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Biggest Great Lakes Cities

Name the most populous metro areas on the shores of the Great Lakes.

Cities within 10 miles of the Great Lakes

Based on definitions of Metro Areas by the US and Canadian censuses

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Last updated: October 28, 2018

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Population	City
9,504,753	Chicago
5,583,064	Toronto
4,285,832	Detroit
2,068,283	Cleveland
1,562,216	Milwaukee
1,134,039	Buffalo
1,055,278	Rochester
721,053	Hamilton
650,266	Toledo
392,184	St. Catharines / Niagara

Population	City
356,177	Oshawa
319,246	Windsor
309,469	Green Bay
280,985	Erie
279,815	Duluth
266,300	Holland / Grand Haven
195,388	Racine
171,302	Muskegon
159,561	Kingston
156,941	Benton Harbor

kalbahamut

level 75

Mar 30, 2013

Somehow I managed to misspell Erie, and though I've been to Rochester I didn't know it was that close to any of the great lakes. Other than those the only one I missed that I would have been able to guess was Green Bay so I don't feel too bad about quitting three minutes early.

alexthegreat38

level 44

Jun 30, 2018

Rochester is right on Lake Ontario!

kalbahamut

level 75

Oct 26, 2018

I assumed as much, given it's on the quiz. I just didn't know it. I was there for a convention and barely left the hotel.

plattitude

level 82

Jan 29, 2014

I almost forgot Toronto. Could get Oshawa and Benton Harbor, but almost forgot the only Canadian city I've lived in.

Wardo

level 74

Mar 16, 2014

tough quiz but i got 13 correct with the hardest answer of Benton Harbor included.

ander217

level 75

Nov 15, 2014

Only reason I got Benton Harbor was because my husband was born there.

burtviile

level 81

Feb 22, 2015

I love seeing my hometown on a quiz. Benton Harbor is on an upward swing... though that is inevitable when there is no other direction in which to go.

tom88

level 65

Mar 8, 2019

I so badly wanted to see my city (Burlington Ontario, population ~ 183,000) but I guess we got lumped in with either Hamilton or Toronto

jvecchio

level 20

Jul 28, 2014

Where's London

webb723

level 64

Feb 26, 2015

London isn't on the lakes at all! 45 minute drive to Erie or Huron.

wallenfk

level 39

Sep 24, 2014

Where did you get your population info from? I'm originally from Green Bay and the population is around 110,000. Additionally, I lived in Milwaukee within the past 5 years and there is no way it tripled in size since I left.

JeromesNiece

level 58

Sep 26, 2014

"Based on definitions of Metro Areas by the US and Canadian censuses" Metro areas are much larger than the city limits.

DiscoBayGolfer

level 70

Jun 7, 2015

Got 11...Benton Harbor was a flat out guess.

Devvik2

level 56

May 6, 2016

Rochester, but not Mississauga?

Roxy7699

level 30

Aug 5, 2016

Probably included with Toronto

Forrest1643

level 20

Jan 4, 2017

Toronto is bigger than Chicago

sumguy

level 74

Jan 23, 2017

Chicago (2010 census): city = 2,695,598; metro = 9,951,031. Toronto (2011 census): city = 2,615,060; metro = 5,583,064. There is no official definition of Chicago or Toronto where Toronto is bigger.

kiwiquizzer

level 59

May 17, 2017

Well, got the top five. One day I will visit the area....

communisteggplant

level 71

Nov 26, 2017

Depending on the MSA definitions used, the metro areas for Saginaw and Grand Rapids can touch the lakes and would be larger than the bottom two.

GeographyGeek42

level 53

Oct 9, 2018

Grand Rapids would be included in Holland and have a population of 1.4 million. 6th on the list.

GeographyGeek42

level 53

Oct 9, 2018

Forgot Toronto, Cleveland, Buffalo and Toledo. I feel ashamed.

GeographyGeek42

level 53

Oct 9, 2018

Benton Harbor's population is only 10,000. Muskegon's is only 38,000 and Holland's is only 33,500. If we go by metro as it appears, then the peopulations would be Benton Harbor: 156,813 people, Muskegon: 172,188 and Holland would be bumped up to 1,433,288.

jtb77

level 33

Oct 22, 2018

For starters, that 1.4 million population includes Muskegon; the Grand Rapids CSA is Grand Rapids-Holland-Muskegon. Holland has its own MSA, just like Muskegon, just like Grand Rapids. MSA means Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is the immediate metropolitan area. CSA means COMBINED Statistical Area, which includes a larger area, which, for Grand Rapids, as I've already stated, is Grand Rapids-Holland-Muskegon.

DanAlberto

level 47

Oct 26, 2018

St. Catharines. not St Catherine's. common error

Quizmaster

level ∞

Oct 28, 2018

Fixed

mschiesser

level 77

Oct 26, 2018

Why isn't Oswego NY on the list? It borders Lake Ontario and is part of the Syracuse NY MSA, which has a population per 2010 Census of 663,029. Seems like it would fit the rationale for including Benton Harbor......

mechangedmename

level 50

Mar 8, 2019

Please accept Niagra