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Ranking of the provinces and territories of Canada by general, discount and other stores per inhabitant

How many general, discount and other stores there are per 100,000 inhabitants in every province of Canada and in the cities of more than 100,000 inhabitants. On average, 40.2 per 100,000 inhabitants, one for every 2,490 inhabitants.

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40.2
general, discount and other stores per 100,000 inhabitants — Canada
one for every 2,490 inhabitants
53.6
the most — Northwest Territories
one for every 1,867 inhabitants
29.8
the fewest — Nunavut
one for every 3,351 inhabitants
37.1M
inhabitants
GeoNames (administrative divisions)
How we count. Stores — the open general, discount and other stores of our base on the date of the update. Population — GeoNames (administrative divisions). Tourist areas and shopping centres of a region rise in the ranking: many stores for the resident population.

Ranking of the provinces and territories: general, discount and other stores per 100,000 inhabitants

General, discount and other stores per 100,000 inhabitants and inhabitants per store. Click a column to sort.

No. ↕Province ↕Population ↕Other stores ↕Per 100,000 people ↕Inhabitants per store ↕
01 Northwest Territories 41,070 22
53.6
 1,867
02 Yukon 40,232 21
52.2
 1,916
03 Prince Edward Island 154,331 80
51.8
 1,929
04 New Brunswick 775,610 388
50.0
 1,999
05 Newfoundland and Labrador 510,550 250
49.0
 2,042
06 Nova Scotia 969,383 441
45.5
 2,198
07 British Columbia 5,000,879 2,153
43.1
 2,323
08 Saskatchewan 1,132,505 467
41.2
 2,425
09 Quebec 8,501,840 3,371
39.7
 2,522
10 Alberta 4,368,370 1,718
39.3
 2,543
11 Ontario 14,223,942 5,553
39.0
 2,561
12 Manitoba 1,342,153 426
31.7
 3,151
13 Nunavut 36,858 11
29.8
 3,351
Average of Canada — 40.2 per 100,000 inhabitants14,901 general, discount and other stores · 37,097,723 inhabitants

Cities with more than 100,000 inhabitants

General, discount and other stores per 100,000 inhabitants in the large cities. Population of the cities — GeoNames.

No. ↕City ↕Population ↕Other stores ↕Per 100,000 people ↕Inhabitants per store ↕
01 SherbrookeQuebec 129,447 87
67.2
 1,488
02 BarrieOntario 147,829 97
65.6
 1,524
03 BrantfordOntario 104,688 60
57.3
 1,745
04 WindsorOntario 229,660 119
51.8
 1,930
05 St. John'sNewfoundland and Labrador 110,525 57
51.6
 1,939
06 ChilliwackBritish Columbia 101,491 52
51.2
 1,952
07 ThornhillOntario 115,292 59
51.2
 1,954
08 Trois-RivièresQuebec 144,472 71
49.1
 2,035
09 Red DeerAlberta 100,844 49
48.6
 2,058
10 KelownaBritish Columbia 144,576 69
47.7
 2,095
11 RichmondBritish Columbia 209,937 100
47.6
 2,099
12 St. CatharinesOntario 136,803 65
47.5
 2,105
13 TerrebonneQuebec 111,575 53
47.5
 2,105
14 KamloopsBritish Columbia 104,460 49
46.9
 2,132
15 OshawaOntario 175,383 81
46.2
 2,165
16 Thunder BayOntario 108,843 50
45.9
 2,177
17 DartmouthNova Scotia 101,343 43
42.4
 2,357
18 KingstonOntario 132,485 56
42.3
 2,366
19 WaterlooOntario 104,986 44
41.9
 2,386
20 GatineauQuebec 300,045 125
41.7
 2,400
21 SaskatoonSaskatchewan 266,141 110
41.3
 2,419
22 AbbotsfordBritish Columbia 141,397 58
41.0
 2,438
23 LethbridgeAlberta 103,197 42
40.7
 2,457
24 ReginaSaskatchewan 226,404 92
40.6
 2,461
25 VictoriaBritish Columbia 289,625 117
40.4
 2,475
26 VancouverBritish Columbia 662,248 267
40.3
 2,480
27 CambridgeOntario 129,920 52
40.0
 2,498
28 MarkhamOntario 338,503 134
39.6
 2,526
29 LevisQuebec 143,414 55
38.4
 2,608
30 GuelphOntario 143,740 55
38.3
 2,613
31 LondonOntario 422,324 161
38.1
 2,623
32 BurnabyBritish Columbia 249,125 93
37.3
 2,679
33 EdmontonAlberta 1,010,899 374
37.0
 2,703
34 Richmond HillOntario 202,022 70
34.6
 2,886
35 LangleyBritish Columbia 132,603 45
33.9
 2,947
36 CalgaryAlberta 1,306,784 441
33.7
 2,963
37 WhitbyOntario 138,501 46
33.2
 3,011
38 KitchenerOntario 256,885 83
32.3
 3,095
39 MississaugaOntario 717,961 231
32.2
 3,108
40 Greater SudburyOntario 166,004 53
31.9
 3,132
41 CoquitlamBritish Columbia 148,625 46
31.0
 3,231
42 LavalQuebec 438,366 132
30.1
 3,321
43 WinnipegManitoba 749,607 224
29.9
 3,346
44 DeltaBritish Columbia 101,668 27
26.6
 3,765
45 SurreyBritish Columbia 568,322 144
25.3
 3,947
46 BurlingtonOntario 186,948 47
25.1
 3,978
47 MontrealQuebec 1,762,949 428
24.3
 4,119
48 HamiltonOntario 569,353 131
23.0
 4,346
49 OakvilleOntario 213,759 48
22.5
 4,453
50 BramptonOntario 656,480 132
20.1
 4,973
51 LongueuilQuebec 229,330 45
19.6
 5,096
52 AjaxOntario 119,677 23
19.2
 5,203
53 NepeanOntario 180,000 33
18.3
 5,455
54 MiltonOntario 132,979 23
17.3
 5,782
55 OttawaOntario 1,017,449 172
16.9
 5,915
56 HalifaxNova Scotia 471,559 70
14.8
 6,737
57 TorontoOntario 2,794,356 404
14.5
 6,917
58 SydneyNova Scotia 105,968 13
12.3
 8,151
59 GloucesterOntario 150,012 18
12.0
 8,334
60 VaughanOntario 323,103 34
10.5
 9,503
61 OrléansOntario 125,937 13
10.3
 9,687
62 SaguenayQuebec 148,886 6
4.0
 24,814
63 Guelph/EramosaOntario 143,740 4
2.8
 35,935
64 Ville-MarieQuebec 104,944 2
1.9
 52,472
65 Sainte-Brigitte-de-LavalQuebec 438,366 2
0.5
 219,183
66 QuébecQuebec 531,902 1
0.2
 531,902

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