List of cities in Canada

This is a list of incorporated cities in Canada, in alphabetical order categorized by province or territory.

To qualify as a city in Alberta, a sufficient population size (10,000 people or more) must be present and a majority of the buildings must be on parcels of land less than 1,850 square metres (19,900 sq ft).

The urban service areas of Fort McMurray and Sherwood Park are hamlets recognized as equivalents of cities, but remain unincorporated.

In Ontario, city status is conferred by the provincial government, generally upon the request of the incorporated municipality.

[27] Once designated a city, however, a municipality does not lose this status even if its population later falls back below 10,000 (as, for example, Dryden).

Notes: In Quebec, provincial law does not contain any cities at the current time, although the designation exists.

— A ville, though legally a "township", may be informally referred to as a town or a city in English, but this is an arbitrary and subjective distinction.

Dawson was also previously incorporated as a city, but when the criteria were changed in the 1980s, its status was reduced to that of a town due to population.