Milton had the biggest percentage gain of any city in Canada over the past five years with a 71.4 per cent growth rate.

The fastest growing municipality was Milton, Ont., a classic example of an exurb – a term coined in the 1950s to describe that place where affluent suburb meets countryside. Milton, some 55 kilometres west of Toronto, posted a 71.4 per cent growth rate with a population of 53,939 compared to 31,471 in 2001.