# Let's make it a trifecta: The Largest Canadian city you've never heard of **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 3, 2010, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-make-it-a-trifecta-the-largest-canadian-city-youve-never-heard-of/531184 "2010-03-03T21:44:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![KennerTheGreat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a8b319/32.png) [@KennerTheGreat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KennerTheGreat)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2010, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-make-it-a-trifecta-the-largest-canadian-city-youve-never-heard-of/531184/1 "2010-03-03T21:44:24Z")
In the spirit of [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=554432) and [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=553959), what’s the largest Canadian city you’ve never heard of. Wiki list of the Top 100 is [here.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_the_100_largest_municipalities_in_Canada_by_population) For me, #79, St-Jerome, QC does not ring a bell. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2010, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-make-it-a-trifecta-the-largest-canadian-city-youve-never-heard-of/531184/2 "2010-03-03T21:51:32Z")
Maple Ridge (#75). I’ve lived or spent significant time in about half of the ones in the list. ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2010, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-make-it-a-trifecta-the-largest-canadian-city-youve-never-heard-of/531184/3 "2010-03-03T21:53:25Z")
Brampton, #11. Never heard of it. (and I lived in Ontario for 3 months) ---
**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2010, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-make-it-a-trifecta-the-largest-canadian-city-youve-never-heard-of/531184/4 "2010-03-03T21:57:20Z")
Levis, #34 (lived in Canada all my life, hmmm) ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2010, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-make-it-a-trifecta-the-largest-canadian-city-youve-never-heard-of/531184/5 "2010-03-03T22:36:36Z")
#19, Longueuil, QC. Also don’t recognize #34 (Levis, QC), 44 (Saanich, BC), or 50 (Delta, BC). I stopped looking at that point…apparently I just don’t know Quebec or British Columbia… ---
**Author:** ![amarinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3be4f8/32.png) [@amarinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarinth)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2010, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-make-it-a-trifecta-the-largest-canadian-city-youve-never-heard-of/531184/6 "2010-03-03T22:43:28Z")
#6 Mississauga On the other hand, I know every single one of the BC cities on the list. ---
**Author:** ![Alan\_Bird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b3f665/32.png) [@Alan\_Bird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alan_Bird)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2010, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-make-it-a-trifecta-the-largest-canadian-city-youve-never-heard-of/531184/7 "2010-03-03T22:47:56Z")
Vaughan #18. Have lived in BC all my life. ---
**Author:** ![EmAnJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d2c977/32.png) [@EmAnJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmAnJ)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2010, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-make-it-a-trifecta-the-largest-canadian-city-youve-never-heard-of/531184/8 "2010-03-03T22:49:49Z")
> [@Alan\_Bird](#): > > Vaughan #18. Have lived in BC all my life. Me as well. Born and raised in BC, now in Alberta. ---
**Author:** ![maplekiwi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a4c791/32.png) [@maplekiwi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/maplekiwi)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2010, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-make-it-a-trifecta-the-largest-canadian-city-youve-never-heard-of/531184/9 "2010-03-03T22:50:17Z")
> [@Procrustus](#): > > Brampton, #11. Never heard of it. (and I lived in Ontario for 3 months) Me neither. & I was born in Ontario. ---
**Author:** ![Giles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giles/32/60_2.png) [@Giles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giles)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2010, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-make-it-a-trifecta-the-largest-canadian-city-youve-never-heard-of/531184/10 "2010-03-03T22:52:52Z")
Brampton #11, even though I’ve been to (or driven through) 7 of the top 10, including Toronto, Mississauga and Hamilton. So I’ve been pretty close to Brampton – just didn’t know it was there. ---
**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2010, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-make-it-a-trifecta-the-largest-canadian-city-youve-never-heard-of/531184/11 "2010-03-03T22:55:54Z")
#14 - Laval. But I’ve spent a total of one hour in Canada in my entire life (Windsor, on a sidetrip lark while driving through Michigan), so my northern neighbor geography isn’t so sharp. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/74df32/32.png) [@The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Devil_s_Grandmother)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2010, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-make-it-a-trifecta-the-largest-canadian-city-youve-never-heard-of/531184/12 "2010-03-03T22:57:12Z")
Me fourth for Brampton, Ontario. Obviously a city that needs an advertising budget. ---
**Author:** ![Covered\_In\_Bees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ab992/32.png) [@Covered\_In\_Bees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covered_In_Bees)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2010, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-make-it-a-trifecta-the-largest-canadian-city-youve-never-heard-of/531184/13 "2010-03-03T23:04:30Z")
#9 Hamilton. I fail. ---
**Author:** ![Springtime\_for\_Spacers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Springtime\_for\_Spacers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Springtime_for_Spacers)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2010, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-make-it-a-trifecta-the-largest-canadian-city-youve-never-heard-of/531184/14 "2010-03-03T23:17:37Z")
I wasn’t sure of 6, Mississauga and I definitely didn’t know there was a Surrey, 12. I’m in the UK. ---
**Author:** ![SandyHook](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dec6dc/32.png) [@SandyHook](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SandyHook)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2010, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-make-it-a-trifecta-the-largest-canadian-city-youve-never-heard-of/531184/15 "2010-03-03T23:19:12Z")
> [@Procrustus](#): > > Brampton, #11. Never heard of it. (and I lived in Ontario for 3 months) Another Brampton vote here. Though in my defense I noticed that it grew over 60% from 1996-2006, so back when I was actually learning things it was much smaller. ---
**Author:** ![kelly5078](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/6f9a4e/32.png) [@kelly5078](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kelly5078)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2010, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-make-it-a-trifecta-the-largest-canadian-city-youve-never-heard-of/531184/16 "2010-03-03T23:22:44Z")
Another Brampton. ---
**Author:** ![GilaB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8e7dd6/32.png) [@GilaB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GilaB)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2010, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-make-it-a-trifecta-the-largest-canadian-city-youve-never-heard-of/531184/17 "2010-03-03T23:32:58Z")
Yet another Brampton. Is it just a big suburb of Toronto? ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2010, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-make-it-a-trifecta-the-largest-canadian-city-youve-never-heard-of/531184/18 "2010-03-03T23:43:39Z")
1. ``` Saanich - Although in all fairness it is only ~ 100,000. ``` ---
**Author:** ![alice\_in\_wonderland](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alice_in_wonderland/32/176_2.png) [@alice\_in\_wonderland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alice_in_wonderland)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2010, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-make-it-a-trifecta-the-largest-canadian-city-youve-never-heard-of/531184/19 "2010-03-03T23:45:38Z")
Wow - I’m amazed people haven’t heard of Brampton. Weird. Anyhoo - the only one I don’t know is Kawartha Lakes - I don’t even know where it would be in Ontario. FWIW I’ve visited (or at least driven through) almost the entire list. ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2010, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-make-it-a-trifecta-the-largest-canadian-city-youve-never-heard-of/531184/20 "2010-03-03T23:46:11Z")
#16, Markham, ON, whose existence was quite unknown to me until just this instant. And I’ve been to Canada a lot, altho not Ontario, lately. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-make-it-a-trifecta-the-largest-canadian-city-youve-never-heard-of/531184.md?page=2)