Half Of Canada Lives In Just These Counties

Last week, we showed you how concentrated the United States was in a map. Half of the country lives in a measly 146 counties out of well over 3,000.

Our neighbor to the north, Canada, isn't so different. Seventeen out of 298 counties hold half (51% to be precise) of the Canadian population.

So technically, Canada doesn't have "counties," they have "Census Geographic Units" but they serve essentially an identical purpose a counties do here in the states.

Here's half of Canada, and below it is the list of counties.

Here are the 17 Canadian census geographic regions in order of population:

• Toronto, Ontario
• Metro Vancouver, British Columbia
• Montreal, Quebec
• Division #6, Alberta
• Peel, Ontario
• Division #11, Alberta
• York, Ontario
• Ottawa, Ontario
• Division #11, Manitoba
• Durham, Ontario
• Quebec City, Quebec
• Hamilton, Ontario
• Waterloo, Ontario
• Halton, Ontario
• Simcoe, Ontario
• Middlesex, Ontario
• Niagra, Ontario