Canada
Urban population in Canada
Urban population in Canada: 62.2% in 1950 and 82.9% in 2025, by UN estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- 82.9%
- Since 1950
- +20.7 percentage points
- Rank, 2025
- 55 of 229
- counting from the highest
- Projected, 2050
- 87.4%
- UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025)
% of people · UN
What the numbers say
- The UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) puts it at 87.4% in 2050.
Every year
% of people · UN
| Year | Canada |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 82.9 |
| 2024 | 82.7 |
| 2023 | 82.5 |
| 2022 | 82.4 |
| 2021 | 82.2 |
| 2020 | 82 |
| 2019 | 81.7 |
| 2018 | 81.6 |
| 2017 | 81.4 |
| 2016 | 81.3 |
| 2015 | 81.3 |
| 2014 | 81.2 |
| 2013 | 81.2 |
| 2012 | 81.2 |
| 2011 | 81.1 |
| 2010 | 81 |
| 2009 | 80.9 |
| 2008 | 80.7 |
| 2007 | 80.4 |
| 2006 | 80.2 |
| 2005 | 80 |
| 2004 | 79.7 |
| 2003 | 79.4 |
| 2002 | 79.1 |
| 2001 | 78.8 |
| 2000 | 78.6 |
| 1999 | 78.4 |
| 1998 | 78.3 |
| 1997 | 78.1 |
| 1996 | 77.9 |
| 1995 | 77.6 |
| 1994 | 77.3 |
| 1993 | 77 |
| 1992 | 76.7 |
| 1991 | 76.6 |
| 1990 | 76.6 |
| 1989 | 76.5 |
| 1988 | 76.5 |
| 1987 | 76.5 |
| 1986 | 76.5 |
| 1985 | 76.4 |
| 1984 | 76.2 |
| 1983 | 76 |
| 1982 | 75.9 |
| 1981 | 75.7 |
| 1980 | 75.7 |
| 1979 | 75.6 |
| 1978 | 75.6 |
| 1977 | 75.6 |
| 1976 | 75.5 |
| 1975 | 75.6 |
| 1974 | 75.7 |
| 1973 | 75.9 |
| 1972 | 76 |
| 1971 | 76.1 |
| 1970 | 76 |
| 1969 | 75.5 |
| 1968 | 75 |
| 1967 | 74.3 |
| 1966 | 73.6 |
| 1965 | 73 |
| 1964 | 72.1 |
| 1963 | 71.3 |
| 1962 | 70.5 |
| 1961 | 69.7 |
| 1960 | 69 |
| 1959 | 68.5 |
| 1958 | 67.9 |
| 1957 | 67.3 |
| 1956 | 66.7 |
| 1955 | 66 |
| 1954 | 65.3 |
| 1953 | 64.6 |
| 1952 | 63.8 |
| 1951 | 63 |
| 1950 | 62.2 |
UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) · 2026–2050
| Year | Canada |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 83.1 |
| 2027 | 83.2 |
| 2028 | 83.4 |
| 2029 | 83.6 |
| 2030 | 83.8 |
| 2031 | 83.9 |
| 2032 | 84.1 |
| 2033 | 84.3 |
| 2034 | 84.5 |
| 2035 | 84.7 |
| 2036 | 84.8 |
| 2037 | 85 |
| 2038 | 85.2 |
| 2039 | 85.4 |
| 2040 | 85.5 |
| 2041 | 85.7 |
| 2042 | 85.9 |
| 2043 | 86.1 |
| 2044 | 86.3 |
| 2045 | 86.5 |
| 2046 | 86.6 |
| 2047 | 86.8 |
| 2048 | 87 |
| 2049 | 87.2 |
| 2050 | 87.4 |
Good to know
- The share of people living in places the country itself counts as urban.
- Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025.
- The dashed line is the UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025), a scenario rather than a forecast.
- Ranks count the 229 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
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- Military spending1.63% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$37.5B in 2025
- Military spending per person$939 in 2025
- Military share of state spending3.7% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel72,000 people in 2020
- National power0.81% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers0.35% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports83 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exports312 million TIV in 2025