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Old Posted Apr 21, 2017, 3:20 PM
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Originally Posted by isaidso View Post
I know. The conversation is pertaining to urban area so that's what I used. The Greater Toronto Area population you posted uses a far larger catchment area than the 'urban area'. It includes Oshawa, Pickering, Ajax, Burlington, and lots of lower density areas further out like Scugog and Caledon. The Toronto urban area does not include any of those places.

When you use CMAs, the Greater Toronto Area, or Greater Toronto - Hamilton you get a higher population count but a far lower population density.
I seriously doubt that the US cities numbers quoted above by others use your same criteria. As a matter of fact, Oshawa, Pickering, Ajax, Burlington (as you mentioned) are examples of the typical suburban sprawl that comprises most of the so called 'urban areas' of the the vast majority of US cities, and which are included when they put their numbers together. If we were to include only 'real urban area' very small portions of the typical American city would qualify, unless it is NYC proper.

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