Metropolitan Area: Statistics Canada

Metropolitan Areas Dept: Census metropolitan areas do not conform to established municipal boundaries. Statistics Canada defines them as a metropolitan area with a population of at least 100,000, where the urban core of that area has at least 50,000 people. Commuting patterns and other factors are used in determining these census metropolitan areas. Looking at metropolitan areas this way takes in to account the growing impact of suburban areas on Canada's largest cities, according to CBC. Statistics Canada pegs the current population at just over 108,000 thousand and new census data shows the population of the metropolitan area of Thunder Bay fell over the last five years, during a period of time that saw Canada spiral into the most serious economic tailspin since the Great Depression. Metropolitan areas In the 2011 census data released Wednesday, it showed about 800 fewer people in the city compared with five years ago. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.