St. John's metropolitan area

The St. John's metropolitan area is the most populous census metropolitan area (CMA) in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. With a population of 212,579 in the 2021 Canadian Census,[1] the CMA is the second largest in Atlantic Canada and the 22nd largest CMA in Canada.[3]

St. John's metropolitan area
Downtown St. John's from Signal Hill
Map
Interactive Map of St. John's, NL CMA
Coordinates: 47°34′3″N 52°42′26″W / 47.56750°N 52.70722°W / 47.56750; -52.70722
Country Canada
Province Newfoundland and Labrador
Census divisionDivision 1
Largest citySt. John's
Other towns and cities- Conception Bay South
- Paradise
- Mount Pearl
Government
 • MPs
 • MHAs
Area
 • Metro
931.56 km2 (359.68 sq mi)
Population
 • Metro
212,579
 • Metro density228.2/km2 (591/sq mi)
 20th Largest metropolitan area in Canada
Gross Metropolitan Product
 • St. John's CMACA$12.9 billion (2020)[2]
Time zoneUTC-3:30 (NST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-2:30 (NDT)
Area code709

The St. John’s CMA has an estimated population of 212,579 as of 2021.[4] The CMA comprises the City of St. John's and twelve other communities, the largest of which are the town of Conception Bay South and the city of Mount Pearl.[5]

Demographics

The following information is from: Statistics Canada[5][6][7]

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1986 164,593—    
1991 175,391+6.6%
1996 174,051−0.8%
2001 172,918−0.7%
2006 181,113+4.7%
2011 196,966+8.8%
2016 208,418+5.8%
2021 212,579+2.0%

Municipalities

MunicipalityType20012006201120162021[8]
St. John'sCity99,182100,646106,172108,860110,525
Conception Bay SouthTown19,77221,96624,84826,19927,168
ParadiseTown9,59812,58417,69521,38922,975
Mount PearlCity24,96424,67124,28422,95722,447
Portugal Cove – St. Philip'sTown5,8666,5757,3668,1478,415
TorbayTown5,4746,2817,3977,8997,852
Holyrood[9]Town1,9062,0051,9952,4632,471
Logy Bay – Middle Cove – Outer CoveTown1,8721,9782,0982,2212,364
Pouch CoveTown1,6691,7561,8662,0692,063
FlatrockTown1,1381,2141,4571,6831,722
Witless BayTown1,0561,0701,1791,6191,640
Bay BullsTown1,0141,0781,2831,5001,566
Petty Harbour – Maddox CoveTown949915924960947
BaulineTown364379397452412

Population density

RankMunicipalityPopulationLand AreaPopulation Density
km2mi2/km2/mi2
-St. John's metropolitan area205,955804.65310.68244.8634
1St. John's108,860446.04172.22238.0616
2Conception Bay South26,19959.2722.88419.21,086
3Mount Pearl22,95715.756.081,542.13,994
4Paradise21,38929.2411.29605.21,567
5Portugal Cove – St. Philip's8,14757.3522.14128.4333
6Torbay7,89934.8813.47212.1549
7Logy Bay – Middle Cove – Outer Cove2,22116.986.56123.6320
8Pouch Cove2,06958.3422.5332.083
9Flatrock1,68318.127.0080.4208
10Witless Bay1,61918.497.1467.4175
11Bay Bulls1,50030.7411.8741.7108
12Petty Harbour – Maddox Cove9604.511.74205.1531
13Bauline45215.956.1624.964

References