A census metropolitan area, or CMA is a Canadian census division comprising a large urban area (known as the urban core) and adjacent areas (known as urban and rural fringes) that have a high degree of social and economic integration with the urban core.

A CMA has an urban core population of at least 100,000, based on the previous census. Once an area becomes a CMA, it is retained as a CMA even if the population of its urban core declines below 100,000.

All CMAs are subdivided into census tracts. A CMA may be consolidated with adjacent Census Agglomerations if they are socially and economically integrated. This new grouping is known as a consolidated CMA, and the component CMA and CAs are known as the primary census metropolitan area (PCMA) and primary census agglomeration(s) (PCA). A CMA may not be consolidated with another CMA.

List of CMA's

in order of population

• Greater Toronto Area
• Greater Montreal Area
• Lower Mainland
• National Capital Region (Canada)
• Greater Calgary Area
• Greater Edmonton Area
• Capitale-Nationale (Quebec)
• Winnipeg Capital Region
• Hamilton
• London
• Kitchener-Waterloo
• St. Catharines-Niagara
• Halifax Regional Municipality
• Greater Victoria
• Windsor
• Greater Saskatoon Area
• Greater Regina Area
• St. John's
• Greater Sudbury
• Saguenay
• Sherbrookoise
• Fraser Valley
• Kingston
• Trois-Rivières
• Greater Saint John
• Thunder Bay

See also:

• List of the 100 largest metropolitan areas in Canada
• Largest metropolitan areas in the Americas