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Urban centres with populations of over 30,000, 1941 compared with census years 1871 to 1931

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Urban centres with populations of over 30,000, 1941 compared with census years 1871 to 1931
  1911 1921 1931 1941
  number
Montréal, Que.1,2 490,504 618,506 818,577 903,007
Toronto, Ont.1 381,333 521,893 631,207 67,457
Vancouver, B.C.1 120,847 163,220 246,593 275,353
Winnipeg, Man.1 136,035 179,087 218,785 221,960
Hamilton, Ont.2 81,969 114,151 155,547 166,357
Ottawa, Ont.1 87,062 107,843 126,872 154,951
Quebec, Que.1 78,118 95,193 130,594 150,757
Windsor, Ont.2 23,433 55,935 98,179 105,311
Edmonton, Alta.2 31,064 58,821 79,197 93,817
Calgary, Alta.1 43,704 63,305 83,761 38,904
London, Ont.2 46,300 60,959 71,148 78,264
Halifax, N.S.1 46,619 58,372 59,275 70,483
Verdun, Que.2 11,629 25,001 60,745 97,349
Regina, Sask.2 30,213 34,432 53,209 58,245
Saint John, N.B.1 42,511 47,166 47,514 51,741
Victoria, B.C.2 31,660 38,727 39,082 44,065
Saskatoon, Sask.1 12,004 25,739 43,291 43,027
Trois Rivières, Que.2 13,691 22,367 35,450 42,007
Sherbrooke, Que.2 16,405 23,515 28,933 35,965
Kitchener, Ont.1 15,196 21,763 30,793 35,657
Hull, Que.2 18,222 24,117 29,433 32,947
Sudbury, Ont. 4,150 8,621 18,518 32,203
Brantford, Ont.1 23,132 29,440 30,107 31,948
Outremont, Que.1 4,820 13,249 28,641 30,751
Fort William, Ont.2 16,499 20,541 26,277 30,585
St. Catharines, Ont.2 12,484 19,881 24,753 30,275
Kingston, Ont.2 18,874 21,753 23,439 30,126
Source: Statistics Canada, Canada Year Book, 1947.