| 2001 Canadian Census | |||||||||||||
| Provinces and Territories | Metropolitan Areas | Rural | Metro | ||||||||||
| A: Provinces | B: Metropolitan Areas | A-B: Rural | (A-B)% of A | B% of A | |||||||||
| Rural | Metro | ||||||||||||
| AB | Alberta | 2,997,200 | Calgary | 953,000 | AB | 1,100,000 | 36.70% | 63.30% | |||||
| Edmonton | 944,200 | ||||||||||||
| BC | British Columbia | 4,063,800 | Vancouver | 2,059,000 | BC | 1,688,200 | 41.54% | 58.46% | |||||
| Victoria | 316,600 | ||||||||||||
| MB | Manitoba | 1,147,900 | Winnipeg | 681,100 | MB | 466,800 | 40.67% | 59.33% | |||||
| NB | New Brunswick | 756,600 | Saint-John | 127,700 | NB | 628,900 | 83.12% | 16.88% | |||||
| NF | Newfoundland | 538,800 | Saint-John's | 175,100 | NF | 363,700 | 67.50% | 32.50% | |||||
| NT | North West Territory | 42,100 | NT | 42,100 | 100.00% | 0.00% | |||||||
| NS | Nova Scotia | 941,000 | Halifax | 356,000 | NS | 585,000 | 62.17% | 37.83% | |||||
| NU | Nunavut | 27,700 | 27,700 | 100.00% | 0.00% | ||||||||
| ON | Ontario | 11,669,300 | Hamilton | 671,700 | ON | 3,047,900 | 26.12% | 73.88% | |||||
| Kitchener | 421,800 | ||||||||||||
| London | 421,300 | ||||||||||||
| Oshawa | 297,900 | ||||||||||||
| Ottawa-Hull | 1,079,500 | ||||||||||||
| Saint Catherines | 390,000 | ||||||||||||
| Sudbury | 157,100 | ||||||||||||
| Thunder Bay | 126,300 | ||||||||||||
| Toronto | 4,751,400 | ||||||||||||
| Windsor | 304,400 | ||||||||||||
| PE | Prince Edward Island | 138,900 | PE | 138,900 | 100.00% | 0.00% | |||||||
| QC | Québec | 7,372,400 | Chicoutimi-Jonquière | 161,600 | QC | 2,912,800 | 39.51% | 60.49% | |||||
| Montréal | 3,466,500 | ||||||||||||
| Québec | 689,700 | ||||||||||||
| Trois Rivières | 141,800 | ||||||||||||
| SK | Saskatchewan | 1,023,600 | Regina | 200,500 | SK | 590,500 | 57.69% | 42.31% | |||||
| Saskatoon | 232,600 | ||||||||||||
| YT | Yukon Territory | 30,700 | YT | 30,700 | 100.00% | 0.00% | |||||||
| Total Population | 30,750,100 | Total Metropolitan | 19,126,800 | 11,623,200 | Total Rural | ||||||||
| Population %age in metropolitan areas > 125,000 | 62.20% | 37.80% | |||||||||||
| The Two Canadas | |||||||||||||
| Urban | Urban | Rural | |||||||||||
| AB | 2,997,200 | ||||||||||||
| BC | 4,063,800 | 27,250,600 | 3,499,400 | ||||||||||
| MB | 1,147,900 | U/U | 18,034,900 | 66.18% | 1,091,900 | 31.20% | U/R | ||||||
| ON | 11,669,300 | R/U | 9,215,700 | 33.82% | 2,407,500 | 68.80% | R/R | ||||||
| QC | 7,372,400 | ||||||||||||
| 2 to 1 Urban | 7 to 3 Rural | ||||||||||||
| Total U | 27,250,600 | ||||||||||||
| Total Rural Provinces as %age of U/U | 19.40% | ||||||||||||
| Rural | Total Rural Provinces as %age of R/U | 37.97% | |||||||||||
| NB | 756,600 | ||||||||||||
| NF | 538,800 | ||||||||||||
| NT | 42,100 | ||||||||||||
| NS | 941,000 | Notes | |||||||||||
| NU | 27,700 | R/U total implies large proportion is urban in congregations smaller than 125,000 | |||||||||||
| PE | 138,900 | Toronto > Total Rural Provinces | |||||||||||
| SK | 1,023,600 | Montréal approximates Total Rural Provinces | |||||||||||
| YT | 30,700 | Sum of NWT, NU and YT (the top half of Canada) = 100,500 < every given metropolitan area | |||||||||||
| PEI population approximates to smaller metropolitan area | |||||||||||||
| Total R | 3,499,400 | ||||||||||||