Census Metropolitan Area

A census metropolitan area, or CMA is a Canadian census division comprising a large urban area (known as the urban core) and adjacent areas (known as urban and rural fringes) that have a high degree of social and economic integration with the urban core.

A CMA has an urban core population of at least 100,000, based on the previous census. Once an area becomes a CMA, it is retained as a CMA even if the population of its urban core declines below 100,000.

All CMAs are subdivided into census tracts. A CMA may be consolidated with adjacent Census Agglomerations if they are socially and economically integrated. This new grouping is known as a consolidated CMA, and the component CMA and CAs are known as the primary census metropolitan area (PCMA) and primary census agglomeration(s) (PCA). A CMA may not be consolidated with another CMA.

List of CMA's

in order of population

Greater Toronto Area
Greater Montreal Area
Lower Mainland
National Capital Region (Canada)
Greater Calgary Area
Greater Edmonton Area
Capitale-Nationale (Quebec)
Winnipeg Capital Region
Hamilton
London
Kitchener-Waterloo
St. Catharines-Niagara
Halifax Regional Municipality
Greater Victoria
Windsor
Greater Saskatoon Area
Greater Regina Area
St. John's
Greater Sudbury
Saguenay
Sherbrookoise
Fraser Valley
Kingston
Trois-Rivières
Greater Saint John
Thunder Bay