2006 Census Topic-based tabulations
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Census Metropolitan Area of Residence 1 Year Ago (37), Mother Tongue (8), Age Groups (17B) and Sex (3) for the Inter-Census Metropolitan Area Migrants Aged 1 Year and Over of Census Metropolitan Areas, 2006 Census - 20% Sample Data
About this variable: Current - Census metropolitan area of residence (37)
Definition
Census metropolitan area (CMA) and census agglomeration (CA)
Part A - Plain language definition
Area consisting of one or more neighbouring municipalities situated around a major urban core. A census metropolitan area must have a total population of at least 100,000 of which 50,000 or more live in the urban core. A census agglomeration must have an urban core population of at least 10,000.
Part B - Detailed definition
A census metropolitan area (CMA) or a census agglomeration (CA) is formed by one or more adjacent municipalities centred on a large urban area (known as the urban core). A CMA must have a total population of at least 100,000 of which 50,000 or more must live in the urban core. A CA must have an urban core population of at least 10,000. To be included in the CMA or CA, other adjacent municipalities must have a high degree of integration with the central urban area, as measured by commuting flows derived from census place of work data.
If the population of the urban core of a CA declines below 10,000, the CA is retired. However, once an area becomes a CMA, it is retained as a CMA even if its total population declines below 100,000 or the population of its urban core falls below 50,000. The urban areas in the CMA or CA that are not contiguous to the urban core are called the urban fringe. Rural areas in the CMA or CA are called the rural fringe.
When a CA has an urban core of at least 50,000, it is subdivided into census tracts. Census tracts are maintained for the CA even if the population of the urban core subsequently falls below 50,000. All CMAs are subdivided into census tracts.
Values
- Canada
- Abbotsford
- Barrie
- Brantford
- Calgary
- Edmonton
- Greater Sudbury / Grand Sudbury
- Guelph
- Halifax
- Hamilton
- Kelowna
- Kingston
- Kitchener
- London
- Moncton
- Montréal
- Oshawa
- Ottawa - Gatineau
- Ottawa - Gatineau (Ont. part - Partie Ont.)
- Ottawa - Gatineau (Que. part - Partie Qc.)
- Peterborough
- Québec
- Regina
- Saguenay
- Saskatoon
- Sherbrooke
- St. Catharines - Niagara
- St. John's
- Saint John
- Thunder Bay
- Toronto
- Trois-Rivières
- Vancouver
- Victoria
- Windsor
- Winnipeg
- Non-CMA