List of most populated cities in Canada and United States
This is the list of the United states of America's and Canada most populated cities:
Number |
City |
Country |
Population |
|---|---|---|---|
1 |
New York City |
United States |
8,214,426 |
2 |
Toronto |
Canada |
5,113,149 |
3 |
Los Angeles |
United States |
3,849,378 |
4 |
Montreal |
Canada |
3,635,571 |
5 |
Chicago |
United States |
2,833,321 |
6 |
Houston |
United States |
2,144,491 |
7 |
Vancouver |
Canada |
2,116,581 |
8 |
Phoenix |
United States |
1,512,986 |
9 |
Philadelphia |
United States |
1,448,394 |
10 |
San Antonio |
United States |
1,296,682 |
11 |
San Diego |
United States |
1,256,951 |
12 |
Dallas |
United States |
1,232,940 |
13 |
Ottawa |
Canada |
1,130,761 |
14 |
Calgary |
Canada |
1,079,310 |
15 |
Edmonton |
Canada |
1,034,945 |
16 |
San Jose |
United States |
929,936 |
17 |
Detroit |
United States |
871,121 |
18 |
Jacksonville |
United States |
764,555 |
19 |
Indianapolis |
United States |
785,597 |
20 |
San Francisco |
United States |
744,041 |
21 |
Columbus |
United States |
733,203 |
22 |
Quebec |
Canada |
715,515 |
23 |
Austin |
United States |
709,893 |
24 |
Winnipeg |
Canada |
694,668 |
25 |
Hamilton |
Canada |
692,911 |
26 |
Memphis |
United States |
670,902 |
27 |
Fort Worth |
United States |
653,320 |
28 |
Baltimore |
United States |
631,366 |
29 |
Charlotte |
United States |
630,478 |
30 |
El Paso |
United States |
609,415 |
This list compares the "core" city populations of the US cities with the CMA populations of the Canadian cities. This is problematic, because US core cities tend to only make up a fraction of their CMAs (25-50%) whereas Canadian cities make up 50-80% of their CMA populations.