Vancouver CMA Population (2016)
Vancouver, Surrey, Burnaby, Richmond, Coquitlam
According to the 2016 Census, Canada’s population reached 35,151,728 –an increase of 3,538,738 people over 2006.
In 2016, 2,463,431 or 7% of Canada’s population resided in the Vancouver Census Metropolitan Area (CMA).
In 2016, the Vancouver CMA was composed by the following 39 subdivisions:
| Vancouver: CMA subdivisions | |||
| Subdivision | 2006 | 2016 |
Annual Growth % |
| Vancouver | 578,041 | 631,486 | 0.9% |
| Surrey | 394,976 | 517,887 | 3.1% |
| Burnaby | 202,799 | 232,755 | 1.5% |
| Richmond | 174,461 | 198,309 | 1.4% |
| Coquitlam | 114,565 | 139,284 | 2.2% |
| Langley DM | 93,726 | 117,285 | 2.5% |
| Delta | 96,635 | 102,238 | 0.6% |
| N Vancouver DM | 82,562 | 85,935 | 0.4% |
| Maple Ridge | 68,949 | 82,256 | 1.9% |
| New Westminster | 58,549 | 70,996 | 2.1% |
| Port Coquitlam | 52,687 | 58,612 | 1.1% |
| N Vancouver City | 45,165 | 52,898 | 1.7% |
| West Vancouver | 42,131 | 42,473 | 0.1% |
| Port Moody | 27,512 | 33,551 | 2.2% |
| Langley CY | 23,606 | 25,888 | 1.0% |
| White Rock | 18,755 | 19,952 | 0.6% |
| Pitt Meadows | 15,623 | 18,573 | 1.9% |
| Great Vancouver A | 11,050 | 16,133 | 4.6% |
| Bowen Island | 3,362 | 3,680 | 0.9% |
| Capilano 5 | 2,492 | 2,931 | 1.8% |
| Anmore | 1,785 | 2,210 | 2.4% |
| Burrard Inlet 3 | 1,405 | 1,855 | 3.2% |
| Musqueam 2 | 1,371 | 1,652 | 2.0% |
| Lions Bay | 1,328 | 1,334 | 0.0% |
| Tsawwassen | 762 | 816 | 0.7% |
| Belcarra | 676 | 643 | -0.5% |
| Mission 1 | 569 | 576 | 0.1% |
| Matsqui 4 | 426 | 471 | 1.1% |
| Katzie 1 | 246 | 262 | 0.7% |
| Seymour Creek 2 | 75 | 123 | 6.4% |
| Semiahmoo | 109 | 120 | 1.0% |
| McMillan Island 6 | 63 | 94 | 4.9% |
| Coquitlam 1 | 24 | 54 | 12.5% |
| Barnston Island 3 | 49 | 49 | 0.0% |
| Katzie 2 | 37 | 40 | 0.8% |
| Musqueam 4 | 5 | 10 | 10.0% |
| Coquitlam 2 | 5 | 0 | |
| Whonnock 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Langley 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| TOTAL | 2,116,581 | 2,463,431 | 1.6% |
| Source: Statistics Canada. | |||
In 2016, among the Vancouver CMA subdivisions, Vancouver concentrated the highest percentage of population (26%), followed by Surrey (21%), Burnaby (9%), Richmond (8%) and Coquitlam (6%).
Over the last decade, Vancouver’s (CMA) population increased 1.6% per year, and the subdivisions that registered the highest annual population growth were Coquitlam 1 (12.5%), Musqueam 4 (10%), Seymour Creek 2 (6.4%), McMillan Island 6 (4.9%) and the Greater Vancouver Area (4.6%).
