Census Metropolitan Area

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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

1. Greater Toronto Area
2. Greater Montreal Area
3. Lower Mainland
4. National Capital Region (Canada)
5. Calgary Regional Partnership
6. Edmonton Capital Region
7. Capitale-Nationale (Quebec)
8. Winnipeg Capital Region
9. Hamilton
10. London
11. Kitchener-Waterloo
12. St. Catharines-Niagara
13. Halifax Regional Municipality
14. Greater Victoria
15. Windsor
16. Greater Saskatoon Area
17. Greater Regina Area
18. St. John's
19. Greater Sudbury
20. Saguenay
21. Sherbrookoise
22. Fraser Valley
23. Kingston
24. Trois-Rivières
25. Greater Saint John
26. Thunder Bay

See also:

• List of the 100 largest metropolitan areas in Canada
• Largest metropolitan areas in the Americas

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