The table below lists the 100 largest census subdivisions (municipalities or municipal equivalents) in Canada by population, using data from the 2021 census for census subdivisions.. This list includes only the population within a census subdivision's boundaries as defined at the time of the census.

A population centre, in the context of a Canadian census, is a populated place, or a cluster of interrelated populated places, which meets the demographic characteristics of an urban area, having a population of at least 1,000 people and a population density of no fewer than 400 people per square km 2.. The term was first introduced in the Canada 2011 Census; prior to that, …