Minnesota · Census place 2737502

Little Canada, Minnesota

Little Canada is a city in Ramsey County, Minnesota with an estimated 10,590 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 100th largest of 357 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
10,590
#100 of 357 in Minnesota
Change since 2020
-1.9%
-204 people
Land area
3.9 sq mi
+ 0.59 sq mi water
Density
2,715 / sq mi
State median 1,692
Orange pin: Little Canada. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Saint Paul.

Little Canada population, 2020 to 2024

Little Canada lost 204 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.9%. In the latest year it moved by +242. Among 155 Minnesota places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 130th; the median place changed by +1.1%. The median place of 5,000+ in Minnesota has 14,258 people, so Little Canada is 74% of it.

10.8k202010.5k202110.3k202210.3k202310.6k2024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 10,835. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Little Canada covers 3.90 square miles of land and 0.59 of water, for 2,715 people per square mile of land. The median Minnesota place of 5,000+ has 1,692, so Little Canada is denser than the typical town.

What county Little Canada is in

All of Little Canada's residents live in Ramsey County, which had 542,015 residents in 2024. Little Canada holds 2.0% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Little Canada

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Little Canada by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 55117. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Little Canada is

The Census internal point of Little Canada is at 45.023300, -93.083700. Saint Paul, the capital, is 4.8 miles S in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Vadnais Heights, MN (13,108 people), 2.5 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is St. Paul, MN, 5.2 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
45.023300, -93.083700
DMS
45°01'23.88"N 93°05'1.32"W
UTM
15N 493405.8E 4985542.1N
Geohash
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Plus code
86Q82WF8+8G

Daylight in Little Canada

At 45.02° N, Little Canada gets about 15 h 37 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 46 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 52 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Little Canada

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Minnesota, measured between internal points. The closest is Vadnais Heights, 2.5 miles away, with 13,108 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Little Canada, MN?

10,590 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 204 (1.9%) from 10,794 in July 2020.

What county is Little Canada in?

Ramsey County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Little Canada?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 55117.

How far is Little Canada from Saint Paul?

4.8 miles (7.7 km) in a straight line, heading S from Little Canada.

What is the nearest larger city to Little Canada?

Vadnais Heights, MN, with 13,108 residents, 2.5 miles away between internal points.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.