An urban area is a designation defined by the Bureau of the Census as an area located outside of an urbanized area with a population over 5,000
Geographic area within a population of 2,000 or more people The number of people used in this definition may vary with some countries setting the minimum number of people anywhere from 10,000 to 50,000 (Millar, 1994)
-As defined by the Census Bureau for the 1990 census, an areacomprising all territory, population, and housing units in urbanized areas, or places of 2,500 or more persons outside of urbanized areas An urbanized area comprises one or more places ('central place') and the adjacent densely settled surrounding territory ('urban fringe') that together have a minimum of 50,000 persons
Geographic area with a high density of people over a limited area Homes and other types of buildings tend to be close together Urban systems also tend to differentiate themselves spatially into particular types of human activities
Area designated on Schedule A and includes all or parts of the municipalities of Ottawa, Nepean, Vanier, Gloucester, Rockcliffe Park, Cumberland, Goulbourn and Kanata The urban area is serviced or planned to be serviced by the central systems for water supply and wastewater treatment