Metropolitan/urban population by state/province

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How urbanized is your state/province and what percentage of the population lives in the largest metropolitan area?

The Toronto Census Metropolitan Area has a population of around 6.5 million, 44% of Ontario's population (14.5 million) Using a US "MSA"-type definition that would take in Hamilton, around 7.5 million live in the Toronto-Hamilton area, just over half the population.

Other metros over 500,000 include Ottawa (1.1 million in Ontario part), Kitchener-Waterloo (584,000) and London (545,000). Altogether about 2/3 live in metro areas of 500,000 or more.

82% live in Census Metropolitan Areas (100,000 or more).

86% of the population of Ontario lives in urban areas.