The changing landscape of Canadian metropolitan areas
Québec, Quebec
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- At the CMA level, built-up area increased from 183 km2 in 1971 to 475 km2 in 2011, an increase of 160%.
- At the CMA-E level, built-up area increased from 210 km2 in 1971 to 658 km2 in 2011, an increase of 213%.
- In 2011, the natural and semi-natural land class was divided into forest (82%), water (3%) and other (15%).
- From 1971 to 2011, 135 km2 of arable land and 184 km2 of natural and semi-natural land were lost to settled area.
- Of the natural and semi-natural land converted to settled area from 1971 to 2011, 66.8% was forest, 16.8% was natural land for pasture and 16.3% was classed as other.
- Population in the CMA increased by 49% from 512,233 to 765,706 between 1971 and 2011.
- The number of dwellings in the CMA increased by 168% from 134,673 to 361,447 between 1971 and 2011.
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