🇨🇦 Cities in Canada — API & JSON data

Canada has 14,492 cities in the Geomelon dataset, one of the more densely covered countries in the API. The most populous is Metropolitan Toronto in Ontario, at 6,530,000 people. Query it by name, region, or coordinates, with translations in 44 languages.

Data updated: 2026-07-14

Live demo

Type to search Canada cities…

Top 10 cities by population

City	Region	Population
Metropolitan Toronto	Ontario	6,530,000
Toronto	Ontario	2,794,356
Montreal	Quebec	1,800,055
Calgary	Alberta	1,306,784
Ottawa	Ontario	1,017,449
Edmonton	Alberta	1,010,899
Winnipeg	Manitoba	749,607
Mississauga	Ontario	717,961
Vancouver	British Columbia	662,248
Brampton	Ontario	656,480

Sample API response

GET /cities/search?countryCode=ca&sort=population_desc&limit=3

[
  {
    "id": "485de002-51f3-448f-a244-af139ed64bcc",
    "name": "Metropolitan Toronto",
    "population": 6530000,
    "countryName": "Canada",
    "countryCode": "CA",
    "countryEmoji": "🇨🇦",
    "regionName": "Ontario"
  },
  {
    "id": "8a94c596-22a6-4e95-a87c-0a7663edefaf",
    "name": "Toronto",
    "population": 2794356,
    "countryName": "Canada",
    "countryCode": "CA",
    "countryEmoji": "🇨🇦",
    "regionName": "Ontario"
  },
  {
    "id": "3d16c43a-ec08-45fe-aa35-0c1e08e94b99",
    "name": "Montreal",
    "population": 1800055,
    "countryName": "Canada",
    "countryCode": "CA",
    "countryEmoji": "🇨🇦",
    "regionName": "Quebec"
  }
]

Try it

curl --request GET \
  --url 'https://geomelon.p.rapidapi.com/cities/search?countryCode=ca&sort=population_desc&limit=10' \
  --header 'x-rapidapi-host: geomelon.p.rapidapi.com' \
  --header 'x-rapidapi-key: YOUR_API_KEY'

const res = await fetch(
  'https://geomelon.p.rapidapi.com/cities/search?countryCode=ca&sort=population_desc&limit=10',
  {
    headers: {
      'x-rapidapi-host': 'geomelon.p.rapidapi.com',
      'x-rapidapi-key': 'YOUR_API_KEY',
    },
  },
)
const cities = await res.json()

Multilingual city names

City names in Canada are available in 44 languages.

en: Metropolitan Toronto
zh: 大多倫多市
ru: Метро-Торонто

Free dataset

Prefer a static file? Download 930 Canada cities as JSON (134 KB, no API key) from the Canada cities dataset page.

FAQ

How many cities in Canada does the API return?

Geomelon currently has 14,492 cities in Canada across 13 regions. Results are paginated, up to 100 per request.

Is there a free tier?

Yes. RapidAPI's free tier covers a fixed number of requests per month with no credit card required. There is also a free, no-key city-autocomplete endpoint (the demo above) for prefix search.

Can I get Canada city names in other languages?

Yes — city names in Canada are available in 44 languages. Pass the languages you want via the preferredLanguages parameter, most-preferred first.

Do I need an API key?

The main search and lookup endpoints require a free RapidAPI key. The prefix-search autocomplete endpoint used in the demo above is public and does not require a key.

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