List of the largest cities and towns in Canada by area

Canada had 1,137 municipalities that held city, town or ville status as of 2011. This list presents the 100 largest of these municipalities by land area in square kilometres at the time of the 2011 census.

The geographically massive cities in Quebecthree of them larger than the entire province of Prince Edward Islandwere created in the 1990s, when the provincial government added some vast unorganized areas (territoires non organisés) into self-governing municipalities, centred on a single dominant urban centre and surrounded by extensive tracts of forest and sparsely populated expanses.

The geographically massive cities in Ontario were created in the 1990s, when the provincial government converted some counties and regional municipalities into self-governing rural single-tier municipalities, centred on a single dominant urban centre and what were formerly its suburbs and relatively nearby satellite towns and villages, including large tracts of rural land. (This article uses loose imprecise translation of “Ville” and the first 4 on the list are “Municipalities” and not “Cities”)

List RankMunicipalityProvinceStatusArea (km2) La Tuque Quebec Ville Senneterre Quebec Ville Rouyn-Noranda Quebec Ville Val-d'Or Quebec Ville Greater Sudbury Ontario City Kawartha Lakes Ontario City Timmins Ontario City Ottawa Ontario City Chatham-Kent Ontario City Gillam Manitoba Town Sept-Îles Quebec Ville Norfolk County Ontario City Leaf Rapids Manitoba Town Haldimand County Ontario City Snow Lake Manitoba Town Saguenay Quebec Ville Gaspé Quebec Ville Hamilton Ontario City Port-Cartier Quebec Ville Prince Edward County Ontario City Lynn Lake Manitoba Town Brant Ontario City Calgary Alberta City Shawinigan Quebec Ville Témiscaming Quebec Ville Elliot Lake Ontario City Huntsville Ontario Town Chibougamau Quebec Ville Caledon Ontario Town Edmonton Alberta City Saint-Raymond Quebec Ville Laurentian Hills Ontario Town Toronto Ontario City Bracebridge Ontario Town Iroquois Falls Ontario Town Mont-Laurier Quebec Ville Dégelis Quebec Ville Belleterre Quebec Ville Moosonee Ontario Town Baie-Saint-Paul Quebec Ville Cochrane Ontario Town South Bruce Peninsula Ontario Town Kearney Ontario Town Lakeshore Ontario Town Blind River Ontario Town Mississippi Mills Ontario Town Gravenhurst Ontario Town Northeastern Manitoulin and the Islands Ontario Town Quinte West Ontario City Mirabel Quebec Ville Fermont Quebec Ville Winnipeg Manitoba City Greater Napanee Ontario Town La Malbaie Quebec Ville Rivière-Rouge Quebec Ville Quebec City Quebec Ville Kingston Ontario City Lévis Quebec Ville St. John's Newfoundland and Labrador City Bécancour Quebec Ville Percé Quebec Ville Amos Quebec Ville London Ontario City Chandler Quebec Ville Whitehorse Yukon City Gracefield Quebec Ville Abbotsford British Columbia City Baie Verte Newfoundland and Labrador Town Montreal Quebec Ville Saint-Félicien Quebec Ville Milton Ontario Town Sherbrooke Quebec Ville Gatineau Quebec Ville Pohénégamook Quebec Ville Rimouski Quebec Ville Baie-Comeau Quebec Ville Thunder Bay Ontario City North Bay Ontario City Plympton-Wyoming Ontario Town Prince George British Columbia City Surrey British Columbia City Saint John New Brunswick City Happy Valley-Goose Bay Newfoundland and Labrador Town Minto Ontario Town Kamloops British Columbia City Clarence-Rockland Ontario City Erin Ontario Town Cookshire-Eaton Quebec Ville Dolbeau-Mistassini Quebec Ville Mississauga Ontario City Trois-Rivières Quebec Ville Georgina Ontario Town The Blue Mountains Ontario Town Innisfil Ontario Town Essex Ontario Town Mono Ontario Town Halton Hills Ontario Town New Tecumseth Ontario Town Vaughan Ontario City Brampton Ontario City

List of the largest cities and towns in Canada by area

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