Greater Sudbury#Demographics

James Worthington, the superintendent of construction on the Northern Ontario segment of the railway, selected the name Sudbury after Sudbury, Suffolk, in England, which was the hometown of his wife Caroline Hitchcock.Thomas, Ray and Pearsall, Kathy (1994). Sudbury. Boston Mills Press. {{ISBN|978-1-55046-110-7}}.

The city's official name was changed to Greater Sudbury in 2001, when it was amalgamated with its suburban towns into the current city, on the grounds of ensuring that the merger did not erase the longstanding community identities of the outlying towns.Louise Surette, "Three new megacities proposed: Sudbury to be super city of Northeastern Ontario". North Bay Nugget, November 27, 1999. In everyday usage, however, the city is still more commonly referred to as just Sudbury.

The original name for the region was N'Swakamok, which translates to 'where the three roads meet' in the Ojibwe language.{{cite news |last1=Marcon |first1=Jason |title=Then & Now: A brief history of local Indigenous communities |url=https://www.sudbury.com/then-and-now/then-now-a-brief-history-of-local-indigenous-communities-9731771 |access-date=20 March 2025 |work=Sudbury.com |publisher=The Village Media |date=30 October 2024}} The Sudbury region was home to by Ojibwe people, an Anishinaabeg group, as early as 9,000 years ago following the retreat of the last continental ice sheet.{{cite web|url=http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1SEC867615 |title=Sudbury |last=Saarinen |first=O.W. |date=21 October 2012 |publisher=The Canadian Encyclopedia |access-date=February 3, 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081211124832/http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1SEC867615 |archive-date=December 11, 2008 |df=mdy-all }}

In 1850, local Ojibwe chiefs entered into an agreement with the British Crown to share a large tract of land, including what is now Sudbury, as part of the Robinson Huron Treaty. In exchange the Crown pledged to pay an annuity to First Nations people, which was originally set at $1.60 per treaty member and increased incrementally; its last increase was in 1874, leaving it fixed at $4.{{cite news |url=https://www.manitoulin.ca/judge-rules-robinson-huron-treatys-4-annuity-needs-update/ |title=Judge rules Robinson Huron Treaty's $4 annuity needs update |first=Michael |last=Erskine |date=9 January 2019 |access-date=10 August 2019 |newspaper=The Manitoulin Expositor}}{{cite news |url=https://www.thesudburystar.com/news/local-news/first-nation-in-northern-ontario-win-historic-lawsuit |title=First Nations in Northern Ontario win historic lawsuit |first=Harold |last=Carmichael |newspaper=The Sudbury Star |date=25 December 2018 |access-date=10 August 2019}}

French Jesuits were the first to establish a European settlement when they set up a mission called Sainte-Anne-des-Pins, just before the construction of the Canadian Pacific Railway in 1883. The Sainte-Anne-des-Pins church played a prominent role in the development of Franco-Ontarian culture in the region.{{cite web |url=http://www.ontarioplaques.com/Plaques/Plaque_Sudbury03.html |title=Sainte-Anne des Pines |publisher=Ontario's Historical Plaques|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160204132646/http://www.ontarioplaques.com/Plaques/Plaque_Sudbury03.html |archive-date=4 February 2016}} Coincidentally, Ste-Anne is the patron saint of miners.{{Cite web |date=2016-04-17 |title=st_anne |url=http://www.mcah.columbia.edu/courses/medmil/pages/non-mma-pages/text_links/st_anne.html |access-date=2022-07-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160417131450/http://www.mcah.columbia.edu/courses/medmil/pages/non-mma-pages/text_links/st_anne.html |archive-date=April 17, 2016 }}

File:Sudbury 1888.jpg junction in Sudbury in 1888. Construction for the railway led to the discovery of high concentrations of nickel-copper ore at the edge of the Sudbury Basin.]]

During construction of the railway in 1883, blasting and excavation revealed high concentrations of nickel-copper ore at Murray Mine on the edge of the Sudbury Basin. This discovery brought the first waves of European settlers, who arrived not only to work at the mines, but also to build a service station for railway workers.{{cite web |url=http://www.investsudbury.ca/index.php?lang=en&Itemid=222 |title=History |date=2013 |publisher=Greater Sudbury Development Corporation |access-date=February 4, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160208160218/http://www.investsudbury.ca/index.php?lang=en&Itemid=222 |archive-date=February 8, 2016 |url-status=dead }} Provincial land surveyor JL Morris laid out the intersection of Elm Street and Durham Street in 1884 as he planned the township.{{cite book |last1=Thompson |first1=John Fairfield |last2=Beasley |first2=Norman |title=For the Years to Come: A Story of International Nickel of Canada |date=1960 |publisher=Longmans, Green & Co |location=Toronto}}

Rich deposits of nickel sulphide ore were discovered in the Sudbury Basin geological formation. The construction of the railway allowed exploitation of these mineral resources and shipment of the commodities to markets and ports, as well as large-scale lumber extraction. In 1886 the Canadian Copper Company and others besides had been formed with the idea to exploit the region's natural wealth, and by 1888 the Copper Cliff smelter was born.{{cite news |url=https://publications.gc.ca/collections/Collection/M39-78-2001E-1.pdf |title=Information archivée dans le Web }}

Sudbury was incorporated as a town in 1893,{{cite news |title=History retold through archives |author=Darren MacDonald |url=http://www.northernlife.ca/news/localNews/2012/05/04-archive-opening-sudbury.aspx |newspaper=Northern Life |date= May 3, 2012|access-date=February 3, 2016}} and its first mayor was Joseph Étienne aka Stephen Fournier.Wallace, C. M.; & Thomson, Ashley (Eds.) (1993). Sudbury: Rail Town to Regional Capital (3rd ed.). Dundurn Press. {{ISBN|978-1-55002-170-7}}.

The American inventor Thomas Edison visited the Sudbury area as a prospector in 1901. He is credited with the original discovery of the ore body at Falconbridge.{{cite web |url=http://www.sudburymuseums.ca/index.cfm?app=w_vmuseum&lang=en&currID=2031&parID=2029 |title=Thomas Edison |website= Greater Sudbury Heritage Museums |publisher=City of Greater Sudbury |access-date=February 3, 2016}}

Mining began to replace lumber as the primary industry as the area's transportation network was improved to include trams. These enabled workers to live in one community and work in another. Sudbury's economy was dominated by the mining industry for much of the 20th century. Two major mining companies were created: Inco in 1902 and Falconbridge in 1928. They became two of the city's major employers and two of the world's leading producers of nickel.{{cite web |url=https://djoyceminerals.com/sudbury-mining-district-history-geology-and-mineralogy/ |title=Sudbury Mining District – History, Geology and Mineralogy |website=D Joyce Minerals}}

File:Bird's Eye View of the Smelting Works of the Canadian Copper Co, Ontario (HS85-10-27230).jpg. Most of the nickel mined from Sudbury was used in the manufacturing of artillery during the war.]]

Through the decades that followed, Sudbury's economy went through boom and bust cycles as world demand for nickel fluctuated. Demand was high during the First World War, when Sudbury-mined nickel was used extensively in the manufacturing of artillery in Sheffield, England. It bottomed out when the war ended and then rose again in the mid-1920s as peacetime uses for nickel began to develop. The town was reincorporated as a city in 1930.

The city recovered from the Great Depression much more quickly than almost any other city in North America due to increased demand for nickel in the 1930s. Sudbury was the fastest-growing city and one of the wealthiest cities in Canada for most of the decade. Many of the city's social problems in the Great Depression era were not caused by unemployment or poverty, but due to the difficulty in keeping up with all of the new infrastructure demands created by rapid growth — for example, employed mineworkers sometimes ended up living in boarding houses or makeshift shanty towns, because demand for new housing was rising faster than supply. Between 1936 and 1941, the city was ordered into receivership by the Ontario Municipal Board. Another economic slowdown affected the city in 1937, but the city's fortunes rose again with wartime demands during the Second World War. The Frood Mine alone accounted for 40 percent of all the nickel used in Allied artillery production during the war. After the end of the war, Sudbury was in a good position to supply nickel to the United States government when it decided to stockpile non-Soviet supplies during the Cold War.

File:Banner in Sudbury, Ontario, circa 1942.jpg miners into Sudbury. Nickel mines became vital to the war effort, with Frood Mine accounting for 40 percent of all nickel used in Allied artillery production.]]

The open coke beds used in the early to mid-20th century and logging for fuel resulted in a near-total loss of native vegetation in the area. Consequently, the terrain was made up of exposed rocky outcrops permanently stained charcoal black by the air pollution from the roasting yards. Acid rain added more staining, in a layer that penetrates up to {{convert|3|in|abbr=on}} into the once pink-grey granite.{{citation needed|date=January 2021}}

In 1969 a white paper circulated about local Indigenous issues. The N'Swakamok Native Friendship Centre was founded in 1972 to address these concerns and provide support for the local Indigenous community.

The construction of the Inco Superstack in 1972 dispersed sulphuric acid through the air over a much wider area, reducing the acidity of local precipitation. This enabled the municipality, province and Inco and academics from Laurentian University to begin an environmental recovery program in the late 1970s, labelled a "regreening" effort. Lime was spread over the charred soil by hand and by aircraft. Seeds of wild grasses and other vegetation were also spread. As of 2010, 9.2 million new trees have been planted in the city.[http://www.greatersudbury.ca/content/div_landreclamation/documents/2010%20Final%20Annual%20Report.pdf Annual Report 2010], Page 4, City of Greater Sudbury Land Reclamation Program. Vale has begun to rehabilitate the slag heaps that surrounds their smelter in the Copper Cliff area with the planting of grass and trees,{{cite web |url=http://www.greatersudbury.ca/cms/index.cfm?app=div_earthcare&lang=en&currID=6855 |title=Vale Community-based Initiatives |publisher=The City of Greater Sudbury |access-date=2012-07-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120811013206/http://www.greatersudbury.ca/cms/index.cfm?app=div_earthcare&lang=en&currID=6855 |archive-date=August 11, 2012 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }} as well as the use of biosolids to stabilize and regreen tailings areas.[https://www.northernontariobusiness.com/regional-news/sudbury/biosolids-rejuvenate-mining-wasteland-983489 "Biosolids rejuvenate mining wasteland"]. Northern Ontario Business, July 13, 2018.

File:Sudbury smokestack 1976.jpg in 1976, four years after its completion. It was built to disperse sulphuric acid and reduce the acidity of local precipitation.]]

In 1978, the workers of Sudbury's largest mining corporation, Inco (now Vale), embarked on a strike over production and employment cutbacks. The strike, which lasted for nine months, badly damaged Sudbury's economy. The city government was spurred to launch a project to diversify the city's economy.

A unique and visionary project, Science North was inaugurated in 1984 with two-snowflake styled buildings connected by a tunnel through the Canadian shield where the Creighton fault intersects the shores of Lake Ramsey.{{cite journal |doi=10.1139/t85-064|title=Rock engineering for construction of Science North, Sudbury, Ontario|year=1985|last1=Franklin|first1=John A.|last2=Pearson|first2=David|journal=Canadian Geotechnical Journal|volume=22|issue=4|pages=443–455}} The city tried to attract new employers and industries through the 1980s and 1990s with mixed success. The city of Sudbury and its suburban communities, which were reorganized into the Regional Municipality of Sudbury in 1973, was subsequently merged in 2001 into the single-tier city of Greater Sudbury.{{cite web |url=https://www.thesudburystar.com/2016/07/20/pov-amalgamation-story-in-sudbury-incomplete |title=PoV: Amalgamation story in Sudbury incomplete |website=The Sudbury Star}}

In 2006, both of the city's major mining companies, Canadian-based Inco and Falconbridge, were taken over by new owners: Inco was acquired by the Brazilian company CVRD (now renamed Vale), while Falconbridge was purchased by the Swiss company Xstrata, which itself was purchased by Anglo–Swiss Glencore, forming Glencore Xstrata. Xstrata donated the historic Edison Building, the onetime head office of Falconbridge, to the city in 2007 to serve as the new home of the municipal archives.[http://www.city.greatersudbury.on.ca/pubapps/newsreleases/index.cfm?Release_id=1877&lang=en "Xstrata Nickel donates building to City of Greater Sudbury for community archives"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928035745/http://www.city.greatersudbury.on.ca/pubapps/newsreleases/index.cfm?Release_id=1877&lang=en |date=September 28, 2007 }} On September 19, 2008, a fire destroyed the historic Sudbury Steelworkers Hall on Frood Road.{{cite news |title=Steelworkers Hall goes up in flames |author=Laurel Myers and Heidi Ulrichsen|url=http://www.northernlife.ca/news/policeandCourt/2008/091908-fireTOP.aspx |newspaper=Northern Life|date=Sep 19, 2008 |access-date=17 December 2012}} A strike at Vale's operations, which began on July 13, 2009, was tentatively resolved in July 2010.[https://montrealgazette.com/business/Vale+reaches+deal+with+workers+Sudbury+nickel+mine/3237157/story.html "Vale reaches deal with workers at Sudbury nickel mine"]{{dead link|date=March 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}. The Gazette, July 5, 2010. The 2009 strike lasted longer than the devastating 1978 strike, but had a much more modest effect on the city's economy than the earlier action—unlike in 1978, the local rate of unemployment declined slightly during the 2009 strike.Adam Radwanski, [https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/adam-radwanski/why-sudbury-is-an-unlikely-magnet-for-global-education/article1680784/ "Why Sudbury is an unlikely magnet for global education"]. The Globe and Mail, August 20, 2010.

The ecology of the Sudbury region has recovered dramatically, helped by regreening programs and improved mining practices. The United Nations honoured twelve cities in the world, including Sudbury, with the Local Government Honours Award at the 1992 Earth Summit to recognise the city's community-based environmental reclamation strategies. By 2010, the regreening programs had successfully rehabilitated {{convert|3,350|ha|abbr=on}} of land in the city; however, approximately {{convert|30,000|ha|abbr=on}} of land have yet to be rehabilitated.{{cite news |title=Regreening: 3,350 hectares done, but 30,000 hectares to go|author= Bill Bradley |url=http://www.northernlife.ca/news/localNews/2010/01/regreening260110.aspx |newspaper=Northern Life|date= Jan 25, 2010|access-date=17 December 2012}}

Various studies have confirmed that the provincial government's initial claims that the municipal amalgamation would result in cost savings and increased efficiencies have not borne out, and in fact administration of the amalgamated city costs significantly more than the prior regional government structure did.Ben Leeson, "City of Greater Sudbury must 'die' -- professor". Sudbury Star, March 29, 2017.

{{See also|List of lakes in Greater Sudbury}}

Sudbury has 330 lakes over {{convert|10|ha|abbr=on}} in size within the city limits.{{cite web |url=http://www.grandsudbury.ca/cms/index.cfm?app=div_lakewaterquality&lang=en&currID=688 |title=City of Lakes |author= City of Sudbury |year=2013|publisher= City of Sudbury |access-date=12 August 2013}} The most prominent is Lake Wanapitei, the largest lake in the world completely contained within the boundaries of a single city. Ramsey Lake, a few kilometres south of downtown Sudbury, held the same record before the municipal amalgamation in 2001 brought Lake Wanapitei fully inside the city limits. Sudbury is divided into two main watersheds: to the east is the French River watershed which flows into Georgian Bay and to the west is the Spanish River watershed which flows into the North Channel of Lake Huron.

File:Wanapitei River.JPG in Sudbury. Located in the Great Lakes Basin, it is a tributary of the French River.]]

Sudbury is built around many small, rocky mountains with exposed igneous rock of the Canadian (Precambrian) Shield. The ore deposits in Sudbury are part of a large geological structure known as the Sudbury Basin, which are the remnants of a nearly two billion-year-old impact crater;{{cite web|title=Mountain of a meteor hit ancient Sudbury|url=http://www.canada.com/story.html?id=7ef9efbc-7937-4102-a6a1-21245c546ea5|publisher=The Ottawa Citizen|date=30 August 2007|access-date=8 July 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140321062745/http://www.canada.com/story.html?id=7ef9efbc-7937-4102-a6a1-21245c546ea5|archive-date=March 21, 2014|df=mdy-all}} long thought to be the result of a meteorite collision, more recent analysis has suggested that the crater may in fact have been created by a comet.[http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/11/18/sudbury-basin-comet-impact-crater_n_6168408.html "Canada's Vast 'Sudbury Basin' Was Created By Comet, Study Says"]. Huffington Post, November 18, 2014.

Sudbury's pentlandite, pyrite and pyrrhotite ores contain profitable amounts of many elements—primarily nickel and copper, but also platinum, palladium and other valuable metals.{{cite web|url=https://www.ontario.ca/en/about_ontario/004467.html|title=About Ontario|website=Ontario.ca|access-date=21 October 2017|archive-date=November 3, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121103034745/http://www.ontario.ca/en/about_ontario/004467.html?|url-status=dead}}

Local smelting of the ore releases this sulphur into the atmosphere where it combines with water vapour to form sulphuric acid, contributing to acid rain. As a result, Sudbury has had a widespread reputation as a wasteland.{{cite news| url=http://www.cnn.com/TECH/9609/12/greening.sudbury/ | work=CNN | title=Canadian wasteland gets green makeover}} In parts of the city, vegetation was devastated by acid rain and logging to provide fuel for early smelting techniques. To a lesser extent, the area's ecology was also impacted by lumber camps in the area providing wood for the reconstruction of Chicago after the Great Chicago Fire of 1871. While other logging areas in Northeastern Ontario were also involved in that effort, the emergence of mining-related processes in the following decade made it significantly harder for new trees to grow to full maturity in the Sudbury area than elsewhere.

File:Blackened rocks in Sudbury, Ontario.JPG being exposed in many parts of the city, many of which were charred to a pitted, dark black appearance.]]

The resulting erosion exposed bedrock in many parts of the city, which was charred in most places to a pitted, dark black appearance. There was not a complete lack of vegetation in the region as paper birch and wild blueberry patches thrived in the acidic soils. During the Apollo crewed lunar exploration program, NASA astronauts trained in Sudbury to become familiar with impact breccia and shatter cones, rare rock formations produced by large meteorite impacts. However, the popular misconception that they were visiting Sudbury because it purportedly resembled the lifeless surface of the Moon persists.[http://castroller.com/podcasts/TheCurrent/1325020 "A Mining Town"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110708123819/http://castroller.com/podcasts/TheCurrent/1325020 |date=July 8, 2011 }}. The Current, November 16, 2009.

The city's Nickel District Conservation Authority operates a conservation area, the Lake Laurentian Conservation Area, in the city's south end. Other unique environmental projects in the city include the Fielding Bird Sanctuary, a protected area along Highway 17 near Lively that provides a managed natural habitat for birds, and a hiking and nature trail near Coniston, which is named in honour of scientist Jane Goodall.{{cite web|url=http://www.city.greatersudbury.on.ca/cms/index.cfm?app=div_landreclamation&lang=en&currID=1036|archive-url=https://archive.today/20110728060209/http://www.city.greatersudbury.on.ca/cms/index.cfm?app=div_landreclamation&lang=en&currID=1036|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 28, 2011|title=City of Greater Sudbury|date=July 28, 2011|access-date=April 9, 2017}}

Six provincial parks (Chiniguchi River, Daisy Lake Uplands, Fairbank, Killarney Lakelands and Headwaters, Wanapitei and Windy Lake) and two provincial conservation reserves (MacLennan Esker Forest and Tilton Forest) are also located partially or entirely within the city boundaries.

Greater Sudbury has a humid continental climate (Köppen climate classification: Dfb). This region has warm and often humid summers with occasional short lasting periods of hot weather, with long, cold and snowy winters. It is situated north of the Great Lakes, making it prone to arctic air masses. Monthly precipitation is equal year round, with snow cover expected for up to six months of the year.{{cite web|url=http://climate.weatheroffice.gc.ca/climate_normals/results_e.html?stnID=4132&prov=&lang=e&dCode=1&dispBack=1&StationName=sudbury&SearchType=Contains&province=ALL&provBut=&month1=0&month2=12|title=Canadian Climate Normals 1971-2000 Station Data - Climate - Environment and Climate Change Canada|first=Environment and Climate Change|last=Canada|website=climate.weatheroffice.gc.ca|access-date=August 31, 2011|archive-date=November 11, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111111195155/http://climate.weatheroffice.gc.ca/climate_normals/results_e.html?stnID=4132&prov=&lang=e&dCode=1&dispBack=1&StationName=sudbury&SearchType=Contains&province=ALL&provBut=&month1=0&month2=12|url-status=dead}} Although extreme weather events are rare, one of the worst tornadoes in Canadian history struck the city and its suburbs on August 20, 1970, killing six people, injuring two hundred, and causing more than C$17 million (equivalent to ${{inflation|CA|17|1970}} million in {{Inflation/year|CA}}) in damages.{{cite news| url=http://www.cbc.ca/archives/categories/environment/extreme-weather/extreme-weather-general/freak-tornado-kills-six-in-sudbury.html | work=CBC News | title=CBC Digital Archives|access-date= August 27, 2013}}

The highest temperature ever recorded in Greater Sudbury was {{convert|41.1|C}} on July 13, 1936. The lowest temperature ever recorded was {{convert|-48.3|C}} on December 29, 1933.

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|location = Sudbury Airport, 1991−2020 normals, extremes 1887−present{{efn|Extreme high and low temperatures in the table are from Sudbury (June 1887 to July 1930), Coniston (August 1930 to September 1947), Sudbury (October 1947 to January 1954), and Sudbury Airport (February 1954 to present).}}

|metric first = Y

|single line = Y

|Jan maximum humidex = 7.2

|Feb maximum humidex = 10.0

|Mar maximum humidex = 27.9

|Apr maximum humidex = 30.7

|May maximum humidex = 39.4

|Jun maximum humidex = 41.4

|Jul maximum humidex = 43.5

|Aug maximum humidex = 49.2

|Sep maximum humidex = 38.7

|Oct maximum humidex = 34.3

|Nov maximum humidex = 21.7

|Dec maximum humidex = 17.7

|year maximum humidex = 49.2

|Jan record high C = 10.0

|Feb record high C = 9.4

|Mar record high C = 25.9

|Apr record high C = 29.8

|May record high C = 35.6

|Jun record high C = 35.7

|Jul record high C = 41.1

|Aug record high C = 36.7

|Sep record high C = 34.4

|Oct record high C = 27.8

|Nov record high C = 20.1

|Dec record high C = 15.6

|year record high C = 41.1

|Jan high C = -7.8

|Feb high C = -5.9

|Mar high C = 0.5

|Apr high C = 8.6

|May high C = 17.4

|Jun high C = 22.6

|Jul high C = 25.0

|Aug high C = 23.5

|Sep high C = 18.6

|Oct high C = 10.6

|Nov high C = 2.9

|Dec high C = -3.9

|year high C = 9.3

|Jan mean C = -12.7

|Feb mean C = -11.1

|Mar mean C = -4.9

|Apr mean C = 3.3

|May mean C = 11.4

|Jun mean C = 16.8

|Jul mean C = 19.1

|Aug mean C = 18.0

|Sep mean C = 13.3

|Oct mean C = 6.2

|Nov mean C = -0.8

|Dec mean C = -7.8

|year mean C = 4.3

|Jan low C = -17.5

|Feb low C = -16.3

|Mar low C = -10.2

|Apr low C = -2.0

|May low C = 5.3

|Jun low C = 11.0

|Jul low C = 13.4

|Aug low C = 12.5

|Sep low C = 8.1

|Oct low C = 1.9

|Nov low C = -4.4

|Dec low C = -11.7

|year low C = -0.8

|Jan record low C = -42.8

|Feb record low C = -42.8

|Mar record low C = -41.1

|Apr record low C = -27.8

|May record low C = -12.8

|Jun record low C = -1.6

|Jul record low C = -0.6

|Aug record low C = -1.1

|Sep record low C = -5.7

|Oct record low C = -13.9

|Nov record low C = -31.7

|Dec record low C = -48.3

|year record low C = -48.3

|Jan chill = −53.1

|Feb chill = -50.0

|Mar chill = −43.2

|Apr chill = −32.4

|May chill = −15.2

|Jun chill = −8.6

|Jul chill = 0.0

|Aug chill = -5.0

|Sep chill = −9.2

|Oct chill = −16.6

|Nov chill = −36.3

|Dec chill = -51.0

|year chill = -53.1

|precipitation colour = green

|Jan precipitation mm = 66.8

|Feb precipitation mm = 51.1

|Mar precipitation mm = 58.3

|Apr precipitation mm = 67.8

|May precipitation mm = 79.2

|Jun precipitation mm = 77.4

|Jul precipitation mm = 84.0

|Aug precipitation mm = 89.9

|Sep precipitation mm = 103.2

|Oct precipitation mm = 93.8

|Nov precipitation mm = 74.5

|Dec precipitation mm = 65.9

|year precipitation mm = 911.9

|rain colour = green

|Jan rain mm = 14.2

|Feb rain mm = 7.6

|Mar rain mm = 27.5

|Apr rain mm = 52.3

|May rain mm = 76.9

|Jun rain mm = 77.0

|Jul rain mm = 84.0

|Aug rain mm = 89.9

|Sep rain mm = 103.1

|Oct rain mm = 87.1

|Nov rain mm = 49.0

|Dec rain mm = 16.4

|year rain mm = 685.0

|snow colour= green

|Jan snow cm = 63.6

|Feb snow cm = 51.9

|Mar snow cm = 33.1

|Apr snow cm = 16.1

|May snow cm = 2.3

|Jun snow cm = 0.0

|Jul snow cm = 0.0

|Aug snow cm = 0.0

|Sep snow cm = 0.1

|Oct snow cm = 6.5

|Nov snow cm = 30.2

|Dec snow cm = 59.6

|year snow cm = 263.4

|time day = 15:00

|Jan humidity = 71.8

|Feb humidity = 64.4

|Mar humidity = 55.6

|Apr humidity = 49.9

|May humidity = 47.7

|Jun humidity = 51.4

|Jul humidity = 53.4

|Aug humidity = 55.9

|Sep humidity = 60.3

|Oct humidity = 65.5

|Nov humidity = 73.3

|Dec humidity = 76.1

|year humidity = 60.5

|unit precipitation days = 0.2 mm

|Jan precipitation days = 18.3

|Feb precipitation days = 14.2

|Mar precipitation days = 11.4

|Apr precipitation days = 11.0

|May precipitation days = 12.4

|Jun precipitation days = 12.4

|Jul precipitation days = 12.8

|Aug precipitation days = 12.5

|Sep precipitation days = 13.4

|Oct precipitation days = 15.5

|Nov precipitation days = 16.0

|Dec precipitation days = 18.1

|year precipitation days = 168.0

|unit rain days = 0.2 mm

|Jan rain days = 3.0

|Feb rain days = 2.0

|Mar rain days = 4.4

|Apr rain days = 8.3

|May rain days = 12.0

|Jun rain days = 12.5

|Jul rain days = 12.8

|Aug rain days = 12.5

|Sep rain days = 13.4

|Oct rain days = 14.4

|Nov rain days = 8.7

|Dec rain days = 4.6

|year rain days = 108.7

|unit snow days = 0.2 cm

|Jan snow days = 17.6

|Feb snow days = 14.2

|Mar snow days = 9.3

|Apr snow days = 4.8

|May snow days = 0.81

|Jun snow days = 0.04

|Jul snow days = 0.0

|Aug snow days = 0.0

|Sep snow days = 0.13

|Oct snow days = 3.0

|Nov snow days = 10.2

|Dec snow days = 15.8

|year snow days = 75.9

|Jan sun = 86.3

|Feb sun = 118.2

|Mar sun = 161.0

|Apr sun = 195.6

|May sun = 228.4

|Jun sun = 246.9

|Jul sun = 274.7

|Aug sun = 245.2

|Sep sun = 162.1

|Oct sun = 121.4

|Nov sun = 69.8

|Dec sun = 63.5

|year sun = 1973.2

|Jan percentsun = 30.9

|Feb percentsun = 40.7

|Mar percentsun = 43.7

|Apr percentsun = 48.1

|May percentsun = 49.1

|Jun percentsun = 52.2

|Jul percentsun = 57.4

|Aug percentsun = 55.8

|Sep percentsun = 42.9

|Oct percentsun = 35.8

|Nov percentsun = 24.6

|Dec percentsun = 23.7

|year percentsun = 42.1

|source 1 = Environment Canada (sun 1981–2010){{cite web

| publisher = Environment Canada

| url = https://climate.weather.gc.ca/climate_normals/results_1991_2020_e.html?searchType=stnProv&lstProvince=ON&txtCentralLatMin=0&txtCentralLatSec=0&txtCentralLongMin=0&txtCentralLongSec=0&stnID=203000000&dispBack=0

| title = Sudbury

| work = Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020

| access-date = Jun 14, 2024}}{{cite web

| publisher = Environment Canada

| url = http://climate.weather.gc.ca/climate_normals/results_1981_2010_e.html?stnID=4132&lang=e&dCode=1&province=ONT&provBut=Go&month1=0&month2=12

| title = Sudbury A, Ontario

| work = Canadian Climate Normals 1981–2010

|date = October 31, 2011| access-date = April 12, 2014}}{{cite web

| publisher = Environment Canada

| url = http://climate.weather.gc.ca/climate_data/daily_data_e.html?hlyRange=%7C&dlyRange=1887-06-01%7C1977-09-30&mlyRange=1914-01-01%7C1977-12-01&StationID=4131&Prov=ON&urlExtension=_e.html&searchType=stnProx&optLimit=specDate&StartYear=1840&EndYear=2016&selRowPerPage=25&Line=0&txtRadius=25&optProxType=navLink&txtLatDecDeg=46.466666666667&txtLongDecDeg=80.816666666667&timeframe=2&Year=1887&Month=11

| title = November 1887

| work = Canadian Climate Data

|date = October 31, 2011| access-date = June 17, 2016}}{{cite web

| publisher = Environment Canada

| url = http://climate.weather.gc.ca/climate_data/daily_data_e.html?hlyRange=%7C&dlyRange=1921-04-01%7C1976-01-31&mlyRange=1921-01-01%7C1976-12-01&StationID=4112&Prov=ON&urlExtension=_e.html&searchType=stnProx&optLimit=specDate&Month=7&Day=1&StartYear=1840&EndYear=2016&Year=1936&selRowPerPage=25&Line=1&txtRadius=25&optProxType=navLink&txtLatDecDeg=46.483333333333&txtLongDecDeg=80.983333333333&timeframe=2

| title = July 1936

| work = Canadian Climate Data

|date = October 31, 2011| access-date = June 17, 2016}}{{cite web

| publisher = Environment Canada

| url = http://climate.weather.gc.ca/climate_data/daily_data_e.html?hlyRange=%7C&dlyRange=1921-04-01%7C1976-01-31&mlyRange=1921-01-01%7C1976-12-01&StationID=4112&Prov=ON&urlExtension=_e.html&searchType=stnProx&optLimit=specDate&Month=12&Day=1&StartYear=1840&EndYear=2016&Year=1933&selRowPerPage=25&Line=1&txtRadius=25&optProxType=navLink&txtLatDecDeg=46.483333333333&txtLongDecDeg=80.983333333333&timeframe=2

| title = December 1933

| work = Canadian Climate Data

|date = October 31, 2011| access-date = June 17, 2016}}{{cite web

| publisher = Environment Canada

| url = http://climate.weather.gc.ca/climate_data/daily_data_e.html?hlyRange=%7C&dlyRange=1887-06-01%7C1977-09-30&mlyRange=1914-01-01%7C1977-12-01&StationID=4131&Prov=ON&urlExtension=_e.html&searchType=stnProx&optLimit=specDate&StartYear=1840&EndYear=2016&selRowPerPage=25&Line=0&txtRadius=25&optProxType=navLink&txtLatDecDeg=46.466666666667&txtLongDecDeg=80.816666666667&timeframe=2&Year=1888&Month=1

| title = January 1888

| work = Canadian Climate Data

|date = October 31, 2011| access-date = June 17, 2016}}{{cite web

| publisher = Environment Canada

| url = http://climate.weather.gc.ca/climate_data/daily_data_e.html?hlyRange=%7C&dlyRange=1887-06-01%7C1977-09-30&mlyRange=1914-01-01%7C1977-12-01&StationID=4131&Prov=ON&urlExtension=_e.html&searchType=stnProx&optLimit=specDate&StartYear=1840&EndYear=2016&selRowPerPage=25&Line=0&txtRadius=25&optProxType=navLink&txtLatDecDeg=46.466666666667&txtLongDecDeg=80.816666666667&timeframe=2&Year=1888&Month=2

| title = February 1888

| work = Canadian Climate Data

|date = October 31, 2011| access-date = June 17, 2016}}{{cite web

| publisher = Environment Canada

| url = http://climate.weather.gc.ca/climate_data/daily_data_e.html?hlyRange=%7C&dlyRange=1887-06-01%7C1977-09-30&mlyRange=1914-01-01%7C1977-12-01&StationID=4131&Prov=ON&urlExtension=_e.html&searchType=stnProx&optLimit=specDate&StartYear=1840&EndYear=2016&selRowPerPage=25&Line=0&txtRadius=25&optProxType=navLink&txtLatDecDeg=46.466666666667&txtLongDecDeg=80.816666666667&timeframe=2&Year=1923&Month=4

| title = April 1923

| work = Canadian Climate Data

|date = October 31, 2011| access-date = June 17, 2016}}{{cite web

| publisher = Environment Canada

| url = http://climate.weather.gc.ca/climate_data/daily_data_e.html?hlyRange=%7C&dlyRange=1887-06-01%7C1977-09-30&mlyRange=1914-01-01%7C1977-12-01&StationID=4131&Prov=ON&urlExtension=_e.html&searchType=stnProx&optLimit=specDate&StartYear=1840&EndYear=2016&selRowPerPage=25&Line=0&txtRadius=25&optProxType=navLink&txtLatDecDeg=46.466666666667&txtLongDecDeg=80.816666666667&timeframe=2&Year=1925&Month=10

| title = October 1925

| work = Canadian Climate Data

|date = October 31, 2011| access-date = June 17, 2016}}{{cite web

| publisher = Environment Canada

| url = http://climate.weather.gc.ca/climate_data/daily_data_e.html?hlyRange=%7C&dlyRange=1887-06-01%7C1977-09-30&mlyRange=1914-01-01%7C1977-12-01&StationID=4131&Prov=ON&urlExtension=_e.html&searchType=stnProx&optLimit=specDate&StartYear=1840&EndYear=2016&selRowPerPage=25&Line=0&txtRadius=25&optProxType=navLink&txtLatDecDeg=46.466666666667&txtLongDecDeg=80.816666666667&timeframe=2&Year=1926&Month=5

| title = May 1926

| work = Canadian Climate Data

|date = October 31, 2011| access-date = June 17, 2016}}{{cite web

| publisher = Environment Canada

| url = http://climate.weather.gc.ca/climate_data/daily_data_e.html?hlyRange=%7C&dlyRange=1921-04-01%7C1976-01-31&mlyRange=1921-01-01%7C1976-12-01&StationID=4112&Prov=ON&urlExtension=_e.html&searchType=stnProx&optLimit=specDate&Month=5&Day=1&StartYear=1840&EndYear=2016&Year=1931&selRowPerPage=25&Line=1&txtRadius=25&optProxType=navLink&txtLatDecDeg=46.483333333333&txtLongDecDeg=80.983333333333&timeframe=2

| title = May 1931

| work = Canadian Climate Data

|date = October 31, 2011| access-date = June 17, 2016}}{{cite web

| publisher = Environment Canada

| url = http://climate.weather.gc.ca/climate_data/daily_data_e.html?hlyRange=%7C&dlyRange=1921-04-01%7C1976-01-31&mlyRange=1921-01-01%7C1976-12-01&StationID=4112&Prov=ON&urlExtension=_e.html&searchType=stnProx&optLimit=specDate&Month=9&Day=1&StartYear=1840&EndYear=2016&Year=1931&selRowPerPage=25&Line=1&txtRadius=25&optProxType=navLink&txtLatDecDeg=46.483333333333&txtLongDecDeg=80.983333333333&timeframe=2

| title = September 1931

| work = Canadian Climate Data

|date = October 31, 2011| access-date = June 17, 2016}}{{cite web

| publisher = Environment Canada

| url = http://climate.weather.gc.ca/climate_data/daily_data_e.html?hlyRange=%7C&dlyRange=1921-04-01%7C1976-01-31&mlyRange=1921-01-01%7C1976-12-01&StationID=4112&Prov=ON&urlExtension=_e.html&searchType=stnProx&optLimit=specDate&Month=1&Day=1&StartYear=1840&EndYear=2016&Year=1934&selRowPerPage=25&Line=1&txtRadius=25&optProxType=navLink&txtLatDecDeg=46.483333333333&txtLongDecDeg=80.983333333333&timeframe=2

| title = January 1934

| work = Canadian Climate Data

|date = October 31, 2011| access-date = June 17, 2016}}{{cite web

| publisher = Environment Canada

| url = http://climate.weather.gc.ca/climate_data/daily_data_e.html?hlyRange=%7C&dlyRange=1921-04-01%7C1976-01-31&mlyRange=1921-01-01%7C1976-12-01&StationID=4112&Prov=ON&urlExtension=_e.html&searchType=stnProx&optLimit=specDate&Month=12&Day=1&StartYear=1840&EndYear=2016&Year=1936&selRowPerPage=25&Line=1&txtRadius=25&optProxType=navLink&txtLatDecDeg=46.483333333333&txtLongDecDeg=80.983333333333&timeframe=2

| title = December 1936

| work = Canadian Climate Data

|date = October 31, 2011| access-date = June 17, 2016}}{{cite web

| publisher = Environment Canada

| url = http://climate.weather.gc.ca/climate_data/daily_data_e.html?hlyRange=%7C&dlyRange=1921-04-01%7C1976-01-31&mlyRange=1921-01-01%7C1976-12-01&StationID=4112&Prov=ON&urlExtension=_e.html&searchType=stnProx&optLimit=specDate&Month=11&Day=1&StartYear=1840&EndYear=2016&Year=1940&selRowPerPage=25&Line=1&txtRadius=25&optProxType=navLink&txtLatDecDeg=46.483333333333&txtLongDecDeg=80.983333333333&timeframe=2

| title = November 1940

| work = Canadian Climate Data

|date = October 31, 2011| access-date = June 17, 2016}}{{cite web

| publisher = Environment Canada

| url = http://climate.weather.gc.ca/climate_data/daily_data_e.html?hlyRange=%7C&dlyRange=1921-04-01%7C1976-01-31&mlyRange=1921-01-01%7C1976-12-01&StationID=4112&Prov=ON&urlExtension=_e.html&searchType=stnProx&optLimit=specDate&Month=7&Day=1&StartYear=1840&EndYear=2016&Year=1941&selRowPerPage=25&Line=1&txtRadius=25&optProxType=navLink&txtLatDecDeg=46.483333333333&txtLongDecDeg=80.983333333333&timeframe=2

| title = July 1941

| work = Canadian Climate Data

|date = October 31, 2011| access-date = June 17, 2016}}{{cite web

| publisher = Environment Canada

| url = http://climate.weather.gc.ca/climate_data/daily_data_e.html?hlyRange=%7C&dlyRange=1921-04-01%7C1976-01-31&mlyRange=1921-01-01%7C1976-12-01&StationID=4112&Prov=ON&urlExtension=_e.html&searchType=stnProx&optLimit=specDate&Month=10&Day=1&StartYear=1840&EndYear=2016&Year=1946&selRowPerPage=25&Line=1&txtRadius=25&optProxType=navLink&txtLatDecDeg=46.483333333333&txtLongDecDeg=80.983333333333&timeframe=2

| title = November 1946

| work = Canadian Climate Data

|date = October 31, 2011| access-date = June 17, 2016}}{{cite web

| publisher = Environment Canada

| url = http://climate.weather.gc.ca/climate_data/daily_data_e.html?hlyRange=%7C&dlyRange=1887-06-01%7C1977-09-30&mlyRange=1914-01-01%7C1977-12-01&StationID=4131&Prov=ON&urlExtension=_e.html&searchType=stnProx&optLimit=specDate&StartYear=1840&EndYear=2016&selRowPerPage=25&Line=0&txtRadius=25&optProxType=navLink&txtLatDecDeg=46.466666666667&txtLongDecDeg=80.816666666667&timeframe=2&Year=1950&Month=3

| title = March 1950

| work = Canadian Climate Data

|date = October 31, 2011| access-date = June 17, 2016}}

|date=February 2012

}}

{{See also| Urban neighbourhoods of Sudbury }}

The city of Sudbury and its suburban communities were reorganized into the Regional Municipality of Sudbury in 1973, which was subsequently merged in 2001 into the single-tier city of Greater Sudbury.

In common usage, the city's urban core is still generally referred to as Sudbury, while the outlying former towns are still referred to by their old names and continue in some respects to maintain their own distinct community identities despite their lack of political independence. Each of the seven former municipalities in turn encompasses numerous smaller neighbourhoods. Amalgamated cities (2001 Canadian census population) include: Sudbury (85,354) and Valley East (22,374).{{cite web | last =Statistics Canada | title =2001 Community Profile of Valley East | year =2001 | url =http://www12.statcan.ca/english/profil01/CP01/Details/Page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=3553028&Geo2=PR&Code2=35&Data=Count&SearchText=valley%20east&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&Custom= | access-date =2012-07-01 | archive-date =October 18, 2015 | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20151018091620/http://www12.statcan.ca/english/profil01/CP01/Details/Page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=3553028&Geo2=PR&Code2=35&Data=Count&SearchText=valley%20east&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&Custom= | url-status =dead }} Towns (2001 Canadian census population) include: Rayside-Balfour (15,046),{{cite web | last =Statistics Canada | title =2001 Community Profile of Rayside-Balfour | year =2001 | url =http://www12.statcan.ca/english/profil01/CP01/Details/Page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=3553024&Geo2=PR&Code2=35&Data=Count&SearchText=rayside-balfour&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&Custom= | access-date =2012-07-01 | archive-date =October 18, 2015 | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20151018091620/http://www12.statcan.ca/english/profil01/CP01/Details/Page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=3553024&Geo2=PR&Code2=35&Data=Count&SearchText=rayside-balfour&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&Custom= | url-status =dead }} Nickel Centre (12,672),{{cite web | last =Statistics Canada | title =2001 Community Profile of Nickel Centre | year =2001 | url =http://www12.statcan.ca/english/profil01/CP01/Details/Page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=3553001&Geo2=PR&Code2=35&Data=Count&SearchText=Nickel%20Centre&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&Custom= | access-date =2012-07-01 | archive-date =October 18, 2015 | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20151018091620/http://www12.statcan.ca/english/profil01/CP01/Details/Page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=3553001&Geo2=PR&Code2=35&Data=Count&SearchText=Nickel%20Centre&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&Custom= | url-status =dead }} Walden (10,101),{{cite web | last =Statistics Canada | title =2001 Community Profile of Walden | year =2001 | url =http://www12.statcan.ca/english/profil01/CP01/Details/Page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=3553012&Geo2=PR&Code2=35&Data=Count&SearchText=walden&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&Custom= | access-date =2012-07-01 | archive-date =October 18, 2015 | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20151018091620/http://www12.statcan.ca/english/profil01/CP01/Details/Page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=3553012&Geo2=PR&Code2=35&Data=Count&SearchText=walden&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&Custom= | url-status =dead }} Onaping Falls (4,887),{{cite web | last =Statistics Canada | title =2001 Community Profile of Onaping Falls | year =2001 | url =http://www12.statcan.ca/english/profil01/CP01/Details/Page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=3553019&Geo2=PR&Code2=35&Data=Count&SearchText=onaping%20falls&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&Custom= | access-date =2012-07-01 | archive-date =October 18, 2015 | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20151018091620/http://www12.statcan.ca/english/profil01/CP01/Details/Page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=3553019&Geo2=PR&Code2=35&Data=Count&SearchText=onaping%20falls&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&Custom= | url-status =dead }} and Capreol (3,486).{{cite web | last =Statistics Canada | title =2001 Community Profile of Capreol | year =2001 | url =http://www12.statcan.ca/english/profil01/CP01/Details/Page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=3553035&Geo2=PR&Code2=35&Data=Count&SearchText=capreol&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&Custom= | access-date =2012-07-01 | archive-date =October 18, 2015 | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20151018091620/http://www12.statcan.ca/english/profil01/CP01/Details/Page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=3553035&Geo2=PR&Code2=35&Data=Count&SearchText=capreol&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&Custom= | url-status =dead }} The Wanup area, formerly an unincorporated settlement outside of Sudbury's old city limits, was also annexed into the city in 2001, along with a large wilderness area on the northeastern shore of Lake Wanapitei.

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Greater Sudbury had a population of {{val|166004|fmt=commas}} living in {{val|71476|fmt=commas}} of its {{val|75967|fmt=commas}} total private dwellings, a change of {{percentage|{{#expr:166004-161531}}|161531|1}} from its 2016 population of {{val|161531|fmt=commas}}. With a land area of {{convert|3186.26|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|166004|3186.26|km2|sqmi|prec=1}} in 2021.

At the census metropolitan area (CMA) level in the 2021 census, the Greater Sudbury CMA had a population of {{val|170605|fmt=commas}} living in {{val|73387|fmt=commas}} of its {{val|78225|fmt=commas}} total private dwellings, a change of {{percentage|{{#expr:170605-165958}}|165958|1}} from its 2016 population of {{val|165958|fmt=commas}}. With a land area of {{convert|4187.4|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|170605|4187.4|km2|sqmi|prec=1}} in 2021.

In 2011, the population of Sudbury was less educated than the Canadian average, with 17.2% of the population holding a university degree (compared to 23.3% nationally) and 18.1% with no certificate, diploma or degree (compared to 17.3% nationally).{{cite web|url=http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/nhs-enm/2011/as-sa/fogs-spg/Pages/FOG.cfm?lang=E&level=3&GeoCode=580|title=Greater Sudbury / Grand Sudbury (CMA) - Focus on Geography Series - 2011 National Household Survey (NHS)|last=Canada|first=Government of Canada, Statistics|date=May 8, 2013|access-date=April 9, 2017}}

In 2021, the median age was 43.2 years, slightly higher than the provincial average of 41.6 years.

{{Historical populations

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|align = none

|cols = 2

|percentages =

|footnote =

|source = Statistics Canada{{cite web |url=http://www66.statcan.gc.ca/eng/acyb_c1912-eng.aspx?opt=/eng/1912/191200350011_p.%2011.pdf |title=Canada Year Book 1912 |date=March 31, 2008 |publisher=Census of Canada |access-date=27 April 2012}}{{cite web|url=https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Historic_Population_of_Sudbury_Ontario.png|title=English: Historic Population of Sudbury Ontario 1901-2011|last=Mattximus|date=December 20, 2013|access-date=October 21, 2017|via=Wikimedia Commons}}{{cite web|url=http://www12.statcan.ca/english/Profil01/CP01/Details/Page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=3553007&Geo2=PR&Code2=35&Data=Count&SearchText=Sudbury&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&Custom=|title=2001 Community Profiles|website=12.statcan.ca|access-date=October 21, 2017|archive-date=January 5, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160105231232/http://www12.statcan.ca/english/Profil01/CP01/Details/Page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=3553007&Geo2=PR&Code2=35&Data=Count&SearchText=Sudbury&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&Custom=|url-status=dead}}

|1901|2027

|1911|4150

|1921|8621

|1931|18518

|1941|31888

|1951|42410

|1961|80120

|1971|90535

|1981|91829

|1991|92884

|1996|92059

|2001|85354

}}

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|type = Canada

|align = none

|cols = 2

|percentages =

|footnote =

|source = Statistics Canada

|2001|155219

|2006|157857

|2011|160274

|2016|161531

|2021|166004

}}

Greater Sudbury has few visible minorities with {{percent|10825|163030|1}} reporting visible minority status on the 2021 census compared to the national average of {{percent|9639200|36328475|1}}, but a much higher percentage of Indigenous Canadians ({{percent|17930|163030|1}}) than the national average of {{percent|1807250|36328475|1}}. Visible minorities representing over 0.5% of the population include: 2.5% Black, 1.9% South Asian, and 0.6% Chinese.

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• Note: Totals greater than 100% due to multiple origin responses.

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{{bar percent|Catholic Christian|blue|46.8}}

{{bar percent|No Religion/Secular|green|33.2}}

{{bar percent|Protestant Christians|orange|10.4}}

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According to the 2021 census profile, the residents of Greater Sudbury are predominantly Christian. Around 64% (down from 81% in 2011) of the population belongs to Christian denominations with Catholics composing the largest single group (47%, down from 59% in 2011). Those with no religious affiliation accounted for 33% (up from 18% in 2011) of the population. Other religions such as Islam, Judaism, and Hinduism constitute around 3% of the population in total, up from 1% in 2011.

Sudbury is a bilingual city with a large francophone population, with 37.5% of Sudburians able to speak French and 22.6% having French as mother tongue. 83.8% of the population use English as the language spoken most often at home, followed by French at 10.6%, which is significantly higher than the Ontario average of 1.8%.

{{See also|Economy of Greater Sudbury|Timeline of labour in Greater Sudbury}}

File:Copper Cliff South Mine.JPG is an underground nickel mine operated by Vale Inco. As of 2010, Vale was the largest employer in Greater Sudbury.]]

File:City view (5669653426).jpg visible. By 2006, 80 percent of Greater Sudbury's labour force was employed in the service sector.]]

After a brief period as a lumber camp, Sudbury's economy was dominated by the mining industry for much of the 20th century. By the 1970s, Inco employed a quarter of the local workforce.[https://www.thestar.com/business/article/740849--in-sudbury-it-s-restive-not-festive "In Sudbury it's restive, not festive"]. Toronto Star, December 19, 2009. However, in 2006, Inco and Falconbridge were taken over by foreign multinational corporations: Inco was acquired by the Brazilian company Vale, and Falconbridge was purchased by the Swiss company Xstrata which was in turn purchased by Anglo–Swiss Glencore forming Glencore Xstrata. Several other mining companies, including First Nickel and KGHM, also have mining operations in the Sudbury area.

Mining now employs only 6,000 people in the city, although the mining supply and service sector employs a further 10,000. By 2006, 80% of Greater Sudbury's labour force was employed in services with 20% remaining in manufacturing.{{citation needed|date=August 2013}} Over 345 mining supply and service companies are located in Sudbury.[http://www.republicofmining.com/2008/06/06/sudbury-north-bay-supply-corridor-growing-dick-destefano/#more-274 "Sudbury-North Bay mining supply corridor growing"]. Sudbury Mining Solutions Journal, June 6, 2008. This includes a number of public and private firms pursuing research and development in new mining technologies such as Mining Innovation Rehabilitation and Applied Research Corporation (MIRARCO), the Northern Center for Advanced Technology (NORCAT), and the Centre for Excellence in Mining Innovation (CEMI).{{cite web|url=http://snoplus.phy.queensu.ca/Home.html|title=SNO+|website=Snoplus.phy.queensu.ca|access-date=October 21, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120711152439/http://snoplus.phy.queensu.ca/Home.html|archive-date=July 11, 2012|url-status=dead}}

While mining has decreased in relative importance, Sudbury's economy has diversified to establish itself as a major centre of finance, business, tourism, health care, education, government, and science and technology research.{{cite web |url=https://www.ontario.ca/en/about_ontario/004664.html |title=Greater Sudbury |access-date=2017-08-29 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120414183749/http://www.ontario.ca/en/about_ontario/004664.html |archive-date=April 14, 2012 |df=mdy-all }} Many of these reflect Sudbury's position as a regional service center for Northeastern Ontario, a market of 550,000 people.

The top employers in Sudbury as of November 2010 include:{{cite web|url=http://www.greatersudbury.ca/keyfacts/index.cfm?app=keyfacts&lang=en&ct=352&items=&sr=&cntid=1047|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101210232648/http://www.greatersudbury.ca/keyfacts/index.cfm?app=keyfacts&lang=en&ct=352&items=&sr=&cntid=1047|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 10, 2010|title=Keyfacts|date=December 10, 2010|access-date=April 9, 2017}}

Many retail businesses in the city have moved outside of the downtown core in the late 20th century and the city has struggled to rebuild and maintain a vibrant downtown core. In the 2000s and early 2010s, projects aimed at revitalizing the downtown core included the creation of Market Square, a farmer's and craft market; the redevelopment of the Rainbow Center Mall; streetscape beautification projects; the conversion of several underutilized historic properties into mixed-use office and loft developments;[https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/sudbury/sudbury-developers-tackle-old-downtown-buildings-1.1268389 "Sudbury developers tackle old downtown buildings"].CBC News, December 10, 2012. and the establishment and launch of the McEwen School of Architecture, as well as cultural events such as Downtown Rotary Blues for Food, Sudbury's Largest Yard and Sidewalk Sale, Downtown Sudbury Ribfest and the Up Here art and music festival. New projects underway in the late 2010s include Place des Arts, a performing and visual arts center;[http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/sudbury/place-des-arts-funding-1.4625176 "Place des Arts receives $250K boost from Desjardins"]. CBC Sudbury, April 18, 2018. and the redesign and renovation of the central plaza at Tom Davies Square.[http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/sudbury/tom-davies-square-courtyard-overbudget-1.4052436 "Bids for Tom Davies courtyard redesign come in millions over budget"]. CBC Northern Ontario, April 3, 2017.

Despite these efforts a large percentage of the city's retail service sector is still found outside of the downtown core, in areas such as the Four Corners, the RioCan and Silver Hills power centres on the Kingsway, and the New Sudbury Centre, the largest shopping mall in Northern Ontario with 110 stores.{{cite web|url=http://newsudburycentre.ca/leasing.html|title=Leasing|website=Newsudburycentre.ca|access-date=October 21, 2017}}

Sudbury has an emerging film and television industry, with a number of projects filming in the city in the 2000s.[http://www.news1130.com/2015/06/25/hollywood-further-north-sudbury-ont-becoming-hot-spot-for-film-crews/ "Hollywood (Further) North? Sudbury, Ont., becoming hot spot for film crews"]. Canadian Press, June 25, 2015. Development of an active film and television production industry in Northern Ontario was initially undertaken by Cinéfest, the city's largest annual film festival, in the early 1990s, and is currently overseen by Music and Film in Motion, a non-profit organization based in Sudbury.[https://archive.today/20130204112312/http://www.thesudburystar.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=3088605 "Landry leaving Music and Film in Motion"]. Sudbury Star, April 20, 2011.

Films shot in the city have included Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City, Roadkill,{{cite web|url=http://tiff.net/CANADIANFILMENCYCLOPEDIA/content/films/roadkill|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130222152040/http://tiff.net/CANADIANFILMENCYCLOPEDIA/content/films/roadkill|url-status=dead|title=Canadian Film Encyclopedia - Roadkill|date=February 22, 2013|archive-date=February 22, 2013}} Shania: A Life in Eight Albums,[http://www.baytoday.ca/content/editorials/details.asp?c=10314 "CBC to premiere “Shania: A Life in Eight Albums”"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140819084505/http://www.baytoday.ca/content/editorials/details.asp?c=10314 |date=August 19, 2014 }}. Bay Today, November 2, 2005. The Truth, The Lesser Blessed,[https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/the-lesser-blessed-tells-universal-story-of-alienation-1.1272783 "The Lesser Blessed tells universal story of alienation"]. CBC News, October 22, 2012. High Chicago,[http://www.thesudburystar.com/2012/04/14/filmmaker-favours-sudbury-for-filming "Filmmaker favours Sudbury for filming"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170829075848/http://www.thesudburystar.com/2012/04/14/filmmaker-favours-sudbury-for-filming |date=August 29, 2017 }}. Sudbury Star, April 15, 2012. Perspective, The Captive,[http://www.thesudburystar.com/2013/03/01/egoyan-film-gets-1-million-from-nohfc "Egoyan film gets $1 million from NOHFC"]. Sudbury Star, 1 March 2013. Ice Soldiers,"New era in Canadian film possible; Gunnarsson laments the state of feature filmmaking in this country". Vancouver Sun, January 24, 2014. Born to Be Blue,[http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/sudbury/ethan-hawke-shoots-chet-baker-biopic-in-sudbury-1.2810212 "Ethan Hawke shoots Chet Baker biopic in Sudbury"]. CBC News, October 23, 2014. Your Name Here, Indian Horse,{{cite web |url=http://playbackonline.ca/2016/11/25/cameras-roll-on-indian-horse/ |title=Production underway on Indian Horse |website=Playback |date=November 25, 2016 |first1=Regan |last1=Reid |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220220044238/https://playbackonline.ca/2016/11/25/cameras-roll-on-indian-horse/ |archive-date= Feb 20, 2022 }} The New Romantic{{Cite web |last=Pinto |first=Jordan |date=November 6, 2017 |title=Inside Independent Edge's New Romantic |url=http://playbackonline.ca/2017/11/06/inside-independent-edges-new-romantics/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210926231826/https://playbackonline.ca/2017/11/06/inside-independent-edges-new-romantics/ |archive-date=Sep 26, 2021 |website=Playback}} and Men with Brooms. Television series filmed in the city include Météo+,{{cite web |url=http://www.northernlife.ca/News/Lifestyle/2007/06-18-07-actors.asp?NLStory=06-18-07-actors |title=TFO to film French-language comedy in Greater Sudbury |website=Northern Life |date=June 18, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927152525/http://www.northernlife.ca/News/Lifestyle/2007/06-18-07-actors.asp?NLStory=06-18-07-actors |archive-date= Sep 27, 2007 }} Les Bleus de Ramville,"[http://news.ontario.ca/mndmf/en/2010/05/new-tv-series-produced-in-sudbury-and-area.html New TV Series Produced In Sudbury And Area]", Government of Ontario, May 21, 2010. Hard Rock Medical,{{cite news |title= New TV show inspired by northern medical school|author=Heidi Ulrichsen |url=http://www.northernlife.ca/news/localnews/2011/12/09-hard-rock-medical-sudbury.aspx|newspaper=Northern Life |date=Dec 9, 2011 |access-date=17 December 2012}} Dark Rising: Warrior of Worlds,[https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/sudbury/film-shoot-causes-conflict-with-biz-owner-1.1250647 "Film shoot causes conflict with biz owner"]. CBC News, July 13, 2012. Letterkenny,[https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/television/2015/05/26/jared-keeso-series-letterkenny-shooting-in-sudbury.html "Jared Keeso series Letterkenny shooting in Sudbury"]. Toronto Star, May 26, 2015. St. Nickel,[http://quebec.huffingtonpost.ca/2015/06/25/st-nickel-unis-tv-premiere-serie-originale_n_7664960.html "«St-Nickel»: une première série originale pour Unis TV"]. Huffington Post, June 25, 2015. Cardinal,[http://www.broadcastermagazine.com/news/ctv-and-super-ecran-partner-on-new-serialized-drama/1004021569/ "CTV and Super Écran Partner on New Serialized Drama"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160215172722/http://www.broadcastermagazine.com/news/ctv-and-super-ecran-partner-on-new-serialized-drama/1004021569/ |date=February 15, 2016 }}. Broadcaster, February 11, 2016. What Would Sal Do?,[http://www.broadcastermagazine.com/news/super-channel-announces-start-of-production-on-original-scripted-comedy-series/1003768209/ "Super Channel Announces Start of Production on Original Scripted Comedy Series"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305031836/http://www.broadcastermagazine.com/news/super-channel-announces-start-of-production-on-original-scripted-comedy-series/1003768209/ |date=March 5, 2016 }}. Broadcaster, August 19, 2015. Bad Blood[https://montrealgazette.com/entertainment/rizzuto-the-tv-series-on-a-tv-screen-near-you-in-fall-2017 "Montreal Mafia TV series coming to a screen near you in fall 2017"]. Montreal Gazette, January 12, 2017. and Shoresy.[https://www.thesudburystar.com/entertainment/letterkenny-spinoff-shoresy-to-begin-shooting-in-sudbury-shortly "Letterkenny spinoff Shoresy to begin shooting in Sudbury shortly"]. Sudbury Star, October 31, 2021.

March Entertainment's studio in Sudbury has produced a number of animated television series, including Chilly Beach, Maple Shorts, Yam Roll, and Dex Hamilton: Alien Entomologist.{{cite news |title= NOHFC invests $2.5 million in animation studio|author=Arron Pickard |url=http://www.northernlife.ca/news/localNews/2011/12/02-NOHFC-invests-in-March-Ent-Sudbury.aspx |newspaper=Northern Life |date=Dec 2, 2011 |access-date=17 December 2012}}

The city's LGBT community has been profiled in two documentary films, the Genie Award-winning Mum's the Word (Maman et Ève) in 1996[http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/sudbury/lgbt-film-airs-again-1.4158294 "20 years after Maman et Eve: looking back on coming out in the Nickel City"]. CBC Sudbury, June 13, 2017. and The Pinco Triangle in 1999.[https://www.dailyxtra.com/steelworkers-miners-faggots-oh-my-48213 "Steelworkers, miners & faggots. Oh my"]. Daily Xtra, May 19, 1999.

Sudbury is also home to the Science North Production Team, an award-winning producer of documentary films and multimedia presentations for museums.{{cite news |title=Science North fired up over award |author=Sudbury Northern Life Staff |url=http://www.northernlife.ca/news/localNews/2012/05/07-science-north-wildfire-award-sudbury.aspx |newspaper=Northern Life |date=May 7, 2012 |access-date=17 December 2012}} Independent filmmaker B. P. Paquette is based in Sudbury.[https://archive.today/20120722043500/http://sudburystar.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?archive=true&e=1210032 "Film company has big plans for Sudbury"]. The Sudbury Star, September 20, 2008. Inner City Films, a production company owned by Sudbury native Robert Adetuyi, also has a production office in the city,{{cite news |title=Boosting home-grown film |author=Sudbury Northern Life Staff |url=http://www.northernlife.ca/news/localNews/2010/07/sudbury-film290710.aspx |newspaper=Northern Life |date=Jul 28, 2010 |access-date=17 December 2012}} as does Carte Blanche Films, the producer of Météo+, Les Blues de Ramville and Hard Rock Medical.{{cite news |title=Greater Sudbury is stage for hockey drama |author=Jenny Jelen |url=http://www.northernlife.ca/news/lifestyle/2011/02/ramville-070211.aspx |newspaper= Northern Life|date=Feb 7, 2011 |access-date=17 December 2012}}

With the construction of the Laurentian University McEwen School of Architecture, as well as increasing development in the city, architecture has become an increasingly important part of the economy in Sudbury.

Notable architecture in Greater Sudbury:

• Ledo Hotel, a historic building in downtown Sudbury, which has seen many uses since its construction in 1910.
• St. Andrew's Place, a church-community-complex which opened in 1972.
• Sudbury's Shaar Hashomayim Synagogue, is a community-led synagogue which was constructed in 1960 and is the only synagogue in Sudbury.
• Moses Block, Durham at Elgin, Sudbury's only flatiron building built in 1907{{Cite web|title=Then & Now: The link between a Romanian Jew who accidentally ended up in Sudbury and the downtown flatiron building|url=https://www.sudbury.com/then-and-now/then-now-the-link-between-a-romanian-jew-who-accidentally-ended-up-in-sudbury-and-the-downtown-flatiron-building-2777056|access-date=2021-05-03|website=Sudbury.com|date=October 8, 2020 |language=en}}

File:159 Cedar Street.jpg's Ministry of Northern Development, Mines and Forestry is located in Sudbury.]]

From the city hall at Tom Davies Square, the city is headed by twelve council members and one mayor both elected every four years. The current mayor is Paul Lefebvre, who was elected in the 2022 municipal election. The 2011 operating budget for Greater Sudbury was C$471 million, and the city employs 2006 full-time workers.{{cite web |url=http://www.greatersudbury.ca/content/div_budget/documents/Budget%202011%20Budget%20Operating%20Summary1.pdf |title=2011 Operating Budget |publisher=Greater Sudbury}}

The city is divided between the federal electoral districts of Sudbury and Sudbury East—Manitoulin—Nickel Belt in the House of Commons of Canada, and the provincial electoral districts of Sudbury, Nickel Belt and Timiskaming—Cochrane in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario. The federal and provincial riding of Sudbury do not have identical boundaries despite using the same names; most notably, the Nickel Centre district of the city is located in Sudbury federally but in Nickel Belt provincially. The city is represented federally by Members of Parliament Viviane Lapointe of the Liberal Party of Canada, and Jim Belanger of the Conservative Party of Canada and provincially by Jamie West, France Gélinas and John Vanthof of the Ontario New Democratic Party. The provincial Ministry of Energy, Northern Development and Mines has its head office in the city.

Both federal and provincial politics in the city tend to be dominated by the Liberal and New Democratic parties. Historically, the Liberals have been stronger in the Sudbury riding, with the New Democrats dominant in Nickel Belt, although both ridings have elected members of both parties at different times.

With over 22% of its population having French as its mother tongue, Greater Sudbury's culture is influenced by the large Franco-Ontarian community, particularly in the amalgamated municipalities of Valley East and Rayside-Balfour and historically in the Moulin-à-Fleur neighbourhood. The French culture is celebrated with the Franco-Ontarian flag, recognized by the province as an official emblem, which was created in 1975 by a group of teachers at Laurentian University and after some controversy has flown at Tom Davies Square since 2006. The large francophone community plays a central role in developing and maintaining many of the cultural institutions of Sudbury including the Théâtre du Nouvel-Ontario, La Nuit sur l'étang, La Galerie du Nouvel-Ontario, Le Centre franco-ontarien de folklore and the Prise de parole publishing company. The city hosted Les Jeux de la francophonie canadienne in 2011.

File:ArtGallerySudburyBelrockMansion.jpg was founded in 1967, and is one of two art galleries located in the city.]]

The Sudbury Arts Council was established in 1974. Its mandate is to connect, communicate and celebrate the arts.[http://www.thesudburystar.com/2014/03/12/mayor-introduces-new-sudbury-art-event "Mayor introduces new Sudbury art event"]. Sudbury Star, March 12, 2014. It has an important role to provide a calendar of events and news about arts and culture activities. The city is home to two art galleries—the Art Gallery of Sudbury and La Galerie du Nouvel-Ontario. Both are dedicated primarily to Canadian art, especially artists from Northern Ontario.

The city's only professional theatre company is the francophone Théâtre du Nouvel-Ontario (TNO), one of seven organizations residing at the Place des Arts, where it also stages its performances. The Sudbury Theatre Centre, which was the city's only professional English-language theatre company, merged with YES Theatre in 2023, though the building which was previously home to the company retains its original name.{{Cite news |last=Ulrichsen |first=Heidi |date=November 9, 2023 |title=YES Theatre, Sudbury Theatre Centre have officially merged |url=https://www.sudbury.com/local-news/yes-theatre-sudbury-theatre-centre-have-officially-merged-7810830 |work=Sudbury.com}} Theatrical productions are also staged by several community theatre groups, as well as by high school drama students at Sudbury Secondary School, Lo-Ellen Park Secondary School, St. Charles College and École secondaire Macdonald-Cartier with its troupe Les Draveurs. Postsecondary institutions in the city no longer offer training in theatre, following the closures of Theatre programs at Thorneloe University in 2020{{Cite news |date=May 2, 2020 |title=Thorneloe University to shut down Theatre Arts and Motion Picture Arts programs |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/sudbury/theatre-arts-motion-picture-film-thorneloe-financial-deficit-1.5553289 |work=CBC Sudbury}} and Laurentian University in 2021,{{Cite news |date=April 9, 2021 |title=Laurentian University cuts 100 professors, dozens of programs |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/sudbury/laurentian-negotiations-insolvency-terminations-restructuring-1.5982114 |work=CBC Sudbury}} as well as the technical production programs at Collège Boréal and Cambrian College.

File:PDAExtérieur2022.jpg is currently home to seven of the city's francophone cultural organizations.]]

In 2021, YES Theatre unveiled plans for the Refettorio, which would convert a vacant lot on Durham Street near the YMCA into an outdoor theatrical and musical performance space.Mary Katherine Keown, [https://www.thesudburystar.com/entertainment/sudburys-yes-theatre-unveils-plans-for-refettorio "Sudbury's YES Theatre unveils plans for Refettorio"]. Sudbury Star, October 13, 2021. The space opened in August 2023 with a production of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet.{{Cite news |date=August 23, 2023 |title=New outdoor theatre debuts in downtown Sudbury |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/sudbury/refettorio-grand-opening-romeo-and-juliet-1.6945169 |work=CBC Sudbury}}

Place des Arts, a new project to provide a community hub for the city's francophone cultural institutions including a 300-seat concert hall, a 120-seat theatre studio, an art gallery, a bistro, a gift boutique and bookstore, a children's arts center and 10,000 square feet of studio space for artists, began construction in the downtown core in 2019,[https://www.sudbury.com/local-news/construction-on-30m-place-des-arts-begins-next-week-1622615 "Construction on $30M Place des Arts begins next week"]. Sudbury.com, August 3, 2019. and opened in 2022.[https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/sudbury/sudbury-place-des-arts-opening-1.6200050 "Sudbury's Place des Arts on track for a 2022 opening"]. CBC Northern Ontario, October 5, 2021.

Cinéfest Sudbury International Film Festival, the city's primary annual film festival, has been staged in September each year since 1989."Extra seats needed at Cinefest". The Globe and Mail, September 27, 1989. Two smaller specialist film festivals, the Junction North International Documentary Film Festival for documentary films[http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/sudbury/junction-north-documentary-film-festival-1.4389655 "Junction North International Documentary Film Festival set for Sudbury"]. CBC Sudbury, November 6, 2017. and the Queer North Film Festival for LGBT-themed films,[http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/sudbury/queer-north-festival-lineup-1.4142217 "Queer North Film Festival announces lineup for second year"]. CBC Sudbury, June 1, 2017. are also held each year. Mainstream commercial films are screened at the SilverCity theatre complex, which is also the primary venue for most Cinéfest screenings. Science North is home to an IMAX theatre which screens a program of IMAX films, the Cavern at Science North hosts some gala screenings during Cinéfest and screens science documentaries during the year, and the Sudbury Indie Cinema Co-op programs a repertory cinema lineup of independent and international films as well as organizing both the Junction North and Queer North film festivals.[http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/sudbury/indie-cinema-funding-1.4514089 "New Sudbury Indie Cinema space could leverage more arts and culture"]. CBC Sudbury, February 1, 2018.

In 2021 the Sudbury Indie Cinema Co-op also launched the Sudbury Outdoor Adventure Reels Film Festival, devoted to wilderness and adventure films, following several years of the city hosting an annual stop on the Banff Mountain Film Festival's touring circuit,[https://www.thesudburystar.com/entertainment/local-arts/adventure-film-festival-coming-to-sudbury "Adventure film festival coming to Sudbury"]. Sudbury Star, December 21, 2020. and in 2022 they launched both the Sudbury's Tiny Underground Film Festival (STUFF) for underground and experimental films,Megan LaPierre, [https://exclaim.ca/film/article/sudburys_tiny_underground_film_festival_announces_2023_programming "Sudbury's Tiny Underground Film Festival Announces 2023 Programming"]. Exclaim!, September 12, 2023. and the Sudbury Indie Creature Kon for horror films.[https://ici.radio-canada.ca/ohdio/premiere/emissions/le-matin-du-nord/segments/entrevue/455286/indie-cinema-creature-kon-sick "Une 2e édition pour un festival de films d’horreur à Sudbury"]. CBON-FM, September 12, 2023.

The city has hosted an annual Sudbury Pride festival since 1997.[http://www.northernlife.ca/news/localNews/2014/07/07-pride-festival-sudbury.aspx "Sudbury poised to show its pride"]. Northern Life, July 7, 2014.

The Up Here Festival, launched in 2015, blends a program of musical performance with the creation of both murals and installation art projects throughout the downtown core,Nick Dunne, [https://www.tvo.org/article/turning-northeastern-ontario-cities-into-outdoor-art-galleries "Turning northeastern Ontario cities into outdoor art galleries"]. TVOntario, December 9, 2019. while PlaySmelter, a theatre festival devoted to theatrical and storytelling performances by local writers and actors, was launched in 2013, and is held at various venues in the city including the Sudbury Theatre Centre and Place des Arts.[https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/sudbury/playsmelter-returns-sudbury-1.6445028 "Sudbury's Playsmelter festival returns following 2-year hiatus"]. CBC Sudbury, May 9, 2022.

In music, the city is home to the Northern Lights Festival Boréal and La Nuit sur l'étang festivals.

Sudbury also hosts Northern Ontario's only Japanese cultural Festival, Japan Festival Sudbury. It started in 2019, went on hiatus for two years during the COVID-19 pandemic in Ontario, and returned to Sudbury's Bell Park Amphitheatre on July 16, 2022.{{Cite web |title=Japan Festival returns to Bell Park on July 16 |url=https://www.sudbury.com/lifestyle/japan-festival-returns-to-bell-park-july-16-after-2-year-gap-5480846 |access-date=2022-07-17 |website=Sudbury.com |language=en}}

Works of fiction themed or set primarily or partially in Sudbury or its former suburbs include Robert J. Sawyer's The Neanderthal Parallax trilogy, Alistair MacLeod's novel No Great Mischief, Paul Quarrington's Logan in Overtime, Jean-Marc Dalpé's play 1932, la ville du nickel and his short story collection Contes sudburois, and Chloé LaDuchesse's L'Incendiare de Sudbury.Paul-François Sylvestre, [https://l-express.ca/lincendiaire-de-sudbury-jouer-avec-le-feu-et-les-mots/ "L’incendiaire de Sudbury : jouer avec le feu et les mots"]. L'Express, September 30, 2022. The city is also fictionalized as "Chinookville" in several books by American comedy writer Jack Douglas, and as "Complexity" in Tomson Highway's musical play The (Post) Mistress.[http://www.thesudburystar.com/2012/10/25/a-one-of-a-kind-musical "A one-of-a-kind musical"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180308231441/http://www.thesudburystar.com/2012/10/25/a-one-of-a-kind-musical |date=March 8, 2018 }}. Sudbury Star, October 25, 2012.

Noted writers who have lived in Sudbury include playwrights Jean-Marc Dalpé, Sandra Shamas and Brigitte Haentjens, poets Robert Dickson, Roger Nash, Gregory Scofield and Margaret Christakos, fiction writers Kelley Armstrong, Sean Costello, Sarah Selecky, Matthew Heiti and Jeffrey Round, poet Patrice Desbiens, journalist Mick Lowe and academics Richard E. Bennett, Michel Bock, Rand Dyck, Graeme S. Mount and Gary Kinsman.

In 2010, the city created the position of Poet Laureate, with Roger Nash being the first to occupy the role.{{Cite news |last=Bradley |first=Bill |date=February 25, 2010 |title=Roger Nash named Sudbury's first poet laureate |url=https://www.sudbury.com/lifestyle/roger-nash-named-sudburys-first-poet-laureate-227721 |work=Sudbury.com}} Subsequent holders of the position have included Daniel Aubin (2012–2013), Thomas Leduc (2014–2015), Kim Fahner (2016–2018), Chloé LaDuchesse (2018–2020), Vera Constantineau (2020–2022),{{Cite web|url=https://northernontario.ctvnews.ca/sudbury-names-its-6th-poet-laureate-1.4850377|title=Sudbury names its 6th poet laureate|first=Alana|last=Pickrell|date=March 12, 2020|website=Northern Ontario}} Kyla Heyming (2022–2024) and Alex Tétreault (2024-present).Heidi Ulrichsen, [https://www.sudbury.com/local-news/meet-alex-tetreault-greater-sudburys-newest-poet-laureate-9061218 "Meet Alex Tétreault, Greater Sudbury’s newest poet laureate"]. Sudbury.com, June 10, 2024.

File:Melbourne Ska Orchestra.JPG performing at the Northern Lights Festival Boréal. Hosted annually in Sudbury, it is Canada's oldest music festival in continuous operation.]]

Sudbury's most successful artists have predominantly been in the country, folk and country-rock genres. These include Robert Paquette, Kate Maki, Gil Grand, Kevin Closs, CANO, Jake Mathews, Loma Lyns, Alex J. Robinson, Chuck Labelle, En Bref and Ox. The rap rock bands Project Wyze and Konflit Dramatik were also based in Sudbury, and Miriam Linna, who drummed in the Cramps, Nervus Rex and The A-Bones, was born in Sudbury.

High-profile concerts take place at the Sudbury Community Arena, while other touring acts play venues including the Grand Theatre,Vicki Gilhula, [https://www.sudbury.com/memory-lane/memory-lane-the-grand-history-of-sudburys-110-year-old-grand-theatre-3225298 "Memory Lane: The grand history of Sudbury’s 110-year-old Grand Theatre"]. Sudbury.com, December 31, 2020. Knox Hall,Laura Stradiotto, [https://www.thesudburystar.com/entertainment/local-arts/historic-sudbury-church-finds-new-life-as-concert-hall-recording-studio "Historic Sudbury church finds new life as concert hall, recording studio"]. Sudbury Star, December 4, 2023. and The Towne House.Jenny Jelen, [https://www.sudbury.com/lifestyle/towne-house-like-a-second-living-room-234355 "Towne House ‘like a second living room’"]. Sudbury.com, April 27, 2011.

Bell Park's outdoor Grace Hartman Amphitheatre serves as the primary venue for the Northern Lights Festival Boréal, and hosts other summer concerts.[https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/sudbury/sudbury-amphitheatre-getting-busier-with-bookings-1.1329773 "Sudbury amphitheatre getting busier with bookings"]. CBC Sudbury, April 23, 2013. Concerts are also sometimes staged at Laurentian University's Fraser Auditorium, although it is also used for theatre shows, stand-up comedy performances and lectures rather than serving as a full-time music venue.

In addition to the Northern Lights Festival Boréal, the city is also home to the Up Here Festival, which blends musical performances by underground and experimental musicians with public mural projects,Laura Stradiotto, "Another side of the city ; 'We Live Up Here' paints a different picture of Sudbury". Sudbury Star, November 8, 2012. and La Nuit sur l'étang, a festival of francophone music."La Nuit returns to roots: Francophone festival to be held March 25". Sudbury Star, December 16, 2005.

The local Sudbury Symphony Orchestra performs regular concerts of classical music, usually staged in the Sheridan Auditorium at Sudbury Secondary School but occasionally at other venues.Bonnie Kogos, [https://www.thesudburystar.com/entertainment/local-arts/kogos-new-sudbury-symphony-orchestra-boss-kicks-it-into-high-gear "New Sudbury Symphony Orchestra boss kicks it into high gear"]. Sudbury Star, October 4, 2024.

Sudbury is also home to the Blue Saints Drum and Bugle Corps, a youth drum corps active since 1952.Jenny Lamothe, [https://www.sudbury.com/local-news/blue-saints-continue-72-year-tradition-of-music-and-community-8075335 "Blue Saints continue 72-year tradition of music and community"]. Sudbury.com, January 9, 2024.

One of Stompin' Tom Connors' most famous songs, "Sudbury Saturday Night", depicts the hard-drinking, hard-partying social life of hard rock miners of Sudbury.{{cite book|last=Mitchell|first=Gillian|title=The North American Folk Music Revival: Nation and Identity in the United States and Canada, 1945-1980|publisher=Ashgate Publishing|year=2007|page=158|isbn=978-0-7546-5756-9|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XtVapc9Nt8kC&pg=PA158}}

File:The Big Nickel at Science North.jpg was temporarily moved to the grounds of Science North while its original and current site was refurbished into Dynamic Earth.]]

Science North is an interactive science museum and Northern Ontario's most popular tourist attraction{{cite web|url=http://www.sciencenorth.ca/about/|title=Science North - About Us - Overview|access-date=April 9, 2017|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120309165730/http://www.sciencenorth.ca/about/|archive-date=March 9, 2012|df=mdy-all}} with around 288,000 visitors per year (as of 2018).{{cite web|url=https://www.sciencenorth.ca/sites/default/files/inline-files/17-18-SN-AR.pdf|title=Science North Annual Report 2017-18|publisher=City of Timmins|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151018091620/http://www.timmins.ca/wp-content/uploads/stc-report.pdf|archive-date=October 18, 2015|df=mdy-all}} It consists of two snowflake-shaped buildings on the southwestern shore of Ramsey Lake and just south of the city's downtown core. There is also a former ice hockey arena on-site, which includes the complex's entrance and an IMAX theatre. The snowflake buildings are connected by a rock tunnel, which passes through a billion-year-old geologic fault. Sudbury's mining heritage is reflected in another major tourist attraction, Dynamic Earth. This interactive science museum focuses principally on geology and mining history exhibitions and is also home to the Big Nickel, one of Sudbury's most famous landmarks. The city is also home to the Greater Sudbury Heritage Museums, a group of historical community museums, and a mining heritage monument overlooking the city's Bell Park.

The Inco Superstack was the tallest freestanding chimney in the world at {{convert|380|m|abbr=on}} until the construction of the Ekibastuz GRES-2 Power Station,{{cite web |url=http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=1511 |title=INCO Superstack |author= |year=2013 |website=skyscraperpage.com |publisher=Skyscraper Source Media|access-date=27 August 2013}} and is currently the second tallest structure in Canada after the CN Tower.{{cite web |url=http://www.skyscrapercenter.com/?do=country&country=CA |title=CN Tower |author= |year=2013 |website=skyscraperpage.com |publisher=Skyscraper Source Media|access-date=27 August 2013}} Home | CTBUH Skyscraper Center] It is almost the same height as the roof of the Empire State Building.{{cite web |url=http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=23 |title=Empire State Building|author= |year=2013 |website=skyscraperpage.com |publisher=Skyscraper Source Media|access-date=27 August 2013}}

File:Sudbury Community Arena - Exterior.JPG. The arena is a multi-purpose arena and the home of the OHL's Sudbury Wolves, as well as being a key venue in the television comedy series Shoresy.]]

Sudbury has many trails that are used year-round. The Sudbury Trail Plan grooms almost {{convert|1,200|km|abbr=on}} of trails for snowmobiles in the winter.{{cite web|url=http://www.sudburytrailplan.on.ca/history.php|title=Sudbury Trail Plan Association - History|access-date=April 9, 2017|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111115151836/http://www.sudburytrailplan.on.ca/history.php|archive-date=November 15, 2011|df=mdy-all}} There are approximately {{convert|200|km|abbr=on}} of non-motorized trails in the city, many of which were built by Rainbow Routes Association.{{cite web|url=http://www.rainbowroutes.com/index.php/routes/|title=Rainbow Routes :: Routes|website=Rainbowroutes.com|access-date=2016-08-03|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160816171913/http://www.rainbowroutes.com/index.php/routes/|archive-date=August 16, 2016|df=mdy-all}} There is {{convert|23|km|abbr=on}} of diverse hiking, biking, and jogging trails found in the Lake Laurentian Conservation Area near downtown.{{cite web|url=http://www.ontariotrails.on.ca/trails-a-z/lake-laurentian-conservation-area/|title=Lake Laurentian Conservation Area - Ontario Trails Council|access-date=April 9, 2017|archive-date=April 8, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140408083902/http://www.ontariotrails.on.ca/trails-a-z/lake-laurentian-conservation-area|url-status=dead}} Other trails link Sudbury to areas outside of the city including the Trans Canada Trail, which passes through the city, and the Voyageur Hiking Trail. The city is also home to Sudbury Downs, a harness racing track located in Azilda.

There are a number of sports teams located in the city including the Sudbury Wolves who play at the Sudbury Community Arena. The Wolves are an ice hockey team with the Ontario Hockey League. The Sudbury Spartans football club have played in the Northern Football Conference since 1954.{{cite web|url=http://www.nfcfootball.ca/league-history|title=League History|date=March 30, 2016|access-date=April 9, 2017}} Laurentian University participates in the U Sports league by the Laurentian Voyageurs and the Laurentian Lady Vees. Cambrian College is represented in the Canadian Collegiate Athletic Association by the Cambrian Golden Shield, and Collège Boréal is represented by the Boréal Vipères. High school students compete in the Sudbury District Secondary School Athletic Association (SDSSAA), which is a division of Northern Ontario Secondary School Athletics (NOSSA). The city hosted the Pan American Junior Athletics Championships in 1980, the IAAF World Junior Championships in Athletics in 1988, the Brier: Canada's annual men's curling championships, in 1953 and 1983, the 2001 Scott Tournament of Hearts: the women's curling championship, and the 2010 Ontario Summer Games.

Greater Sudbury hosts a professional basketball team, the Sudbury Five, who play at the Sudbury Community Arena. The Five are owned by Sudbury Wolves Sports and Entertainment and began play in the National Basketball League of Canada in November 2018.{{cite web|url=https://www.sudbury.com/sports/watch-live-sudburys-pro-basketball-team-unveils-name-logo-this-morning-917939 |title=Introducing Sudbury's pro basketball team ... The Five (no really, that's the name) |publisher=Sudbury.com |access-date=8 May 2018}} The Five currently play in the Basketball Super League.

Greater Sudbury serves as the health care center for much of northeastern Ontario through Health Sciences North. Sudbury is also the site of the Regional Cancer Program, which treats cancer patients from across the north. Sudbury's first General Hospital opened in 1950 and operated until 2010. Now, known as St. Joseph Health Center, the building remains abandoned and the new Sudbury Regional Hospital functions with Health Sciences North on Ramsey Lake Road. In 1968, the first successful coronary artery bypass surgery in Canada was performed at Sudbury Memorial Hospital.{{cite web |title=Pioneer cardiac interventionist retiring |url=https://www.thesudburystar.com/2016/04/26/pioneer-cardiac-interventionist-retiring/wcm/a5c8c685-feff-be97-8f1d-bf049e0bda27 |publisher=The Sudbury Star |access-date=7 December 2018}} Adult mental health services are also provided to the area through Health Sciences North, primarily at the Kirkwood site (formerly the Sudbury Algoma Hospital) and at the Cedar site downtown. Children's mental health services are provided through the Regional Children's Psychiatric Center operated by the Northeast Mental Health Center, located onsite at the Kirkwood Site of Health Sciences North.

Greater Sudbury is served by the Greater Sudbury Police Service,{{cite web | title =Greater Sudbury Police Service | url =http://www.police.sudbury.on.ca/ | access-date = 2007-09-06 }} headquartered in downtown Sudbury. There is also a detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police located in the McFarlane Lake area of the city's south end. Greater Sudbury Emergency Medical Services provides prehospital paramedic services with over 150 full-time and part-time paramedics.{{cite web |url=http://www.city.greatersudbury.on.ca/cms/index.cfm?app=div_ems&lang=en&currID=3077 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120723205148/http://www.city.greatersudbury.on.ca/cms/index.cfm?app=div_ems&lang=en&currID=3077 |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 23, 2012 |title=Ambulance - About Us |author= |website=City.greatersudbury.on.ca |publisher=City of Sudbury |access-date=27 August 2013 }} Greater Sudbury Fire Services operates from 24 fire stations located throughout the city,{{cite news |title=Fire services reviewing efficiencies |author=Arron Pickard |url=http://www.northernlife.ca/news/localNews/2012/04/09-fire-services-review-sudbury.aspx |newspaper=Northern Life |date=9 April 2012 |access-date=27 August 2013}} with a combination 103 career staff and 350 volunteer fire fighters.{{cite web |url=http://www.city.greatersudbury.on.ca/cms/index.cfm?app=div_fireservices&lang=en |title=Fire Services - About Us |author= |website=City.greatersudbury.on.ca |publisher=City of Sudbury |access-date=27 August 2013 |archive-date=April 13, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120413105147/http://www.city.greatersudbury.on.ca/cms/index.cfm?app=div_fireservices&lang=en |url-status=dead }} Prior to the municipal amalgamation of 2001, most of the suburban towns were served by separate volunteer fire departments, which were amalgamated into the citywide service as part of the municipal restructuring. The municipally owned energy provider Greater Sudbury Utilities serves the city's urban core, while rural areas in the city continue to be served by Hydro One.

Greater Sudbury Utilities Inc. (GSU) delivers utility services in the city's urban core. Its sole shareholder is the City of Greater Sudbury.

The city maintains a bus-based public transit system, GOVA, transporting 4.4 million passengers in 2012.{{cite book |title=City of Greater Sudbury Annual Financial Report For the year ended December 31, 2012 |url=http://www.greatersudbury.ca/sudburyen/assets/File/2012%20Annual%20Financial%20Report(1).pdf |access-date= August 14, 2013 |year=1013 |publisher= PricewaterhouseCoopers|page=1}} The year 2000 marked the most significant change in Greater Sudbury's local transit history, as outlying townships were annexed into the municipality to form Greater Sudbury, expanding Greater Sudbury Transit's service area to one larger than most Ontario municipal and regional public transit agencies. The Downtown Transit Center is the primary hub for local transit in Sudbury.

File:Greater Sudbury Airport (5707786702).jpg is an airport that serves Greater Sudbury, handling scheduled flights throughout Ontario.]]

The Greater Sudbury Airport maintains two paved runways {{convert|6600|ft|abbr=on|}} and {{convert|5000|ft|abbr=on}}{{CFS}} in length and serves 270,784 passengers per year (2017).{{cite web |url=http://www.flysudbury.ca/flysudbury/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=91%3Afacts-and-demographics&catid=35%3Abusiness-gsa&Itemid=53&lang=en |title=Facts and Demographics |publisher=Greater Sudbury Airport |access-date=August 14, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131115113749/http://www.flysudbury.ca/flysudbury/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=91%3Afacts-and-demographics&catid=35%3Abusiness-gsa&Itemid=53&lang=en |archive-date=November 15, 2013 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }} The airport is served by three regional carrier lines: Air Canada Express to Toronto Pearson International Airport, Porter Airlines to Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport and Bearskin Airlines to several destinations in Northern Ontario including North Bay, Sault Ste. Marie, Timmins and Thunder Bay.

File:Intercity Transport Hubs in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada.png

Several different agencies provide intercity transportation to Sudbury. Via Rail's Sudbury–White River train (a remnant of the old Lake Superior passenger service to Thunder Bay) serves a number of remote interior communities, some of which are not accessible by road, from the downtown Sudbury station. To the north and east of the city, Capreol station and Sudbury Junction station are stops on Via Rail's transcontinental passenger service, the Canadian, which passes through the area twice a week in each direction.

Intercity motor coach service is available at the Sudbury Ontario Northland Bus Terminal, which is a stop for Ontario Northland motor coaches. Destinations include North Bay, Sault Ste. Marie, Hearst, Barrie, Toronto, and Ottawa.

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{{See also|List of numbered roads in Greater Sudbury}}

There are three highways connecting Sudbury to the rest of Ontario: Highway 17 is the main branch of the Trans-Canada Highway, connecting the city to points east and west. An approximately {{convert|21|km|abbr=on}} segment of Highway 17, from Mikkola to Whitefish, is freeway. The highway bypasses the city via two separately-constructed roads, the Southwest and Southeast Bypasses, that form a partial ring road around the southern end of the city's urban core for traffic travelling through Highway 17. The former alignment of Highway 17 through the city is now Municipal Road 55. Highway 69, also a branch of the Trans-Canada Highway, leads south to Parry Sound, where it connects to the Highway 400 freeway to Toronto; Highway 400 is being extended to Greater Sudbury and is scheduled for completion in the 2020s.[http://www.thesudburystar.com/2015/03/06/highway-69-to-be-delayed-province-admits "Highway 69 to be delayed, province admits"]. Sudbury Star, March 7, 2015. Highway 144 leads north to Highway 101 in Timmins.

Greater Sudbury is the only census division in Northern Ontario that maintains a system of numbered municipal roads, similar to the county road system in the southern part of the province. Secondary Highway 537, which essentially provides an outer bypass link between Highway 69 at Wanup and Highway 17 at Wahnapitae, is also the only remaining secondary highway in the province located in any census division which also has its own municipal or county road system.

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Greater Sudbury is home to three postsecondary institutions: Laurentian University, a primarily undergraduate bilingual university with approximately 9,000 students,{{cite web|url=http://www.laurentian.ca/Laurentian/Home/About+LU/Welcome+-+About+LU.htm?Laurentian_Lang=en-CA|title=Welcome - About LU|date=September 25, 2008|url-status=bot: unknown|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080925065206/http://www.laurentian.ca/Laurentian/Home/About+LU/Welcome+-+About+LU.htm?Laurentian_Lang=en-CA|archive-date=September 25, 2008|df=mdy-all}} Cambrian College, an English college of applied arts and technology with 4,500 full-time and 7,500 part-time students,{{cite web |url=http://www.cambriancollege.ca/AboutCambrian/Pages/AboutCambrian.aspx |title=About Cambrian |author= |year=2013 |website=Cambriancollege.ca |publisher=Cambrian College |access-date=12 August 2013}} Collège Boréal, a francophone college with 2,000 enrolled,{{cite web |url=http://www.collegeboreal.ca/student-services/college-life/ |title=College life |author= |year=2013 |website=Collegeboreal.ca |publisher=Collège Boréal |access-date=12 August 2013 |archive-date=December 2, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191202025321/http://www.collegeboreal.ca/student-services/college-life/ |url-status=dead }} and the Northern Ontario School of Medicine. On September 4, 2013, Laurentian University opened the McEwen School of Architecture in downtown Sudbury, the first new architecture school to launch in Canada in more than 40 years.[http://www.northernlife.ca/news/localNews/2013/09/05-architecture-school-opening-sudbury.aspx "'Dream project' architecture school opens its doors"]. Northern Life, September 5, 2013. Opened in 2011 and located on the Laurentian University campus is the Vale Living with Lakes Centre which focuses on the research of stressors that can affect the health of water based ecosystems, contributing to the better ecological health of Sudbury. Canadian post-secondary institutions have also impacted the city's science and technology sectors. The Creighton Mine site in Sudbury is home to SNOLAB, the second-deepest (after China Jinping Underground Laboratory in China) underground laboratory in the world and the site of numerous dark matter experiments. Originally constructed for the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory (now concluded), the underground laboratory has been expanded and continues to operate as SNOLAB. The SNO equipment has been refurbished for use in the SNO+ experiment.{{r|snoplus.phy.queensu.ca}}

File:SNOLAB 2014-03-21.jpg is an underground physics laboratory operated by several universities, including Laurentian.]]

English-language public schooling is provided by the Rainbow District School Board. The board operates 28 elementary and nine secondary schools in Sudbury, one school for students with special needs, and the Cecil Facer Youth Center for young offenders.{{cite web|url=http://www.rainbowschools.ca/schools/schoolsDirectory.php|title=Directory of Schools - Rainbow District School Board|access-date=April 9, 2017}} The Sudbury Catholic District School Board offers publicly funded English-language Catholic education, with 16 elementary schools, five high schools and an adult education center.{{cite web|url=http://www.scdsb.edu.on.ca/schools/schools.php|title=Sudbury Catholic Schools - List of Schools|access-date=April 9, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170410051516/http://www.scdsb.edu.on.ca/schools/schools.php|archive-date=April 10, 2017|url-status=dead}} French-language public schools are administered by the Conseil scolaire de district du Grand Nord de l'Ontario with seven elementary and two secondary schools and one alternative secondary school.{{cite web|url=http://www.cspgno.ca/|title=Conseil scolaire public du Grand Nord de l'Ontario|access-date=April 9, 2017}} Finally, the Conseil scolaire catholique du Nouvel-Ontario provides publicly funded French-language Catholic education, with 15 elementary, four secondary schools, and one adult education secondary school.{{dead link|date=August 2013}}[http://www.nouvelon.ca/nos_ecoles/index.php Le Conseil scolaire de district catholique du Nouvel-Ontario] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120327183332/http://www.nouvelon.ca/nos_ecoles/index.php |date=March 27, 2012 }} There are also two Christian private schools (Sudbury Christian Academy and King Christian Academy), as well two Montessori schools (King Montessori Academy and the Montessori School of Sudbury).

The Greater Sudbury Public Library system has 13 branches throughout the city. The library system had 600,000 items as of 2011 and over 50% of the resident population are active library users.{{cite web|url=http://www.sudburylibraries.ca/en/aboutus/resources/StrategicPlan.pdf|title=Library Services Strategic Plan|website=Sudburylibraries.ca|access-date=21 October 2017|archive-date=November 14, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131114193137/http://www.sudburylibraries.ca/en/aboutus/resources/StrategicPlan.pdf|url-status=dead}} The Sudbury Tool Library and Makerspace are located at the main branch of the Greater Sudbury Public Library.

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As the largest city in Northern Ontario, Greater Sudbury is the region's primary media center. Due to the relatively small size of the region's individual media markets, most of the region is served at least partially by Sudbury-based media. CICI-TV produces almost all local programming on the CTV Northern Ontario system, and the CBC Radio stations CBCS-FM and CBON-FM broadcast to the entire region through extensive rebroadcaster networks. As well, many of the commercial radio stations in Northeastern Ontario's smaller cities simulcast programming produced in Sudbury for at least a portion of their programming schedules, particularly in weekend and evening slots.

Sudbury's daily newspaper, the Sudbury Star is owned by Postmedia, is published six days a week and has a weekday circulation of 17,530 as of 2006.{{cite web |url=http://www.northernlife.ca/advertising/2006/EffectiveRecruitment.pdf |title=Advertising Rates & Specs |publisher=Northern Star |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518184946/http://www.northernlife.ca/advertising/2006/EffectiveRecruitment.pdf |archive-date=May 18, 2015 |df=mdy-all }} The city's longtime community newspaper Northern Life ceased print publication in 2020, concurrently with its sale from Laurentian Media Group to Village Media, and remains in operation as the web-only publication Sudbury.com.

There is also a weekly francophone publication, Le Voyageur. The South Side Story used to be a print and online publication but has been defunct since 2019.

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Notable people from Sudbury include television game-show Jeopardy! host Alex Trebek (which he hosted from 1984 to his death in 2020), Supreme Court Justice Michelle O'Bonsawin, architect Jason F. McLennan who created the Living Building Challenge and is CEO of McLennan Design, Power Corporation of Canada chairman Paul Desmarais Jr., mining speculator and philanthropist Frank Giustra, founder of Lionsgate Entertainment president of United Steelworkers, Leo Gerard, Canada national soccer team forward Cloé Lacasse, former Anaheim Ducks and Toronto Maple Leafs head coach Randy Carlyle, Olympic swimmer Alex Baumann, Rebecca Johnston who plays for the Canadian Women's Hockey Team, and Tessa Bonhomme was a former player. Sudbury has produced 81 National Hockey League hockey players including Hockey Hall of Fame inductees Eddie Giacomin, George Armstrong, Art Ross, and Al Arbour.{{cite web |url=https://www.hockey-reference.com/friv/birthplaces.cgi?country=CA&province=ON&state= |title=NHL Players Born in Ontario, Canada |author= |publisher=Hockey-Reference.com |access-date=15 August 2013}}

• List of tallest buildings in Greater Sudbury
• List of francophone communities in Ontario

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• Oiva W. Saarinen (2013). From Meteorite Impact to Constellation City: A Historical Geography of Greater Sudbury.

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