Statistics Canada: Metropolitan Area

Census Metropolitan Area Dept: The sharpest drop was in what Statistics Canada defines as the Parksville metropolitan area, where there were 2,600 children aged 14 and under in 2011, down from nearly 3,000 in 2006, according to CBC. There were also fewer children in Powell River, Campbell River, Courtenay, Nanaimo and Victoria and it's a similar story on the North Coast, where there were big drops in the number of children in Terrace and Prince Rupert and the latest census figures show the number of children in many parts of B.C., particularly on Vancouver Island and the North Coast, is dropping rapidly. Statistics Canada uses the term census metropolitan area to describe any area with a population of at least 100,000, with an urban core of at least 50,000 people. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.