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Squamish, British Columbia
Squamish (Sḵwx̱wú7mesh) is a district municipality at the head of Howe Sound, British Columbia, on the Sea-to-Sky corridor. Formerly Newport until 1914; fastest-growing Canadian census agglomeration 2016–2021; economy of tourism, outdoor recreation, and forestry.
St. Catharines
St. Catharines, nicknamed the Garden City, is the largest city in Ontario's Niagara Region on Lake Ontario, an industrial city built around the Welland Canal and Harriet Tubman's 1850s home base.
St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador
St. John's is the capital and largest city of the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador and the most easterly city in North America, with a 2021 population of about 110,000.
Stephenville, Newfoundland and Labrador
Stephenville, Newfoundland and Labrador is a town of about 6,600 people on Bay St. George on the west coast of Newfoundland, serving a surrounding area of roughly 25,000.
Stratford, Ontario
Stratford, Ontario, a city of 33,232 on the Avon River and Perth County's separated seat, grew from a Grand Trunk Railway repair-shop junction into the home of the Stratford Festival, Canada's classical theatre, with manufacturing and arts-led diversification.
Surrey, British Columbia
Surrey, British Columbia: a city in Metro Vancouver on the south side of the Fraser River, bordering the US. Second most populous BC municipality (568,322 in 2021), largest by land area, incorporated 1879, named after Surrey, England.
Sussex, New Brunswick
Sussex, New Brunswick: a town in Kings County in the Kennebecasis River valley, 70 km northeast of Saint John. Known as the Dairy Capital of Atlantic Canada, home of the 8th Hussars, murals, and the Kings County Agricultural Fair; amalgamated with Sussex Corner in 2023.
Sydney, Nova Scotia
Sydney, Nova Scotia: town founded 1785, capital of the colony of Cape Breton until 1820, named for Lord Sydney; steel and coal port on Sydney Harbour, now Cape Breton's largest community.
Terrace, British Columbia
Terrace, British Columbia: a city of about 12,300 on the Skeena River in northwest BC, founded by George Little around the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway, briefly named Littleton, and the regional service hub of the Kitimat-Stikine regional district.
Terrebonne, Quebec
Terrebonne, Quebec: city in Lanaudière on the Rivière des Mille Îles, formed 27 June 2001 by merging Terrebonne, Lachenaie, and La Plaine; 126,199 residents (2026), tenth-largest Quebec city, mayor Mathieu Traversy since 2025.
Thompson, Manitoba
Thompson, Manitoba: northern Canadian city founded 1957 around Inco's nickel mines, 765 km north of Winnipeg, known as the Hub of the North; incorporated as a town in 1967 and a city in 1970.
Thunder Bay
Thunder Bay is a city in Northwestern Ontario, Canada, formed January 1, 1970 by amalgamating Fort William, Port Arthur, Neebing, and McIntyre. A Lake Superior port city of about 123,000, it ships Western Canadian grain and anchors the region's economy.
Timmins
Timmins is a city in northeastern Ontario on the Mattagami River, incorporated in 1912 and named for Noah Timmins, developer of the Hollinger gold mine; population 41,145 in 2021.
Tofino
Tofino (n̓ačiqs) is a district municipality of about 2,000 people on the Esowista Peninsula in Clayoquot Sound, Vancouver Island, British Columbia; named for Spanish hydrographer Vicente Tofino de San Miguel, post office 1909, incorporated 1932, resort municipality since 2008.
Toronto
Toronto, Ontario's capital and Canada's largest city (3.0 million city, 7.1 million metro), on Lake Ontario; founded as York in 1793, incorporated 1834, amalgamated 1998; major finance, tourism and transit hub.
Trois-Rivières
Trois-Rivières, Quebec city founded 1634 by Laviolette under Champlain, second oldest French-speaking city in North America; population 149,934 (2025), former world newsprint capital, six-municipality merger in 2002.
Val-d'Or
Val-d'Or is a city in Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Quebec, founded on 1930s gold mining (Lamaque, Sigma mines), village 1935, city 1937, merged with Dubuisson, Sullivan, Val-Senneville, and Vassan in 2002; population about 33,000.
Vancouver
Vancouver, Canada, is a coastal seaport city of 662,248 in British Columbia, the core of a 2.65 million person metropolitan region and host of the 2010 Winter Olympics.
Vaughan
Vaughan is a city in the Regional Municipality of York, Ontario, just north of Toronto, one of Canada's fastest-growing cities, which attained city status in 1991 and had a 2021 Census population of 323,103.
Vernon, British Columbia
Vernon, British Columbia: Okanagan Valley city between Okanagan and Kalamalka lakes, first incorporated in the valley (1892), named for Forbes George Vernon; 44,519 city residents (2021), economic anchor of the North Okanagan.
Victoria, British Columbia
Victoria, British Columbia: provincial capital on southern Vancouver Island, founded as HBC's Fort Victoria in 1843 on Lekwungen territory, incorporated 1862. City population about 94,890; December 2024 benchmark detached home price $1,151,200.
Ville-Marie, Quebec
Ville-Marie, Quebec: the 1642 missionary settlement founded by Maisonneuve and Jeanne Mance that became Montreal; today also Montreal's central borough (84,013 residents) and a town on Lake Témiscamingue named by the Oblates in 1863.
Wasaga Beach
Wasaga Beach is a town in Simcoe County, Ontario, on Georgian Bay, home to the world's longest freshwater beach (14 km), Wasaga Beach Provincial Park, over 24,000 residents, and the Destination Wasaga beachfront redevelopment.
Waterloo, Ontario
Waterloo, Ontario: city in the Regional Municipality of Waterloo, Canada, home of the University of Waterloo (founded 1957) and a dense tech economy; village 1857, town 1876, city 1948; population about 154,900 in 2025.
White Rock, British Columbia
White Rock, British Columbia: small city (pop. 21,939 in 2021) on Semiahmoo Bay beside Surrey, incorporated 1957, named for a white beach boulder, known for its 470-metre 1914 wooden pier and 2.2-km promenade.
Whitehorse
Whitehorse is the capital and largest city of Yukon, Canada, on the Yukon River; also called the Wilderness City. Population about 33,000 city, 38,490 area (2025); capital since 1953; economy led by public administration.
Windsor, Ontario
Windsor, Ontario: Canada's southernmost city, on the Detroit River across from Detroit; automotive capital since 1904, busiest Canada-US commercial border crossing, Gordie Howe bridge opened 2026, population 229,660.
Winnipeg
Winnipeg, capital and largest city of Manitoba, Canada, at the Forks of the Red and Assiniboine rivers; incorporated 1873, 749,607 residents in 2021, estimated 850,260 in 2026, largest Indigenous population in Canada.
Wolfville
Wolfville is a town in Nova Scotia's Annapolis Valley, home to Acadia University and the centre of the province's wine country, with 11 wineries within 20 km and the Grand-Pré UNESCO site nearby.
Yellowknife
Yellowknife (Sǫ̀mbak'è), capital and only city of the Northwest Territories on Great Slave Lake's north shore; founded 1934 in a gold rush, territorial capital since 1967, population about 20,000 to 24,000, high-cost high-income northern economy.