Canada — Regional Market index
docs(projects): Phase 1 of Regional Markets rebuild -- remove all ranking/score language and stale/wrong score values wiki-wide (132 files); no public ranking exists in the real current dataset, only the co-location cluster tier system (Regional/District/Local/Fringe) remains, per operator directive and verified against the real 2026-08-07 methodology
@@ -12,13 +12,13 @@ audience: customer-woodfine bcsc_class: current-fact language_protocol: PROSE-TOPIC keynote: false last_edited: 2026-07-16 last_edited: 2026-08-25 editor: woodfine-editorial short_description: "Ranked index of Canadian regional commercial real estate markets meeting co-location screening thresholds." short_description: "Index of Canadian regional commercial real estate markets meeting co-location screening thresholds." paired_with: markets/atlas-canada.es.md --- The **Canada regional market index** ranks Canadian cities and metropolitan areas that meet The **Canada regional market index** lists Canadian cities and metropolitan areas that meet the population, disposable income, and retail infrastructure thresholds established by the [[about-regional-markets-system|co-location regional market framework]]. Canada offers a substantial and geographically distributed set of qualifying regional markets: the country's population @@ -72,44 +72,45 @@ spelled **Sydney**, not "Sidney" — "Sidney" names a different, unrelated real markets table below — actually appear among Canada's 23 verified entries in the [[atlas-top-400-north-america|Top 400 Regional Markets — North America]] list. This doesn't mean these places aren't real Canadian markets with their own individual profile articles; it means they are not currently ranked in the TOP400 co-location screen specifically. The it means they are not currently included in the TOP400 co-location screen specifically. The Provincial coverage prose above is left as a qualitative regional description rather than rewritten, but should not be read as implying these five named markets are TOP400 entries. ## Ranked markets ## Markets This table is a filtered, Canada-specific view of the continental [[atlas-top-400-north-america|Top 400 Regional Markets — North America]] table — not a separate dataset — so every rank, score, and tier count matches the continental table exactly and updates automatically if that table is corrected. | Rank | Market | Suburb of | km | T1 | T2 | T3 | Civic | Score | |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| | 4 | [[ca-on-mississauga|Mississauga, ON]] | Toronto | 25 | 2 | 1 | 2 | Yes | 18.0 | | 9 | Brampton | Toronto | 30 | 1 | 3 | 0 | Yes | 15.0 | | 11 | Surrey | Vancouver | 26 | 1 | 2 | 1 | Yes | 13.5 | | 12 | Vaughan, Ontario | Toronto | 22 | 1 | 2 | 1 | Yes | 13.5 | | 18 | Waterloo, ON | Kitchener | 23 | 1 | 2 | 0 | Yes | 12.0 | | 36 | Markham | Toronto | — | 1 | 0 | 2 | — | 9.0 | | 63 | Laval | Montreal | — | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 9.0 | | 64 | Abbotsford, BC | Vancouver | — | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 9.0 | | 99 | Newmarket, ON | Toronto | — | 1 | 0 | 1 | — | 7.5 | | 299 | Coquitlam, BC | Vancouver | — | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 6.0 | | 300 | Pointe-Claire | Montreal | — | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 6.0 | | 301 | Bellefeuille, Quebec | Montreal | — | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 6.0 | | 302 | Ajax, ON | Toronto | — | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 6.0 | | 303 | Port Coquitlam, BC | Vancouver | — | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 6.0 | | 327 | Chatham-Kent, ON | Detroit | — | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 6.0 | | 328 | Guelph, Ontario | Kitchener | — | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 6.0 | | 365 | Richmond Hill, Ontario | Toronto | — | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | 4.5 | | 366 | Oshawa, ON | Toronto | — | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | 4.5 | | 367 | Langley District Municipality | Vancouver | — | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 4.2 | | 397 | Boisbriand, QC | Montreal | — | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 4.0 | | 398 | Nanaimo, BC | Vancouver | — | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 4.0 | | 399 | Vaudreuil-Dorion, QC | Montreal | — | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 4.0 | | 400 | Okotoks | Calgary | — | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 4.0 | separate dataset — so every entry and tier count matches the continental table exactly and updates automatically if that table is corrected. No rank or score is published for any market. | Market | Suburb of | km | T1 | T2 | T3 | Civic | |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| | [[ca-on-mississauga|Mississauga, ON]] | Toronto | 25 | 2 | 1 | 2 | Yes | | Brampton | Toronto | 30 | 1 | 3 | 0 | Yes | | Surrey | Vancouver | 26 | 1 | 2 | 1 | Yes | | Vaughan, Ontario | Toronto | 22 | 1 | 2 | 1 | Yes | | Waterloo, ON | Kitchener | 23 | 1 | 2 | 0 | Yes | | Markham | Toronto | — | 1 | 0 | 2 | — | | Laval | Montreal | — | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | | Abbotsford, BC | Vancouver | — | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | | Newmarket, ON | Toronto | — | 1 | 0 | 1 | — | | Coquitlam, BC | Vancouver | — | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | | Pointe-Claire | Montreal | — | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | | Bellefeuille, Quebec | Montreal | — | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | | Ajax, ON | Toronto | — | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | | Port Coquitlam, BC | Vancouver | — | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | | Chatham-Kent, ON | Detroit | — | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | | Guelph, Ontario | Kitchener | — | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | | Richmond Hill, Ontario | Toronto | — | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | | Oshawa, ON | Toronto | — | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | | Langley District Municipality | Vancouver | — | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | | Boisbriand, QC | Montreal | — | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | | Nanaimo, BC | Vancouver | — | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | | Vaudreuil-Dorion, QC | Montreal | — | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | | Okotoks | Calgary | — | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | ## See also - [[atlas-top-400-north-america]] — the full North American ranked list this page filters - [[atlas-top-400-north-america]] — the full North American market set this page filters - [[about-regional-markets-system]] — the co-location methodology and market selection criteria