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1081.81. Notes: ^ Vancouver is Canada's eighth-largest city and British Columbia's largest city by population. The Vancouver CMA includes the cities of Burnaby, Coquitlam, Delta, Langley, Maple Ridge, New Westminster, North Vancouver, Pitt Meadows, Port Coquitlam, Port Moody, Richmond, Surrey, Vancouver and White Rock.
Alberta's largest and smallest cities are Calgary and Wetaskiwin, with populations of 1,306,784 and 12,594, respectively. [2] Beaumont became Alberta's 19th city on January 1, 2019. [3] 157 elected city officials (19 mayors and 138 councillors) provide city governance throughout the province. [4]
The capital cities of the four western provinces, from west to east, are: Victoria, British Columbia; Edmonton, Alberta; Regina, Saskatchewan; Winnipeg, Manitoba; With the exception of Winnipeg, which is the largest city in Manitoba, all other Western provincial capitals are in the second-largest metropolitan areas of their respective province.
Cities and towns in Manitoba. Manitoba is one of the three Prairie provinces located in Western Canada. [1] According to the 2021 Canadian census, it is the fifth most populous province in Canada with 1,342,153 inhabitants, and the sixth largest province by land area, covering 540,310.19 square kilometres (208,614.93 sq mi).
According to the 2021 Canadian census, British Columbia is the third most populous province in Canada, with 5,000,879 inhabitants, and the fourth largest province by land area, covering 920,686.55 square kilometres (355,479.06 square miles). [1] As of 2024, British Columbia has 161 municipalities, [2] out of which 53 are categorized as cities. [3]
Combined, Alberta has 73 rural municipalities comprising 63 municipal districts, 7 improvement districts and 3 special areas. [2] The 73 rural municipalities have a total population of 481,120, a total land area of 468,246.83 km 2 (180,791.11 sq mi). [3][f] These totals represent 11% of Alberta's population yet 73.8% of its land area.
Rural and specialized municipalities, cities, towns, and select hamlets in Alberta Distribution of Alberta's 6 specialized municipalities (red) and 74 rural municipalities, which include municipal districts that are often branded as counties (orange), improvement districts (dark green) and special areas (light green) (2020)
In the Canadian province of Saskatchewan, a city is a type of incorporated urban municipality [1] that is created from a town by the minister of municipal affairs. The city form of governmental organization is created by a ministerial order via section 39 of The Cities Act if the town has a population of 5,000 or more and if the change in status is requested by the town council.