List of settlements in Ontario facts for kids
Welcome to a list of places where people live in Ontario, Canada! These places are called settlements. This article shows you different towns and cities in Ontario. They are listed by how many people live there. We also list them in alphabetical order within each size group.
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Cities with Over a Million People
These are the biggest cities in Ontario. They have more than 1,000,000 people living in them.
T
- Toronto (2,503,281 people)
Big Cities: Half a Million to Almost a Million
These cities are also very large. They have between 500,000 and 999,999 people.
H
- Hamilton (504,559 people)
M
- Mississauga (704,000 people)
O
- Ottawa (812,129 people)
Y
- Regional Municipality of York (892,712 people)
Large Towns and Cities: 100,000 to Half a Million
This section lists many important cities and large towns. Their populations range from 100,000 to 499,999 people.
B
- Barrie (128,430 people)
- Brampton (433,806 people)
- Burlington (164,415 people)
C
- Cambridge (120,371 people)
- Chatham-Kent (108,177 people)
G
- Greater Sudbury (157,857 people)
- Guelph (127,009 people)
K
L
- London (352,395 people)
M
- Markham (261,573 people)
O
R
- Richmond Hill (162,704 people)
S
- St. Catharines (131,989 people)
- Sudbury, see Greater Sudbury
T
- Thunder Bay (109,140 people)
V
- Vaughan (238,866 people)
W
- Whitby (111,184 people)
- Windsor (216,473 people)
Mid-Sized Towns: 50,000 to 100,000
These towns are still quite big. They have populations between 50,000 and 99,999 people.
A
- Ajax (90,167 people)
B
- Brantford (90,192 people)
C
- Caledon (57,050 people)
- Clarington (77,820 people)
H
- Halton Hills (55,289 people)
K
- Kawartha Lakes (74,561 people)
M
- Milton (53,939 people)
N
- Newmarket (74,295 people)
- Niagara Falls (82,181 people)
- Norfolk County (62,563 people)
- North Bay (53,966 people)
P
- Peterborough (74,898 people)
- Pickering (87,838 people)
S
- Sarnia (71,419 people)
- Sault Ste. Marie (74,948 people)
W
Smaller Towns: 10,000 to 50,000
This group includes many smaller towns across Ontario. They have between 10,000 and 49,999 residents.
A
- Amherstburg (21,748 people)
- Aurora (47,629 people)
B
- Belleville (48,821 people)
- Bowmanville (31,830 people)
- Bracebridge (15,682 people)
- Brockville (21,957 people)
C
- Cobourg (18,210 people)
- Collingwood (17,290 people)
- Cornwall (45,965 people)
- County of Brant (34,415 people)
E
- Elliot Lake (11,549 people)
F
- Fergus (10,017 people)
- Fort Erie (29,925 people)
G
- Gravenhurst (10,899 people)
- Grimsby (24,240 people)
H
- Haldimand County (45,212 people)
- Huntsville (18,280 people)
L
- LaSalle (25,285 people)
- Leamington (28,833 people)
- Lincoln (21,722 people)
M
- Midland (16,300 people)
N
- Niagara-on-the-Lake (14,587 people)
- North Dundas (11,095 people)
O
- Orangeville (26,925 people)
- Orillia (30,259 people)
- Owen Sound (21,753 people)
P
- Pelham (16,155 people)
- Port Colborne (18,599 people)
Q
- Quinte West (42,697 people)
S
- South Dundas (10,535 people)
- St. Clair (14,659 people)
- Stratford (30,461 people)
T
- Thorold (18,244 people)
- Tillsonburg (14,822 people)
- Timmins (42,997 people)
W
- West Lincoln (12,268 people)
- Woodstock, Ontario (35,480 people)
- Woolwich (19,658 people)
Villages and Small Towns: 1,000 to 9,999
These are smaller communities. They have populations between 1,000 and 9,999 people.
A
- Alliston (9,679 people)
B
- Blind River (3,780 people)
C
- Central Huron (7,806 people)
- Central Manitoulin (1,944 people)
- Chapleau (2,354 people)
D
- Dysart et al, Ontario (5,966 people)
E
- Espanola (5,314 people)
F
- Forest (2,857 people)
G
- Georgian Bay (2,340 people)
- Goderich (7,563 people)
I
- Iroquois Falls (4,729 people)
L
- Lake of Bays (3,570 people)
M
- Muskoka Lakes (6,000 people; up to 34,000 in summer)
N
- North Dumfries (9,063 people)
- Northeastern Manitoulin and the Islands (2,531 people)
P
- Plympton-Wyoming (7,506 people)
S
- Southgate (7,107 people)
W
- Wainfleet (6,258 people)
- West Perth, Ontario (8,919 people)
Tiny Communities: Under 1,000 People
These are the smallest settlements listed. They have 999 people or less.
A
- Assiginack (914 people)
B
- Baldwin, Ontario (551 people)
- Barrie Island (47 people)
- Billings (551 people)
- Burpee and Mills (362 people)
C
- Cockburn Island (10 people)
D
- Dawson (66 people)
- Deer Lake (868 people)
G
- Gordon (412 people)
- Gore Bay (898 people)
P
- Pickle Lake (479 people)
R
- Robinson (204 people)
T
- Tehkummah (382 people)
Please Note: The numbers you see here are for the main part of the city or town (where the city hall is). If you count the larger area around some of these cities, called a metropolitan area, the population would be even higher.
