List of largest Canadian cities by census
This is a list of the largest cities in Canada by census starting with the 1871 census of Canada, the first national census. Only communities that were incorporated as cities (defined by Statistics Canada as CY, as compared to larger census metropolitan areas (CMA) or census agglomerations (CA) around – and including – these CYs) at the time of each census are presented.
Source: Wikipedia — List of largest Canadian cities by census (CC BY-SA 4.0)