List of cities in Canada
This is a list of incorporated cities in Canada, in alphabetical order categorized by province or territory. More thorough lists of communities are available for each province.
To qualify as a city in Alberta, a sufficient population size (10,000 people or more) must be present and a majority of the buildings must be on parcels of land smaller than 1,850 square metres. A community is not always incorporated as a city even if it meets these requirements. The urban service areas of Fort McMurray and Sherwood Park are hamlets recognized as equivalents of cities, but remain unincorporated. Nine towns are also eligible for city status but remain incorporated as towns.
Alberta has 18 cities. Chestermere is Alberta's newest city, incorporating from town status on January 1, 2015.
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In British Columbia, a community can be incorporated as a city if its population exceeds 5,000. Once so incorporated, a city does not lose this status even if its population later declines; the once-larger City of Greenwood, for example, now has a population of just 708 people.
British Columbia has 50 cities.
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A community in Manitoba may seek city status once reaching a population of 7,500. Manitoba's newest city is Morden, which changed from town to city status on August 24, 2012.
Manitoba has 10 cities.
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New Brunswick has eight cities.
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Newfoundland and Labrador has three cities.
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As in the other two Canadian territories, the only incorporated city in the Northwest Territories is its capital, Yellowknife.
Nova Scotia no longer has any incorporated cities, as they were amalgamated into regional municipalities in the 1990s.
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