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Originally Posted by waterloowarrior
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It looks like the City of Ottawa continues to live in a state of denial:
"Ottawa continues to be Canada's fourth largest city in census population, behind Toronto, Montreal and Calgary, and Ottawa-Gatineau the fourth largest CMA, behind Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver."
http://ottawa.ca/calendar/ottawa/cit.../2012/04-24/10 - ACS2012-PAI-PGM-0099 Census Results.htm
Oh really? We're still the fourth largest CMA ("behind Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver") are we? For some strange reason though, Statistics Canada doesn't agree:
http://www.statcan.gc.ca/tables-tabl...emo05a-eng.htm
__________________________ -- 2008 -- 2009 -- 2010 -- 2011
Montréal (Que.) ___________ 3,764.8 3,817.8 3,869.8 3,908.7
Ottawa-Gatineau (Ont.-Que.) 1,200.9 1,219.7 1,238.4 1,258.9
Toronto (Ont.) ____________ 5,536.8 5,638.2 5,742.4 5,838.8
Calgary (Alta.) ___________ 1,188.3 1,221.9 1,242.5 1,265.1
Edmonton (Alta.) __________ 1,128.0 1,157.0 1,175.5 1,196.3
Vancouver (B.C.) __________ 2,279.1 2,336.0 2,388.6 2,419.7
(pardon my use of underscores as spacers)
The Calgary CMA went past the Ottawa-Gatineau CMA in 2009. Every year, the Calgary CMA grows by at least 20,000 while every year the Ottawa-Gatineau CMA grows by no more than about 20,000.
Oh yes, I know that City Staff have some esoteric argument with Statistics Canada over population counts, but whatever validity this argument has in Ottawa would likely apply all the more in Calgary.
It's time to face the facts: Ottawa-Gatineau is no longer the fourth but has dropped to being the fifth largest CMA. Worse still, Edmonton is catching up - they added 68k between 2008 and 2011 whereas we added 58k (and Calgary 77k): such an indignity that would be to be kicked out of the top five.