier Hamilton 569,353 536,917 +6.0% 1,118.31 509.1
Kawartha Lakes Single-tier Kawartha Lakes 79,247 75,423 +5.1% 3,033.66 26.1
Kenora Single-tier Kenora 14,967 15,096 −0.9% 211.65 70.7
Kingston Single-tier Frontenac 132,485 123,798 +7.0% 451.58 293.4
Kitchener[ON 7] Lower-tier Waterloo 256,885 233,222 +10.1% 136.81 1,877.7
London[ON 8] Single-tier Middlesex 422,324 383,822 +10.0% 420.50 1,004.3
Markham Lower-tier York 338,503 328,966 +2.9% 210.93 1,604.8
Mississauga[ON 9] Lower-tier Peel 717,961 721,599 −0.5% 292.74 2,452.6
Niagara Falls[ON 10] Lower-tier Niagara 94,415 88,071 +7.2% 210.25 449.1
Norfolk County Single-tier Norfolk 67,490 64,044 +5.4% 1,597.68 42.2
North Bay Single-tier Nipissing 52,662 51,553 +2.2% 315.53 166.9
Orillia Single-tier Simcoe 33,411 31,166 +7.2% 28.53 1,171.1
Oshawa[ON 11] Lower-tier Durham 175,383 159,458 +10.0% 145.72 1,203.6
Ottawa[ON 12] Single-tier Ottawa 1,017,449 934,243 +8.9% 2,788.20 364.9
Owen Sound Lower-tier Grey 21,612 21,341 +1.3% 24.21 892.7
Pembroke[ON 13] Single-tier Renfrew 14,364 13,882 +3.5% 14.32 1,003.1
Peterborough[ON 14] Single-tier Peterborough 83,651 81,032 +3.2% 64.76 1,291.7
Pickering Lower-tier Durham 99,186 91,771 +8.1% 231.10 429.2
Port Colborne Lower-tier Niagara 20,033 18,306 +9.4% 121.99 164.2
Prince Edward County Single-tier Prince Edward 25,704 24,735 +3.9% 1,052.61 24.4
Quinte West Single-tier Hastings 46,560 43,577 +6.8% 495.45 94.0
Richmond Hill[ON 15] Lower-tier York 202,022 195,022 +3.6% 100.79 2,004.4
Sarnia Lower-tier Lambton 72,047 71,594 +0.6% 163.90 439.6
Sault Ste. Marie Single-tier Algoma 72,051 73,368 −1.8% 221.99 324.6
St. Catharines[ON 16] Lower-tier Niagara 136,803 133,113 +2.8% 96.20 1,422.1
St. Thomas Single-tier Elgin 42,840 38,909 +10.1% 35.61 1,203.0
Stratford Single-tier Perth 33,232 31,470 +5.6% 30.02 1,107.0
Temiskaming Shores Single-tier Timiskaming 9,634 9,920 −2.9% 176.67 54.5
Thorold Lower-tier Niagara 23,816 18,801 +26.7% 83.29 285.9
Thunder Bay[ON 17] Single-tier Thunder Bay 108,843 107,909 +0.9% 327.77 332.1
Timmins Single-tier Cochrane 41,145 41,788 −1.5% 2,955.33 13.9
Toronto[ON 18] Single-tier Toronto 2,794,356 2,731,571 +2.3% 631.10 4,427.8
Vaughan Lower-tier York 323,103 306,233 +5.5% 272.44 1,186.0
Waterloo[ON 19] Lower-tier Waterloo 121,436 104,986 +15.7% 64.06 1,895.7
Welland Lower-tier Niagara 55,750 52,293 +6.6% 81.16 686.9
Windsor[ON 20] Single-tier Essex 229,660 217,188 +5.7% 146.02 1,572.8
Woodstock Lower-tier Oxford 46,705 41,098 +13.6% 56.46 827.2
Total cities 10,400,243 9,900,603 +5.0% 25,902.47 401.5
Total lower-tier cities 3,714,072 3,517,258 +5.6% 3,154.52 1,177.4
Total single-tier cities 6,686,171 6,383,345 +4.7% 22,747.95 293.9
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  1. The Barrie census metropolitan area (CMA) is formed around the City of Barrie.
  2. The Brantford CMA includes the City of Brantford as well as the County of Brant, which is a single-tier city.
  3. The City of Cambridge, as well as the cities of Kitchener and Waterloo, form parts of the Kitchener–Cambridge–Waterloo CMA.
  4. Dryden is Ontario's smallest city by population.
  5. Greater Sudbury is Ontario's largest city by area. The Greater Sudbury CMA is formed around the City of Greater Sudbury.
  6. Hamilton is Canada's tenth-largest city. The Hamilton CMA includes the cities of Burlington and Hamilton.
  7. The City of Kitchener, as well as the cities of Cambridge and Waterloo, form parts of the Kitchener–Cambridge–Waterloo CMA.
  8. The London CMA includes the cities of London and St. Thomas.
  9. Mississauga is Ontario's largest lower-tier city.
  10. The City of Niagara Falls, as well as the cities of Port Colborne, St. Catharines, Thorold and Welland, form parts of the St. Catharines–Niagara CMA.
  11. The Oshawa CMA is formed around the City of Oshawa.
  12. Ottawa is Canada's capital and fourth-largest city. The Ontario portion of the Ottawa–Gatineau CMA includes the cities of Clarence-Rockland and Ottawa.
  13. Pembroke is Ontario's smallest city by area.
  14. The Peterborough CMA is formed around the City of Peterborough.
  15. Richmond Hill is Ontario's newest city, adopting the name on March 26, 2019.
  16. The City of St. Catharines, as well as the cities of Niagara Falls, Port Colborne, Thorold and Welland, form parts of the St. Catharines–Niagara CMA.
  17. The Thunder Bay CMA is formed around the City of Thunder Bay.
  18. Toronto is Ontario's capital and Canada's and Ontario's largest city by population. The Toronto CMA includes the cities of Brampton, Markham, Mississauga, Pickering, Richmond Hill, Toronto and Vaughan.
  19. The City of Waterloo, as well as the cities of Cambridge and Kitchener, form parts of the Kitchener–Cambridge–Waterloo CMA.
  20. The Windsor CMA is formed around the City of Windsor.

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 "List of Ontario Municipalities". Ontario Municipal Affairs and Housing. September 21, 2012. Archived from the original on February 28, 2013. Retrieved January 3, 2013.
  2. "Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), 2011 and 2006 censuses (Ontario)". Statistics Canada. May 28, 2012. Retrieved January 3, 2013.
  3. "Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and census divisions, 2011 and 2006 censuses (Ontario)". Statistics Canada. January 30, 2013. Retrieved June 27, 2013.
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions and census subdivisions (municipalities), Ontario". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved December 26, 2024.